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    X220 - BIOS release 1.19

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by vinuneuro, Jul 20, 2011.

  1. vinuneuro

    vinuneuro Notebook Virtuoso

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    Posted in lenovo's forum. Interesting phrasing. Not listed as a problem fix, but an 'improvement' for the issue. Hopefully this does fix the i7 problems.
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    New BIOS Fix 1.19.

    BIOS here

    Text here

     
    vinuneuro, Jul 20, 2011
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  2. dbrowdy

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    1.18 was released also and it fixes the mSATA issue. I'm going to check 1.19 now to make sure it also works with the mSATA.

    EDIT - Confirmed, mSATA still works fine with 1.19.
     
    dbrowdy, Jul 20, 2011
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    sniper_sung Notebook Evangelist

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    I have customised an i7 one. Gonna try it out. Thanks!
     
    sniper_sung, Jul 20, 2011
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    Hmm, I wonder in what way it improves the 'fan control method'. I thought 1.17 had fully taken care of that.

    Gonna wait a bit.
     
    david1274, Jul 20, 2011
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  5. vinuneuro

    vinuneuro Notebook Virtuoso

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    There was one bug in 1.17. If the fan speed got up to max speed, 4500 rpm etc, it'd hang at that speed even after temps dropped.
     
    vinuneuro, Jul 20, 2011
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  6. JohnsonDelBrat

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    I'd like to see what peoples temps and watt usage do after updating. Still on 1.16 myself, don't really see a reason to update (myself at least).
     
    JohnsonDelBrat, Jul 20, 2011
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  7. vinuneuro

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    No change.
     
    vinuneuro, Jul 20, 2011
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  8. JohnsonDelBrat

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    Good stuff. Thanks for the reply.
     
    JohnsonDelBrat, Jul 20, 2011
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  9. TheLoneRaven

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    Is there a BIOS 1.18? I can't find it anywhere, sorry for sounding noobish there =/
     
    TheLoneRaven, Jul 20, 2011
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    Does 1.18 or 1.19 work with the eGPU with 4gb and more memory?! I can't try it before friday night..
     
    atticus182, Jul 20, 2011
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    I am not certain but I would stongly suspect that 1.19 had 1.18 in it. 1.18 was mainly to fix the mSata not working issue.
     
    pkincy, Jul 21, 2011
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  12. dbrowdy

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    According to Lenovo there is, but everything 1.18 fixed is in 1.19 so no reason not to grab that one instead. I can confirm that.
     
    dbrowdy, Jul 21, 2011
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    I gotta wait for the whitelist hack..
     
    richan90, Jul 21, 2011
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    Slightly better battery life, but that's likely just because I was running 1.12 before the update.
     
    SuperRoach, Jul 21, 2011
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    I'm only pulling up 1.17. Where are you or better yet how are you getting 1.19 or what are you selecting to get it? Choosing win7 64bit or .....

    thks
     
    ym1, Jul 22, 2011
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    Thanks for the link, it wasn't showing up on the site for me but it installed fine in Win7 x64.
     
    Thermite Paste, Jul 22, 2011
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    IT_SUX_OFTEN, Jul 22, 2011
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    I am seeing a reduction in the fan noise pulsing. The effect is still there, but it has been reduced.

    As for increased battery life, I'll be keeping my eyes out over the next few days.
     
    floz23, Jul 22, 2011
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    Is it my imagination or are temperatures a bit lower? It might just be due to the English summer (temperatures just above freezing).
     
    Pintu, Jul 26, 2011
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    Lol, temperatures have increased here (London) since all the wet weather last week.
     
    david1274, Jul 26, 2011
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    I can confirm that the 1.17 had the throttling bug (stuck at 800MHz) and now with 1.19 I haven't seen stucking at 800MHz yet.
     
    sniper_sung, Jul 29, 2011
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