BIOS 1.30 Posted [ Editado ]

[harrisb]

New BIOS Posted today:

Version 1.30
UEFI: 1.30 / ECP: 1.17

• (New) Set the mSATA drive on top of "Boot Priority Order" as default on the RAID model with a mSATA drive.
• (Fix) Fixed an issue where the computer might not be booted from bootloader program.

Version 1.28
UEFI: 1.28 / ECP: 1.17

• (New) Enhanced the warning function of the ThinkPad Battery 27++ (9 cell slice).
• (Fix) Fixed an issue where a 1820 error might occur at power-on when the external fingerprint reader device was attached to the computer while the integrated fingerprint reader was disabled in the ThinkPad Setup.
• (Fix) Fixed an issue where the computer might fail to boot when connected the Smartphone with the USB port.
• (Fix) Fixed an issue where the ThinkPad Battery 27++ (9 cell slice) might not supply power even when the internal main battery became empty.

Version 1.27
UEFI: 1.27 / ECP: 1.16

• (Fix) Fixed an issue for volume licensed Windows support.

[Beto]

So, where are the TurboBOOST fixes? 

[harrisb · Accepted solution]

Only the Shadow knows for sure. I thought that the "official" response was "working as designed", but I could be wrong in assuming that statement is the final answer. My system has never had the "issues" that others have had with stuck CPU frequency and no TurboBoost on AC. It is interesting, however,  that since installing the new BIOS, I can sometimes see TurboBoost on when I'm battery running at 2.4GHz!. It never did that before, so there might be some new behavior that is undocumented. More to come I'm certain.

Update: If you want to see if TurboBoost is running on battery:

1. Start the Intel TurboBoost Monitor

2. Start the Lenovo Thinkvantage Toolbox

The monitor indicates 2.4GHz on my system when the toolbox is running for a long period of time. Running the mouse over the individual tabs within the application also will cause the TurboBoost to be indicated at 2.4GHz

YMMV

[kirayamato26]

So has anyone tried flashing their BIOS to 1.30?

[topmahof Community Moderator]

http://forums.lenovo.com/t5/IdeaPad-Y-U-B-V-and-Z-series/IdeaPad-y570-and-AES-NI/m-p/521893#M42300

It seems that AES-NI is now enabled as well.

Dave

[averkiev]

I have. So far so good...

[RikoOnWeb]

I did too and now the computer won't boot up anymore. My configuration: mSATA and RAID, system is on the SSD, data on RAID. I think the problem is that this update forces the laptop to boot from mSATA drive but I have Acronis recovery partition on the RAID drive.

[ThorsHammer]

I just installed the v1.30 BIOS and did some preliminary tests with Lenovo Power Manager v3.61.  I am set to Optimus mode in the BIOS. HWiNFO64 used for measurements.

Observations:

1. My machine is running quiet and cool at idle. Fan speed rpm is 1977.  CPU Core0-3 temps all right about 38C.
2. Turbo is working properly on AC.  800-3000 MHz range
3. Pulling the AC cord downshifts turbo to the 800-1500 range.
4. Plugging the AC back in reverts back to the 800-3000 range.
5. After putting machine to sleep with Fn+F4 while on AC, I woke it on battery.  CPU clocks locked at 1500 MHz.
6. After putting it to sleep again while on battery, I woke it on AC.  CPU clocks locked at 3000 MHz.

Pretty funky results lenovo.  Better than it used to be.  Looks like the sleep/resume code still needs work.

[Dan_Falk]

Hi,RikoOnWeb

    If you are having boot issues with 1.30, you can either jump into the Boot menu by pressing F12 on power up, or by getting into the main setup screen via F2. From the main screen, you can "permanantly" change the boot order via the Boot menu.

    BTW: BIOS v1.30 seems to have resolved all the Turbo issues I was having, as outlined in detail on this board.

 W520 | 4276-37U | i7 2720QM | 16GB | 1000M | 1920x1080 | 1.30 BIOS | W7 Pro 64bit

[rc87]

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ThorsHammer wrote:

I just installed the v1.30 BIOS and did some preliminary tests with Lenovo Power Manager v3.61.  I am set to Optimus mode in the BIOS. HWiNFO64 used for measurements.

Observations:

1. My machine is running quiet and cool at idle. Fan speed rpm is 1977.  CPU Core0-3 temps all right about 38C.
2. Turbo is working properly on AC.  800-3000 MHz range
3. Pulling the AC cord downshifts turbo to the 800-1500 range.
4. Plugging the AC back in reverts back to the 800-3000 range.
5. After putting machine to sleep with Fn+F4 while on AC, I woke it on battery.  CPU clocks locked at 1500 MHz.
6. After putting it to sleep again while on battery, I woke it on AC.  CPU clocks locked at 3000 MHz.

Pretty funky results lenovo.  Better than it used to be.  Looks like the sleep/resume code still needs work.

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Ahah this is funny and I explain you why: it works perfectly here!

I tried what you say in #5 and #6 and my CPU it's not locked after wake up, I've tried exactly what you've wrote (putting it on sleep on AC and woke it on battery and vice versa).

To me it's not locked, after some seconds it "throttles" down to 800MHz and speedstep and turbo works perfectly on AC  I tried it with Discrete only, optimus and retried after resetting all bios settings to default (optimus)

Only thing I have to say to Lenovo against this BIOS is:

- why on battery it maxes at 1500MHz, even switching options in PowerManager or even in BIOS?

It would be nice to be able to modify it via PM, so even if I'm on battery I can decide if I need all CPU power or max battery.

as now changing settings in PM while on battery it makes me decide the maximum CPU between 800~1500, but nothing more than 1500.

EDIT:  I downloaded HWINFO64. I have CPU-Z, intel turbo boost monitor and HWinfo64. Only HWINFO shows the clock locked as you say while idling. Intel TurboBoost  monitor and CPU-Z show it downclocking to 800.

Could be HWINFO fault? I don't know which one to trust, but I think Intel one should be the good one, or not?