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    Updated T520's video and chipset (and WiFi) and now can't boot in-dock

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by xla, Aug 9, 2011.

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    I originally wrote in Lenovo's forum.. But just in case, including here - perhaps it'll help others refrain from assuming anything about Lenovo's "Enhanced Experience".

    My T520, Optimus: HD3000&NVS4200, is sitting in "Lenovo ThinkPad Mini Dock Series 3" and connected to Dell 2711 via dock's DisplayPort.

    I've had the T520 for a a month or so (and drivers it arrived with) and (finally) decided to do a few updates, using Lenovo's "ThinkVantage System Update".

    I selected to update:
    - "ThinkPad Video Features [NVIDIA NVS 4200M and Quadro 1000M/2000M Optimus] for Windows 7 64" (8.17.12.6871/8.15.10.2321) and
    - "Intel Chipset Support for Windows XP/Vista/7" (9.2.0.1021). That seemed to go well and computer rebooted fine (in dock).

    Then (now courageous) I updated "WiFi Driver for Intel Cards (For Windows 7 64bit)" (14.01.1000). Selected to to reboot. However, T520 did no go beyond its Lenovo's boot screen.

    If I take the laptop out of dock, it boots fine; if I wake from standby in dock, it's also fine. But this is not how I started this morning and certainly not what I want when I'm using Lenovo's own update method.. :smileysad:

    (ala. LILO) I uninstalled WiFi driver but that didn't help.

    Rebooting whilst in dock I don't have ability to even select F1 or boot into Safe-mode. I'd have been prepared for something like this if I updated BIOS, but I intentionally didn't! I mean, I am not even sure that a backup-restore would help.

    Has anyone else installed the above driver/software? Any advice or experience (and/or resolutions) from others?

    Thanks.
     
    xla, Aug 9, 2011
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