ThinkCentre A63 BIOS

The Lenovo Support tool is attempting (and failing) to download BIOS version 1.38A (5ojy38usa.exe) instead of 1.39 (5OJY39USA.exe) as is on the website for a ThinkCentre A63 6674A13.

If you read this forum, you will see that more recent systems, not long out of warranty, have been bricked by a BIOS update. In which case due caution is advised. Your company's systems are probably all under warranty, so there is little risk other than downtime waiting for a replacement motherboard.

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Thinkcentre 8810-CTO BIOS

Hi Guys, I was looking everywhere but cannot find it. Got a second hand motherboard for one of the Thinkcentres but the BIOS is in Dutch. Looking for a BIOS update for it - in English. I looked at EOL models too no joy. Anyone anything?
MTM 8810-CTO, Product ID 8810WCG.
Thanks in advance
Arek
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Just take generic one (just "8810"). They should have the same BIOS.
There is BIOS for models with AMT and without AMT.
What CPU do you have?
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A57 9702-7UG Cmos checksum bad

Hi
someone can help me ?
after BIOS Update i'd get this message at boot
CMOS checksum bad
press F2 to resume or F1 to setup
after pressing F2
boot sequence error
Thinkcentre A57-97027UG
BIOS 51KT58AUS
I have already changed the batteri and make a procedure for set up and press F10 to save it
thanks for all

Hi all
Pushing up this topic.
We got the same issue on two A57 9704-7KG after System Update. It think a BIOS update was there as well.
We've also changed the batteries but the BIOS won't save the settings.
Is there any possibility to fix that or bring back the previous BIOS version?
Thanks for any help.
Andy

Thinkcentre M57 dead after changing settings in BIOS

Hello,
I have am M57 tower that has been running great for many years but now all of a sudden after changing a few settings in BIOS (I did not upgrade the bios) all I can get the machine to do is power cycle over and over again with fans at full speed. I attempted the steps here http://forums.lenovo.com/t5/A-M-and-Edge-Series-ThinkCentre/M57-BIOS-Update-Failure/td-p/55840 but no luck. I did not change any hardware recently. I have also removed the descrete video card in it but there is no difference. When I attempt to recover the BIOS via a usb desette drive it beeps once then reads the disk for about 5 to 10 seconds with the fans at full speed. Any help would be appreshiated. I never knew you could brick a system by changing settings.

Odd that you followed procedure and that still didn't do it. Change the coin battery on the motherboard, restart pressing F1. Once into the BIOs with a new battery installed, go to the last page and select Load Default Settings, and then select F10 to Save Changes and exit. If all this was caused by a weak battery, this should fix it.
You can find coin batteries (CR2032) at Home Depot or even Walmart.

Thinkcentre A52 8327 Update Bios problem

Hi all
I have ThinkCentre A52 8327-75G.
My problem is. When i flash (update) BIOS from Windows Xp, first all is okay, but when start work i see in "Task Manager" it show only one thread (before i flash (update) BIOS from Windows it show me 2 threads)
Now have and error mesage "Invalid Machine type and Serial Number - Update Bios to correct this"
I update Bios because motherboard LAN not show in Device Manager and in BIOS show at MACAddres Invalid.
My CPU: Intel Pentium D 820 2.8 2M cache (duall core)
RAM: 2 x 1gb 667 and one 256 mb
My Question is: Is there have BIOS Repair or Recovery CD that can i use to fix this
I really need this pc to work .. HELP Pleace
Always seem to focusing only on the negative things, and now guess I can get out of here and say that done well as such. My friends have described me, so that it looked down from the other perspective. This is inspiring. This is my vocation, this is my job. This is what I love to do and will continue to do better. And with love every single day because these people counting on me and they love me for what I do.
Best regards *Lasoto - M.W.*
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okay i burn cd with Nero Boot working but result is same ... any other ideas ?
BTW >>>...<<<<
The Standart PC Have 512 mb ram, Pentium 4 but i never change this cpu i get it like i have it now.
Before i update bios from os cpu has 2 core and system working well ...
My question is bios can set how much cpu to use OS ?
Sec. is there have a program that can change "ROM" file to my way ?
Here have something wrong with that bios, let lenovo dev revers it and see it.
I will buy IDA and revers it like my way. i don't see other way..
Always seem to focusing only on the negative things, and now guess I can get out of here and say that done well as such. My friends have described me, so that it looked down from the other perspective. This is inspiring. This is my vocation, this is my job. This is what I love to do and will continue to do better. And with love every single day because these people counting on me and they love me for what I do.
Best regards *Lasoto - M.W.*

