Revision : 02 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Software Name BIOS Update CD (ISO image file for bootable CD) Support model ThinkPad X60 Tablet Operating Systems Microsoft Windows 7 32-bit Microsoft Windows Vista 32-bit Microsoft Windows XP Tablet PC Edition 2005 Refer to marketing materials to find out what computer models support which Operating Systems. Version 1.15 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WHAT THIS PACKAGE DOES This package updates the BIOS (including system program and Embedded Controller program) stored in the ThinkPad computer to fix problems, add new functions, or expand functions as noted below. In order to enable the BIOS update by booting the computer from the CD/DVD/BD, disregarding the operating system, this package is compiled into an ISO image file which is compatible with CD/DVD/BD writing software. For that purpose, it is necessary to have the CD/DVD/BD writing software (with CD/DVD/BD creation function from the ISO image file) prepared separately. Also, either of CD-RW, CD-RW & DVD Combo, DVD, DVD Multi, BD or other optical drives is necessary. Hereafter they are called as the optical drive. This program is language independent and can be used with any language system. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CHANGES IN THIS RELEASE Version 1.15 [Important updates] Supports Microsoft Windows 7. (addition) [New functions or enhancements] Nothing. [Problem fixes] - The computer with RICOH CardBus Controller has slow data transfer performance. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DETERMINING WHICH VERSION IS INSTALLED 1. Turn off the computer. 2. Turn on the computer. 3. While the "To interrupt normal startup, press the blue ThinkVantage button" message is displayed at the lower-left area of the screen, press the F1 key. The BIOS Setup Utility menu will be displayed. If a password prompt appears, type the correct password. 4. Check the BIOS Version and Embedded Controller Version. 5. Turn off the computer. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NOTES - If you use Windows Vista, before applying this BIOS into the system, you should install Windows Vista KB 937500. The information of KB937500 is located in the following Microsoft's site. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/937500/en-us To verify if KB937500 is installed properly, 1. Click Start, then click Control Panel. 2. Find 'Programs and Features' and click. If this option does not exist on the window, choose Classic View to find it. 3. On 'Tasks' pane, click on "View installed updates". 4. Verify that KB937500 is included in the list of installed updates. - In order to enable the BIOS update by booting the computer from the CD/DVD/BD, it is necessary to prepare the CD/DVD/BD writing software. - The CD/DVD/BD for the BIOS update does not support any optical drives connected through USB devices, PC Cards, CardBus cards. It only supports the optical drive in the ThinkPad X6 Tablet UltraBase. - To boot the computer from the ThinkPad X6 Tablet UltraBase, your ThinkPad computer may need to change the boot device setting. Refer to the "Prepare boot device" section in this document. - The contents of the created CD/DVD/BD can not be shown by Windows Explorer. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CREATING THE BIOS UPDATE CD 1. Make sure you have a computer with an optical drive installed and a blank CD/DVD/BD disc. 2. Start Windows Vista, XP and logon with administrative privileges. 3. Download the ISO file. 4. For Windows Vista, click Start, then click Start Search. For Windows XP, click Start, then click Run... 5. Specify the path where you downloaded the file, then click OK. A recording software will open. Example: C:\temp\7juj13uc.iso 6. Follow the instructions on the screen. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PREPARING THE BOOT DEVICE Confirm that an optical drive is in the boot device list of your BIOS setup. 1. Power off the computer. 2. Power on the computer. 3. Press the F1 key to enter the BIOS Setup Utility when the "ThinkPad" logo is seen on the screen. The BIOS Setup Utility menu will be displayed. If a password prompt appears, type the correct password. 