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    SMBIOS Standards test Fails X61T

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by crashnburn, Sep 27, 2011.

  1. crashnburn

    crashnburn Notebook Consultant

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    I did not have any issues as such working 2 HDDs running Win XP & Win 7 (swapping as I needed).

    Then my machine started locking/ freezing at bootup.

    At first I thought it was Windows based issue so on two separate HDDs that I use where I have WinXP & Win 7x64. Both seem to freeze/lock at certain point when booting up.

    I tried every thing including:
    - Safemode etc.
    - Bootlog mode
    - Debugging mode
    - DOS based PC Doctor Bootable CD
    - Memtest86/+ etc.
    - System Restores (on both..Win XP HDD1 and Win 7 HDD2)
    - Bunch of Bootable Diagnostic tools (I am wondering if there's some kind of better Hardware Diagnosis tool than PC Doctor and/ or Thinkvantage Toolbox)

    I was getting Multicore misconfigured & SMBIOS test failed like this LINK -
    http://forum.notebookreview.com/lenovo-ibm/141168-smbios-standards-test-fails-t61-3.html
    Read all of it and I seem to have done everything but its not fixed yet.

    After a night of running whole bunch .. Windows came up ONCE.
    That time I ran Running ThinkVantage Toolbox (newer replacement for PC Doc)
    It showed Multicore as a Misconfigured and suggested I power down and reboot fresh and run again which fixed the Misconfigure.
    It showed everything as ALRIGHT! except SMBIOS.

    When I looked up SMBIOS I found the PC Doctor link that says its not an issue.
    http://pcpitstop.com/faq/smbios.asp

    Well.. I figured this was fixed.

    Worked for a day..

    Next day... Same issues. Now, SMBIOS seems to have flared up again.
     
    crashnburn, Sep 27, 2011
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  2. moral hazard

    moral hazard Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Did you try a BIOS update?
     
    moral hazard, Sep 27, 2011
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  3. crashnburn

    crashnburn Notebook Consultant

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    Its kind of the latest BIOS which has been working well for a long time.
    And apparently, SMBIOS is supposedly separate from the main BIOS that gets updated on the thinkpads.

    Any thoughts?
     
    crashnburn, Sep 28, 2011
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