Summary of changes for Active Protection System for Windows 7 (32-bit), Vista (32-bit), XP, 2000 - ThinkPad

Version 1.70

• (New) Support for Microsoft Windows 7 32-bit platform.

Version 1.64

• (New) Added support for ThinkPad L410, L510, SL410, SL510.
• (New) The installation program has been changed to Inno Setup.

Version 1.63

• (New) Added support for ThinkPad T400s.
• (Fix) Fixed an issue where the system might cause system hang when the ReadyBoost feature was enabled on Windows Vista.
• (Fix) Fixed an issue where the second hard drive might not be recognized after hot-detaching and hot-attaching operation with using Intel Matrix Storage Manager driver.

Version 1.62

• (New) Support for ThinkPad W700ds (added).
• (New) Support RAID configured hard disk drive by Intel Matrix Storage Manager Driver.

Version 1.61

• (New) Support for ThinkPad SL300, SL400, SL500.
• (New) Support for ThinkPad R400, R500, T400, T500, W500, X200 (added).
• (New) Support for ThinkPad X301, W700 (added).
• (New) Support for ThinkPad X200s, X200 Tablet (added).

Version 1.54

• (New) Support for ThinkPad X300 (added).
• (New) Support for the new modles with new microprocessors.

Version 1.53

• (New) Support for the new system (ThinkPad R61i) and the complient of ATA8-ACS Rev4b Hard Disk drive.

Version 1.52

• (New) Support to modify the pen delay time in the APS Control Panel.
• (Fix) Yellow bangs appear on the disk drive and USB memory devices in the Device Manager.

Version 1.51

• (Fix) Fix the late-resume problem under the Microsoft Windows Vista environment.

Version 1.50

• (New) Initial release for Windows Vista (32-bit) for the following ThinkPad systems:
  • R50, R50p, R51, R52, R60
  • T41, T41p, T42, T42p, T43, T43p
  • T60, T60p
  • X40 *1, X41, X41 Tablet, X60, X60s, X60 Tablet
  • Z60m, Z60t, Z61e, Z61m, Z61p, Z61t

Version 1.41

• (Fix) Solve the problem that the system cannot enter into the hibernation state intermittently.
• (New) Support for ThinkPad X60 Tablet (added)

Version 1.40

• (New) Support for ThinkPad T60, T60p, X60, X60s.
• (New) Support for ThinkPad Z61e, Z61m, Z61p, Z61t, R60
• (New) Support AHCI mode of the hard drive controller.

Version 1.34

• (New) Add the feature that disables APS function while the user operates a PC with a pen device.

Version 1.33b

• (New) Support for ThinkPad Z60m, Z60t.
• (Fix) Solve the problem with the application causing an error during the system shutdown process.

Version 1.32

• (New) Support for ThinkPad X41 Tablet.

Version 1.31

• (Fix) Real-time status window of APS control panel was incorrectly shown.
• (New) Support for ThinkPad X41 (added).

Version 1.30b

• (New) Support APS feature of 2nd HDD on Ultrabay Slim.
• (New) Support for ThinkPad T43, T43p (added).
• (New) Support for ThinkPad R52 (added).

Version 1.23

• (Fix) Cannot resume from a hibernation state after the system is undocked from ThinkPad Dock II/ThinkPad Mini Dock.

Version 1.22

• (Fix) APS task-tray icon appears even if the tray-icon option is set to disable.
• (New) Support for ThinkPad T42, T42p (added).

Version 1.21

• (Fix) Intermittently slow when using the Battery MaxiMiser program.
• (New) Support for ThinkPad R51.

Version 1.20b

• (New) Support for ThinkPad X40 (added).
  
• (New) Support the new feature for adjusting the shock detection sensitivity.
• (New) Enhance the prediction algorithm for the critical shock detection.
• (New) Support the new feature for manually stopping the activity of Active Protection System during a specified length of time.

Version 1.01b

• (Fix) Improve "Auto-ignore feature".
• (New) Support for ThinkPad R50p, T41p (added).

• (New) Initial release

• L410, L510
• R50, R50p, R51, R52, R60, R61, R61e, R61i
• R400, R500
• Reserve Edition
• SL300, SL400, SL400c, SL410, SL500, SL500c, SL510
• T41, T41p, T42, T42p, T43, T43p
• T60, T60p, T61, T61p
• T400, T400s(*3), T500
• W500, W700 (*2)(*3), W700ds(*3)
• X40 (*1), X41, X41 Tablet
• X60, X60s, X60 Tablet, X61, X61s, X61 Tablet
• X200, X200s, X200 Tablet(*3), X300, X301
• Z60m, Z60t
• Z61e, Z61m, Z61p, Z61t

Note:

• *1: Note for ThinkPad X40 systems require the following BIOS and Embedded Controller versions to enable ThinkVantage Active Protection System:
  • BIOS version 1.13 (1UET62WW) or higher
  • Embedded Controller Program version 1.12 (1UHT58WW) or higher.
    
  • Update BIOS and Embedded Controller Program if necessary.
  • For more detail, refer to release notes of BIOS and Embedded Controller Program.
    
• (*2) For ThinkPad W700 - RAID mode configuration
  • To enable ThinkVantage Active Protection System in RAID configuration, The following software are required:
    • BIOS Version 1.51 or higher
    • Intel Matrix Storage Manager Driver Version 8.6.0.1007 or higher
  • Update BIOS and Intel Matrix Storage Manager Driver prior to install ThinkVantage Active Protection System if necessary.
  • For more detail for each software identification and updating, refer to release notes of BIOS and Intel Matrix Storage Manager Driver.
• *3: - ThinkPad W700, W700ds support the 64-bit version of Windows 7 Professional edition only.
  
• *3: - ThinkPad T400s multi-touch models and X200 Tablet do not support Windows 7 Home Basic edition.

Download the latest Active Protection System for Microsoft Windows 7 (32-bit), Vista (32-bit), XP, 2000.