[ltp] [Slightly OT] Model number update

[Thomas Breitner]

Hi,

I remember some functionality when updating the BIOS. If my memory is
still intact, I had three "functions":
1. Readmefirst
2. Updating the BIOS
3. Updating the Model Number

The only thing I'm sure of: I've never used the third method, regardless
how it's called correctly :-)

Greetings,
thomas


Am Freitag, den 01.07.2005, 17:03 -0500 schrieb wes schreiner:
> Eduardo Jacob wrote:
> 
> > Hello
> >
> > I changed the original intel 2100 mini-pci of my T41 for a IBM Atheros 
> > a/b/g board. I guess the original model number which was 2373-2FG is 
> > no longer correct, but I don't know how to change it to reflect the 
> > new board, and let the computer to identify itself correctly.
> >
> > I really don't know if this is really necessary in Linux, but I also 
> > have Windows XP installed. 
> 
> 
> Well, not only is it not necessary, it is impossible to change the model 
> number! The model number does identify the original factory 
> configuration, but no operating system relies on the model number to 
> mean anything.
> 
> Now if you are running into the problem where your ThinkPad's BIOS is 
> rejecting your new wi-fi card then you can't fix it by changing a model 
> nuber, you instead must flash in a modified BIOS.
> 
> wes
> 
> 
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