How can I help with thinkpad x220 issues?

[Erich Dollansky]

Hi,

On Tuesday, July 03, 2012 03:00:50 PM Natacha Porté wrote:
> on Monday 02 July 2012 at 19:28, matt wrote:
> > 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).
> 
ok, my BIOS is 1.26 and dated something end of last year.

> 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.
> 
I never bother to update my BIOS since and update some 20 years ago was not very successful.

> 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.
> 
I also think that this is the easier way free of any risks.

Erich