Thinkcentre Edge 92z (AIO) - Dead after BIOS update

Today I started Lenovo System Update to check for new updates for my ThinkCentre Edge 92z (model 3396BSG). System Update found a BIOS update. I started System Update from my Win64 Pro System.
Initially the display was showing white characters on black background. After a while a new window appeared with yellow characters on black background.
No interaction was done by me.
Some minutes later the system turned off.
I turned the system on and - nothing. The system didn´t show any startup messages, no splash screen - nothing. During "boot" (in fact no boot at all) I was not able to enter the BIOS - the systems seems to ignore any keyboard interactions.
To my opinion something during BIOS update killed my system.
I would appreciate any hints or comments.
Thank you and regards, Ingolf.

The machine is running again - after replacement of the system board. Thank you to Lenovo support and the technican.
Regards, Ingolf.

Looking for bios upgrade for IBM ThinkCentre 8189E3G

Hi there!
I have and old IBM ThinkCentre with BIOS version of PLTD - 60400d0 PhoenixFirstBIOS Desktop Pro Version 2.0 for IBM ThinkCentre IBM BIOS Ver 2AKT40.0 Ver 1.00(P?) date: 06/07/04
(which information is yielded from running SystemSpec)
I want to upgrade to a fresher BIOS version (if exists at all)
Do anyone have any information about it?
proc ID: 0F27
Thanx for any kind of help
P
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Good day and welcome to the community.
Type 8189 would make it an M50.
Please have a look at: http://support1.lenovo.com/en_US/research/hints-or-tips/detail.page?&LegacyDocID=MIGR-50534
It may have the package you're seeking. As with any BIOS update, especially with older machines well out of warranty, please review the documentation closely before proceeding.
Hope this helps.
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I Want to Access BIOS on ThinkCentre M Series to enable virtualization

My Operating System is W-7 Pro and I want to install XP Mode, only I think I need virtualization enabled in the BIOS.
After powering up, the following don't give access to the BIOS:
F1
F2
Ctrl+ Alt + F3
Ctrl + Alt + Ins
F1 + F2
Does anyone know how to access the BIOS in this machine?
According to the Registry Key this computer has Lenovo BIOS Version 5JKT55AUS.
How to enable virtualization is another question, but first I want to get into the BIOS.
Thank you
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Hello,
Thank you BiggAl (Guru) for responding. Sorry about the delay in my getting back, I am in school, hence little time.
You were 100% correct, once I connected a wired keyboard, F1 accessed the BIOS reliably.
Now my problem is that I don't see where in the BIOS to enable "virtualization" mode.
Can some one tell me how?
Thank you

Thinkcentre 7360 Bootup / Hard Drive / BIOS Issue Windows 7

Hi A pc was switched off by the wall plug accidentally by someone else when it was switched on. Since then it won't boot up. When you switch it on it gets as far as the window logo (which doesn't quite load fully, the coloured cirlcles swirl but do not form the windows logo before it reboots). The operating system is Windows 7. The pc had a 250GB HD in, this was cloned onto a Solid State Disk. Only the solid state disk is plugged in along with the CD drive. The original Hard Drive was left in the computer but unplugged. Both hard drives fail to boot up, the original one could not be faulty as it has never been used. Plugged both disks into a new pc and they boot up fine individually. Is there something obvious in the BIOS that is preventing the disk starting up? Safe mode does not workCheckdisk finds no errors, but as previous said, the hard drive works fine in another pc. I get the startup repair and start windows normally options. Startup repair starts up fine, start windows normally reboots. Resetting BIOS to defaults does not change anything. Removing the battery does not change anything. Tried different memory and different SATA cables. Any advice welcome.It is a Lenovo Small Form Factor Windows 7 PC - Model number 7360WN4 Jason

