Thanks Bruce,
Changing to Diagnostic Boot (from Quick Boot) did the trick and
allowed me to use the Maintenance Disk to add type, model, and serial
number. Thanks!
It also meant that I could install System Updater and use it to
download and install 9 updates. Though two of them said they couldn't
install, System Updater said they did. Perhaps they were the same
version as previously.
However...
I noticed the BIOS was still v3.21 (current is v3.23) and that System
Updater didn't try to update it. So I ran the 3.23 myself but it
wouldn't launch! I tried both from Windows Explorer and using Run as
instructed in the readme. In both cases it announced itself as the
3.23 installer, went through Flash Update screens 1/4 through 4/4,
then Windows XP shuts down, I get the IBM ThinkPad logo, and Windows
launches (i.e. the computer reboots). Never a DOS menu.
Is there something else I can be trying?
Thanks!
-- Andrew mailto:awebber@wwwebbers.com Sunday, July 15, 2007, 11:33:44 AM, you wrote: > Turn off quick boot in the BIOS > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Andrew Webber" <awebber@wwwebbers.com> > To: "ThinkPad List" <thinkpad@stderr.org> > Sent: Saturday, July 14, 2007 5:28 PM > Subject: [Thinkpad] Fwd: Re: T41p: HMD diskette >> This is a forwarded message >> Originally From: Andrew Webber <awebber@wwwebbers.com> >> Originally To: thinkpad@stderr.org >> Date: Saturday, July 14, 2007, 3:15:45 PM >> Subject: [Thinkpad] T41p: HMD diskette >> >> [I posted this earlier but haven't seen it on the list =aw] >> >> ===8<==============Original message text=============== >> This is not going well. :( >> >> >> First, I tried a copy of v1.74 that someone mailed me. It installed >> onto a floppy disk and when I rebooted (cold boot, power off, press >> ESC key when I see IBM logo), it launched into a menu: >> >> >1. Set System Identification >> >2. Test the audio feature >> >3. Format the hard disk >> >4. Assign UUID >> >5. Erase Predesktop Area >> >6. Set ECA infomration. >> >> I chose #1 and got this message in reply: >> >> >Warning! EEPROM is write-protected. Please power off and on, then >> >try to press ESC key when IBM Logo is displayed. >> >> I had already pressed ESC when the colour IBM ThinkPad logo came up, >> but I tried again when the white IBM logo came up (when the DOS app >> launched). I tried as soon as either logo came up, and just before >> either logo disappeared (I was getting good at judging how long the >> logo would be visible). Nothing I tried would make it work! >> >> >> Then I formatted the floppy again and tried the version 1.72 >> downloaded and discussed earlier. There's no installer but I copied >> all the files (except INFO.TXT and INFORMATION.TXT which seem to be >> from the person who posted it). When I rebooted I got "Non-system >> disk or disk error". I reformatted the floppy as a bootable disk, and >> not all the files would fit. It would boot the T41p, but it said >> "Windows Millenium" and gave me an A:\ prompt, which I don't think is >> right. >> >> >> ISTM the behaviour of the v1.74 is what's expected, except for the >> write-protected EEPROM. Can anyone suggest a solution? Would >> IBM/Lenovo/EasyServ/whatever fix this under warranty? I don't want to >> take it in, and I'd rather get it working myself of course. >> >> Thanks! >> >> -- >> Andrew mailto:awebber@wwwebbers.com >> >> Wednesday, July 11, 2007, 1:41:39 PM, you wrote: >> >> > Thanks, Bob. >> >> >> I've looked at every string in all of the files that make up >> >> the HMD diskette, and I'm convinced it's the genuine article. >> >> If one is not concerned about violating all of the IBM >> >> copyright notices sprinkled throughout the files, go to it. I >> >> can see why the poster of it did so. Feel free to post this to >> >> the list - I've lost the thread. Bob Stockler >> >> > For the record, the poster of the file >> > included this info.txt file in the archive: >> >> > "The origins of this distribution goes back to IBM's default on my >> > laptop. When they replaced the motherboard, they didn't reload the >> > system-type serial number. Following year, when the warranty was >> > over, I had to reinstall the OS. To my surprise, Lenovo's driver >> > packages wouldn't work with my machine since they can't read the >> > system type information from my motherboard. When I called IBM, >> > they said since it was out of warranty, even though it was their >> > mistake, they wouldn't correct the problem. And, here we are >> > talking about a two minute process, pop-in a floppy disk, enter >> > the serial number, pop-out a floppy disk. For this reason, I >> > decided to get this 'confidential' disk from somewhere else. I >> > found this guy selling it on ebay, so I decided to buy it and >> > distribute it for the benefit of people who are cheated by IBM..." >> > "Enjoy it! >> > "K." >> >> >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Thinkpad mailing list >> > Thinkpad@stderr.org >> > http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad >> ===8<===========End of original message text=========== >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Thinkpad mailing list >> Thinkpad@stderr.org >> http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad _______________________________________________ Thinkpad mailing list Thinkpad@stderr.org http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpadReceived on Sun Jul 15 23:08:01 2007
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