Revision : 01

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------Software name
BIOS Update Utility
Support models

ThinkPad X220, X220i, X220 Tablet, X220i Tablet

Operating Systems Microsoft

Microsoft
Microsoft
Microsoft

Windows
Windows
Windows
Windows

8 32-bit, 64-bit
7 32-bit, 64-bit
Vista 32bit, 64bit
XP Professional SP3

Refer to marketing materials to find out what computer models

support which Operating Systems.
Version

1.40

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------WHAT THIS PACKAGE DOES

This package updates the UEFI BIOS (including system program and Embedded
Controller program) stored in the ThinkPad computer to fix problems, add new
functions, or expand functions as noted below.
This program is language independent and can be used with any language system.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------CHANGES IN THIS RELEASE
Version 1.40
[Important updates]
- Mitigate risk of security vulnerability related to DRAM Row Hammering.
[New functions or enhancements]
Nothing.
[Problem fixes]
Nothing.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------KNOWN LIMITATIONS
- After backing up a Windows XP system to a hard drive connected to the e-SATA
port through Rescue and Recovery, when attempting to restore the backup image
from the e-SATA hard drive through Rescue and Recovery, a blue screen error
occurs. Rescue and Recovery can not access the e-SATA hard drive.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------DETERMINING WHICH VERSION IS INSTALLED
There are two ways to check the UEFI BIOS version and BIOS ID.
[Checking on Windows]
Windows 8:

1. Hold down the Windows logo key and press X to open a menu at the lower-left
area of the screen.
2. Select Control Panel from the menu.
3. Make sure "View by Category" is selected, and select System and Security,
select Administrative Tools, and then select System Information.
- or 2. Select Run from the menu.
3. Type msinfo32, and press Enter.
4. On the System Information window, make sure System Summary is selected in
the left side of the window.
5. Locate the BIOS version/date line in the right side of the window.
"LENOVO BIOS ID (BIOS version), date" will be shown.
If you are prompted for an administrator password or confirmation, type your
password, or click Continue.
Windows 7/Vista:
1. Click Start, click All Programs or Programs, click Accessories, click
System Tools and then click System Information.
- or Click Start, type msinfo32 in the Start Search box and then click msinfo32
in the Programs list.
2. On the System Information window, make sure System Summary is selected in
the left side of the window.
3. Locate the BIOS version/date line in the right side of the window.
"LENOVO BIOS ID (BIOS version), date" will be shown.
If you are prompted for an administrator password or confirmation, type your
password, or click Continue.
Windows XP:
1. Click Start, click All programs, click Accessories, click System Tools and
then click System Information.
- or Click Start, click Run, type msinfo32 in the Open box and then click OK.
2. On the System Information window, make sure System Summary is selected in
the left side of the window.
3. Locate the BIOS version/date line in the right side of the window.
"LENOVO BIOS ID (BIOS version), date" will be shown.
[Checking on ThinkPad Setup]
Windows 8:
1. Turn on the computer to start Windows.
2. Hold down the Windows logo key and press C to open the Charm bar on the
screen.
3. Select Settings, then Power from the menu.
4. Select Reboot to restart the computer.
5. While the "To interrupt normal startup, press the blue ThinkVantage button"
message is displayed at the lower-left area or lower-center of the screen,
press the F1 key. The ThinkPad Setup menu will be displayed. If a password
prompt appears, type the correct password.
6. Locate the UEFI BIOS Version line and Embedded Controller Version line.
"UEFI BIOS version (BIOS ID)" will be shown on the UEFI BIOS Version line.
7. Turn off the computer.

Windows 7 and Windows XP:

