3G on X201

Hello everyone.
Does the X201 ThinkPad support 3G (as in a SIM-card)? Under "network", it says:
56K / Gigabit Lan / WiFi agn / Bluetooth / WWAN Ready
It's pretty crucial to me that it does include support for 3G before I buy, since I'll be using internet away from WiFi on a daily basis. Thanks!

Oh, I see. I can't find any Ericsson modems in my country, but I did find a Vodafone modem that costs half of the Gobi 2000, but only from one reseller. I'm not sure it'll work though, if not there really doesn't seem to be anything cheaper than the Gobi 2000. I don't even know if it has 3G, but it says GSM, so I figured that might include 3G.
Here's the product description from the Vodafone HSPA (no Windows 7 or X201):
Vodafone HSPA Embedded Mobile Broadband Option
43R1821
features:
Connection speeds of up to 3.6 Mbps make it 32 times faster than a dial-up connection
Conforms to IEEE 802.11b WLAN standard, operating in the 2.4 GHz frequency range
Receive sensitivity is -94 to -82 dBm
64-bit Wired Equivalent Privacy data encryption
Automatic rate selection
Transmitter output power is 32 mW
Peak power consumption is 9mA in standby, 185mA Rx, 285mA Tx
Warranty
1 year – Customer Replaceable Unit (CRU)
Hardware compatibility
ThinkPad T61 6457 98G, 98M ThinkPad T61 8895 6WG, 6WM ThinkPad X300 6478 1JG, 1JM, 1VG, 1VM ThinkPad X61 7666 36G, 36M ThinkPad X61 7675 4NG, 4NM ThinkPad X61 Tablet 7762 54G, 54M
Software requirements
The Vodafone HSPA Embedded Mobile Broadband Option is compatible with:
Microsoft Windows XP
Microsoft Windows Vista
Note: Some configurations may not be compatible.

