T410 - BIOS 1.15-1.06 kind of posted

Shows on the site, but the Windows link currently redirects to a 'temporary unavailable' page. Easy to still get though.

CHANGES IN THIS RELEASE
Version 1.15-1.06

[Important updates]
- Prevents from preload 64-bit Windows re-activation after updating a BIOS.
(This BIOS fix does not resolve re-activation request itself)
(This problem does not affect when BIOS updating by BIOS Update CD)

[New functions or enhancements]
- Improve key input response.

[Problem fixes]
- Fixed an issue where StartUp Interrupt Menu can not be displayed by condition.
- For vPro users. Fixed an issue where multiple provisioning data handling by
USB key provisioning does not work.
- Fixed an issue where network boot may not be executed via ethernet device.
- Fixed an issue where screen may not displayed on LCD panel when pressing
Fn+F7 key on NVIDIA NVS 3100M model when system boot with closed LCD.
- Fixed an issue where an device with yellow "!" in device manager on ThinkPad
T410i.
- Fixed an issue optical media may not be ejected by once pressing eject button.

 

From what I can infer from the English translation in the notes, and from what I know, people who updated and lost their SLIC table for Automatic Windows OEM Activation, are not going to get a fix unless they send their machine back in. The fix will be a software fix, but they can't give away the utility to replace the SLIC marker in the bios. All T410/510/W510 users who updated to the 1.12 bios (including me) and lost their SLIC table have no choice. Luckily I was still within my return window and am just going to return my W510 and get a new one.

Good luck to everyone else. I've tried every leaked marker utility, marker.exe, pflash16.exe, etc, and using the older pflash16 and newest winpflash and winpflash64 with the /prot:$SLP:marker.bin (I did end up obtaining the correct TP-6N.BIN file marker for my W510) and nothing works. They appear to have updated or changed the way the marker is set on these newer systems, and the older utilities won't fix the problem. So until new utilities are leaked, you have two choices. 1, return your machine to Lenovo for repair or 2, use the COA and get a key to activate your install. If you choose option 2, you'll be doing that every time you reinstall or restore your machine, unless you also learn to backup your activation.

This is a major blunder by Lenovo.

 

Yes, my SLIC is removed, but fortunately I have MSDN licenses.

The keyboard issue does look to be fixed. Other than my own bad typing, the letters are no longer reversed.

 

Oh，No。。。。。。
Nobody want to send the laptop back to waste time and get a refurbished MB, because of Lenovo's stupid mistake.
I believe that the utility will be leaked soon or later.

 

I have MSDN, Partner and Technet licenses. I don't want to have to use extra licenses when I shouldn't have to. Not only that, but missing SLIC table will effect the resale value. The machine doesn't work as it should and Lenovo needs to make it work as it should.

I noticed this issue on my W510. I hope this does fix it. I don't see a 1.15 out for the W510 yet though.

They shouldn't have to change out the motherboard. They should have to just run their marker utility to repair the marker in the bios. But that doesn't mean they will. If you send it to the depot, they may just end up swapping the motherboard because who knows if the depot techs will even have access to the utility either. Lenovo was already slapped on the hand by Microsoft by letting their Windows 7 Ultimate key leak so early on, they need to try as hard as they can to keep the marker utilities under wraps.

Oh and as far as the utility being leaked, it may be leaked eventually... but there isn't as much of a reason for people to need the utility. The reason the previous utility was sought after is because people wanted to update their own markers from 2.0 to 2.1 in order to load Windows 7 illegally on their machines. All of these machines, T410, T510, W510, all already came with SLIC 2.1 in the bios. In fact, I don't even think you can order the machine without Windows 7, so I'm not sure why it's a big deal to not just include the SLIC table in the full bios anyway. Every T410, T510, and W510 out there should already have the SLIC 2.1 table.

But from now on, I'm going to be updating the BIOS using their CD method only. And I'm not going to be the first one updating the bios anymore. The only reason I updated the bios is because I was having some crashing issues when playing a game. That problem was fixed, but unfortunately with the side effect of losing my SLIC table. Not cool.

 

It is online now:
http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=MIGR-74268