4. Choose "Startup" from the menu. 5. Choose "Boot" from the menu. Note the current boot priority order for restoration later if you need to modify your boot list. 6. In "Boot Priority Order", set "ATAPI CD0" to the top of the list, "1". 7. Press the F10 key to save the new setup, and then select Yes. 8. Restart the computer. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- UPDATING THE BIOS Notes: - If your computer runs satisfactorily now, it may not be necessary to update the BIOS. To determine if you should update the BIOS, refer to the Version Information section. - You need an AC adapter, a charged battery pack and an optical drive in the ThinkPad X6 Tablet UltraBase to update the BIOS. - Remove the Power-on password prior to updating the BIOS in the RDM (Remote Deployment Manager) or similar environment. Attention: Do not turn off, suspend the computer or remove the BIOS UPDATE CD until the update has been completed. IF YOU DO THAT WHILE THE UPDATE IS STILL IN PROGRESS, THE SYSTEM BOARD MAY HAVE TO BE REPLACED. 1. Firmly connect the AC adapter to the computer. 2. Make sure you have a ThinkPad with an optical drive in the ThinkPad X6 Tablet UltraBase attached. 3. Insert the BIOS Update CD into the drive and turn on the computer. 4. Select Read this first from the menu and carefully read the information. 5. Press the Esc key to return to the menu. 6. Select Update system program and follow the instructions on the screen. 7. After the information panel appears, remove the BIOS Update CD in the drive then press the Enter key to restart the system. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- INITIALIZING BIOS BIOS Initialization is suggested for some problems. To initialize the BIOS settings: 1. Turn off the computer. 2. Turn on the computer. 3. While the "To interrupt normal startup, press the blue ThinkVantage button" message is displayed at the lower-left area of the screen, press the F1 key. The BIOS Setup Utility menu will be displayed. If a password prompt appears, type the correct password. 4. Press the F9 key to load default configuration. 5. Select Yes. 6. Press the F10 key to save default configuration and exit. 7. Select Yes. 8. Restart the computer. Note: After initialization you may need to reapply some settings that you had changed previously. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- VERSION INFORMATION The following versions of BIOS and ECP (Embedded Controller Program) have been released to date. Package BIOS (BIOS ID) ECP (ECP ID) Rev. Issue Date ------------- ---------------- ---------------- ---- ---------- 1.15 1.15 (7JET30WW) 1.04 02 2009/10/22 1.15 1.15 (7JET30WW) 1.04 01 2008/12/05 1.14 1.14 (7JET29WW) 1.04 1.13 1.13 (7JET28WW) 1.04 1.12 1.12 (7JET27WW) 1.04 1.11 1.11 (7JET26WW) 1.04 1.10 1.10 (7JET25WW) 1.04 1.09 1.09 (7JET24WW) 1.04 1.08 1.08 (7JET23WW) 1.03 1.07 1.07 (7JET22WW) 1.03 1.05 1.05 (7JET20WW) 1.03 1.04 1.04 (7JET19WW) 1.03 1.03 1.03 (7JET18WW) 1.03 To check the version of BIOS and Embedded Controller Program, refer to the Determining which version is installed section. Summary of Changes Where: < > Package version [Important] Important update (New) New function or enhancement (Fix) Correction to existing function <1.15> - (New) Supports Microsoft Windows 7. (addition) <1.15> - (Fix) The computer with RICOH CardBus Controller has slow data transfer performance. <1.14> - (Fix) The computer may hang while formatting CardBus ATA drive on Windows Vista 64-bit SP1. (BIOS) <1.13> - (Fix) WOL(Wake on LAN) may fail. (BIOS) <1.12> - (New) When Power button of Power Options in Control panel is set to "Do nothing" for "When I close the lid of my portable computer:" in Extended desktop, Extended desktop is kept even by closing portable computer. (BIOS) <1.11> - (Fix) The process of Fingerprint authentication at power-on was improved. (BIOS) - (Fix) Memory address more than 4GB can't be accessed under Vista WindowsPE. (BIOS) - (Fix) Intermittent errors, such as device unrecognized, may occur at wake-up after BIOS configuration was changed in BIOS Setup during hibenation. (BIOS) - (Fix) A Post error may intermittently occur