Intel based IdeaPad S12 BIOS

Hi,
I saw there is a BIOS update for a VIA based S12, that enables 3Gb RAM support. Does the Intel based S12 theoretically support more than 2 Gb of RAM, and are there any plans for releasing the BIOS update for it?
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This page show an Intel IdeaPad S12 with 3Gb of RAM that can be bought directly from Lenovo.
http://shop.lenovo.com/SEUILibrary/controller/e/web/LenovoPortal/en_US/catalog.workflow:category.det...
Do you have to buy specifically that model to get 3Gb of RAM or can you buy one with 2Gb and upgrade it? There is no model with 3Gb of ram available in Canada.
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I'm a new owner of a Via-based IdeaPad S12, and I've had some trouble getting the included Broadcom BCM4312 802.11 adapter to work in Linux.
I'm running Debian Lenny, and I have tried the latest stable kernel (linux-image-2.6.26-2-686 version 2.6.26-21lenny4) and the latest kernel from backports.org (linux-image-2.6.32-bpo.3-686 version 2.6.32-9~bpo50+1). I've tried the b43 driver (with firmware from package b43-fwcutter 1:011-5), the proprietary Broadcom "wl" driver, and ndiswrapper with the XP drivers that Lenovo makes available for download at http://consumersupport.lenovo.com/.
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And with b43, "rfkill list" would indicate that the radio was enabled in software but disabled in hardware. "wl" and ndiswrapper would fail similarly (but without indicating that the problem had anything to do with a kill switch). I've tried flipping the hardware killswitch and pressing Fn+F5 in all cases (F5 has a wireless icon on it).
As a last resort to verify that the wireless or kill switch wasn't broken at the hardware level, I restored my backup of Windows and tried wireless in Windows. It only worked after hitting Fn+F5 and enabling wireless in the dialog box that Lenovo Energy Management pops up. After doing this, the wireless works great under Linux with the b43 driver.
I hope this helps some other frustrated Linux IdeaPad owners. I've spent at least a good 16-24 hours on this issue.
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Hi and welcome to lenovo forum...
First i know that S12 ION Version will released soon in germany...
comes with 2 GB Memory and 250 GB Harddrive and Windows 7..
No there is no WWAN/3G .. But could be released in later versions..
Wireless is standard 54 MB (free range 50m-100m) there is no "300 MB -n" Version planned..
Memory 2GB ... dont know upgrade possiblitys ... but 2GB is still enough for 99% cases...
hope that help you a bit further
sincerely KalvinKlein
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IdeaPad S12 (Intel) crashes while gettin to hibernate mode

Hallo, I have a problem with an IdeaPad S12 2959 and Windows 7 Professional x86. The Netbook works fine but it won't go to hobernate mode. When I click on the button for hibernate the screen gets dark but the netbook doens't turn off. Is that issue an known bug? Is there a fix known like a BIOS update? Thank you for your help.

Hi and welcome,
there is no BIOS update at all for Ideapad S12 Intel version..
Did you approve all settings in Lenovo Energy Management and windows 7 ?
LEM settings
Could be a driver problem , that prevent windows to hibernate.. actual driver for Ideapad S12 Intel ..
sincerely KalvinKlein
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Ideapad S12 Via chipset

Hello everyone,
I just bought a used Ideapad s12 with the Via CPU.
Model number is 20021
Last owner had a bios password that he couldn't recall so I'm stuck here.
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2nd remove battery and power adapter and press power on button for thirty seconds.After this, starting the system while pressing fn and F2)
Anyone knows any other way?I would really appreciate it
I contacted IT support of Lenovo here in Greece and their respond was to change the hole motherboard !OMG!
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The CPU clock isn't steady.It varies from GHz to GHz and unlikely most of the time is at 0.8 causing the system to hang and CPU to work at 100% when doing basic tasks like browsing.
Is this normal? Is there any way to change this?
Thank you very much in advance and sorry for the long message

