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BIOS update utility - ThinkPad R400, T400
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This BIOS Update Utility updates the BIOS (system program including the Embedded Controller (EC) program) stored in the ThinkPad system to fix problems, add new functions, or expand functions as noted below.

Supported ThinkPad systems:
- R400
- T400

Supported Operating Systems:
- Microsoft Windows 7 32-bit, 64-bit
- Microsoft Windows Vista 32-bit, 64-bit
- Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition, Professional

Notes:.
- This program is language independent and can be used with any language system.
File details
Version: 3.09/3.10
Release Date: 2009/10/16
 File link     File size     File description
7uuj35us.exe     5,547,552     BIOS Update Utility for 32-bit Windows

7uuj35u6.exe     5,621,736     BIOS Update Utility for 64-bit Windows

7uuj35us.txt     35,504     README for BIOS Update Utility

Additional information
Use the link below to obtain the BIOS in other file formats:

 

Contents
Summary of Changes
Notes
Updating the BIOS
Initializing the BIOS
BIOS information
Additional information
Memory Map information

 

Summary of Changes

Where:

  • BIOS: BIOS version
  • ECP: Embedded Controller Program version
  • [Important] Important update
  • (New) New function or enhancement
  • (Fix) Correction to existing function

 

BIOS ID: 7UETnnWW

Version 3.09-1.03
BIOS: 3.09 / ECP: 1.03

  • (Fix) Fixed an issue where IP address might not be allocated from the HPM (Hardware Password Manager) server using DHCP.

 

BIOS ID: 7VETnnWW

Version 3.10-1.03
BIOS: 3.10 / ECP: 1.03

  • (New) Added support for BIOS update on the 64-bit version of Windows. (The file name ends with "US.EXE" for 32-bit, "U6.EXE" for 64-bit Windows.)
  • (New) Added support for Intel WiMAX/WiFi Link 5150.
  • (New) Updated the Computrace part in the BIOS.
  • (Fix) Fixed an issue that might cause the computer hanged during Windows operation.
  • (Fix) Fixed an issue where a 0120 error was not displayed even if Stuck Key was pressed.
  • (Fix) Fixed an issue where AMT abort error might happen.

Click here for a complete list of changes fixed by this driver update.

 

Notes
  • If you use Windows Vista, before applying this BIOS into the system, you should install Windows Vista KB 937500. The information of KB937500 is located in the following Microsoft's site.
    To verify if KB937500 is installed properly,
    1. Click Start, then click Control Panel.
    2. Find Programs and Features and click. If this option does not exist on the window, choose Classic View to find it.
    3. On Tasks pane, click on View installed updates.
    4. Verify that KB937500 is included in the list of installed updates.
  • To use Intel Anti-Theft Technology PC Protection , Intel AMT 4.1 - Management Engine Firmware version 4.1.3 or higher must be installed into your computer.
  • If system protection function by Intel Anti-Theft Technology PC Protection, ConstantSecure Remote Disable or ThinkVantage Hardware Password Manager feature is still activated and when you try to get back to the older BIOS versions without these features, the following message will be displayed. This is to prevent system protection function from being deactivated.
    • BIOS Update CD:
      "Error The system program file is not correct for this system"
    • BIOS Update Utility:
      "The process does not recognize this system.The utility process has not completed."
  • To get back to such the older BIOS versions, you should deactivate these features before applying the BIOS.
  • (Limitation) The computer with the Integrated Smart Card Reader is unable to resuming normal operation from standby mode after hot-docking to the Docking Station which has a hard drive with a hard disk password installed.

 

Updating the BIOS

Notes:

  • If your computer runs satisfactorily now, it may not be necessary to update the BIOS. To determine if you should update the BIOS, refer to the BIOS Version section.
  • You need an AC adapter and a charged battery pack.
  • Remove the Power-on password prior to updating the BIOS in the RDM (Remote Deployment Manager) or similar environment.

Attention:
Do not turn off or suspend the computer until the update has been completed. IF YOU DO THAT WHILE THE UPDATE IS STILL IN PROGRESS, THE SYSTEM BOARD MAY HAVE TO BE REPLACED.

Manual Update

This section assumes to use Internet Explorer and Explorer.

[Downloading files]

  1. Click once on the underlined file name with the left mouse button. Once this is done, some pop-up windows will appear.
  2. Follow the instructions on the screen.
  3. In the window to choose Run or Save, click the Save button.
  4. Choose the folder you would like to download the file to and click the Save button. A different window will appear and the download will begin and complete. Once the download has completed, there may or may not be a message stating that the download completed successfully.

