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    X205 Bios update, Penryn support!

    Discussion in 'Toshiba' started by be77solo, Jan 15, 2008.

  1. be77solo

    be77solo pc's and planes

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    Hey All, was playing around with some drivers and ran across a bios update from Toshiba adding support for the new Penryn CPU's released today, mentioning some workarounds and updates for thermal issues, etc.... looks very promising! Might be a good upgrade route when available!
     
    be77solo, Jan 15, 2008
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  2. Belca

    Belca Notebook Guru

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    Well I just updated my X205 S9349 Bios from V1.90 to V2.10 so far i have no problem with it.
    But i think i will go with my original plan and just upgrade the CPU to the T7700
    The T8100 and T8300 with 3mb L2 cache won't be faster then the T7700
    according to the list test below .
    The T9300&9500 probably will be expensive and not worth that few % extra speed/money with 6Mb L2cache .
    Here is a link for the Mobile CPU tests.

    http://www.notebookcheck.net/Mobile-Processors-Benchmarklist.2436.0.html
     
    Belca, Jan 16, 2008
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  3. ColdSoul

    ColdSoul Notebook Consultant

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    I wish Toshiba would add more options to the Bios like deactivate the energy saving options for the CPU to make it run fast all the time etc.
     
    ColdSoul, Jan 19, 2008
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    le2xtreme Notebook Enthusiast

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    im sorry for this silly question....but how do you upgrade to higher BIOS?...i have x205 s9359...i think the BIOS on it is 160...i got it like that when i bought it in december.....i went to toshiba web site to upgrade,it was asking me to save it on diskete...does it mean i have to download the bios to external memory device,such as usb memory stick....uninstall the old version and then istall the new versionn...what is the benefit of upgrading?.....this is my first laptop....thank you all
     
    le2xtreme, Jan 19, 2008
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  5. jesse6749

    jesse6749 Notebook Deity

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    Well, I upgraded my 9349 and sli1 laptops and all is working good so far.
     
    jesse6749, Jan 19, 2008
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    What, I do is use a usb floppy and have the utility create a floppy to do the upgrade and when you reboot just pres F12 at boot up to and select usb floppy as the boot device and let is complete the upgrade process, I found this to be best and safest way to upgrade the bios on any computer.
     
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  7. ColdSoul

    ColdSoul Notebook Consultant

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    You can also use the CD-Upgrade method, that's how I did it.

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    ColdSoul, Jan 19, 2008
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