X220 with USB3.0, no mSata SSD possible ?

[Bluehinder]

Thanks for the meaning of July.

[jimls]

Received my X220 shipped on July 10 with I7/USB3.0; it came with BIOS level 1.16 and worked out of the box with my INTEL 310 80GB Msata.  I created the Recovery DVDs and restored to the msata and all is working good with the 320GB as secondary drive.

Jim

[JameZ · Accepted solution]

@All,

There is a new BIOS 1.18 and 1.19 which was released about the same time. Appreciate if you could test if this is BIOS update would enable the mSata on the X220.

Latest BIOS 1.19 -> I went through the readme for 1.18 and 1.19 however they did not include if they fix it, please test it and let me know if it enables the mSata. Thanks All

BIOS here

Text here

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CHANGES IN THIS RELEASE
  Version 1.19

[Important updates]
  Nothing.

[New functions or enhancements]
- Improvement for the issue that CPU is unexpectedly fixed to low frequency mode.
- Improved fan control method.

[Problem fixes]
  Nothing  


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[chiabob]

Worked perfectly for me.  I can now see my Intel SSD listed in BIOS.  It'll be next week before I get a chance to load up Ubuntu on it though.

[Skramit]

Works for me! Thanks. 40GB mSATA Intel 310 now shows up.

[figarro]

Is the mSata showing up with the 1.19 bios or the 1.18? Btw, what are the differences between the two releases?

[khemami]

4286 CTO with K3VLAR SSD. Applied 1.19. System is now taking 5minutes to boot and still no drive detection.

[mikethink]

HEUREKA! BIOS 1.19, MyDigital SSD... ssd detected in bios and w7 installed drivers Will test later if everything works... Cheers Lenovo

Edit: Forgot... 4286CTO

[pliuyu]

question... what the difference between 1.18 and 1.19?

[JNavas]

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pliuyu wrote:
question... what the difference between 1.18 and 1.19?

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From the 1.19 Release Notes:

<1.19-1.09>
 UEFI: 1.19 / ECP: 1.09
- (New) Improvement for the issue that CPU is unexpectedly fixed to low frequency mode.
- (New) Improved fan control method.

<1.18-1.08>
 UEFI: 1.18 / ECP: 1.08
- (New) Added support for Password Beep function. 
- (New) Added support to increase number of configurable boot devices by BootOrder 
        option of Windows WMI script.
- (New) Upgrade Intel Sandy Bridge Microcode Upgrade to revision 18
- (Fix) Fixed an issue where Intel TXT Feature might not be enabled by ThinkPad BIOS 
        Settings for Windows when Security Chip is activate at same time.
- (Fix) Fixed an issue where Bluetooth device power state might be changed after 
        running Windows WMI script.
- (Fix) Fixed an issue where BitLocker can not be enabled on UEFI boot 64bit Windows.
- (Fix) Fixed an issue where PXE boot might not be completed successfully.
- (Fix) Fixed an issue where password authentication might be failed by using  
        fingerprint depending on the password string.