Similar Messages

X201 Woes - Do not buy one

I offer this as my story as an X201 owner and the 'support' i have been given by Lenovo. It is a sad but causionary tale and I would suggest that anyone planning to buy a Lenovo laptop takes note.
I initially sent this email on the 8th March and have thus far received no response to it:
I was given this email address to make a complaint regarding the ongoing issue I currently have with my new Lenovo Thinkpad X201 that I purchased from your website just before Christmas. Whilst your support staff have been generally courteous and polite (this is certainly not a complaint against them), getting some resolution to my problem has proved difficult, expensive and time consuming. My problem’s start with an intermittent fault with my wireless that seems to cut out for no reason and will not restart unless I reboot the computer. I initially contacted your colleagues on the 28th Feb regarding this issue after logging my issue online and being given an issue number 01DM8W5 . They remoted onto my laptop and whilst keeping me on the phone for 40mins looked at the various settings without changing much except 1 power saving setting within power manager. I was asked to get in contact should this solve not solve the issue and I was reasonably satisfied that they had attempted to fix the issue, I asked if this was a known issue and I was told it was not. As I work in IT I checked the relevant forums on Lenovo and found that a number of people have mentioned this issue. I include a number here for you to see
http://forums.lenovo.com/t5/X-Series-Tablet-ThinkPad-Laptops/Persistent-WIFI-problem-wity-my-X201-ta...
http://forums.lenovo.com/t5/X-Series-ThinkPad-Laptops/x201-wireless-always-suddenly-turn-off-and-can...
http://forum.notebookreview.com/lenovo-ibm/552579-x201-intel-n-6200-severe-wifi-issues.html
I have also included a couple of other articles that describe the same issue on other laptops (wireless card issue?)
http://forums.lenovo.com/t5/T400-T500-and-newer-T-series/T510-Advanced-N-6200-wireless-turns-off-its...
As the issue occurred again, I contacted your team on the 1st March and explained that the fix had not done the job. Your colleague immediately stated that I should return the laptop complete for repair and probable reinstall and as I only have a carry in warranty I would have to bring it into one of your service centres. I explained that this would not be a problem (although I was not impressed at the idea given the expense of the laptop in the first place) and given that I live on the edge of London I assumed that IBM/Lenovo would have a service centre in the capital. I was still in discussion with your colleague when I realised that I was required to take this to Colchester which is 58 miles (approx 95km away). I explained that this was not acceptable and the offer of a courier was made (something again not easy given that it requires you to be in between 9-5 with no specific time given for collection and losing my laptop for at least a week, I do have to work). I explained to your colleague that I hadn’t tried suggested fixes from your forum (uninstalled access connections, Intel drivers and tried reinstalling) and before wasting my/your time/money it may be advisable to try these first.
Sadly these also did not manage to fix the issues either so I contacted you again on the 7th March to organise a courier collection, another member of your team stated that issue number 01DM8W5 had been closed and I would have to open another (issue number A1LXVYL). Although annoying, I explained what had been happening and your colleague asked to remote onto my computer. I agreed and explained that on occasions when I have issues Fn+F5 may not work (it wasn’t). I also explained the fixes I had tried and that even though she denied this was a known issue the Lenovo forum suggested otherwise. She then proceeded to reinstall access connections and the Intel drivers, restarted the pc and after another 30 mins on the phone (at my expense) said it was now working so the issue must be fixed and she would not get the pc collected. I explained that the definition of an intermittent fault is that it doesn’t always happen and all she had done is reinstall what I had already reinstalled. She then opened a cmd screen and started a ping going and stated I was required to provide a print screen when it next happens. I explained that the ping would not stop as the computer was currently on a wired connected to ensure that the remote connection was not dropped (something that had been requested on previous calls and something I had explained to your colleague), at this point she seemed to be trying to get rid of me. As she would still not accept there was an issue I suggested that it would probably be best that I call back when the issue next occurs on a wired connection so she could see what has happen. She said this was the best plan and that was how we left it.
The issue has reoccurred today (8th March), and I have spoken to another one of your representatives. I explained what had been said previously and that they were welcome to log onto my pc to check the issue. I was now told this was not required and I would be sent an email with the details on how to post the laptop back to the service centre. I explained that a courier had been previously offered and then after checking this I was offered this again (9-5, no time slot). Luckily, my fiancé is off work tomorrow and is able to wait in for the collection, I hope it turns up. I checked with your colleague and I explained that I have copied a number of files etc to my new pc and would I need to back it all up. I was told that I could remove the hard drive and battery and just send back the shell for testing and I will be without it for at least 6 working days.
As you can see, I have not had a great experience with your support team wasting both my time/money to try and sort this out. As from tomorrow I am going to be without the laptop that I have spent the best part of £1000 on for a minimum of a week and my fiancé is going to have to wait in, possibly for the whole day, to have it collected. It also seems that your support representative seemed unwilling to accept that this is a known issue and didn’t seem to follow the same procedures for dealing with it. Due to these issues and the time/expense I have had to go to thus far to get my laptop repaired I would think that it would only be fair that my warranty to be reset from the date the laptop is finally returned to me for a whole year and if I encounter any further issues with the wireless I should have the option of returning the laptop in full and receive a full complete refund. I have been tried to be as reasonable as possible with your company and with your staff and I hope you that will be with me. I hope you understand my frustration and can return my laptop in fully working order shortly. If you could acknowledge receipt of this email it would be appreciated.
After receiving no response i contacted support again today (30th March) as the problem is still not solved and here is the update i sent in.
The laptop was collected on Wednesday 9th March in the box the laptop was delivered in. It spent a week in the repair centre and I was contacted by support to say that the centre now required my hard drive as they could not replicate the problem. I explained that this was unacceptable as I had personal data locked on the drive and had not removed it as I had been told to keep the hard drive. I suggested they were just going to do a complete system restore which the engineer checked and agreed with, they said they would send the laptop back to me so I could do this. I also asked if my complaint email had been received as I had received no response and I was promised that this was being escalated to management. I asked what would happen if the laptop still did not work, the support engineer would not give me an answer stating that management would have to decide this. I also asked for a timeframe regarding a response to my email and again this was not forthcoming.
When I finally collected the laptop from my local DHL centre which is only open/can deliver Mon-Fri 9-5 (do they think people don’t have to work) I copied all the data off of the laptop and did a full system recovery. Sadly this still has not solved the issue so today (30th March) I have again contacted the support line and explained that it still is still not working and I have still not received a response to my email. After a long wait whilst the engineer looked for my email I was assured that it had been escalated to ‘The Management’ and they were looking into it. I requested to speak to ‘the management’ as after all this time I was running low on patience but was told they were unavailable to talk to (even though the engineer had apparently just spoken to them) and I would get an email at some point (no timescale given again). I thanked the engineer for his help and finally received this complaints reference from him shortly afterwards.
I am writing this with a network cable plugged in as the wireless has indeed cut out again. I have done some research myself in the event viewer (something none of the support engineers investigated) and have found these entries that seem to occur every time it happens
The description for Event ID 5005 from source NETwNs64 cannot be found. Either the component that raises this event is not installed on your local computer or the installation is corrupted. You can install or repair the component on the local computer.
If the event originated on another computer, the display information had to be saved with the event.
The following information was included with the event:
\Device\NDMP7
Intel(R) Centrino(R) Advanced-N 6200 AGN
The specified resource type cannot be found in the image file
I also get the same error with event id 5007 and 5032.
So now if you could please organise collection of the laptop as soon as possible so I can purchase a reliable ‘business’ laptop it would be appreciated.
Regards
I have sadly given up and now all i want is my money back.

Thanks for your replies. The problem is not with the aerials or the connection. I'm pretty sure it's the card and I told them as much when i spoke to them. It does still appear in device manager, sometimes stating that the device can not start, not always though. When the issue occurs there are events in the event manager that suggest that the wireless card is playing up, something that none of the so called technical support even checked. The bluetooth remains working so and there isn't any real play in the swtich, so I would suggest that isn't the issue. I've read about almost exacly the same issue and they sent him a replacement wireless card, something i'd be quite happy to do but again something they refused to do.
As an update, i've finally got a response from their complaints department after being told to write to a different email address (sadly forwarding is something they don't know how to do) and I have been told that they will not give me a refund until the problem has occured 3 times. I did argue that it has happened many more times than that and given the 2 times they have remoted onto my pc and i time i sent it back this constitutes 3 times but I will give them one more chance to fix it. They once again wanted me to pay to send it in but agreed to a courier after a bit of coaxing. Luckily the fiancee has got a day off to wait in for the collection as it could be anytime from 9-5. Fingers crossed this will be the end of it, sadly the bitter taste it has left won't leave for a while.

Fan Error on X201

I bought my X201 (3249CTO) last october from lenovo's website. 2 weeks ago, my laptop became unable to boot up except showing "Fan Error" message. Before that, my laptop sometimes suddenly shut down(directly to dark screen) with no reason.
The Warranty is going to expire tonight. I still can not find the entry to report this error and ask for repair on this lenovo's official website. Most links I've seen are "check....", "check...", or "extend or upgrade"... and some software solutions. I can not find any tech support email. When I go to the "CONTACT" page, most contact info is about sale, business. After I click, click and click, I found that "800-xxxxxxx" tech support number. Following the instructions, I press 1, 1, 1... and hearing a lot of electric voice"please go to www.lenovo.com.....", I heard that their manual service was only available during 8a - 8p Mon - Fri. While I'm most on class during that time. Why don't they have an email for warranty service?
How can I contact them to return my laptop back and get repaired?

@LilHayah,
You would need to call the tech support via the number 800-xxxxxx then they would advice you on how to get the laptop shipped back for service or if you have a onsite service.
There are no emails for tech support.
//JameZ
Check out the Community Knowledge Base for hints and tips.
Did someone help you today? Press the star on the left to thank them with a Kudo!
If you find a post helpful and it answers your question, please mark it as an "Accepted Solution"!
X240 | 8GB RAM | 512GB Samsung SSD

X201 Tablet: Drivers not working for Network controller on Windows 7 Pro x64

Hello,
After downloading and installing all LAN and WLAN drivers for X201 Tablet, I couldn't find one that works on Windows 7 x64.
How can I proceed?
Thank you in advance
Solved!
Go to Solution.

I fixed it by downloading this drivers:
https://downloadcenter.intel.com/download/18713/Network-Adapter-Driver-for-Windows-7-
And after installing them and restarting, searching for them manually from the Device Manager.
Cheers

"Fan error" on Thinkpad X201s

Hello,
My X201s surprisingly overheated and soft-shut down. Upon rebooting the BIOS interrupted startup just to say "Fan Error" and shut down again. Has anyone seen this issue before? Up until now the fan has been working!
I took the keyboard off, and as soon as I press the power button, I see the fan spin for a few seconds then stop - it does not start again and says fan error. I have blown all the dust out, and the fan turns very freely - is there anything else I should try before I send the laptop to be repaired (it is still in warranty but it is a bit of a bore!)?
Thanks for any help,
Edward
Solved!
Go to Solution.

Either the fan is running a little slow or the temperature sensor circuitry is sick. Send it in. It is a pain, but it is the best choice.

"Display cannot switch to secondary landscape with this configuration" Error on x201 T

Hi, I've just bought x201 for 2 weeks. Today I tried to rotate the screen in tablet mode so I can get the battery with my hand when I read documents but after rotation and after just 1-2 second it automatically get back to primary landsacpe view and gives me this error. I wonder what is the problem and more importantly what is the solution?
thanks

More info: I turned off auto-login, and was able to log in to my test account. Then, I was able to use fast user switching to switch to my main account. I will try again restarting into my main account and see if I can switch to Test. This failed consistently before I posted here. Perhaps the "sense Mac guru" circuit kicked in and cured the problem. I'm about ready to turn in so won't post a follow-up until tomorrow. Right now, I need to use my two accounts to get the job done (a writing job with screen shots of a new unaltered account). Then, I'll go back to trying to see if the problem still exists when I log in to the main account first.

