I have an IdeaPad Flex-14API (SN:MP1QW0DQ) that has a supervisor password. This is NOT a pre-8th-gen Intel system. This system has an AMD Ryzen 3500U, which released around/with 9th generation Intel.
Immediately after pressing the power button and the unit turns on, the system asks for the "system password" in a small box in the center of the screen.
I would like to remove this password. My understanding is that the autopatcher only works with 8th gen or older Intel systems. I confirmed this belief when the autopatch script itself threw an error when trying to tweak the bin I got off this laptop.
My understanding is that after 2018/8th gen Intel, Lenovo laptops added a self-healing BIOS feature that inadvertently acts as a security feature to prevent users from using an SPI flash crimp (what I have.)
I was able to locate this YouTube video that makes me think I have a chance: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hK8IIi_Hlh8
Before I try something like this on my unit, can somebody who knows more than me hopefully point me in the right direction if there is one?
Thanks.
Immediately after pressing the power button and the unit turns on, the system asks for the "system password" in a small box in the center of the screen.
I would like to remove this password. My understanding is that the autopatcher only works with 8th gen or older Intel systems. I confirmed this belief when the autopatch script itself threw an error when trying to tweak the bin I got off this laptop.
My understanding is that after 2018/8th gen Intel, Lenovo laptops added a self-healing BIOS feature that inadvertently acts as a security feature to prevent users from using an SPI flash crimp (what I have.)
I was able to locate this YouTube video that makes me think I have a chance: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hK8IIi_Hlh8
Before I try something like this on my unit, can somebody who knows more than me hopefully point me in the right direction if there is one?
Thanks.
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