Help with corrupted bios for ThinkPad P1 Gen 4

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  • trepachka
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    • Oct 2022
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    Help with corrupted bios for ThinkPad P1 Gen 4

    Hello, I have this ThinkPad P1 Gen 4 that has what I perceive corrupted bios. Computer charges and upon pressing the power button, the keyboard lights up briefly, both fans begin to spin and the cpu gets warm. However, I get no post. I do get color palette cycling all sorts of colors on the screen when I press Fn-Cntrl-Power key combo at the same time (standard Lenovo screen test). So, this tells me the issue is with bios. All voltages are present including CPU, GPU and memory voltages.

    The bios file is a little tricky. I believe it has 2 identical 256Mb chips next to each other (photo attached). So, I extracted both files. I am hoping someone could rebuild the bios for me. Thank you.

    Model: ThinkPad P1 Gen 4
    S/N: R914P1CL
    Model Type: 20Y3004KUS
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  • trepachka
    Badcaps Veteran
    • Oct 2022
    • 461
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    Just wondering if someone could help me out and fix the bios files. Thank you

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