Low performance of X201

Hello,
I am using x201: i5-540M / 4GB Ram / 500GB HDD / Win7 HP 32bit. However, I am not satisfy its performance. (no more unused 3rd parties start up program and did the disk defragment already)
Since, i am using the 65W power adpater.
I wonder whether to enable Turbo-Boost of i5 - 540M, even using 65W adpater. As I know Intel is allow i5-540M boost its core1 automatically (depends on some condition)
Does it need to 90W adapter + attached battery to allow Turbo-Boost feature in x201 ? Could Lenovo modify x201 BIOS to enable Turbo Boost even only attached 65W adapter ?
Thanks!

tlee wrote:
Hello,
I am using x201: i5-540M / 4GB Ram / 500GB HDD / Win7 HP 32bit. However, I am not satisfy its performance. (no more unused 3rd parties start up program and did the disk defragment already)
Since, i am using the 65W power adpater.
I wonder whether to enable Turbo-Boost of i5 - 540M, even using 65W adpater. As I know Intel is allow i5-540M boost its core1 automatically (depends on some condition)
Does it need to 90W adapter + attached battery to allow Turbo-Boost feature in x201 ? Could Lenovo modify x201 BIOS to enable Turbo Boost even only attached 65W adapter ?
Thanks!
There is a turbo boost service in the services for windows 7. You may need to start the service.
Intel also has a turbo boost monitor program. It is a bar graph that shows your clock speed.
http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Detail_Desc.aspx?agr=Y&DwnldID=19105&lang=eng&OSVersion=Windows%207%...

Power Manager locking taskbar and creating two battery icons on X201

I am having an issue with one of my X201s and Power Manager running windows 7. My other X201 that runs the same software and was buil7 withing a few months does not have the issue. Periodically while on the internet a second battery icon will pop up on the task bar just partially overlapping the first icon and it has a fluttering appearance. When that happens the task bar is frozen and it takes accessing task manager to be able to restart the computer. I uninstalled and reinstalled the latest versions of the driver for Power Manager and Power Manager but that did not fix the problem. Not running Power Manager seems to prevent any problems but that is not what I want to do. I did some reading last night and it seems I am not the only one having an issue and it is not confined to the particular model. Searching did not lead me to real answers. Looking for a solution or a better way to diagnosis this.
T430 - Taskbar Frozen? This worked for me.
‎01-11-2014 01:44 AM
I thought I would post this in case someone has the same issue I did. Today my taskbar froze after startup (i.e. I couldn't access the start button or any other icon on the task bar and I had a two wonky grey battery icons where only one should have been). Restarting explorer.exe didn't help. It didn't even work in safe mode. No viruses, malware, disk/hardware issues could be found. The culprit was the Power Manager. There have already been a couple threads on this, but they are somewhat convoluted in addressing the issue so I thought I would post a straight forward solution.
I had version 6.3x installed on my T430 (which is only a couple months old, by the way). I had read in another thread that the power manager has been causing problems with the taskbar from way back BUT merely uninstalling it after the problem occurs has triggered the blue screen of death for several users.
So, I downloaded and installed the latest version of Power Manager (currently 6.6x). I did not uninstall the previous version first. I simply installed the new version and restarted the computer when prompted. This fixed the frozen taskbar issue.
Then, and only then, did I uninstall power manger completely because I never want to deal with this again. Everything is now back to normal.
The TL;DR version:
Step 1: Download and install latest version of power manager. DO NOT uninstall previous of power manager first.
Step 2: Restart computer
Step 3: For peace of mind, unistall the latest version of power manager.
Step 4: Restart computer
I hope this helps anyone who needs it.

Well using the older version of powermanger did not work as the issue popped up again. I also discovered the other X201 in the house was also having the same issue with the two battery icons and locked task bar.
I tried a new tactic which unchecking the the box in Power Manager-Options-Show periodic messages about the battery condition. This so far no brought up the problem but more testing is necessary to be certain.

External ThinkPad USB Keyboard with TrackPoint issues with scroll (55Y9003) and hotkeys on a x201

Hello
Once more there is a glitch with the drivers for this external keyboard 55Y9003.
I have the drivers:
16.2.19.13 for the ultranav system of the x201
1.10 for the external keyboard
My system is XP sp3.
The keyboard of the x201is fine relative to the one 55Y9003.
The scrolling is set to standard for both systems.
Please do not advise to select smooth; it is not a solution and the smooth scrolling has been systematically utterly unusable.
The issues:
-the hotkeys on the external keyboards are not all working:
basically, fn+f4 and fn+nmlk work but the rest does not (say fn+f8)
-the scrolling of the external keyboard is not at all identical to the scrolling of the x201.
For instance, in pdfs viewed with foxit for instance, I have not a problem to scroll horizontally with the x201 starting with the hand tool.
WIth the external keyboard, whan I press the middle button to activate the scrolling, it remains the hand tool, I can scroll vertically but not horizontally.
FIrefox as also issues whith the middle button.
-the external keyboard still suffers from the sticky shift key.
I know the x201 and the 55Y9003 are no longer fashionable, but Is there some directly guy working at Lenovo who could help ?

I have the ThinkPad USB keyboard on a non-Lenovo desktop, and it works.
Yes the keyboard driver installs, but not the Lenovo System Interface Driver, for obvious reasons. All the buttons and TrackPoint work.
Yes the TrackPoint does not scroll in all programs. Search the community for "trackpoint scroll fix" and you will come up with instructions on how to fix this.
I don't work for Lenovo. I'm a crazy volunteer!

X201 Access Connections doesn't recognize WiFi card

Hi
A week or so ago I ran Lenovo System Update, which prompted me to update the drivers for my WiFi card (Intel 6200-AGN). After the update Access Connections can no longer recognize the card. Windows still connects automatically to wireless networks through the built-in software, but Access Connections not working is really bothering me.
I've tried rolling back the wireless drivers (my current version is now 14.3.0.6, dated 10/27 2011), but with no luck. As far as I can see, there have been no updates to Access Connections for quite a while (it's hard to tell due to system update itself recently being updated), but is it worth a try uninstalling it and reinstalling an older version? My current version is 5.97, oddly the version listed on the support page for the x201-3626 is 5.62, but all my Lenovo software comes from Lenovo System Update.
Thanks in advance for any and all suggestions.
Solved!
Go to Solution.

It's a new version AC related issue. Uninstall it and install previous version 5.93, manually.
x220 | i5-2520m | Intel ssd 320 series | Gobi 2000 3G GPS | WiFi
x220 | i5-2520m | hdd 320 | Intel msata ssd 310 series | 3G GPS | WiFi
Do it well, worse becomes itself
Русскоязычное Сообщество English Community Deutsche Community Comunidad en Español

X201 Windows 8.1 Keyboard driver issue

I tried clean installing Windows 8.1 on my ThinkPad X201T
The Windows itself installs without any issue, but for some reason the keyboard drivers seem to be out of order. They will either not load up at all, or take incredibly long time to load up.
I've tried endless versions of Drivers, but none of them works to me. Newest drivers just don't work at all, and very old, early Windows 7 drivers and Vista-era drivers also have some problems.
Is there anyone who has successfuly set up Windows 8.1 and the drivers on ThinkPad X201, or other ThinkPads with 1st Gen Core i processor?
Kim
W540( ), Helix(Sold), Tablet 2(Sold) Tablet 2( ), X120e(Sold), X201 Tablet, X41 Tablet(Sold), X41, X32*4, 701C*4

I tried clean installing Windows 8.1 on my ThinkPad X201T
The Windows itself installs without any issue, but for some reason the keyboard drivers seem to be out of order. They will either not load up at all, or take incredibly long time to load up.
I've tried endless versions of Drivers, but none of them works to me. Newest drivers just don't work at all, and very old, early Windows 7 drivers and Vista-era drivers also have some problems.
Is there anyone who has successfuly set up Windows 8.1 and the drivers on ThinkPad X201, or other ThinkPads with 1st Gen Core i processor?
Kim
W540( ), Helix(Sold), Tablet 2(Sold) Tablet 2( ), X120e(Sold), X201 Tablet, X41 Tablet(Sold), X41, X32*4, 701C*4

X201s availability in the U.S.

I am looking for a replacement for my X60s. First thing, that came up into my mind was X201s. I looked at the U.S. Lenovo website and found out that I am not able to order it from there; however, on the U.K. website it is available for order. Then I searched this forum for information, have not found any reasonable explanation. The only thing I found was the assumption that this is because of lack of the i7 processor, but i7 is back in stock, while X201s is not. I continued further my investigation and found post on the Thinkpads.com forum:
“The entire x201s line is discontinued… They are still available among resellers because there are remaining inventories in the resellers channel. I guess I should have made my line more refined. The x201s has been discontinued in the US, at least. Not sure about other countries….”
Do you have any thoughts on that? Was there any confirmation or press release from Lenovo? They have discontinued X300 series, maybe the author of the post got confused, or we will be left without also without X201s, which I consider as THE masterpiece?
T60 2007-63G, Windows 7 & X60s 1704-5UG, Windows 7 & x201s 5143-28U, Windows 7

I don't think it's been discontinued, but who knows when we'll see it again. If you want one eBay is probably your best option.
Latitude 14

ThinkPad X201 - Hard Drive1 Password - no reset possible

Hello outside,
this post is going to be longish but I need to give as much information as possible to get your help.
We bought a bunch of lenovo X201 notebooks plus additional FDE drives (Hitachi, model name is HTS723225L9SA61, delivered through lenovo) to replace the builtin non-FDE ones. After performing some tests on one of those FDE drives I need to erase the master password of the Hitachi FDE drive. The drive contains just some test data, so everything can be erased/overwritten. AFAIR, this password is set by a SATA command, so I expected it to be changed by any tool that is capable of applying SATA commands like hdparm. I looked for datasheets on Hitachi harddrives and found a lot of SATA commands that can be applied to the drives. I just do not know how. I tried with hdparm but the valid status is displayed as frozen, therefore the tutorial I found but which I cannot refind here on this forum cannot be concluded. It reads as i fit allowed to overwrite the Master password at the end. I read and followed several forum threads such as http://forums.lenovo.com/t5/W-Series-ThinkPad-Laptops/Can-t-remove-HDD-password/m-p/241677 and http://forum.lenovo.com/t5/R-and-L-Series-ThinkPad-Laptops/Hard-Disk-Password-functionality-bug/td-p... without success. I also tried with Hitachi Tools and external boot media such as Parted Magic/hdparm/smartmontools. With none of them I succeeded, so I am looking for your help.
Expectations
Entering BIOS>Security>Password, setting Hard Disk1 Password to "User+Master" shall prompt the User for his password on powering up the notebook. In case he forgot his password, Master can login and let User set a new password. That way, no foreigner powering on the machine can gain access to the data. He can only erase all data on the drive by setting up a new Master password using special tools. This will only deliver him a bare drive but no business data.
What happened?
Case 1
I ran into the same problem as described in both scenarios of http://forum.lenovo.com/t5/R-and-L-Series-ThinkPad-Laptops/Hard-Disk-Password-functionality-bug/td-p.... I placed the FDE drive into the notebook, entered the BIOS settings for Security>Password>Hard Disk1 Password and set Master+User password at the same time (there is an option to set them in parallel). The User password can still be changed but my initially (and just once) set Master password is not being accepted when I power on the notebook and hit F1 for the overlying Master password instead of the User password. Even right after setting Master+User passwords it was not possible to change the password inside the BIOS or to access the computer by entering the Master password. The password was rejected all the time. Only the User password allows me to gain access to the system. Any typing errors are excluded as I used a very simple password for the start (just capitals and a number) while I was watching every character to appear as a filled box on the screen and both passwords (first Master password plus confirmation password) were of the same length and for sure of the same characters (otherwise BIOS had to reject but not accept this as the initial password).
Hitachi offers some tools at http://hitachigst.com/support/downloads/ which did not help me either (I had to run them on an X61 due to not supported ICH9M). Feature Tool does not offer operations to push SATA commands to the drive. So I used Hitachi Drive Fitness Test to perform a full write operation to the disk. This took several hours and I did that because I was hoping to be able to set new User+Master passwords afterwards. This is not possible as I am still asked for the current Master password. So don't waste your time with that.
Booting off a Linux Live CD using smartmontools does not allow me to push commands to the drive either as the fitting status is set to "frozen".
This is all I found out that can be performed on the drive to regain access to set the Master password. All in all I find this whole procedure very frustrasting. Documentation is incomplete from my POV. The most simple way would be to have a tool for changing the drive's key, losing all the data on it but allowing to reuse the disk. I did not find a dedicated function to do so. At least by overwriting the drive I expected to be able to reset the Master password but I learnt that it just overwrites the data but not the harddrive key.
After having performed the erase operation to the drive the BIOS offered new information for Hard Drive1 Password:
"Current setting: Enabled
Status: In Process
In Process: To complete enrollment, click Start>All>ThinkVantage>Create Recovery Media, and follow instructions
Registered: If password is forgotten, press F12 at power-on password prompt to recover."
I did that (create the bootable media) and set up a USB thumbdrive which was not bootable although the write operation ended successfully. Then I did the same with a bunch of DVD+RW media and ended up on disc 3 in an "unexpected error (rc=9)" for the check at 22% after write to disc operation. In the end, this is just a product recovery disc which allows to reinstall Windows 7 but not to change the hardware password for the disk drive (for sure).
No Supervisor password is set. According to http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?sitestyle=lenovo&lndocid=migr-59377 setting one would overwrite the Master password: "Setting a Supervisor password automatically sets the master Hard drive password". The questions are: which one will be the new Master password? The one used as Supervisor password? Will it be possible to disable the Supervisor password afterwards or will it stay on forever same as Hard Disk1 Password settings do? According to http://forums.lenovo.com/t5/W-Series-ThinkPad-Laptops/Can-t-remove-HDD-password/m-p/241677 even setting up a Supervisor password for the first time will ask me for the Master password in case those differ (which should be the general case).
I have no more ideas on what to do. Please give me some input.
Case 2
With a second drive which is not an FDE drive I tried to be more clever. I just chose to set the User password. But doing so no more allows me to place a Master password afterwards. All I can do from now on is change the User password but there is no possibility inside the BIOS nor in any of the Hitachi tools that I found to set a Master password afterwards. The worst thing about that is the fact that this information has _nowhere_ been displayed before setting the password. There _must_ be a warning about this beforehand! This is a real big fault which renders the drive useless. If there is no possibility for the user to fix that I will have to return the drives to the manufacturer because of this fault. What I am mostly missing is documentation. The supplied "lenovo Notebook Computer Hard Disk Drive User's Guide" just contains information on how to physically replace the drive plus some guarantee notes. There is no documentation coming by explaining the process of setting up a User(+Master) password, nor are there _any_ warnings during interaction. Nowhere did I find information on the fact that this operation is irreversible. This is not acceptable.
Once a User password is set, it cannot be removed anymore nor can the option be changed to "User+Master". There is just an option to change the password but not to disable the setting again. As any option inside the BIOS can be changed, this is totally unexpected by any user.
Would flashing the drive's firmware help, definitely?