[Extracting files]

  1. Make sure to be logged on with administrative privileges.
  2. Make sure the AC adapter is firmly connected to the target computer.
  3. Locate the directory where the file was downloaded.
  4. Locate the file that was downloaded and double-click it. The file name ends with "US.EXE" for 32-bit, "U6.EXE" for 64-bit Windows.
  5. Follow the instructions on the screen.
  6. In the "Select Destination Location" window, click Next. If you would like to select a different folder, click Browse.
  7. In the "Ready to Install" window, click Install. All the necessary files will be extracted to the folder selected in the step 9.

[Updating the BIOS]

  1. Make sure the checkbox next to "Install ..... now" is checked and click Finish.
  2. Follow the instructions on the screen.
  3. Select Update ThinkPad BIOS and follow the instructions on the screen.
  4. After the update has been completed, the program shows a message Flash Update has been successfully completed.... Follow the instructions on the screen to restart the computer.

Finally delete the file saved in Step 4.

 

Unattended Update
Note: This is intended for system administrators only. The BIOS is updated without any user interaction.
  • Refer to the "Manual Update" section, and download and extract the file.
  • In the step 12 of the "Installing files" section, uncheck the checkbox next to "Install ..... now", and then click Finish to cancel installation.
  • At the command line, execute WINUPTP.EXE with the -s option. Example: [Path where the files were extracted]\WINUPTP -s

To view the update result, refer to the WINUPTP.log file created at the same directory of the package.

 

Initializing the BIOS
BIOS Initialization is suggested for some problems. To initialize the BIOS settings:
  1. Turn off the computer.
  2. Turn on the computer.
  3. While the To interrupt normal startup, press the blue ThinkVantage button message is displayed at the lower-left area of the screen, press the F1 key. The BIOS Setup Utility menu will be displayed. If a password prompt appears, type the correct password.
  4. Press the F9 key to load default configuration.
  5. Select Yes.
  6. Press the F10 key to save default configuration and exit.
  7. Select Yes.
  8. Restart the computer.

Note:
After initialization you may need to reapply some settings that you had changed previously.

 

BIOS version

Each version of the ThinkPad BIOS Update Utility contains the following system program (BIOS) and the Embedded Controller program.

There are two ways to check the BIOS version and BIOS ID.

Checking on Windows

[Windows 7/Vista]

  1. Click Start, click Programs(click All Programs in Windows 7), click Accessories, click System Tools and then click System Information.
    - or -
    Click Start, type msinfo32 in the Start Search box and then click msinfo32 in the Programs list.
  2. On the "System Information" window, make sure System Summary is selected in the left side of the window.
  3. Locate the BIOS version/date line in the right side of the window. "LENOVO BIOS ID (BIOS version), date" will be shown.

If you are prompted for an administrator password or confirmation, type your password, or click Continue.

[Windows XP]

  1. Click Start, click All programs, click Accessories, click System Tools and then click System Information.
    - or -
    Click Start, click Run, type msinfo32 in the Open box and then click OK.
  2. On the "System Information" window, make sure System Summary is selected in the left side of the window.
  3. Locate the BIOS version/date line in the right side of the window. "LENOVO BIOS ID (BIOS version), date" will be shown.
Checking on BIOS Setup

Turn off the computer.

  1. Turn off the computer.
  2. Turn on the computer.
  3. While the To interrupt normal startup, press the blue ThinkVantage button message is displayed at the lower-left area of the screen, press the F1 key.
    The BIOS Setup Utility menu will be displayed. If a password prompt appears, type the correct password.
  4. Locate the BIOS Version line and Embedded Controller Version line. "BIOS version (BIOS ID)" will be shown on the BIOS Version line. .
  5. Turn off the computer.

BIOS ID: (7UETnnWW)

