How can I help with thinkpad x220 issues?
Natacha Porté
natbsd at instinctive.eu
Tue Jul 3 08:00:59 UTC 2012
Hello,
on Monday 02 July 2012 at 19:28, matt wrote:
> It's possible you have a crashed EC or need a bios update, a lot of that
> stuff seems wrong.
I tried with the battery inserted, in case that messed up something, but
the only differences are hw.acpi.battery.state (2 instead of 7), and
temperature and fan speed readings.
> If the EC is crashed, the fix used to be removing battery, holding power
> button for 10 seconds and reinstalling battery...I usually see this
> stuff on Macbooks, but, I suppose it's possible the EC is in an
> "unplanned" state and thus has corrupted some values...many of the ACPI
> calls query the EC.
I tried that (well 15s actually), and I haven't seen any difference.
Is there a more definite way to test whether it is the case?
> It's also possible you are running an old bios? Trying to get a few
> things to work, I had the latest bios on my x220...never had problems
> with the power button.
So the UEFI BIOS claims to have version 8DET58WW (1.28), dated as
2012-02-14, while EC versions claims to be 8DHT29WW (1.13).
According to leveno website, that's two releases behind. I will try to
update it, despite my uneasiness caused by previous bad experiences.
Still I'm not exactly sure how to perform it, since I inadvertently
destroyed the Windows pre-installation, and I have no optical drive.
Though I will probably try with CURRENT instead of STABLE before trying
BIOS update, since it's much easier to perform and I only need time to
get at it.
Thanks for your help,
Natacha Porté
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