1. Turn off the computer.
2. Turn on the computer.
3. While the "To interrupt normal startup, press the blue ThinkVantage button"
message is displayed at the lower-left area of the screen, press the F1 key
.
The ThinkPad Setup menu will be displayed. If a password prompt appears,
type the correct password.
4. Locate the UEFI BIOS Version line and Embedded Controller Version line.
"UEFI BIOS version (BIOS ID)" will be shown on the UEFI BIOS Version line.
5. Turn off the computer.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------NOTES
Nothing.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------UPDATING THE UEFI BIOS
Notes:
- If your computer runs satisfactorily now, it may not be necessary to update
the UEFI BIOS. To determine if you should update the UEFI BIOS, refer to the
Version Information section.
- You need an AC adapter and a charged battery pack.
- Remove the Power-on password prior to updating the UEFI BIOS in the remote
deployment environments.
Attention:
Do not turn off or suspend the computer until the update has been completed.
IF YOU DO THAT WHILE THE UPDATE IS STILL IN PROGRESS, THE SYSTEM BOARD MAY
HAVE TO BE REPLACED.
Manual Update
This section assumes to use Internet Explorer and Windows Explorer.
Downloading file
1. Click once on the underlined file name. Once this is done, some pop-up
windows will appear.
2. Follow the instructions on the screen.
3. In the window to choose Run or Save, click Save.
4. Choose the folder you would like to download the file to and click Save.
A different window will appear and the download will begin and complete.
Once the download has completed, there may or may not be a message stating
that the download completed successfully.
Extracting file
5. Make sure to be logged on with an administrator account on the target
computer.
6. Make sure the AC adapter is firmly connected to the target computer.
7. Locate the folder where the file was downloaded.
8. Locate the file that was downloaded and double-click it.
9. Follow the instructions on the screen.

10. In the Select Destination Location window, click Next. If you would like to
select a different folder, click Browse.
11. In the Ready to Install window, click Install. All the necessary files will
be extracted to the folder selected in the step 10.
Updating the UEFI BIOS
12. Make sure the checkbox next to "Install ..... now" is checked and click
Finish.
13. Follow the instructions on the screen.
14. Select 'Update ThinkPad BIOS' and follow the instructions on the screen.
15. After the update has been completed, the program shows a message 'Flash
Update has been successfully completed...'. Follow the instructions on the
screen to restart the computer.
Finally delete the file saved in the step 4.
Unattended Update
This is for system administrators' use only.
1. Refer to the Manual Update section, and download and extract the file.
2. In the step 12 of the Installing files section, uncheck the checkbox next
to "Install ..... now", and then click Finish to cancel installation.
3. At the command line, execute WINUPTP.EXE with the -s option.
Example: [Path where the files were extracted]\WINUPTP -s
To view the update result, refer to the WINUPTP.log file created at the same
directory of the package.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------INITIALIZING UEFI BIOS
UEFI BIOS Initialization is suggested for some problems. To initialize the
UEFI BIOS settings:
Windows 8:
1. Turn on the computer to start Windows.
2. Hold down the Windows logo key and press C to open the Charm bar on the
screen.
3. Select Settings, then Power from the menu.
4. Select Reboot to restart the computer.
Windows 7 and Windows XP:
1. Turn off the computer.
2. Turn on the computer.
5. While the "To interrupt normal startup, press the blue ThinkVantage button"
message is displayed at the lower-left area of the screen, press the F1 key
.
The ThinkPad Setup menu will be displayed. If a password prompt appears,
type the correct password.
6. Press the F9 key to load default configuration.
7. Select Yes.
8. Press the F10 key to save default configuration and exit.
9. Select Yes.
10. Restart the computer.
Note:

After initialization you may need to reapply some settings that you had
changed previously.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------VERSION INFORMATION
The following versions of UEFI BIOS and ECP (Embedded Controller Program) have
been released to date.
Package (ID)
UEFI BIOS (BIOS ID) ECP (ECP ID)
------------------- --------------------- ---------------1.40
(8DUJ26US) 1.40
(8DET70WW) 1.24 (8DHT34WW)
1.24 (8ZHT34WW)
1.39
(8DUJ25US) 1.39
(8DET69WW) 1.24 (8DHT34WW)
1.24 (8ZHT34WW)
1.38
(8DUJ24US) 1.38
(8DET68WW) 1.24 (8DHT34WW)
1.24 (8ZHT34WW)
1.37-1.24(8DUJ23US) 1.37
(8DET67WW) 1.24 (8DHT34WW)
1.24 (8ZHT34WW)
1.37
(8DUJ22US) 1.37
(8DET67WW) 1.23 (8DHT33WW)
1.23 (8ZHT33WW)
1.36
(8DUJ21US) 1.36
(8DET66WW) 1.22 (8DHT32WW)
1.22 (8ZHT32WW)
1.35
(8DUJ20US) 1.35
(8DET65WW) 1.22 (8DHT32WW)
1.22 (8ZHT32WW)
1.34
(8DUJ19US) 1.34
(8DET64WW) 1.22 (8DHT32WW)
1.22 (8ZHT32WW)
1.33
(8DUJ18US) 1.33
(8DET63WW) 1.21 (8DHT31WW)
1.21 (8ZHT31WW)
1.31
(8DUJ17US) 1.31
(8DET61WW) 1.20 (8DHT30WW)
1.20 (8ZHT30WW)
1.29
(8DUJ16US) 1.29
(8DET59WW) 1.20 (8DHT30WW)
1.20 (8ZHT30WW)
1.28
(8DUJ15US) 1.28
(8DET58WW) 1.13 (8DHT29WW)
1.13 (8ZHT29WW)
1.26
(8DUJ14US) 1.26
(8DET56WW) 1.13 (8DHT29WW)
1.13 (8ZHT29WW)
1.25
(8DUJ13US) 1.25
(8DET55WW) 1.13 (8DHT29WW)
1.13 (8ZHT29WW)
1.24
(8DUJ12US) 1.24
(8DET54WW) 1.13 (8DHT29WW)
1.13 (8ZHT29WW)
1.24
(8DUJ12US) 1.24
(8DET54WW) 1.13 (8DHT29WW)
1.13 (8ZHT29WW)
1.22
1.22
(8DET52WW) 1.12 (8DHT28WW)
1.12 (8ZHT28WW)
1.21
1.21
(8DET51WW) 1.11 (8DHT27WW)
1.11 (8ZHT27WW)
1.21
1.21
(8DET51WW) 1.11 (8DHT27WW)
1.11 (8ZHT27WW)
1.19
1.19
(8DET49WW) 1.09 (8DHT25WW)
1.09 (8ZHT25WW)
1.18
1.18
(8DET48WW) 1.08 (8DHT24WW)
1.08 (8ZHT24WW)
1.17
1.17
(8DET47WW) 1.08 (8DHT24WW)
1.08 (8ZHT24WW)
1.16
1.16
(8DET46WW) 1.07 (8DHT23WW)
1.07 (8ZHT23WW)
1.15
1.15
(8DET45WW) 1.06 (8DHT22WW)
1.12
1.12
(8DET42WW) 1.05 (8DHT21WW)

Rev. Issue Date

---- ----------01
2015/05/26
01

2013/07/29

01

2013/05/08

01

2013/02/06

01

2013/01/08

01

2012/11/02

01

2012/10/18

01

2012/09/11

01

2012/07/26

01

2012/06/13

01

2012/04/25

01

2012/02/27

01

2011/12/26

01

2011/11/22

02

2011/11/10

01

2011/10/28

01

2011/10/07

02

2011/09/13

01

2011/09/07

01

2011/07/19

01

2011/07/19

01

2011/06/10

01

2011/05/27

01
01

2011/05/19
2011/05/12

1.11
1.06
ng only
1.04
ng only

1.11
1.06

(8DET41WW) 1.03 (8DHT19WW) 01

(8DET34WW) 1.03 (8DHT19WW) 01

2011/04/08
Manufacturi

1.04

(8DET32WW) 1.03 (8DHT19WW) 01

Manufacturi

Note: Revision number (Rev.) is for administrative purpose of this README

document and is not related to software version. There is no need to
upgrade this software when the revision number changes.
To check the version of UEFI BIOS and Embedded Controller Program, refer to
the Determining which version is installed section.
Summary of Changes
Where: < >
UEFI:
ECP:
[Important]
(New)
(Fix)

Package version
UEFI BIOS version
Embedded Controller Program version
Important update
New function or enhancement
Correction to existing function

<1.40-1.24>
UEFI: 1.40 / ECP: 1.24
- [Important]
Mitigate risk of security vulnerability related to DRAM Row Hammering.
<1.39-1.24>
UEFI: 1.39 / ECP: 1.24
- (New) Updated the CPU microcode.
- (Fix) Corrected the help message for enabling the microphone in the BIOS Setup
.
<1.38-1.24>
UEFI: 1.38 / ECP: 1.24
- (Fix) Fixed an issue where no sound was heard from the ThinkPad internal
speakers while the computer was locked when SmartAudio was set to
Multi-stream mode and headphones or external speakers were attached to
the computer. This fix is to follow Windows' behavior.
(Hints)
1. To disable sound from the internal speakers in lock state, press the
mute button on the keyboard.
2. A beep sound may be heard when entering standby/sleep state, resuming
normal operation from standby/sleep state, closing and opening the
lid. To disable the beep sound, do either of the following settings.
a) Open ThinkVantage Power Manager, select Switch to: [Advanced],
select the Global Power Settings tab and uncheck the Beep when
power state changes option.
b) 1. Turn off and on the computer.
2. While the "To interrupt normal startup, press the blue
ThinkVantage button" message is displayed, press the F1 key.
3. Select Config, then select Beep and Alarm.
4. Set the Power Control Beep option to Disabled.
5. Press the F10 key to save configuration and exit.
6. Select Yes and restart the computer.
- (Fix) Fixed an issue of Windows Memory Diagnostic failure with two memory modu
les.
<1.37-1.24>