at wake-up from hibernation after ThinkPad BIOS Setting for Windows was run. (BIOS) - (Fix) This BIOS contains a workaround of resolution change issue. When using an Intel Graphics model on a minidock with an external monitor set to SXGA, the resolution will intermittently be changed in certain docking/undocking situations switch to XGA. (BIOS) <1.10> - (New) The firmware version of TPM chip was upped to 1.2.0B.0D. (BIOS) Note: BIOS update on the PC with Revision 0D TPM chip and with 7JET25WW BIOS or later versions to 7JET24WW or older versions is inhibited. - (Fix) The data transfer rate is extremely slow using IBA(Intel Boot Agent) PXE protocol. (BIOS) - (Fix) An error may happen on updating the BIOS. (BIOS) - (Fix) Provided BIOS level solution for the issue of extended video model disabled after undock/dock operartion. (BIOS) - (Fix) Fingerprint authentication fails once at power-on time, power-on password prompt appears immediately. (BIOS) - (Fix) Even if the password was not actually changed under CSS (Client Security Solution), a message showing it being changed may appear and authentication may be failed even by entering the password. (BIOS) <1.09> - (Fix) The CPU clock may down during charging the battery. (EC) <1.08> - [Important] This BIOS contains a critical processor microcode update to improve system reliability. Lenovo highly recommends that you apply this BIOS update. - (New) Upgraded to the latest microcode update for Intel Core 2 processor. (BIOS) <1.07> - [Important] (On Windows Vista only) The computer may stop booting from the hard disk drive with the following message. (BIOS) 2100: Initialization error on HDD0 (Main hard disk drive) - (Fix) The system may fail to boot from an optical drive. (BIOS) <1.05> - (New) Support for Microsoft Windows Vista. (BIOS) - (Fix) Noise can be heard when using the Tablet Pen in battery mode. (BIOS) - (Fix) "SATA Controller Mode Option" is changed to "Compatibility" when the system boots up without a primary HDD. (BIOS) - (Fix) SMBIOS structure which represents modem jack (RJ-11) is not shown. (BIOS) <1.04> - (New) Add "Intel(R) Virtualization Technology" option in BIOS Setup Utility if CPU is capable of the feature. (BIOS) - (Fix) (MultiTouch model only) Touch Panel and Digitizer can intermittently become unfunctional after repeated suspend/resume. (BIOS) - (Fix) DOS boot fails from an USB HDD with EMM386.EXE. (BIOS) - (Fix) POST error 1804 may appear at system power-on with an USB device attached. (BIOS) <1.03> - (New) Support for ThinkPad X60 Tablet. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BIOS INFORMATION Memory Map Information ---------------------- Reserved Area: The following conventional memory addresses are reserved by the BIOS and others. (When Intel Turbo Memory is installed in your system, conventional memory addresses are reserved 12 Kbytes more.) C0000-CE7FF : Reserved for Video BIOS CE800-D07FF : Reserved for Option ROM of Ethernet (*a) DC000-DFFFF : Reserved for USB BIOS (*b) E0000-FFFFF : Reserved for System BIOS Notes: *a: This area becomes free by disabling the Internal Network Option ROM option under Config and Network in BIOS Setup Utility. This choice will disable PXE and WOL features. *b: This area becomes free by disabling the USB BIOS Support option under Config and USB in the BIOS Setup Utility. This choice does not affect using USB devices in Windows operating systems. Usable Area: The following memory address can be used by the memory manager such as EMM386. D0800-DBFFF Note: Certain addresses in this area will be reserved for CardBus Controllers or others by Operating Systems. The addresses vary and depend on the design of each Operating System. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TRADEMARKS * Lenovo, ThinkPad and ThinkVantage are registered trademarks of Lenovo. * UltraBase is a trademark of Lenovo. * Intel is a registered trademark of Intel Corporation. * Microsoft, Windows and Windows Vista are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. * RICOH is a registered trademark of RICOH Co., Ltd. Other company, product, and service names may be registered trademarks, trademarks or service marks of others.