Hi try to answer a few of your quests...
1. BT there is no manual to explore the S12... but a good help is this how to get inside...S12 HDD Upgrade
but be aware ...you definitely lose your warranty ...
2. Thats mission impossible memory soldered onboard ....means soldered ... not socket based...
3. One free minicpi-express slot ... ok ...dont know if it works ... but even when ... you have 3 GB memory ...
turbo memory works only for Vista ... and its a waste of money... nothing will speeds up ...
4. 7200rpm HDD will only transfer data faster...higher battery consumption eats overall 5-10 minutes... so no fear about that.. loose against SSD but they are more expensive 10-20 times per GB... 160 GB SSD costs equal the whole S12 .... bad ratio ... could be better next year but didnt have a magic glass sphere
5. No graphics acceleration ..
6. Depends on the Windows 7 driver for your Via machine...
not really easy to compare XP with W7 but much more efficent than Vista...
hope that makes something more clear ...
sincerely KalvinKlein
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Hello there,
I bought an ideapad S12 (Intel Atom 1,6 GHZ, NVidia ION 256 MB, 2 GB RAM). So far so good until I detect that indeed there is a sim card slot, but no internal wwwan card built in. Didn't matter anyway, the kind lady at the lenovo hotline told me, that I have to buy the Ericsson f3507g-Card.
I thought to be very clever and bought me the identical Dell 5530 WWAN card at only a fraction of the price. After hours and hours reading installation advices in several forums I was able to install the dell drivers onto my netbook and after deactivating the pin query on my sim card, the card is also detected by the data manager from my provider (3datamanager at www.drei.at).
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Hello there,
I bought an ideapad S12 (Intel Atom 1,6 GHZ, NVidia ION 256 MB, 2 GB RAM). So far so good until I detect that indeed there is a sim card slot, but no internal wwwan card built in. Didn't matter anyway, the kind lady at the lenovo hotline told me, that I have to buy the Ericsson f3507g-Card.
I thought to be very clever and bought me the identical Dell 5530 WWAN card at only a fraction of the price. After hours and hours reading installation advices in several forums I was able to install the dell drivers onto my netbook and after deactivating the pin query on my sim card, the card is also detected by the data manager from my provider (3datamanager at www.drei.at).
And (finally) here comes my question: are there additional antennas for WWAN in the netbook? If no, I likely have to buy an antenna and screw it into my (yet) maiden netbook ;-) Has anyone experience with assembling WWAN antennas in S12-netbooks? Which model should I use and where should I put it?
Thanks in advance
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Hello, I have Ideapad S12 with Windows 7 RTM... Is there any way to get wifi working? My HW switch to wifi is on, but the shortcut Fn+F5 does absolutely nothing... Tried Beta drivers "Hotkey Features", but they can't be installed, no installation package is found in the installer. Any advice please?
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Hi you are welcome...Marwain...
some drivers comes out of the box...some via windows 7 update (my got Intel Graphics on this way) but not all...
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My Intel based PC security

I have read that Intel plans to incorporate McAfee security into its hardware.   If Lenovo has made a statement on how this will impact IBM Intel based PCs would you kindly point me to it. I would like to read it.
I have an Intel Centrino chip in my X200 which I assume will not be impacted by this announcement, unless of coursse, a firmware upgrade was planned to incorporate the McAfeee security software. If it were offered, I would want to be able to bypass it. My concern would then move to any future purchases of Intel based PCs.
Fortunately my IBM desktop is AMD based. It is several years old and when it expires I will look for yet another one that is AMD based. Though Apple makes a good PC, they are very closed and dispise all things open ...so not on my buy list.
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Hello,
I think that people tend to forget that Microsoft Windows NT ran on MIPS, DEC Alpha and PowerPC CPUs as well as IA32/IA64 hardware instruction set processors, and that Windows CE supported ARM, MIPS and Hitachi CPUs as well. While the majority of their expertise lies in IA32 (x86/x64) and IA64 (Itanium) code, Microsoft does have some experience with other instruction sets. And that's not even getting into the XBOX360.
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I think web browser virtualization entered the mainstream when Microsoft introduced Windows Vista in 2006, and before that, we had Ronen Tzur's Sandboxie (an awesome program) and GreenBorder, which was acquired by Google.
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