LENOVO (IBM) Bioses, especially Thinkpad.

Discussion in 'BIOS Mod Requests. Post Requests Only' started by ancestor(v), Jun 17, 2009.

  1. abig

    abig MDL Novice

    Aug 17, 2011
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    Thanks,
    do you have any friend there that can send us this marker ? do you have link to the thread in that forum ?
     
  2. vin_ishere

    vin_ishere MDL Novice

    Sep 7, 2012
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    Hey guys......pls give a look at my request!!!!

    Pls tell me atleast whether it is possible to modify this or not????

    Thanks!
     
  3. chris233

    chris233 MDL Novice

    Oct 17, 2012
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    I posted this in 'Remove whitelist check / add ID's to break hardware restrictions mod requests.' but haven't received a reply, so I'm going to try here as well.

    I have a Thinkpad x120e that's running Linux. I have two different modified 1.16 BIOS's (unfortunately I don't remember where I got them) that want me to use winflash.exe, which isn't an option for me.


    What I've tried doing is mounting the official Lenovo BIOS iso and replacing the '$0A8F000_NWL.FL1' file with the FL1 file from either of my modified BIOS's. This is what I've done so far, and none of it has worked:



    • Tried updating from 1.15 to 1.16, modified without a whitelist - I get a red "an error has occurred" message during flash
    • Tried updating from 1.16 to 1.16, modified without a whitelist - Says an update is not necessary




    I read some where that creating a 'PFLASH.RSP' file in the update directory, with the contents of '-sa' would allow me to update from 1.16 to 1.16. It didn't have any effect for me.


    So, many questions. The all encompassing one being, how can I get a modified 1.16 BIOS on my x120e while running Linux? Am I way off-base by just replacing the 'FL1' file? Is the error I get when trying to go from 1.15 to a modified 1.16 just because I'm not starting out on the same BIOS revision?




    Appreciate any help or direction on this.
     
  4. 7oph3r

    7oph3r MDL Novice

    Oct 20, 2012
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    64 bit fix also?

    Will that also work for the 64 bit bios? 6duj46u6 released on the same date as the 46us version.

    Also, I noticed that there wasn't any readme files... a little wary of bricking my tablet, so was wondering if there was a specific set of installation instructions?

    Thanks!

    -trying to install an intel 5350 WiMax card on an x200 tablet w/ 6duj46u6 bios

     
  5. forjunkmails

    forjunkmails MDL Novice

    Oct 19, 2012
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    Sorry I haven't found and thanks for the link!

    When I try to access "Advanced Settings" in WinPhalsh 32, I get the error message 200 "New BIOS image size doesn’t match current system BIOS size."
    Could anybody tell my why this is happening?

    -Manufacturer and Model: Lenovo Thinpad T400S - 2808-A23
    -BIOS revision: 1.21 (6HET36WW)
     
  6. Serg008

    Serg008 MDL BIOS/EFI Guru

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    Did you tried to flash an original (non modified) 6huj17us.exe bios at first ?

    add. 01BE000_WL.ROM - modified bios
     
  7. forjunkmails

    forjunkmails MDL Novice

    Oct 19, 2012
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    Hello Serg008,
    Thank you for the quick reply.

    My BIOS revision is already 1.21 (6HET36WW) since a couple of month, that is why I tried to install the modified BIOS right away.
    1. Starting WinPhlash
    2. Selecting 01BE000_WL.ROM
    3. Click on "Advanced Setting" --> Error -200 accours.

    Now I tried to install the original version von BIOS 1.21 again, but that is not possible, since my existing version is already 1.21 .

    Any idea what else I could try?
     
  8. basoff1966

    basoff1966 MDL Novice

    Jun 1, 2011
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    Please help, Lenovo B580 (B580G) . How marker use? The marker from B570 not make.