Symptoms corrected by the latest BIOS Update - ThinkPad R52 (1858, 1859, 1860, 1861, 1862, 1863), T43 (1871, 1872, 1873, 1874, 1875, 1876)

• (New) Improvement of controlling displayed screens with the external monitor.

Version 70ET68WW (1.28)
Note: This BIOS version will only work with Embedded Controller Program Version 1.04 (or higher).

• (Fix) If the computer is forced to shut down by special conditions (pressing the power button for a few seconds or exhausted battery in suspend mode), the computer may not function after power on.

• (New) Presentation Director can switch to the unknown external display which the computer fails to detect.
• (Fix) When running on battery power, high pitch noise sound may be audible while a USB1.1 device is connected.
• (Fix) After closing and then opening the LCD, location of icons on the Microsoft Windows desktop may be changed.
  Note: To resolve this problem, after updating the BIOS with this package, the following display driver must be installed, again.
  

  Video driver (Intel 910GML/915GM) Version 6.14.10.4693 or higher

• (Fix) Floppy disk access error may occur on the floppy disk drive connected to the docking station.
• (Fix) A meaningless message appears by pressing the F12 key to display the boot list.

• (New) Support for ThinkPad NumLock.
  A new ThinkPad NumLock option is added to Keyboard/Mouse of Config menu in BIOS Setup Utility.
  
  Settings
  [Independent] : The NumLock on the ThinkPad computer can be disabled independently regardless of the NumLock state of the external keyboard. If the NumLock on the ThinkPad computer is enabled, the NumLock on the external keyboard will also be enabled.
  [Synchronized] : The NumLock on both the ThinkPad computer and the external keyboard are synchronized.
• (Fix) Intel Pentium M Processor and Centrino logos displayed on screen after power-on has been modified.
• (Fix) The computer may hang if the hard drive is damaged.
  

Version 70ET63WW (1.23)
Note: This BIOS version will only work with Embedded Controller Program Version 1.01 (or higher).

• (New) Support for new types of memory.
• (Fix) When the LCD is closed and opened, the screen resolution may be changed to 800x600 very intermittently.

Version 70ET62WW (1.22)
Note: This BIOS version will only work with Embedded Controller Program Version 1.01 (or higher).

• (New) A new option to allow the system to boot without pressing the Esc key in the BIOS Setup when the 2010 error (An unsupported hard drive is used or the firmware of IBM/Lenovo hard drive is old) is displayed. To change the setting, go to the BIOS Setup menu, select Startup, and click 'Boot after message for Hard drive.
  Note: Use the supported hard drive or update the firmware of the IBM/Lenovo hard drive for safe.
• (Fix) The system may not boot.

Version 70ET60WW (1.20)
Note: This BIOS version will only work with Embedded Controller Program Version 1.01 (or higher).

• (Important) The system may go into standby mode freely and then hang even if the standby timer in Power properties is disabled when any type of optical disk (such like DVD, CD-R drive) is detached from the system.
• (Fix) A CardBus Controller setting was wrong.
• (Fix) The system may hang up when a boot device is changed in Startup menu of BIOS Setup Utility.

Version 70ET59WW (1.19)
Note: This BIOS version will only work with Embedded Controller Program Version 1.01 (or higher).

• (Fix) With the BIOS version 1.17 (70ET57WW) or later, the system will shut down on Wake On Lan with a Ultrabay Slim Second Hard drive adapter, even if no password is set in the second Hard drive.
• (Fix) An error appears on power-on, just after powering off at a password prompt with a newly attached USB storage device.
• (Fix) The system may not start with some USB devices, attached to docking station or port replicator.

Version 70ET57WW (1.17)
Note: This BIOS version will only work with Embedded Controller Program Version 1.01 (or higher).

• (New) Enhancement of security function on power-on: When hard drive password is set, regardless of other passwords settings, Wake On Lan from power off state does not work.

Version 70ET40WW (1.04)
Note: This BIOS version will only work with Embedded Controller Program Version 1.01 (or higher).

• (New) Added new options to hide the following internal communication devices from Operating System in the BIOS Setup menu.
  • Modem: Config -> Modem -> Modem Device
  • Infrared: Config -> Infrared -> Infrared Device
• (New) Improvement of Resume time from Standby mode by around one second.
• (Fix) Some BIOS Setup menu items are not copied using the Remote CMOS Update Utility.

Version 70ET37WW (1.01)
Note: This BIOS version will only work with Embedded Controller Program Version 1.01 (or higher).

• (New) (Initial release) Support for:
  
  • ThinkPad R52 (Machine Types 1858, 1859, 1860, 1861, 1862, 1863)
  • ThinkPad T43 (Machine Types 1871, 1872, 1873, 1874, 1875, 1876

• ThinkPad R52 (Machine Types 1858, 1859, 1860, 1861, 1862, 1863 and 1958)
• ThinkPad T43 (Machine Types 1871, 1872, 1873, 1874, 1875 and 1876)
  

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