Comment 142 for bug 532374

Regarding the update, I just burnt the bootable CD available from the lenovo
site... Boot it, the rest is all pretty straight forward. Reading the readme
file could also be useful. -- Have no fear ;)

Cheers, Reinhard.

2010/6/20 Matt Price <email address hidden>

> i have a t410 and of course suffer from this bug like everyone else. i
> appear to have BIOS version 1.09:
> $ sudo dmidecode -s bios-version
> 6IET49WW (1.09 )
>
> i would like to update to the newest bios but i'm a little terrified to
> do so -- can anyone out there give or point me to a reliable and
> complete set of instructions as to what I ought to do to make this work?
> Thank you so much,
>
> also: will i have to update to 2.6.34, as suggested in some postings, or
> will that workaround no longer be necessary after the bios update? Thanks,
> matt
>
> --
> Lenovo Thinkpads with Core i5 and i7 suspend/resume (with kernel oops) once
> then fail horribly on next suspend
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/532374
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> Status in The Linux Kernel: Unknown
> Status in OEM Priority Project: Fix Released
> Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu: Invalid
> Status in “linux” source package in Lucid: Invalid
>
> Bug description:
> THIS HAPPENS ONLY TO THINKPADS WITH i5 or i7 PROCESSORS: Thinkpad T410,
> T510 and X201 models are affected (intel integrated graphics, nvidia
> discrete graphics). The first suspend/resume completes successfully. The
> second suspend appears to work, but when waking, a few LEDs flicker, but the
> laptop stays suspended (moon LED on the lid stays lit, LED around power
> button continues to pulse). Pressing the power button again causes a reboot
> (no other buttons seem to do anything in this state).
>
> Per https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingKernelSuspend:
>
> $ grep -A4 Magic .tmp/dmesg.txt
> [ 1.148585] Magic number: 0:523:347
> [ 1.148587] hash matches
> /build/buildd/linux-2.6.32/drivers/base/power/main.c:471
> [ 1.148615] pci0000:00: hash matches
>
> That's the DRAM Controller.
>
> Same results from the "xterm" session, and also without X, so no
> gnome-power-manager interactions.
>
> This issue effects:
> Thinkpads X201, T410, T510, W510
> & possibly T410s
>
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