Sometimes issues can arise when a driver is downloaded directly from the manufacturer, because in some cases, there are minor tweaks made to the one made specifically for your computer.
Sometimes the developers (combination of HP software developers and the 3rd party maker's software developers) have to tweak the maker's original driver to work with all of the other components inside your particular computer. All of the dv4-2000s may have, for instance, a specific technology of hard drives and optical drives, but each different dv4-2XXX may have different brands of hard drives/optical drives.
Graphics drivers are that way. I always recommend getting the ATI driver, not from ATI's website, but directly from the HP Driver Page, because getting the version on ATI's website will cause some issues with the HP Framework (which is responsible for making the whole web of specific components all work together) on the computer. After that several things have to be uninstalled and the correct versions have to be installed just to undo what that one driver version did.
It gets a little complicated. Suffice it to say, always try to download it from the HP Driver Page for your model first. Then if that version or previous versions don't work, try downloading directly from the 3rd party maker's page. I hope that makes sense. Let me know if I need to clarify anything
I'm going to recommend the following drivers:
Intel Chipset Driver version 9.1.1.1020 A
Intel Management Engine Interface Driver version 1.00 A
Intel Matrix Storage Manager Driver version 8.9.2.1002 A
Intel Turbo Boost Technology Driver version 1.0.0.1030 A
Essential System Updates version 7.00 A
LightScribe System Software version 1.18.18.1
Also, please check and see what BIOS version you're currently on. To do that, press the FN + ESC keys and look for 'F.##' and let me know what that is. I'll compare it to the latest version and link you to that one if necessary.

ThinkCentre A62 (9486-A33) BIOS UPDATE PROBLEM

Hi
I have a Lenovo AM2 socket motherboard. On the pcb is printed M2RS780MH (L-A780) Rev 1.1
After 100% successful bios update with win xp pro from bios version 56KT48A to the latest bios version 56KT62A i get no boot or beep error code!!! After this successful update... i found after much searching that with this motherboard model you cannot update from 48A to 62A version because you risk to "brick" your motherboard but there is no notification of this problem from Lenovo not to update the bios from this old version to the latest. This is clearly a Lenovo problem and not the users fault to not being able to correctly update the bios.
Is there any way to fix this problem??????????????
Making a diskette with lower bios version like 61A did not help.
I have saved the old bios(56KT48A) before upgrading, how can i install the old bios??????????????
Andrew

Sorry, it seems you had very bad luck with this update: System unable to boot after performing Boot Block Recovery. You may be interested in following this flash recovery boot block jumper procedure before giving up.
Let us know what happens if you try the recovery procedure!
Edit: this one looks like the right diskette version for the recovery procedure on your computer.

