Summary of changes for the latest BIOS update - ThinkPad A20p
Symptoms Symptom corrected by version 1.00 -IVET54WW
(New) Support for ThinkPad A20p.
Symptoms corrected by version 1.01 -IVET55WW
(Fix) On systems using Microsoft Windows 2000, a slight noise is heard when entering standby mode.
(Fix) When the system is connected to a docking station that contains a hard disk drive and an EtherJet PC Card, the system will hang when entering suspend mode.
(Fix) The default boot priority for Wake On LAN was increased.
(Fix) If the system is using 128MB SDRAM memory in combination with 64MB SDRAM memory, the system will not enter hibernation mode.
(Fix) The BIOS Setup screen comes up automatically after a BIOS update.
(Fix) The system resumes automatically when a USB mouse is attached to the dock.
(Fix) Wake On LAN and Flash Over LAN settings change when F9 (Setup Defaults) is pressed in the BIOS Setup screen.
Symptoms corrected by version 1.02 - IVET58WW
(New) Microsoft Windows Me support.
(New) Date/Time in BIOS Setup is protected by Supervisor Password.
(New) Return the max CPU speed in SMBIOS Currrent Speed field of Processor Information (Type 4).
(New) Intel Pentium-III C0 Step support.
(Fix) CMOS Test of PC-Doctor fails.
(Fix) CMOS error is not displayed.
(Fix) No display appears on LCD even after hot-undocking from a docking station which has the external display.
(Fix) Suspend/resume failure with 20GB HDD for APM OS.
(Fix) Resume failure when Hibernate when battery becomes low is enabled.
Symptoms corrected by version 1.03 - IVET59WW
(New) Add a Lock BIOS settings menu to BIOS setup.
(Fix) Cannot select a boot device by F12 option when a supervisor password is set.
(Fix) A supervisor cannot update flash BIOS when Flash BIOS Updating by End-Users is disabled in BIOS setup menu and a supervisor password is set.
(Fix) A system enters full-suspend mode with some network PC-cards on Microsoft Windows NT4. It sometimes causes network failure after resume from suspend.
(Fix) Some PCI video cards in docking station do not work after Ctrl+Alt+Del.
(Fix) HDD indicator LED sometimes stays on after hibernation wakeup on Windows NT4.
(Fix) System fails to wake up from S4(hibernation) by remote wakeup on Windows Me.
(Fix) The serial port is disabled after hibernation wakeup on APM OS.
Symptom corrected by version 1.04 - IVET60WW
(Fix) The screen does not come up by opening the LCD, when Will not suspend even if LCD is closed option is enabled.
Symptoms corrected by version 1.05 - IVET62WW
(New) Intel Boot Agent 3.0 support.
(New) Modified SMBIOS Type 3 to report AssetNumber in EEPROM User Asset Data under the Asset Tag Number field.
(Fix) POST 188 error.
(Fix) POST 189 error.
(Fix) Network boot failure using INT 19h.
(Fix) Access to CD-ROM in docking station becomes slow after resume from suspend on Microsoft Windows 98.
(Fix) The systemm cannot boot from a hard disk drive with a partition ID of n5h where n is 1 or greater.
Symptoms corrected by version 1.07 - IVET64WW
(New) Improved support for UltraPort.
(New) Add SuperDisk Boot disable selection to allow SuperDisk drive to be assigned fixed letter.
(New) Add F1 prompt message display disable selection.
(Fix) Fn+F7 does not work after undocking from Port Replicator or detaching external CRT.
(Fix) Memory size and HDD size in AssetID EEPROM are incorrect.
(Fix) Power-on password can be bypassed on a certain condition.
(Fix) PC card is sometimes configured abnormally during POST.
(Fix) PCI clock run setting is disabled after suspend/resume on Windows Me and Windows 2000.
(Fix) DMA channel of ECP parallel port may not be available on Windows Me and Windows 2000.
(Fix) System may restart automatically when wake up from hibernation on Microsoft Windows 95.
(Fix) Device which attached to UltraPort does not work after reboot under Windows Me and Windows 2000.
Symptoms corrected by version 1.08 - IVET65WW
(New) Microsoft Windows XP support
(New) Improved resume speed on Windows Me and Windows 2000.
(Fix) 0175 POST error occur.
(Fix) If ECP mode is selected, parallel port does not work after resume from standby state on Windows Me and Windows 2000.
(Fix) If Alert On LAN 2 is enabled, sometimes file transfer through network fails.
(Fix) No display came upon LCD when a lid opened after undocked from a ThinkPad Dock or a Portriplicator with an external monitor.(Windows 2000)
Symptoms corrected by version 1.09 - IVET67WW
(News) Improved CPU thermal control.
(Fix) System may freeze during POST if CMOS value is incorrect.
(Fix) Dock/undock operation on Windows 98 may cause the system to freeze if DVD/CD-RW combo device is installed in the docking station.
(Fix) If the hibernation file structure is special, hibernation wakeup may cause the system to hang.
(Fix) The Password is required twice if the user presses the F1 key when the password prompt appears.
(Fix) The System did not wait long enough for the command to stop the hard disk drive spindle motor during a system power off.
(Fix) Waking the ThinkPad system from hibernation may cause the system to hang if the supervisor password is set and the BIOS update diskette is inserted.
(Fix) 8th wrong character is accepted as resume password for Windows 2000 and Windows NT
(Fix) POST 175 error may occur if the system is powered off during POST.
(Fix) Password prompt may appear if the user performs a reboot after suspend/resume on ACPI OS.
(Fix) Performing an operating system install using Remote Deployment Manager (RDM = LCCM) may cause the system to hang.
(Fix) If the supervisor password is enabled, disabling the Legacy Floppy Devices in the BIOS startup menu does not work properly.
Symptoms corrected by version 1.10 - IVET68WW
(New) Added a BIOS option to disable built-in network card ROM using upper 640KByte location. (Some network card features will be disabled)
(New) Improve security related process.
(Fix) If Lid close action beep is enabled, LCD close during OS boot may cause continuous beep.
(Fix) (Windows98) Error message appears on 2nd hibernation wakeup with New USB Memory Key.
(Fix) Hibernation swap area destroys POST work area.
(Fix) Fix the incorrect setting of PCI IRQ routing in docking station CardBus controller.
(Fix) Pressing Initialize(F9) key twice will reset network boot sequence to other than BIOS Setup Default.
Symptom corrected by version 1.11 - IVET69WW
(New) Enhancement of the battery control.
Affected configurations Any of the following ThinkPad systems:
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