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  • renter1962
    New Member
    • Jan 2025
    • 3
    • Canada

    #41
    Hi

    I have two lenovo's that show about the same issue. Both are T14 Gen 3 (AMD) Type 21CF. I'll create a separate reply for the 2nd laptop.

    Laptop #1:
    MTM: 21CF-CT01WW
    SN: PF4EQDYT
    PCB: NM-E441 Rev 1.0 (JT4C1/JT6C1/JP6C1)
    Extracted BIOS: Attached
    BIOS PW: None
    Issue: Won't boot, no display, white power light turns on, fan go 100% immediately when plugged. Tried a battery drain, pinhole reset. No success.

    Huge thanks!


    Is there anything I can do on my side to fix the 2nd laptop?
    I tried to open the BIOS dump in HxD and searching for the serial but nothing was found. So I'm guessing the data in the padding regions is encrypted/encoded in a special way.
    I wasn't able to extract the binary file from the lenovo download either (iso or exe).
    Let me know if there are tools available online that would allow me to fix it without requiring your assistance.
    For older Intel based Lenovo I was able to merge my bios extract manually with HxD to the Lenovo bios from their website and it worked well (but it's also a 5 year old computer).



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    • renter1962
      New Member
      • Jan 2025
      • 3
      • Canada

      #42
      Originally posted by renter1962
      Hi

      I have two lenovo's that show about the same issue. Both are T14 Gen 3 (AMD) Type 21CF. I'll create a separate reply for the 2nd laptop.

      Laptop #1:
      MTM: 21CF-CT01WW
      SN: PF4EQDYT
      PCB: NM-E441 Rev 1.0 (JT4C1/JT6C1/JP6C1)
      Extracted BIOS: Attached
      BIOS PW: None
      Issue: Won't boot, no display, white power light turns on, fan go 100% immediately when plugged. Tried a battery drain, pinhole reset. No success.

      Huge thanks!


      Is there anything I can do on my side to fix the 2nd laptop?
      I tried to open the BIOS dump in HxD and searching for the serial but nothing was found. So I'm guessing the data in the padding regions is encrypted/encoded in a special way.
      I wasn't able to extract the binary file from the lenovo download either (iso or exe).
      Let me know if there are tools available online that would allow me to fix it without requiring your assistance.
      For older Intel based Lenovo I was able to merge my bios extract manually with HxD to the Lenovo bios from their website and it worked well (but it's also a 5 year old computer).


      Ignore my previous post. I realized today that I extracted the EC and not the BIOS. BIOS is on a WSON8 and it's a quad SPI chip so I have to rethink my approach.

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      • gsmdon
        New Member
        • Jul 2023
        • 7
        • russia

        #43
        Hi bro! There is an at Lenovo T14 gen 3 laptop, it turns on, but there is no image
        s/n PF-40QRC2 Type 21AH-00BSUS
        I can't find the bios, and I can't create
        Please help me!

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        • hoaca388
          Badcaps
          • Jan 2022
          • 11682
          • Socialist Republic of Vietnam

          #44
          Originally posted by gsmdon
          Hi bro! There is an at Lenovo T14 gen 3 laptop, it turns on, but there is no image
          s/n PF-40QRC2 Type 21AH-00BSUS
          I can't find the bios, and I can't create
          Please help me!
          Read chip again ,

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          • gsmdon
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            • Jul 2023
            • 7
            • russia

            #45
            The BIOS is damaged, but the laptop turns on. If you install a new BIOS, the laptop will not turn on
            Apparently there's a serial number in the bios somewhere.
            Help me make a working bios out of the old and new file.

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            • hoaca388
              Badcaps
              • Jan 2022
              • 11682
              • Socialist Republic of Vietnam

              #46
              Originally posted by gsmdon
              The BIOS is damaged, but the laptop turns on. If you install a new BIOS, the laptop will not turn on
              Apparently there's a serial number in the bios somewhere.
              Help me make a working bios out of the old and new file.
              I am completely sane when I ask you to re-read the bios chip, and I also understand that the bios file is corrupted. This error is caused by the programmer. So re-read the bios chip as requested.


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              • gsmdon
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                • Jul 2023
                • 7
                • russia

                #47
                Sorry, there was a power surge and the laptop stopped working. It turns on, but there is no image, and there is no initialization. I counted the old bios and recorded a new one, it doesn't start at all and doesn't raise 20 volts. The old bios is flooded, it starts, but there is no image and initialization rises 20 volts. I understand that the old BIOS is damaged, but it has a section with a serial number.Without which the new bios does not work.What should I do with the new bios to make it work?

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                • zubair12
                  New Member
                  • Dec 2022
                  • 6
                  • Dubai

                  #48
                  Think pad T14 gen 3

                  serial number PF-4FZ351
                  Type numer 21AJ-S10F00
                  Part number NM-E981
                  please resolve the issue Click image for larger version

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