ASUS GEFORCE GT640 not working with the latest M92p 2992-B3G BIOS

I've got a ThinkCentre M92p (2992B3G) that I bought over 6 months ago.
It's a pretty standard setup, and I haven't done anything to the hardware except upgrading it to 8GB of memory and adding a new SSD for my system drive. In addition I purchased an ASUS NVIDIA GT640 PCI-e video card as the default video card doesn't put out much performance for even the most casual of gamers. I'm running on Windows 8.1, with all updates installed. I've always been very tidy, so I've kept myself up-to-date with all the latest Windows Updates, and updates from the Lenovo System Update tool.
This setup worked great for several months, until one dreadful night where a new BIOS was presented by Lenovo System Update. I can't for the life of me remember the exact version number of that BIOS, but I do know it was released a week or two before the 14th February 2012. The change logs for Lenovo's BIOS updates doesn't include a release date, but I g
Either way; I download the BIOS update for Lenovo's websites, burned myself the ISO-image version, and went ahead with the flash as I've done many times before, even on this computer.
This is were my issues began; after the BIOS update I cannot for the life of me get any PCI-e video cards to work. Once the computer booted back up, the display was simply blank; not even a POST-message, and much less any display from the operating system itself.
With the PCI-e video card installed I can't the BIOS settings either. Therefore I have to remove the video card, make the necessary BIOS setting changes, and insert the video card again before booting.
Bottom line; my GEFORCE GT640 worked fine until the BIOS update, after which it doesn't work anymore.
Here's a few things I've tried so far;
I've tried both my GEFORCE GT640 and my RADEON HD640. No luck with either.
I've tried my GEFORCE GT640 in another rig. Runs just fine, so the video card isn't faulty.
I've tried my RADEON HD7750 in another rig. Runs just fine, so the video card isn't faulty.
I've tried four different monitors (two from BENQ, one from ASUS and one from DELL). It's not a monitor issue.
I've tried different video card settings in the BIOS (AUTO, PEG etc). No luck.
It's not a driver issue. I've tried booting both Windows 7 and Windows 8, and in both cases I've tried it with a variety of drivers installed (and not installed). Tried drivers both from Lenovo and NVIDIA's official driver packages. It's not a driver issue.
I've tried 3 different DVI-cables, a VGA cable and an HDMI cable. All work on other rigs, but not with the PCI-e card in the M92p.
Yes, I do upgrade my BIOS from a bootable CD, and no, I didn't brick the motherboard
The funny part to this story is .. when I contacted Lenovo Support, believing that my motherboard was fried.
They asked me to contact InfoCare, one of their sub-contractors, to help me replace the motherboard. On the 13th of February 2012 an on-site support technician from InfoCare came to replace the motherboard. After he replaced it, we tried it out my GEFORCE GT640 to see if the problem had been resolved; EUREKA! IT WORKED!.
However, the support technician insisted to update the BIOS before he left. At the time I didn't know the BIOS was the real issue, so i stupidly agreed. He did his job, and left. I didn't reboot the computer again before I brought it home that day; and what do you know? I got home, booted up the computer, and got the exact same problem I had earlier; black screen, as if the PCI-e video card wasn't even there.
That gave me the idea that the BIOS was to blame, so I began searching around on Google, Lenovo's Community Forum and so forth. That's when I found out that Lenovo had a reputation for white-listing certain WiFi extension cards, video cards and so forth. The only speculation as to why they did this was users saying that it was because only certain combinations of e.g. a motherboard and video card was not FCC-compliant.
What sucks with this is that it wasn't always this way; in the case of the M92p 2992-B3G that white-list was added with a BIOS update.
So why don't you just flash back to an older BIOS version?
Easier said than done; there is no earlier BIOS version.
Well, there are earlier versions, but they're no longer available to the public. I've dug around pretty much everywhere, and there's no downloads available anywhere, only the latest BIOS versions are available for download.
So unless you've got an old ISO-image lying around, or happen to have the .img files in your C:\SWTOOLS, then you're pretty much screwed.
Anyone got any ideas on how I can go further from here?
The only suggestion I've got so far is to replaced the motherboard with a new one, which likely has the factory BIOS. That's pretty much what I did when the on-site support technician helped me last, and that worked like a charm until he flashed the BIOS again.
Here's a few relevant posts you might want to review if you're up for it;
MP92p (2992-B3G) - Problems with GeForce GT640 after 24th January BIOS Update
Doesn't PCI-e video cards work anymore with the M92p?
No video during boot after video card upgrade
For the curious ones you'll find the BIOS change logs (up to 9SJ979USA) here;
http://download.lenovo.com/ibmdl/pub/pc/pccbbs/thinkcentre_bios/9sj979usa.txt
UPDATE #1
If found an interesting reply to this post, where a user posted a link to a graphics card compatability matrix from July 2010, telling a M58p user that one of the video cards he wanted to purchase was not compatible with his machine type.
He also speculates that Lenovo only white-lists low-power graphics cards such as the Quadro NVS because of their low power consumption. Then again, he himself uses a card that's not on that compatability list (a GEFORCE 310) without any issues.
Is there an updated compatability matrix available, that also includes the M92p?
UPDATE #2
Could this problem been a result of LENOVO adding UEFI support to its M92p BIOS to comply with Microsoft's requirements for Windows 8?
If you check the specifications for the ASUS GEFORCE GT640, and scroll to the bottom of the page you'll see the following;
"* No native UEFI BIOS support, for UEFI BIOS, please download from ASUS technique support site. (The update tool only for ASUS MB.)"
Could this be the o'holy grail for my problem?
If this is the case, I am willing to purchase a new video card with native UEFI support (e.g. the SAPPHIRE RADEON R9 280), and see if that one might work.
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I can't seem to edit this post anymore, for some odd reason.
So here goes;
I found this post in NVIDIA's knowledge base;
When installing an after-market graphics card into a certified Windows 8 PC with UEFI enabled, the s...
The interesting parts in this post are as follows;
When an after-market graphics card is installed into a motherboard with UEFI enabled in the system BIOS, or if the system is a certified Windows 8 PC with Secure Boot enabled, the system may not boot.
UEFI is a new system BIOS feature that is provided on most new motherboards. A UEFI system BIOS is required in order for the Windows 8 Secure Boot feature to work. Secure boot is enabled by default on certified Windows 8 PCs.
In order to get the PC to boot with a graphics card that does not contain UEFI firmware, the end-user must first disable the secure boot feature in the system's SBIOS before installing the graphics card.
Note: Some system SBIOS's incorporate a feature called compatibility boot. These systems will detect a non-UEFI-enabled firmware VBIOS and allow the user to disable secure boot and then proceed with a compatibility boot. If the system contains a system SBIOS the supports compatibility boot, the user will need to disable secure boot when asked during boot process
This leads me to believe that the BIOS update that wrecked my setup was 9SKT58A/9SJT58A, which only contains one change;
"Adds support for updating BIOS from a WIN7 BIOS to a WIN8 BIOS".
I've just ordered a cheap UEFI-compatible GT640 from Gainward, so I hope I'll be able to try that out this weekend.

