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Date:      Thu, 18 Sep 2003 12:06:52 -0400
From:      Jesse Guardiani <jesse@wingnet.net>
To:        freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: downgrade IBM A30p BIOS
Message-ID:  <bkcl6s$3c7$1@sea.gmane.org>
References:  <bk71hb$1er$1@sea.gmane.org> <20030916144112.GB8089@pir.net>

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Peter Radcliffe wrote:

> Jesse Guardiani <jesse@wingnet.net> probably said:
>> Does anyone know how I can downgrade my Thinkpad's BIOS?
> 
> Same way you can upgrade it - go to IBM's support site, find the right
> BIOS package, download and install it (they have install under windows
> and standalone floppy versions, usually).

Thanks. That worked.

BTW, if you own an A30p, beware the latest Aug 22 BIOS update (1.17). It
causes frequent lockups on resume from suspend. Backing down to the last
update (1.16) makes the lockups far less frequent (weekly or monthly, as
opposed to daily).

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