Updating The Bios Code Of Your Thinkpad Computer - IBM 11a User Manual

4. Click BIOS System Information.
5. Determine whether your BIOS version is older than the BIOS version specified
in the readme file.
To determine the BIOS code level of a ThinkPad computer that is using the
Windows NT operating system, follow the procedure below:
1. Make sure there is no diskette in the diskette drive; then turn off the computer.
2. Turn on the computer.
3. While the "To interrupt normal startup, press the blue Access IBM button"
message is displayed at the lower-left of the screen, press the Access IBM
button. Select Start setup utility. If you have set a supervisor password, the
IBM BIOS Setup Utility menu appears after you enter the password.
4. The BIOS version and date are displayed on the first screen of the IBM BIOS
Setup Utility.
If your BIOS version is newer than the one specified in the readme file, you do not
need to update BIOS.
If your BIOS version is older than the one specified in readme file, follow the
instructions in "Updating the BIOS code of your ThinkPad computer".
If you are not sure what BIOS version you have or how to update BIOS code,
follow the instructions in "Updating the BIOS code of your ThinkPad computer",
and the IBM BIOS Update Utility will check your BIOS version for you.

Updating the BIOS code of your ThinkPad computer

You can update the BIOS code only if your computer has an ac adapter and a
charged battery pack. If your ThinkPad computer is attached to any type of port
replicator, turn off the computer, and detach the port replicator. Before you use the
IBM ThinkPad BIOS Update Utility with Windows 98SE, IBM recommends
applying the Windows 98 Second Edition Shutdown Supplement from the
Microsoft Web site Knowledge Base, Article ID 239887.
To update the BIOS code, follow this procedure:
1. Connect the ac adapter to the ThinkPad computer.
2. Start Windows 2000, Windows XP, or Windows 98SE.
3. Create a temporary folder on your hard drive (for example, c:\temp).
4. Insert the Installation CD into your CD-ROM or DVD drive.
5. Refer to "Verifying the BIOS code level" on page 2 to determine the location of
the IBM ThinkPad BIOS Update Utility program required to update the BIOS
level for your ThinkPad R40, T40/T40p, or X31 Series computer.
6. Copy the IBM ThinkPad BIOS Update Utility from the appropriate folder on
the installation CD, and store the file in the temporary folder that you have
created.
7. Click Start.
8. Click Run.
9. Specify the path and file name for the ThinkPad Update Utility, and press
Enter (for example, c:\temp\IYUJ10US.exe).
Attention: Do not turn off or suspend the computer until the update has
been completed. If you turn off or suspend the computer while the update is
still in progress, the computer system board might have to be replaced.
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