R Series ThinkPad Laptops

[#1]

I own a R61 8932 -CTO.

I need a BIOS update to fix a low speed issue with my ExpressCard slot.

Booting into the BIOS update CD I meet an error that states

"The system program file was not found on the CD. Insert the correct CD in the drive."

When attempting to flash via WindowsXP SP3 using the WINUPTP.exe utility I get

"Bios image file can not be found. The utility process has not completed."

After toying around for a bit, I try the WinPhlash.exe and it tells me that I am missing a file called Flashabl.rom.

Looking around in the folder I discover that it is not there at all, in any of the update packages from 7kuj05us to 7kuj27us.

Am I completely missing something here or is something wrong.

The update is not completely necessary, but would be greatly appreciated due to the amount of data that traverses to my eSATA drive and back daily.

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**Bump**

[#3]

Same issue here - while trying to update BIOS due to system issues -- HDD and SMBIOS failed during PC Doctor Hardware scan -- this is the second HDD this R61 has devoured in 2 years.....

[#4]

Searching this forum I see others have asked the same question due to the same message even with other .ICO files downloaded....is there someone from LENOVO reading or addressing these questions ???

[#5]

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cdamccann wrote:

I own a R61 8932 -CTO.

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Booting into the BIOS update CD I meet an error that states

"The system program file was not found on the CD. Insert the correct CD in the drive."

When attempting to flash via WindowsXP SP3 using the WINUPTP.exe utility I get

"Bios image file can not be found. The utility process has not completed."

After toying around for a bit, I try the WinPhlash.exe and it tells me that I am missing a file called Flashabl.rom.

Looking around in the folder I discover that it is not there at all, in any of the update packages from 7kuj05us to 7kuj27us.

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Same problem, but with an X61 tablet, Windows 7, and using the 7nuj21us.exe utility. I also tried the 7nuj20us.exe, and it was the same.

Lenovo, we need to hear from you!

[#6]

I finally updated my BIOS throught the X61 Thinkvantage System Update program to version 1.24 - 1.02. The corresponding update file (I did not use this file, however, I used the System Update) is

7suj18us.exe and can be found here:

http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=MIGR-68005.

This does not clear up the confusion expressed in the above entries, but solved the problem for me.

[#7]

**## UPDATE  ##**

Ok, so I finally got my BIOS to update!

After playing around with numerous settings to no avail, I decided to start from scratch. I set all of my settings to the system’s default and it worked. The only thing that changed was the system’s boot order.

The initial settings were:

Hard Drive

CD/DVD-RW

USB HDD

After the defaults, the settings were

CD/DVD-RW

Hard Drive

Network

Bootable add in cards

Ect.

The boot order to my knowledge was the only thing that changed.

To anyone who is having problems, have you changed your default boot order?