UEFI: 1.37 / ECP: 1.24

- (Fix) Fixed an issue where the system might be discharged from the main
battery after installation of slice battery.
<1.37-1.23>
UEFI: 1.37 / ECP: 1.23
- (Fix) Fixed an issue where specific SATA devices might not be detected after
reboot.
- (Fix) Fixed an issue where Fn icon might not appear normally by pressing
specific key.
<1.36-1.22>
UEFI: 1.36 / ECP: 1.22
- (New) Add support for a new LCD.
<1.35-1.22>
UEFI: 1.35 / ECP: 1.22
- [Important]
Added support for Microsoft Windows 8.
- (New) Updated Intel ME firmware.
<1.34-1.22>
UEFI: 1.34 / ECP: 1.22
- (Fix) Fixed an issue where improper access to the slice battery might be done.
<1.33-1.21>
UEFI: 1.33 / ECP: 1.21
- (Fix) Fixed an issue where specific hard disks might not be detected after
resuming normal operation from standby/sleep state.
- (Fix) Fixed an issue where an unnecessary fan error message might be shown.
- (Fix) Fixed an issue where hang might happen at post with a certain USB HDD.
<1.31-1.20>
UEFI: 1.31 / ECP: 1.20
- (New) Support for a specific private WAN.
<1.29-1.20>
UEFI: 1.29 / ECP: 1.20
- (Fix) Fixed an issue where incorrect battery capacity might be shown in some
battery benchmark programs.
- (Fix) Fixed an issue where the computer failed to resume normal operation from
hibernation state after running Setup Defaults by the F9 key in the
ThinkPad Setup menu.
- (Fix) Fixed an issue where the Power-On NumLock function in ThinkPad Setup did
not work.
<1.28-1.13>
UEFI: 1.28 / ECP: 1.13
- (Fix) Fixed an issue that Windows XP displays error message when system is un
docked
from Ultrabase in SATA Compatibility mode.
<1.26-1.13>
UEFI: 1.26 / ECP: 1.13
- (New) Allow to enable WWAN and WLAN device simultaneously.
- (Fix) Fixed an issue that might not resume from suspend state with combination
of
specific CPU and BIOS setting for Intel Hyper-Threading Technology.
- (Fix) Fixed an issue where the maximum number of failed password attempts for
WMI

was not 3.
- (Fix) Fixed an issue that error message is displayed when system is undocked f
rom
slicer.
<1.25-1.13>
UEFI: 1.25 / ECP: 1.13
- (Fix) Fixed an issue where SATA BIOS might return timeout error with
SATA compatibility mode.
- (Fix) Fixed an issue where updating BIOS might not be completed if it is
executed after resume.
<1.24-1.13>
UEFI: 1.24 / ECP: 1.13
- (Fix) Corrected a description of VERSION in this README document.
<1.24-1.13>
UEFI: 1.24 / ECP: 1.13
- (New) Improved memory resource allocation process to reserve more memory space
for optional hardware devices.
- (Fix) Fixed an issue that intranet account login failure for ThinkVantage
Hardware Password Manager.
- (Fix) Allowed system recovery from POST 191 error without loading setup defaul
ts
in BIOS setup menu by press F9 key.
<1.22-1.12>
UEFI: 1.22 / ECP: 1.12
- (New) Add support for old type external fingerprint reader.
- (New) Add support an option to change product name and version format in
SMBIOS.
- (Fix) Fixed an issue where system boot might be slow with special condition.
- (Fix) Fixed an issue where system might be halt when some mobile phone is
attached on USB port.
- (Fix) Fixed an issue where system performance might be down in high stress
configuration.
- (Fix) Fixed an issue where Flash Update utility fails when DEP (Data Execute
Prevention) is enabled.
- (Fix) Fixed an issue that Hard Disk Password is unintentionally enabled for eS
ATA
HDD on dock.
<1.21-1.11>
UEFI: 1.21 / ECP: 1.11
- (Fix) According to the smartphone issue below, following smartphones are teste
d:
Motorola: Droid 2, Droid X
HTC: Nexus One, EVO, Droid Incredible, Droid Incredible 2, ThunderBolt,
Aria
Samsung: Captivate, Galaxy Tab
<1.21-1.11>
UEFI: 1.21 / ECP: 1.11
- (New) Improved system performance when heavy program is executed with 65W AC a
dapter.
- (New) Improved system boots time.
- (New) Improved fan rotation speed control.
- (New) Disabled keyboarding while the lid was closed to avoid unexpected key
input when the computer was held with the lid closed.
- (Fix) Fixed an issue where 1820 error might be displayed when using external

fingerprint reader with disabled internal fingerprint reader.

