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  • yorfax
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    • Jan 2017
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    Extracting a bios from lenovo bios update tool

    Hello
    I have downloaded a BIOS update tool from the Lenovo site 9dcn34ww.exe when I opened it in 7zip I saw a file called ZIWB2304.ROM which I assumed was the bios file and it loads into UEFItool. The issue is the file size, it is 10,101,992 bytes whereas the dump file I downloaded from the motherboard is 8,388,608 bytes why is there a discrepancy? Also, if I used a plain .bin file from Lenovo would that automatically update the pertinent information from the laptop on first boot? (or does the bios update tool do this?).
    Thanks in advance
    Matthew
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