LENOVO (IBM) Bioses, especially Thinkpad.

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  1. yackoo

    yackoo MDL Novice

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    Thank you for your answer.

    I'm afraid it's Phoenix :(
    But it's possible to use BIOS from another model? (non-Lenovo, because probably Lenovo uses whitelist in all models) Should I find in that case model with the same chipset, processor, memory, built-in audio, video & lan?

    thx
    Yackoo
     
  2. Yen

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    No. It has to be another model (similar hardware) of Lenovo. A bios is very hardware specific and any incompatibility may cause a brick....you only should go for such a try if somebody has confirmed that another bios is working....to brick by flashing another bios by yourself would be a risk you shouldn't take...
     
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    Lenovo SL500 Bios 6AET62WW (1.28) - Report

    Lenovo SL500 upgraded from 1.25 mod to 1.28 mod no problem. Activation works perfectly.

    I thank you Yen for your never-ending time, hard work and many efforts ! Till next time.....

    Sincerely,
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  7. Yen

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    Yeah, the marker tools are the best:
    1. No risk to brick
    2. SLIC will persist at any further biosupdate, no need to care about anymore..;)

    @ Maru_7711 & sloozer

    Always my pleasure to help you.
     
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  8. yackoo

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    I have used Everest and it shows BIOS Type "AMI" and BIOS Manufacturer "American Megatrends Inc."...
    So is it Phoenix or not? I'm totally confused... In BIOS I have option to flash BIOS, but it don't work "No FAT partition..." or something...

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    SLIC Dump Toolkit shows AMI BIOS / ACPI 2.0. So, how to (step by step) remove whitelist check or add new devide id? I'm not experienced user in modifying any code...

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