- (Fix) Fixed an issue where system might not boot when Smartphone was connected
on
USB port.
- (Fix) Fixed an issue where system might not boot from bootloader program.
- (Fix) Improved cooling fan noise.
- (Fix) Corrected spelling mistakes in BIOS setup menu.
<1.19-1.09>
UEFI: 1.19 / ECP: 1.09
- (New) Improvement for the issue that CPU is unexpectedly fixed to low frequenc
y 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 BootOrd
er
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 Win
dows.
- (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.
<1.17-1.08>
UEFI: 1.17 / ECP: 1.08
- (New) Added support for resetting the Cryptographic Key for Full Disk
Encrypution(FDE) Hard drives and erasing of the Solid State Drive
(SSD).
(To use this feature, you need to obtain "ThinkPad Drive Erase Utility
for the Resetting the Cryptographic Key and the Erasing the Solid State
Drive" package)
- (Fix) Fixed an issue where a system stayed unexpected CPU throttling mode.
<1.16-1.07>
UEFI: 1.16 / ECP: 1.07
- (New) Support for new Embedded Controller.
- (Fix) Fixed an issue where expected serial number might not be stored in
serial number field of SMBIOS type 3 structure depending on system
setting.
- (Fix) Fixed an issue where Windows screen saver might not be run.
- (Fix) Fixed an issue where some system settings aren't configured by WMI.
- (Fix) Changed thermal setting to reduce annoying fan noise.
<1.15-1.06>
UEFI: 1.15 / ECP: 1.06
- (New) Update Computrace module to version 80.895.
- (Fix) Fixed issues where to change some security related settings by WMI scrip
t.
- (Fix) Fixed an issue where Linux installed HDD may not boot when the partition
is not set active.
- (Fix) Fixed an issue where system with large memory might fail to resume norma

l
operation from standby state.
- (Fix) Fixed an issue where AC adaptor might be not detected.
<1.12-1.05>
UEFI: 1.12 / ECP: 1.05
- (New) Added support for the Intel Pentium CPU model.
- (Fix) Fixed an issue where the touchpad did not function after the system
resumed from standby mode.
- (Fix) Fixed an issue where battery and standby LEDs turned on after the system
shut down when the fingerprint data was registered.
<1.11-1.03>
UEFI: 1.11 / ECP: 1.03
- (New) Added support for mSATA model.
- (New) Added support to configure boot priority order using a WMI interface.
- (Fix) Fix for CD boot failure depending on a content of a bootable CD.
<1.06>
UEFI: 1.06 / ECP: 1.03
- (New) Support for ThinkPad X220 Tablet, X220i Tablet
<1.04>
UEFI: 1.04 / ECP: 1.03
- (New) Initial release for ThinkPad X220. X220i
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------UEFI BIOS INFORMATION
Memory Map Information
---------------------Reserved Area:
The following conventional memory addresses are reserved by the UEFI BIOS and
others.
C0000-CFFFF : Reserved for Video BIOS
D0000-D0FFF : Reserved for Option ROM of Ethernet (*a)
E0000-FFFFF : Reserved for System BIOS
Notes:
*a: This area will be released in case of Ethernet LAN Option ROM was NOT use
d
at system boot.
Usable Area:
The following memory address can be used by the memory manager such as EMM386.
D0000-DFFFF or D1000-DFFFF (*b)
Note:
*b: Memory address will be changed to D1000-DFFFF when Ethernet LAN Option
ROM was used at system boot.
Certain addresses in this area will be reserved for optional devices
by Operating Systems. The addresses vary and depend on the
design of each Operating System.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------TRADEMARKS
* Lenovo, ThinkPad and ThinkVantage are registered trademarks of Lenovo.
* Rescue and Recovery is a trademark of Lenovo.
* Intel is a registered trademark of Intel Corporation.
* Microsoft, Windows and Windows Vista are registered trademarks of Microsoft
Corporation.

Other company, product, and service names may be registered trademarks,

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