Thanks for looking /trying Yen, sorry if it took up too much time. re: $0055000.FLS - yeah, not a hint as to what its compiled with (or compressed with for that matter) & could not find anything in WinHex to "grab hold of"... The "flash2.exe" file is IBM Flash Update Utility Version 4.20 (1992?) and it references the "$0055000.FLS" file in the hardcode (a generic unpack then flash format?)... I have a friend at an IBM partner & I might ask him quite bluntly for a tool to at least read the BIOS (for an HT switch tweak?). Meantime, might as well run it through all the decompression algos I can find also - you never know I'll keep you posted if I have any luck - this *.FLS format is one that the xSeries IBM servers use so there would be a few hundred models that could be modded if a tool/technique was available. Thanks again for the effort/thought - always appreciated!!
Any luck on the Ideapad Y550 Has anyone had luck getting a slic 2.1 bios for the Ideapad Y550? My new laptop that arrived has slic 2.0 on it. Thanks
From where have you got the biosmod to try? I didn't find the original bios at Lenovo site Where can I get it to try for a mod?
I've tried the phcomp tool from IBM usually used for *.FL compressed bioses, it didn't work. Also e_bcpvpw.exe didn't work.....