I read the document now. No possibility to overwrite or remove the harddrive password (case 1) even for accepting to lose all data on it. Also no possibility to remove the User password or set an additional Master password afterwards once you've set the User password (case 2). At least in case 2 this is a definiive product fault that is nowhere stated beforehand, so even as a computer pro you cannot guess that setting this BIOS option will be a one-way ticket. Because of this I will have to return the drive to the manufacturer. Poor documentation, but not on the customer's back. Be careful if you set your Harddrive password.

Spare hard disk tray and rubber stops for X201

Hi
I have a Lenovo Thinkpad X201. Due to the nature of my work I am frequently required to boot up from a variety of operating systems. Recently, to protect integrity of the OSes, I moved out Ubuntu onto a spare HDD so now I have two hard disks - one that boots into Windows 7 and another that boots into Ubuntu. The problem is that if I connect the Ubuntu hard disk via USB for bootup, it is death slow and I have had instances where the hard disk developed bad sectors because the USB cable came loose and disconnected the drive. The only other option I am using currently is to manually swap the internal HDDs every time I need to change OSes. I was wondering if I can purchase a spare hard disk tray with its rubber mounts so that all I need to do is unscrew the hard disk bay cover (one screw) and swap the drives rather than have to unscrew the entire assembly and then screw it onto the other HDD repeatedly.
Could somebody please provide me with an FRU number for the entire SATA HDD assembly (minus the HDD itself of course but including the rubber rails).
Thanks
Sid
Solved!
Go to Solution.

i am not affiliated with any of these sellers.
http://www.ebay.com.au/sch/i.html?_odkw=t60+hdd+drive+tray&LH_BIN=1&_osacat=0&_from=R40&_trksid=p204...
You can use the metal tray, rubber bumper and plastic bay cover.
Regards,
Jin Li
May this year, be the year of 'DO'!
I am a volunteer, and not a paid staff of Lenovo or Microsoft

Please help!!! Cannot run Windows Update in Win 7 Pro after changing new hard-drive. (X201s)

Hi everyone,
I have been using my thinkpad x201s for more than one year by now. And recently I change a new and larger hard drive for my laptop. When I tried the thinkpad rescue and recovery disc on the new hard drive, everything works fine except that I cannot run Windows Updates after the installation was finished. The recovery DVDs were burned directly from the original image stored in the computer when the first I received my laptop last year.
Every time when I try to run the Windows Update, it shows the following: "Windows Update cannot currently check for updates, because the service is not running, you may need to restart your computer."
I restarted my computer later but nothing changed. Can't run Windows Updates and can't even install IE9.
I then moved back to my old hard drive and everything is normal, no problem with Windows Updates. I also tried to create a back-up image by running win 7 Backups and Restore. Later when I changed back to the new drive and followed the instructions to restore my system from the image I created earlier in a USB drive, it worked except that still the system can't run Windows Updates program.
I'm now getting very confused and upset, is it something to do with the software copyright? It's been a week now and I tried to Google the similar problem but no solutions work here. All I want to do is moving my current system to the new hard drive so that I can continue to use my laptop but it just failed updating every time.
Could anyone kindly tell me what to do when changing hard drive in order to avoid the problem I'm dealing with? Sorry I'm not a pro type user and just want my laptop to work appropriately.
My warranty has already expired so I guess the Lenovo Technical Hotline wouldn't answer my questions anymore. Please help!! Much appreciated.
Thanks so much in advance!!

