Lenovo Support & downloads - Critical System BIOS Updates - ThinkPad Reserve Edition, R61, R61e, R61i, T61, T61p, X300, X61, X61s, X61 Tablet, Lenovo 3000 N200, V200, Y310, Y410 and IdeaPad Y510, Y710

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Critical System BIOS Updates - ThinkPad Reserve Edition, R61, R61e, R61i, T61, T61p, X300, X61, X61s, X61 Tablet, Lenovo 3000 N200, V200, Y310, Y410 and IdeaPad Y510, Y710

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Symptoms

Lenovo has released a new system BIOS update to address an issue with the Mobile Intel 965 Express Chipset (as reported in the Intel 965 Express Chipset Specification Update). Lenovo is providing this BIOS update to eliminate a potential source of unexpected system behavior or memory error within the Lenovo notebook products below. In order to ensure the long term reliability of your Lenovo notebook computer, it is highly recommended that all users update their system with this new BIOS.

Affected Configurations

Any of the following systems running Windows Vista, XP or 2000 maybe affected by this symptom:

ThinkPad Reserve Edition
ThinkPad R61, R61e, R61i
ThinkPad T61, T61p
ThinkPad X300
ThinkPad X61, X61s
ThinkPad X61 Tablet
Lenovo 3000 N200
Lenovo 3000 V200
Lenovo 3000 Y310
Lenovo 3000 Y410
IdeaPad Y510
IdeaPad Y710

Solution

The BIOS images below contain a critical microcode update to improve system reliability. Lenovo highly recommends that you apply the applicable system BIOS update from the below list.

System	BIOS
ThinkPad R61 14.1inch widescreen with IEEE 1394, ThinkPad T61, T61p	7luj19us
ThinkPad R61 and R61i 14.1inch widescreen without IEEE 1394, R61 15.4inch widescreen	7kuj19us
ThinkPad R61 15inch models (8942, 8943, 8944, 8945, 8947, 8948, 8949)	7quj11us
ThinkPad R61 15.4inch widescreen, ThinkPad R61i 15.4 inch widescreen with IEEE 1394	7ouj13us
ThinkPad R61e (7650), R61i (7650) 15.4inch widescreen without IEEE 1394	7puj09us
ThinkPad X300	7tuj05us
ThinkPad X61, X61s, Reserve Edition	7nuj14us
ThinkPad X61 Tablet	7suj11us
Lenovo 3000 N200 (0687)	66et42ww
Lenovo 3000 N200 (0769)	68et35ww
Lenovo 3000 V200	65et59ww
Lenovo 3000 Y310	q3c71w
Lenovo 3000 Y410	05cn63ww
IdeaPad Y510	06cn29ww
IdeaPad Y710	08et33ww

Additional Information

Customers who use Active Management Technology (AMT) on their Lenovo notebook computer also need to update to the latest level of Management Engine Firmware (Intel AMT 2.6):