Flash BIOS update - ThinkCentre M58, M58p

5cj977a_iso software cdromimages Probably from https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/downloads/ds013586 → https://download.lenovo.com/ibmdl/pub/pc/pccbbs/thinkcentre_bios/5cj977a.iso This file was stored at "C:\Users\user\Downloads\5cj977a.iso" All hashes below match the checksums listed under support.lenovo.com/us/en/downloads/ds013586 → 5cj977a.iso → Checksum Tips; hashes of this ISO file which has 3,280,896 bytes: MD5: ADC48F85BF34B442D78C8CFB32083312 SHA1: D2BF07D740283CB44E93611EE44A261B26DA6B99 SHA-256: B9CBD39D90C24C0EFCF1AF8320375FF8CED7FA3D11C7222DEEB276FD08E4E791 Properties of this disc image file, according to that /us/en/downloads/ds013586 link: Version: 5CKT77A Released: 15 May 2012 Filesize in megabytes: 3.13 MB Severity: Recommended Contents of plain text file "readme.1st", extracted from file "5cj977a.iso" by 7-Zip: <code> --CONTENTS-- 1 - BASIC INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS 2 - PROGRAM OPTIONS OF INTEREST TO SYSTEM SUPPORT PEOPLE 3 - GUIDELINES FOR REPLACEMENT START UP SCREEN IMAGES 4 - DEFINITION FOR CUSTOMER DATA AREA 5 - DEFINITION FOR PREBOOT NOTIFICATION AREA 6 - CMOS SAVE/RESTORE UTILITY 7 - INSTRUCTIONS FOR CDROM 8 - FLASH UNDER OPERATING SYSTEM 9 - FLASHING TO AN OLDER BIOS LEVEL ********************************************************************** * * * INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS * * * * PLEASE PRINT OUT THESE INSTRUCTIONS OR WRITE THEM DOWN BEFORE * * STARTING THIS FLASH UPDATE UTILITY. * * * * THERE IS NOW 1 COMPRESSED FOLDER RELEASED WITH EACH BIOS. * * (image name 5CJTxxA.EXE), CONTAINING THE BIOS IMAGE, DOS FLASH * * UTILITY, LANGUAGES, PROCESSOR PATCH MODULES, OTHER DOS UTILITIES * * AND BATCH FILES FOR CUSTOMIZING BIOS LOGO, CUSTOMER DATA AREA, * * PRE_BOOT NOTIFICATION TEXT, AND SAVING/RESTORE CMOS. * * * ********************************************************************** Lenovo PC BIOS UPDATE INSTRUCTIONS -------------------------------------------------- THIS CODE IS FOR THE FOLLOWING MACHINE(S)... -------------------------------------------------- Machine(s) Description ---------- ---------------------------------------------------- ********************************************************************** * * * ---- About Applied Fixes or Features Added ---- * * * * (CHANGES.NEW) is a file that lists known problems which * * * * are corrected and/or features added after applying this * * * * UPDATE to your system. If you would like, please take the time * * * * to read or print that file before using this flash program to * * * * update your system. * * * ********************************************************************** ********************************************************************** * * * BASIC INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS * * ------------------------------- * * * * STEPS... * * * * 1. PLEASE MAKE NOTE OF ANY SETTINGS YOU HAVE CHANGED IN THE * * CONFIGURATION UTILITY. THEY MAY HAVE TO BE RE-ENTERED AFTER * * UPDATING THE BIOS. * * * * 2. USE THE FLASH UPDATE PROGRAM BY PUTTING IT ON A DOS BOOTABLE * * MEMORY KEY, OR CREATING A CD WITH THE ISO IMAGE. POWER UP THE * * SYSTEM AND MAKE SURE THE DEVICE WITH THE FLASH PROGRAM IS * * SELECTED. * * * * 3. THE CURRENT BIOS LEVEL ON THE COMPUTER IS COMPARED TO THAT OF * * THE FLASH UPDATE. * * * * -IF THE LEVELS ARE THE SAME, OR THE LEVEL ON THE UPDATE * * IS OLDER THAN THE ROM, A MESSAGE IS DISPLAYED STATING * * "BIOS ROM file is older than (or same as) BIOS ROM image. * * Continue Anyway? (y/n)" * * * * 4. UPDATE MAY TAKE UP TO 2 MINUTES. DO NOT POWER OFF OR * * RESTART THE SYSTEM DURING THIS PROCEDURE!! * * * * 5. THE FLASH UPDATE IS NOW COMPLETE. REMOVE THE FLASH PROGRAM * * AND THEN PRESS ENTER TO REBOOT THE SYSTEM. * * * ********************************************************************** ********************************************************************** * * * FLASH PROGRAM OPTIONS * * --------------------- * * * * THE DEFAULT OPERATION OF THE FLASH UPDATE PROGRAM IS A STEP BY * * STEP DIALOGUE WITH THE USER THAT PRESENTS CHOICES AND GATHERS * * RESPONSES FROM THE USER ABOUT WHICH CHOICES ARE DESIRED. * * * * IN SOME SITUATIONS, (SUCH AS A LARGE ENTERPRISE WITH MANY SYSTEMS * * THAT NEED UPDATING) IT MAY BE DESIRABLE TO CREATE A FLASH UPDATE * * IMAGE THAT REQUIRES NO MANUAL INTERVENTION TO PERFORM AN UPDATE * * OPERATION. THIS CAN BE DONE BY MODIFYING THE BATCH FILE * * CALLING THE FLASH PROGRAM WITH THE FOLLOWING PARAMETER: * * * * FLASH2.EXE option1 option2 option3......optionxx * * * * OPTIONS * * ------- * * * * /U UNATTENDED MODE. ALL DEFAULTS ARE ASSUMED (UNLESS * * OVERRIDDEN BY OTHER OPTION STATEMENTS) AND ALL * * PROMPTS ARE BYPASSED. ANY ERRORS WILL RESULT IN * * PROGRAM TERMINATION WITHOUT ANY ERROR INDICATION. * * <<< USE THIS OPTION WITH CAUTION >>> * * * * /B:nnnnnnn SYSTEM SERIAL NUMBER * * * * /M:nnnnnnn MACHINE TYPE * * * * /T:nnnnnnn ASSET TAG NUMBER * * * * /L:xxxx.mod CUSTOM START UP IMAGE FILE NAME FOR THE LARGE * * CENTERED IMAGE. SEE MORE INFORMATION BELOW. * * * * /R AUTOMATIC COLD BOOT AFTER AN UNATTENDED (/U) * * FLASH UPDATE. * * * * /D THE FLASH UTILITY WILL GENERATE AN UNIVERSALLY * * UNIQUE IDENTIFIER (UUID), REPLACING THE ONE THAT * * IS CURRENTLY IN THE FLASH. * * * * A FLASH UPDATE IMAGE USING THESE PROGRAM OPTIONS SHOULD BE * * TESTED CAREFULLY BEFORE WIDESPREAD USAGE. * * * ********************************************************************** ********************************************************************** * * * NOTES ON CUSTOM START UP IMAGES * * ------------------------------- * * * * THIS VERSION OF THE FLASH UPDATE PROGRAM GIVES THE OPTION OF * * REPLACING (OR ELIMINATING) THE DEFAULT "Lenovo" IMAGE THAT IS * * DISPLAYED DURING SYSTEM START UP. THE USER CAN SUBSTITUTE A * * 16 COLOR WINDOWS BITMAP (.BMP) TO REPLACE THE DEFAULT IMAGE. * * * * 1. LOGO.BAT WILL ONLY WORK IN A MICROSOFT (R) OPERATING * * SYSTEM DOS WINDOW. * * 2. PREPARE YOUR IMAGE BY NAMING IT 'LOGO.BMP'. * * 3. PLACE THE LOGO.BMP FILE IN THE SAME LOCATION AS ALL THE TOOLS. * * 4. GO TO A DOS WINDOW AND SWITCH TO THE FOLDER WTIH THE TOOLS * * ON IT. RUN LOGO.BAT TO COMPRESS AND PREPARE THE BITMAP * * FILE FOR FLASHING. LOGO.MOD IS THE RESULTS. * * 5. COPY FILE 'LOGO.MOD' TO THE LOCATION OF THE FLASH PROGRAM * * 6. CHANGE THE CONFIG.SYS FILE TO INCLUDE THE "/L:logo.mod" * * PARAMETER ON THE FLASH2 LINE. * * * * AFTER YOU UPDATE THE BIOS ON YOUR SYSTEM, YOUR LOGO WILL * * APPEAR ON THE STARTUP SCREEN. * * * * SOME GUIDELINES FOR THESE IMAGES INCLUDE: * * * * 1. THE COMPRESSED IMAGE FILE SIZE LIMITED TO 7KB. * * 2. SIMPLE DESIGNS (THE IMAGE WILL BE COMPRESSED AND COMPLEX * * IMAGES DON'T COMPRESS WELL...) * * 3. A 'Lenovo' LOGO IS USED BY DEFAULT, BUT A 16 COLOR 640x480 * * WINDOWS .BMP FILE CAN BE USED INSTEAD. * * * ********************************************************************** ********************************************************************** * * * TO HAVE 'PREBOOT NOTIFICATION TEXT' GENERATED: * * ---------------------------------------------- * * * * 1. PBN.BAT WILL ONLY WORK IN A MICROSOFT (R) OPERATING * * SYSTEM DOS WINDOW. * * 2. CREATE A TEXT FILE 'PBN.TXT' WHICH CONTAINS YOUR MESSAGE. * * 3. PLACE THE PBN.TXT FILE IN THE SAME LOCATION AS THE FLASH * * PROGRAM. * * 4. GO TO A DOS WINDOW AND SWITCH TO THE LOCATION OF THE * * PBN.TXT FILE. RUN PBN.BAT TO COMPRESS AND PREPARE THE FILE * * FOR FLASHING. PBNTXT IS THE RESULT. THE PBNTXT FILE SIZE * * IS LIMITED TO 2KB. * * 5. COPY THE FILE 'PBNTXT' TO THE FLASH PROGRAM LOCATION. * * 6. CALL THE FLASH2.EXE PROGRAM WITH THE /PD PARAMETER * * * * THE TEXT WILL BE DISPLAYED DURING POST AFTER THE LOGO SCREEN. * * AND THE SYSTEM WILL WAIT FOR KEYPRESS TO CONTINUE. * * * * NOTE: IF YOU ALREADY HAVE PREBOOT NOTIFICATION TEXT IN YOUR * * CURRENT BIOS IMAGE, USE THE "/PR" PARAMETER TO MOVE THE * * TEXT TO YOUR UPDATED BIOS. * * * ********************************************************************** ********************************************************************** * * * TO HAVE A 'CUSTOMER DATA AREA' CREATED IN THE ROM: * * -------------------------------------------------- * * * * 1. CDA.BAT WILL ONLY WORK IN A MICROSOFT (R) OPERATING * * SYSTEM DOS WINDOW. * * 2. CREATE A BINARY FILE 'CDA.BIN' WHICH CONTAINS YOUR MESSAGE. * * 3. PLACE THE CDA.BIN FILE IN THE SAME LOCATION AS THE FLASH * * PROGRAMS. * * 4. GO TO A DOS WINDOW AND SWITCH TO THE LOCATION OF THE * * CDA.BIN FILE. RUN CDA.BAT TO COMPRESS AND PREPARE THE FILE * * FOR FLASHING. CDABIN IS THE RESULT. THE CDABIN FILE SIZE * * IS LIMITED TO 1KB. * * 5. COPY THE FILE 'CDABIN' TO THE FLASH PROGRAM LOCATION. * * 6. CALL THE FLASH2.EXE PROGRAM WITH THE /CF PARAMETER TO ADD * * THE CUSTOMER DATA AREA TO THE SMBIOS STRUCTURES. * * * * NOTE: IF YOU ALREADY HAVE A 'CUSTOMER DATA AREA' IN YOUR * * CURRENT BIOS IMAGE, USE THE "/CR" PARAMETER TO MOVE * * THE TEXT TO YOUR UPDATED BIOS. * * * * THE CDABIN IMAGE WILL BE LOCATED IN A TYPE 131 SMBIOS * * STRUCTURE DEFINED BELOW. * * * * Type byte 131 * * Length byte 5 * * Handle word ? * * String Number byte ? * * 'Customer Data Area' * * * ********************************************************************** ********************************************************************** * * * CMOS SAVE/RESTORE PROGRAM * * ------------------------- * * * * THE CMOS SAVE AND RESTORE UTILITY IS PROVIDED FOR SAVING * * AND RESTORING THE SETUP AND CONFIGURATION MAINTAINED IN THE * * CMOS BATTERY BACKED RAM. THIS UTILITY IS INTENDED FOR USE AS * * AN AID IN CONFIGURING MULTIPLE IDENTICAL SYSTEMS. TO USE THIS * * UTILITY, COPY THE EXECUTABLE FILE (SRCMOS5C.EXE) TO A DOS * * BOOTABLE DISKETTE. TYPE 'SRCMOS5C' AT THE COMMAND PROMPT FOR * * INFORMATION ON COMMAND SYNTAX AND OPTIONS. * * * * USAGE NOTES: * * * * 1) In this new version SRCMOS, the passwords are not stored in * * the CMOS image any more. Passwords are no longer cloned * * with the CMOS capture. If you want to set password, please * * use CFGEDT5C to set passwords on systems. * * * * 2) Save and Restore CMOS tool (SRCMOS) * * SRCMOS5C file_name [/Capture|/Update ] [/Quiet] * * [/Noreboot] [/Pap] [/Man] [/Ski] * * * * where: * * file_name: : File name to store/load CMOS data * * Do not use "/" or "-" as first character * * of file_name! * * [/Capture or : Captures CMOS and stores it in file_name * * /Update] : Updates the CMOS with data from file_name * * [/Quiet] : No messages displayed * * [/Noreboot] : Do Not Reboot after update * * [/Pap XXXX] : XX is the keyboard scan code in hex * * : for the administrative password * * [/Man] : Ignore BIOS level checking * * [/Ski] : Skip updating required CMOS values * * * * Example1: SRCMOS5C CONFIG1.DAT /CAPTURE * * * * The above indicates the Desktop machine CMOS will be read * * and stored in the file CONFIG1.DAT. * * * * Example2: SRCMOS5C CONFIG1.DAT /CAPTURE /PAP 070809 * * * * Same as Example1 but with a password of 070809 scancode for * * a text password of "678". * * * * * * 3) ConFiG EDIT cmos tool (CFGEDT) * * CFGEDT5C [/cmosTokenName] [cmosTokenNameSettings] * * [/Pap XXXX] [/newpap * * where: * * [/cmosTokenName] : CMOS token name defined in CFGEDT5C.def * * [cmosTokenNameSettings]: Specific CMOS setting * * [/Pap XXXX] : XX is the keyboard scan code in hex * * : for the administrative password * * [/Newpap XXXX] : XX is the keyboard scan code in hex * * : for the new administrative password * * * * Example1: CFGEDT5C /cmosDiskettelessMode enable * * Sets the Bios Setup option Disketteless Mode to enabled * * * * Example2: CFGEDT5C /newpap 19181908 * * Adds the admin password PAP7 * * * ********************************************************************** ********************************************************************** * * * CDROM INSTRUCTIONS * * ------------------ * * * * THE FLASH UPDATE CDROM PACKAGES THE FLASH UPDATE IMAGE INTO * * AN ISO BOOTABLE CD. POWER UP THE SYSTEM AND IMMEDIATELY INSERT * * THE FLASH CD IN THE CDROM DRIVE. ENSURE THAT YOU BOOT TO THE * * CDROM. * * YOU CAN MODIFY THE SERIAL NUMBER AND ACHINE TYPE/MODEL IF NEEDED. * * FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS FOR USING THE FLASH UPDATE PROGRAM IN THE * * BASIC INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS * * * * THE UTILITIES MENTIONED ABOVE ARE LOCATED IN A SUBDIRECTORY * * ON THE CD WITH EXTENSION .DOC * * * * * ********************************************************************** ********************************************************************** * * * FLASH UNDER OPERATING SYSTEM * * ---------------------------- * * * * THE FLASH UNDER OPERATING SYSTEM UTILITY PROVIDES THE ABILITY * * TO UPDATE THE SYSTEM FLASH FROM A WINDOWS APPLICATION. THE * * UTILITY MAY BE DOWNLOADED FROM THE INTERNET AND UNPACKS INTO * * THE DEFAULT PATH: C:\LenovoTOOLS\FLASH\5C1ZxxUS, WHERE "xx" * * REPRESENTS THE TWO DIGIT FLASH LEVEL. * * * * AFTER UNPACKING THE UTILITY, RUN "WINPHLASH.EXE" FROM THE * * DEFAULT PATH TO LAUNCH THE WINDOWS BASED FLASH APPLICATION * * TO UPDATE YOUR SYSTEM, A HELP MENU IS AVAILABLE TO GUIDE YOU. * * * * AFTER UPDATING YOUR FLASH, YOU CAN DELETE THE "5C1ZxxUS" * * DIRECTORY TO SAVE ROOM ON YOUR HARD DISK. * * * * AUTOMATIC (UNATTENDED) FLASH UNDER O/S operation * * ------------------------------------------------ * * * * THE FLASH UNDER THE O/S PROGRAM (WINPHLASH) CAN BE RUN IN A DOS * * WINDOW USING A DOS BATCH FILE WITH COMMAND LINE OPTIONS TO CONTROL* * THE OPERATION OF THE PROGRAM. FOR EXAMPLE, TO RUN THE PROGRAM * * WITHOUT USER INTERVENTION, THE COMMAND LINE WOULD BE: * * "WINPHLASH /REMOTE2". OTHER COMMAND LINE OPTIONS FOR THE * * WINPHLASH PROGRAM CAN BE FOUND IN THE "COMMAND PROMPT" SECTION * * OF THE WINPHLASH.CHM FILE LOCATED IN THE DIRECTORY CONTAINING THE * * FLASH UNDER O/S FILES. * * * ********************************************************************** ********************************************************************** * * * FLASHING BACK TO AN OLDER LEVEL OF BIOS * * --------------------------------------- * * * * IN ORDER TO FLASH BACK TO AN OLDER LEVEL OF BIOS, THE FOLLOWING * * STEPS SHOULD BE USED TO INSURE THE LATEST FLASH UTILITY IS USED. * * * * 1. OBTAIN THE LATEST LEVEL OF BIOS UPDATE FROM THE * * Lenovo WEB SITE (WWW.LENOVO.COM UNDER "SUPPORT"). * * * * 2. ON THE OLDER BIOS LEVEL IMAGE TYPE THE DOS COMMAND LINE: * * "ATTRIB FLASH2.EXE -R"* * * * * COPY THE FILE "FLASH2.EXE" FROM THE LATEST LEVEL OF BIOS * * UPDATE TO THE OLDER LEVEL'S LOCATION * * * * 3. REPEAT STEP #2 FOR THE FILES NAMED PHLASH16.EXE, LCREFLSH.BAT, * * *.HSH AND *.PAT. * * * * 4. BOOT THE OLDER LEVEL'S UPDATE PROGRAM AND FOLLOW NORMAL * * PROCEDURES. * * * ********************************************************************** </code> Internet Archive HTML5 Uploader 1.6.4 Flash BIOS update; Lenovo ThinkCentre M58; 5cj977a.iso; Lenovo; Lenovo ThinkCentre M58p; ThinkCentre BIOS Flash BIOS update - ThinkCentre M58, M58p - 5cj977a.iso leedusmcclein@gmail.com 2020-05-04 04:44:32 2020-05-04 04:44:32 [curator]validator@archive.org[/curator][date]20200504045053[/date][comment]checked for malware[/comment] vintagesoftware