Lenovo E580 bricked after flashing bios ?

[georgios22]

Hello,
I have a supervisor locked E580 and i tried to flash it with this bios

https://www.badcaps.net/forum/showthread.php?t=80837

(after making a backup of the original)

The laptop didn't start, the power button light on as well as numlock + caps lock for a second and then it powered off.

I then flashed back the original, and i see the same behavior...
If i connect to power the power adapter, the power button flashes 3 times

Is it bricked?

I tried disconnecting the cmos battery without success

[georgios22]

Re: Lenovo E580 bricked after flashing bios ?

Turns out i need to erase the chip first and then it boots. Anybody has patched bios ? I was searching how to do it but i have multiple BootOption. I don't know witch one to patch.

[peste]

Re: Lenovo E580 bricked after flashing bios ?

try..

[georgios22]

Re: Lenovo E580 bricked after flashing bios ?

Thanks, after flashing this bios and pressing F1, it asks for a password.
I tried 1234 but it doesn't work. Any clues?

[peste]

Re: Lenovo E580 bricked after flashing bios ?

try this..

https://1024kb.co.nz/bios/

[Maxpower3]

Re: Lenovo E580 bricked after flashing bios ?

Hello,
The password is in the SMSC MEC1633L, dxe driver is required for this one.

[georgios22]

Re: Lenovo E580 bricked after flashing bios ?

Hello,
The password is in the SMSC MEC1633L, dxe driver is required for this one.

Yes this is the bios i requested/tried to make by patching my own BootOptions and LenovoTranslateService. I guess the fbd i found are for other generation of laptops

[georgios22]

Re: Lenovo E580 bricked after flashing bios ?

pete,
After several wrong attempts it never says Challenge Code to enter on this website.

[Maxpower3]

Re: Lenovo E580 bricked after flashing bios ?

No solution for me for now.
Another patch method
I'm going to try to make one for you but it won't work I think.

[georgios22]

Re: Lenovo E580 bricked after flashing bios ?

No solution for me for now.
Another patch method
I'm going to try to make one for you but it won't work I think.

Thanks for your effort, i've got the same problem. It asks for password and 1234 doesn't work

[georgios22]

Re: Lenovo E580 bricked after flashing bios ?

No solution for me for now.
Another patch method
I'm going to try to make one for you but it won't work I think.

I tried another flasher (flashrom on ubuntu) and the laptop has the error code 0285 (0285: TCG-compliant functionality-related error (might be
the TPM initialization failure))

The same error happens if i try to patch my own bios

[Maxpower3]

Re: Lenovo E580 bricked after flashing bios ?

I tried another flasher (flashrom on ubuntu) and the laptop has the error code 0285 (0285: TCG-compliant functionality-related error (might be
the TPM initialization failure))

The same error happens if i try to patch my own bios

unsolder the chip and reprogram it with the programmer, under flashrom or other utilities it does not work

[battery.12v]

Re: Lenovo E580 bricked after flashing bios ?

Turns out i need to erase the chip first and then it boots. Anybody has patched bios ? I was searching how to do it but i have multiple BootOption. I don't know witch one to patch.

What do you mean by erasing the chip first then it boots ... cause i have your same problem laptop turn on and off with light 3 times when power adapter is connected

[zmezm1995`]

Re: Lenovo E580 bricked after flashing bios ?

thanks sir