Yes, I flashed the unmodified BIOS first. With respect to the recovery - thank you for the files. I powered the laptop on and held the Fn + Esc keys for several minutes. However, the power LED did not flash. How long should I wait for the power LED to flash?
Thank you! Windows is now activated I've seen that method somewhere on the forum, even had similar files downloaded on the Desktop, but was reluctant to use it. It went very quickly and painlessly. May I ask how it was possible and what actually happens, in approximatively laymen terms? It seems nothing was actually flashed? Is there something I can read about it I have a chance to understand? Thanks again, I appreciate your help. I thought my post would surely be forgotten
Basically Lenovo disables the marker part of the SLIC on this non-Windows edition of the laptop. Serg008 supplied you leaked Lenovo utility which restores the marker part and thus full SLIC 2.1 is validated.