![]() Please refer to this section of the readme.md to support his efforts. Please note that the author of this method spent a considerable amount of time creating this flash method. The flashing tools include modded BIOS's for the supported hardware, though there is an option to supply your own using an HTTP URL. The process involves downgrading your BIOS, booting a Linux live USB, and installing the modded BIOS. An in-depth manual flashing guide can be found here. Here are the supported devices and bios versions. Note that you must be on an older BIOS version to use this method. The files and instructions to software flash are found on both the main site and also this Github. There is now a software flashing method provided by n4ru. Until recently the only way to flash the xx30 Series of ThinkPads (X230/T430/W530) was to hardware flash. Note: If your BIOS-Update tool says that no update is needed, then simply downgrade the Bios first: On Lenovo's drivers download page, the old Bios files are listed at the very bottom of the page. See the wikipage Middleton's BIOS for installation instructions, downloads, and more information. Middleton's BIOS removes this limitation as well. This causes a huge drawback for anyone wishing to use SSDs, because it restricts them to much slower speeds.Īlso, it is not possible to install some wireless cards, because only certain models are whitelisted by IBM/Lenovo. These ThinkPads are limited to SATA I in their BIOS even though the hardware is capable of SATA II. T43/T43p, R52, X41/X41T - TTav134's BIOS - Removes Error 2010 for non-IBM hard drives, and the BIOS' WLAN whitelist.Ī user on NotebookReview named 'middleton' made these alternative BIOSes to enable SATA II on certain ThinkPad models (X61/T61/R61/X300).T61, R61, X61/X61s/X61T, X300 - Middleton's BIOS - Enables SATA II, removes WLAN whitelist, thermal sensing error (Penryn CPUs on Merom planars), and adds Fn-Ctrl swap.X200, X60, T60, Macbook 2,1 - Libreboot - Based on Coreboot, this BIOS (approved by the FSF) removes all proprietary blobs to create Free Libre Open Source Laptops, where everything from the motherboard to the computer can use open source software. ![]() With the exception of the Hardware Flashing section, the only thing you need to install these BIOSes is Microsoft Windows 2000/XP/Vista/7/8.1/10. Some ThinkPad fans have created Custom BIOSes to remove whitelists, disable annoying errors, do Fn-Ctrl keyswaps, and add more functionality. ![]()
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