I can see that one here. I'll have to play around more when doing disk/memory intensive things like Photoshop to really see what performance gains. And I see you also have the SXGA+ machine - this is the primary reason (or ONLY reason) I haven't gone to a newer tablet machine - I can't deal with something like 1280x768 res. I also upgraded this machine to 8GB of RAM (same on the T61p) and eliminated the swap file. Even with Photoshop, I seldom go over 7GB of memory in use, and the system is a lot more responsive. Paul
_____ From: Eric Giles [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2012 07:51 To: Paul Khoury Subject: Re: [Thinkpad] High capacity SSD The T61p should show the same overall gains. No, there isn't anything available for the X60 or T60 models, as their chipset was only SATA I to begin with-so there is nothing to unlock. As you have seen, SSD's really wake up an older computer. My SXGA+ X61T with modified BIOS, Win7 Ultimate 64bit, 4GB RAM, and Intel 80GB SSD performs just as well seems just as quick as a T400 and a Core i5 T420 I have-and both are using SSD's also. My next project is to remove the SATA to PATA bridge chip on a 15" UXGA T43p so it can directly utilize a SATA SSD. That should really make the machine come alive. Eric On Tue, Mar 27, 2012 at 9:42 AM, Paul Khoury <[email protected]> wrote: Okay, now SLIC makes sense. So I just flashed it and you weren't kidding. HD Tune was showing 90-105MB/sec before, and now it's about 154-195MB. That's pretty substantial, so I wonder what I'll get on the T61p (WD 750GB, 7200RPM). Yeah, I'll definitely be updating the T61p in a moment. I'm guessing that this isn't available for the X60 or T60, right? Paul _____ From: Eric Giles [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2012 07:25 To: Paul Khoury Subject: Re: [Thinkpad] High capacity SSD Yes, there is a BIOS that will allow SATAII speeds on the T61 also. The link I included shows it there. When you download that BIOS for the T61, included in that file is an .iso you can burn to a CD so you can boot the machine from that and update it that way. I honestly don't know enough to get into the specifics of SLIC 2.1..but lets says you want to install a different Windows OS on your machine, and you have an OEM copy from say, Dell or HP. Normally installing one of those copies would not allow you to activate it-with SLIC 2.1, the install sees a compatibile SLIC 2.1 in the BIOS so that it will activate with Microsoft without any problem. It basically allows you to use an OEM installation disc from another manufacturer on your machine without any activation issues. The no 2010 error has been around since the T4x series. IBM/Lenovo had a whitelist in the BIOS that would allow only certain hard drives and wireless cards to work in the machines. This BIOS removes that limitation so you can use anything you want. It's really a BIOS everyone should install on their machine if it can use a modified BIOS. There are absolutely no drawbacks using it, and you unlock hidden performance and potential. Eric On Tue, Mar 27, 2012 at 9:15 AM, Paul Khoury <[email protected]> wrote: Will this make a difference on the T61p as well? I noticed there is also an update for that. And would one need to make a CD if using Win 7 64? What exactly is SLIC 2.1? And what is the 2010 error? Paul _____ From: Eric Giles [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2012 07:13 To: Paul Khoury Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Thinkpad] High capacity SSD Paul- There is a modified BIOS-called the Middleton BIOS-that is freely available for download. The SATA controller on the X61/X61 Tablet is SATAII 3Gbps, but Lenovo for compatibility reasons set the BIOS to cap it down to SATAI speeds. This BIOS allows full SATAII speeds, adds SLIC 2.1 to the BIOS for full OS activation using an OEM reinstall disc, whitelist removed (no 2010 error) so you can use any wifi card you want, and adds Dual-IRDA support for the CPU. Here is the link to download it, as well as the links for other Thinkpads that can use this modified BIOS: http://forum.notebookreview.com/6501443-post75.html I have applied this BIOS to two X61 tablets and it works perfectly with no issues at all. Your SSD performance will definitely increase with this BIOS. Eric On Tue, Mar 27, 2012 at 8:28 AM, Paul Khoury <[email protected]> wrote: I have to say that initially, I didn't see a major change when first booting up with my Crucial m4, but now that I'm using it, WOW. One quesiton though - on the X60/X61 Tablet, is the SATA interface only limited to 1.5Gbps? Running HD Tune, I'm only getting about 95-100MB-ish read speed, but I understand this drive can do many times more than that sustained. Paul -----Original Message----- _______________________________________________ Thinkpad mailing list [email protected] http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad
