BIOS Flash Question Lenovo ThinkCentre M57 6072-AUF  

All,
I have a Lenovo ThinkCentre M57 6072-AUF running Windows 7 64 bit. I got it for a song at a computer recycle center… It was originally a govt of Quebec system and the BIOS is in French. I want to flash the BIOS to update it and to also convert it to English. I went to the Lenovo site and burned the correct BIOS .iso to a disk. The old BIOS version is “LENOVO 2RKT38AFR, 2/15/2008” the new version / .iso is “2rj964a.iso”. However, there is no executable and even though I was able to stumble my way through the French BIOS set up and change the boot sequence to CD/DVD first, it will not boot on start up. The flash from within Windows BIOS version on the Lenovo site is an executable, but only supports a 32 bit OS. Is there a separate flash utility that I can use that will allow me to drive the new BIOS flash from inside Windows 7 64 bit? Basic steps would be good, I could never be accused of being a technical all-star. Thanks

Hi Maxie, Thanks for the reply. I tried your suggestion and still no luck. I have tried all the "F" keys on start up and have been through various menu's. I'm positive the box is set to boot from the CD/DVD "D" drive first and I can see and hear the drive activate, but it will not launch the new BIOS .iso I was hoping for some trustworthy freeware that I could use to force it. Don't know if such things are out there, but any suggestions along those lines would be very helpful. Cheers...

Ah great question. I used an old XP Home Edition box (yeah I know) which I will decommission as soon as I can get this new Lenovo system operational. You figure if I burn the .iso image using a Windows 7 64 bit system my results will be different? I have been reluctant to take this Lenovo box on the web because it is not configured in any way and I did no want someone to tip it over while I was in the process of setting it up. Also I did not want to invest the time in set up before I flashed the BIOS, because if I nuke it during the process I have not wasted any set up time. I have some friends that are running Windows 7 and I will burn the image on one of their machines. Certainly worth a try... Will report the results and thanks again...

Hello, I finally resolved the problem by loading a temp 32 bit Windows 7 OS and loading the Flash in Windows Package at this URL Flash BIOS update - ThinkCentre M57, M57p. It worked and now the BIOS is in English. A round about way but it worked. Thanks again for taking the time to respond...

Cheers