Package version BIOS version
Release
Embedded Controller version
3.09-1.03 3.09 (7UET79WW) Current release 1.03 (7VHT14WW)
3.08-1.03 3.08 (7UET78WW) 7uuj34us.exe
7uuj34us.txt
1.03 (7VHT14WW)
3.06-1.03 3.06 (7UET76WW) Not released to the Web 1.03 (7VHT14WW)
3.01-1.03 3.01 (7UET71WW) 7uuj31us.exe
7uuj31us.txt
1.03 (7VHT14WW)
3.00-1.03 3.00 (7UET70WW) 7uuj30us.exe
7uuj30us.txt
1.03 (7VHT14WW)
2.16-1.01 2.16 (7UET66WW) Not released to the Web 1.01 (7VHT12WW)
2.12-1.01 2.12 (7UET64WW) 7uuj14us.exe
7uuj14us.txt
1.01 (7VHT12WW)
2.07-1.01 2.07 (7UET61WW) 7uuj12us.exe
7uuj12us.txt
1.01 (7VHT12WW)
2.03-1.01 2.03 (7UET57WW) 7uuj10us.exe
7uuj10us.txt
1.01 (7VHT12WW)
1.23-1.01 1.23 (7UET53WW) Not released to the Web 1.01 (7VHT12WW)
1.20-1.01 1.20 (7UET50WW) 7uuj07us.exe
7uuj07us.txt
1.01 (7VHT12WW)
1.19-1.01 1.19 (7UET49WW) 7uuj06us.exe
7uuj06us.txt
1.01 (7VHT12WW)
1.18-1.01 1.18 (7UET48WW) Not released to the Web 1.01 (7VHT12WW)
1.11-1.01 1.11 (7UET41WW) Not released to the Web 1.01 (7VHT12WW)

BIOS ID: (7VETnnWW)

Package version BIOS version
Release
Embedded Controller version
3.10-1.03 3.10 (7VET80WW) Current release 1.03 (7VHT14WW)
3.07-1.03 3.07 (7VET77WW) Not released to the Web 1.03 (7VHT14WW)
3.01-1.03 3.01 (7VET71WW) 7uuj31us.exe
7uuj31us.txt
1.03 (7VHT14WW)
3.00-1.03 3.00 (7VET70WW) 7uuj30us.exe
7uuj30us.txt
1.03 (7VHT14WW)
2.16-1.01 2.16 (7VET66WW) Not released to the Web 1.01 (7VHT12WW)
2.12-1.01 2.12 (7VET64WW) 7uuj14us.exe
7uuj14us.txt
1.01 (7VHT12WW)
2.07-1.01 2.07 (7VET61WW) 7vuj07us.exe
7vuj07us.txt
1.01 (7VHT12WW)
1.20-1.01 1.20 (7VET50WW) 7vuj05us.exe
7vuj05us.txt
1.01 (7VHT12WW)
1.17-1.01 1.17 (7VET47WW) 7vuj04us.exe
7vuj04us.txt
1.01 (7VHT12WW)
1.09-1.01 1.09 (7VET39WW) Not released to the Web 1.01 (7VHT12WW)

 

Additional information
  1. How to enter the Intel Management Engine BIOS Extension screen:
    To save system boot time, the <Ctrl-P> prompt for Intel Management Engine BIOS Extension screen was removed from the boot screen.
    Instead of the <Ctrl-P> prompt, the following new entries were added in the Boot Menu shown by pressing the F12 key at boot.
    <Enter ME Configuration Screens>
    <Initiate a Remote Connection>

To enter the Intel Management Engine BIOS Extension screen, do the following.

  1. Turn off the computer.
  2. Turn on the computer.
  3. While the To interrupt normal startup, press the blue ThinkVantage button message is displayed at the lower-left area of the screen, press the F12 key. A Boot Menu will be displayed.
    If a password prompt appears, type the correct password.
  4. Select Enter ME Configuration Screens or Initiate a Remote Connection.

Notes:

  • The new entries in the Boot Menu are shown on the ThinkPad models with Intel vPro supported/enabled only.
  • The Boot Menu may be suppressed by the BIOS Setup.

 

Memory Map information
Reserved Area

The following conventional memory addresses are reserved by the BIOS and others. (When Intel Turbo Memory is installed in your system, conventional memory addresses are reserved 11k bytes more.)

  • C0000-CFFFF : Reserved for Video BIOS
  • D0000-D2FFF : Reserved for Option ROM of Ethernet (*a)
  • DE000-DF7FF : Reserved for USB BIOS (*b)
  • E0000-FFFFF : Reserved for System BIOS

Notes:

  • *a: This area becomes free by disabling the Ethernet LAN Option ROM option under Config and Network in the BIOS Setup Utility. This choice will disable PXE and WOL features.
  • *b: This area becomes free by disabling the USB BIOS Option ROM option under Config and USB in the BIOS Setup Utility. This choice will disable booting from USB device and other USB BIOS features.

 

Usable Area

The following memory address can be used by the memory manager such as EMM386.

  • D3000-DDFFF
  • DF800-DFFFF

Note:
Certain addresses in this area will be reserved for CardBus Controllers or others by Operating Systems. The addresses vary and depend on the design of each Operating System.

Applicable countries and regions
Worldwide

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Document id:  MIGR-70350
Last modified:  2009-10-19
Copyright © 2009 IBM Corporation
Copyright © Lenovo 2009, all rights reserved
 
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