T61/X61 SATA II 1.5 Gb/s cap - willing to pay for a solution

You got mail.

I'm sorry. Hopefully I didn't bomb you mailaccount with my 21MB attachement ? Really sorry, should have splitted these files ..

 

Dear Middleton & Hearst555

Thx very much for your helps, it's all done for my 2 second hand notebook T61P & X61, they works perfectly with your bios.
Sorry Middleton, that I gave u lots of trouble. very sorry from my deep of my heart.
Hearst 555 thx for your very details explainations. I learned a lot from here.


Best regards
Steven

 

thx for your explain

 

This looks like you're trying to flash the BIOS using the CD method, but you're not using the CDROM drive in the ultrabay on the laptop.

Just an FYI: You won't be able to use a USB CDROM drive or the like to flash the BIOS. You need an ultrabay cdrom drive to use Lenovo's BIOS update CD.

 

Nope.

No signal loss on two T61p units (one a 15.4" nVidia widescreen unit and the other 14" nVidia standard screen unit (in my Frankenpad)) flashed with the SATA-II patched BIOS. Both were equipped with Intel 4965AGN wireless adapters.

 

This is precisely why I had no problems paying you for modifying the BIOS Middleton. I'm a photographer/photoshop artist myself and I love how people will sometimes say "... but it'll take you only 15 seconds to do it! Why should I pay you?". What they fail to realize is that it took several years of trial and error to learn how to do it in the first place.

I tried learning assembler back in the days of the 6502 but never got far with it. I stunk at math but I know how to make purdy pictures.

 

Nope! Mine is working great. Reboot your computer and router to rule out any general weirdness caused by stray cosmic rays.

 

Hey middleton, please let me know your email via PM so I can send you the X61s SXGA+ BIOS as an attachment via email, as it's not possible to attach anything over PM on this forum. Thanks.

 

Got the latest Beta-BIOS from middleton today. Good news for all the T61 users with the "Thermal Sensing Error" (like me): it has been deactivated by him! I upgraded my CPU in 2008 from a T7300 to a T9500 "Penryn" and in this 2-year period I always got the Error after BIOS post - before Windows Start. I always had to hit "ESC", then the T61 was going to boot, otherwise it shuts down.

So a new life for all the T61 modders can begin. Finally it really got the ultimate BIOS for the T61(p) and X61(s)(t) series!

He also deactivated the abort of the BIOS flash, if you have the actual BIOS flashed. So there is no need to flash an older version first. Whitelist (are all cards usable now?) should also be activated, like SLIC 2.1. S-ATA II is also active after flashing it. I couldn't test the whitelist and SLIC 2.1, it's not necessary for me.

So let's wait for the final BIOS release!

Once again really an unbelivable job you have done here, middleton.

Thx & greetz,

XStoneX

 

That is excellent news, i've been waiting to get rid of my Merom based T7100 for the efficient 45nm Penryn processors. Just bought myself a T9300 in light of this news!

Thanks for your hard work Middleton on making the T61/X61 great again! Made a donation for your SATA II uncap and Thermal Sensor Removal work ($30 USD).