ThinkCentre M92z - Displayport not responding

I work for a school system & we had an issue with a couple of ThinkCentre M92z not booting up. We went in & reimaged them, but now they will not recognize the Displayport port. We use a DP to VGA dongle for our classroom projectors & they were working. I have tried to update the drivers but that did not help. Any ideas?

Support tells me that this model does not support 'wake on alarm' via WMI.
I'm trying to configure the settings with CFGWIN.exe’
When I capture the M92z settings with this tool I get the following output
Wake from Serial Port Ring,Disabled;[Optional:Primary,Automatic,Disabled]
Wake Up on Alarm,Daily Event;[Optional:Single Event,Daily Event,Weekly Event,Disabled]
Hardware Password Manager,Enabled;[Optional:Disabled,Enabled]
So I can enable Wake Up on Alarm only I can't configure it?
When I capture the bios settings from a M93z I get the following extra lines
Wake Up on Alarm,Daily Event;[Optional:Single Event,Daily Event,Weekly Event,Disabled]
Startup Sequence,Automatic;[Optional:Primary,Automatic]
Alarm Time(HH:MM:SS),12:55:00
So why doesn't the M92z allow this?
Also I can't find the bios manual for the M92z only for the M92/M92p/M82 that tells me Wake on alarm isn't supported.

Does the M58p Thinkcentre (3582) support GeForce GT640

Afternoon,
I recently aquired a M58p Thinkcentre (3582) and I really want to run 3 monitors off it. I have done some research and it would seem that the GeForce GT640 (DDR3) would do the trick (for my budget) but I was just wondering if the most recent BIOS supports the graphics card? If not, what graphics card, in the same price range, would be my best option for 3 monitor support?
Any help with this matter is greatly appreciated.
Cheers

Probably your type is 3285, not 3582 right? Should work, just take care that both cards and displays have compatible connectors (I prefer 2x DVI + miniHDMI - but depends on monitors you have). Fo the same money you can also get newer GF GT730 ...
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Lenovo M58 (7360-AEG) - need original BIOS bin file

Hello everybody!
I think I have a BIOS problem with Thinkcentre M58.
I try bios recovery procedure with .iso file, jumper, etc, but nothing happens.
So I will try to programming bios chip with bios programmer. I found some bios files, but not the correct one.
If somebody can help me with original bios .rom or .bin file, I will be very grateful.
I save the present file and I see it's 4096KB, but files that I found are 2MB or less.
Thans in advance.
Happy weekend to all.

No worries, Liken, as I already wrote, I was trying to flash 65cn13ww, and it failed for some reason.
Being curious, I started the laptop again with F2 to check the current BIOS version, and what did I read: 65cn13ww!
Yep, the same BIOS that I was trying to flash.
I think Lenovo has a lot of explaining to do.
But then again, when I follow some threads, I don't think Lenovo gives a sh...., seeing that most forum visitors don't get ANY answer or are still waiting for one.
Shame on them and I'm very disappointed, particularly about Lenovo's attitude towards the loyal customers!

Query bios model

Hi there,
I'm using SCCM in my organisation(System center configuration manager), and we have several models of ThinkCntre PC's in our organisation.
How can i query the bios type of each ThinkCentre computers.?
I have seen that in dell computers they created a SQL QUERY for every ThinkCentre computer which can help me in creating a report in sccm, and then find out which computers do not have an updated bios version.
Hope you can help me up on this.

select distinct SMS_R_System.Name, SMS_G_System_PC_BIOS.SMBIOSBIOSVersion, SMS_G_System_COMPUTER_SYSTEM.Model from SMS_R_System inner join SMS_G_System_PC_BIOS on SMS_G_System_PC_BIOS.ResourceID = SMS_R_System.ResourceId inner join SMS_G_System_COMPUTER_SYSTEM on SMS_G_System_COMPUTER_SYSTEM.ResourceID = SMS_R_System.ResourceId where SMS_G_System_COMPUTER_SYSTEM.Model like "%"
With the last entry you can filter for specific models (like "3%" "4%" "5%" and so on).

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