I'm not sure this is the issue, but from your description, it seems as though all you have to do is activate the windows update service. If I were you, I'd search for "Services" in the start menu, open it and look for "Windows Update". Check in its properties that it is set to "Automatic (Delayed)", if it isn't, set it, and start the service, you should then be able to check for updates, be careful though that none of your other programs aren't stopping the service, usually these programs are there to "optimize your performance" or "boost your system",...
Hope this helps.

X201 USB becomes unresponsive during Win7 Install

This is crazy!
Here's the lowdown....
I recently purchased an X201 Laptop (Type 3680-FZ3 / Product ID 3680FZ3) and from the factory it had a 32 bit version of Win7 Pro. So, with my 8GB of ram installed, it would only address 2.93GB.
Sucky, but easily resolved, I want to install Win7 x64, something I have done HUNDREDS of times in my carrer as a Technician.
The basics:
Removed OEM Intel 80gb SSD with win7 x86 installed
Brand new, blank intel SSD installed (240GB)
bios updated to the latest version available on Lenovo's site, v1.40 (6QET70WW), all values set to DEFAULT
Used Windows 7 USB tool to image a MICROSOFT PROVIDED ISO of windows 7 pro x64, tool created the USB successfully (16gb Supertalent Express Duo, formatted NTFS)
Plugged into "always on" USB port (yellow)
The issue:
Turned on, Booted to USB, windows says "Loading Windows Files" and makes it through that
Then when the Windows 7 splash screen appears (Starting Windows) the system HANGS completely (caps Lock unresponsive, status light on USB shows idle status)
It hangs right before the colorful windows logo above "starting windows" can appear. Permanently, mynd y0u. Waiting 2+ hours did not help,
Trobleshooting:
Tried installing to another SSD, Samsung EVO 128gb same result
Tried installing my ISO to another USB Stick, SanDisk Cruzer 4gb, same result
Tried burning image to a DVD, then booted using an external USB CDROM, same result
Tried another ISO: Windows 7 Ultimate x64, same result (Checksum of both images is VALID)
Reset bios to default settings *again*, same result
Tried every USB port the x201 has to offer, same result.
Disabled Intel AMT, any security settings, same result
Read through EVERY lenovo Forum post related to the X201, found NOBODY with this same issue.
Read every Google search result, what a treat that was, no solution found
Going the extra mile:
you have the ability to boot the windows 7 install environment Verbosely using F8 during boot. All services/drivers load up.... UNTIL YOU GET TO DISK.SYS. after that, it hangs. Every possible combination of "troubleshooting" leads me here
The realization:
I love this computer... or do I?
Day 3 of trying to figure this out... I think i'm going insane.
I swear I heard the laptop mocking my wife and then it tried persuading my children into taking candy from strangers. Please help...

Hello,
The X201 is a four year old system, so I don't think it was new. Here's how the 3680-FZ3 shipped as originally configured:
i5-540M(2.53GHz), 4GB RAM, 80GB Solid State Drive, 12.1in 1280x800 LCD, Intel HD Graphics, Intel 802.11agn wireless, WWAN option, Modem, 1Gb Ethernet, UltraNav, Secure Chip, Camera, 6c Li-Ion, Win7 Pro 32
My initial thought is to check and see if the new Intel 240GB SSD has updated firmware and, if so, install and see if that makes any difference. I would also suggest using a different brand of USB flash drive, just to rule out any possible incompatibility issues with the drive in question.
I seem to recall that some models of USB flash drive enumerate as mass storage devices (Base Class 0x08) but use atypical subclasses to show up as a HDD, etc., which can cause some problems with BIOS/UEFI firmware that expects the bootable USB device to be a removable storage container subtype (optical drive, typical USB flash drive, etc.). I believe the Windows 7 Pro x64 files fit on a 4GB USB flash drive, althought not with much room to spare.
Failing that, you might just want to try burning the ISO to a DVD±R and using that to install. If problems persist at that point, I'd suspect a corrupt .ISO image.
Regards,
Aryeh Goretsky
I am a volunteer and neither a Lenovo nor a Microsoft employee. • Dexter is a good dog • Dexter je dobrý pes
S230u (3347-4HU) • X220 (4286-CTO) • W510 (4318-CTO) • W530 (2441-4R3) • X100e (3508-CTO) • X120e (0596-CTO) • T61p (6459-CTO) • T43p (2678-H7U) • T42 (2378-R4U) • T23 (2648-LU7)
Deutsche Community Comunidad en Español Русскоязычное Сообщество

3G on X201

Similar Messages

Maybe you are looking for