Thinkpad P50 SOIC Identification

Discussion in 'BIOS Mods' started by frantzr141, Dec 31, 2018.

  1. frantzr141

    frantzr141 MDL Novice

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    LatinMcG Bios Borker

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  3. frantzr141

    frantzr141 MDL Novice

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    Thanks for the reply

    I'm using my Raspberry pi with flashrom, its the only computer I have left :/

    I built UEFITool yesterday, but wasn't 100% sure what In was looking at, thanks I'll give this a try!
     
  4. frantzr141

    frantzr141 MDL Novice

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    I flashed the bios with the file you provided, and I think there was a problem. The fans spool up for only a moment, then everything turns off.

    Could it be that due to the failed/incomplete bios update to 1.54 (the one I linked), there are now conflicts with the non-bios parts of the bin which still expect 1.53?

    Using UEFITool to look at the pulled bin, and the downloaded bios from Lenovo, the folder structure appears to be different, is this normal?

    Thanks
     
  5. LatinMcG

    LatinMcG Bios Borker

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    yes i can merge 1.53 to it. i found someones .bin i can put your ethrnet mac serial n in it and use that one for test2
     
  6. LatinMcG

    LatinMcG Bios Borker

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    lenovos usually have a MEC1XXX small eprom in chip.. security related.
    likely will need bios region on your dump redone with right version.
     
  7. LatinMcG

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    that vid is for older lenovos...2012
    compare the bios regions from same version.. edit pwd out.