I will try. Sorry for asking but what's the use of this EC file? I see several other users asked but I can't find any post explaining the way to use it. It may be obvious for some but not for me, sorry.
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OK, now I understand the use of the EC file. I first need the chip and then the appropriate connector to flash it with my CH341A (I guess). I will dig...Comment
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No way to find the chip 🤔 Would one of you please have a photo of it and its location on motherboard?Comment
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I found it, it was under the MB. I am not equipped neither to connect my CH341A programmer to this chip, nor to solder it and later connect it on other equipment to flash with suggested bin. I must sadly give up.
Thanks for reactivity to my previous requests, really appreciated.Comment
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Dear all,
I have recently fixed a Lenovo IdeaPad 3 15 ALC6 that was not booting due to a BIOS issue. After flashing the BIOS, the laptop boots up, but hard disk is not recognized in BIOS. Is says "Hard Disk : Not Installed". I have tried with 2 different drives (one that I know is working on another laptop) but I get the same result. I do not know if disks were recognized before I got the laptop and fix it, but I don't see any reason why not. I can boot on USB though.
Here the steps I have taken to fix the laptop:
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So a couple of years ago i got a bios update through Lenovo Vantage, so i installed it and bricked my whole BIOS, so i couldn't fix it so i put that ideapad in a box, 3 years later i found that one PC and want to recover it to switch from a 2014 hp laptop to this one.
I found a method to recover the BIOS of many lenovo laptops tha consists in pluging in a USB Flash with the BIOS files and power on the laptop with Fn + R keys pressed until fans go loud and start beeping loud, but nothing worked, so i think filename is wrong, i tried naming the bios file as 07WW.BIN, BIOS.BIN, BIOS.fd,...10-11-2024, 03:12 PM -
Problem is blinking power led only
i don't know exactly if it's s145-15igm or s145-14igm
have a backup bios file but i dont know the serial.. coz text already erased at the back of the cover
Mother board : fs440fs541 nm-c111 rev 1.0 2019-01-08
Already tested some of posted bios here
S145-14igm - success but invalid serial and not booting on OS
S145-15igm - success with serial and some other info in bios but still not booting on OS
already tried installing new windows but always booting on bios setup
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Summary of BIOS Whitelist Removal Problem
Problem:
I am attempting to remove the WWAN card whitelist from my Lenovo ThinkPad T560.
Initial Findings:- My current BIOS version is N1KET58W (1.45).
- I have a CH341A programmer and have successfully created two full backups of my BIOS.
- I have the ability to use command-line tools on a Linux machine.
- I attempted to use several automated and manual patching methods on my N1KET58W (1.45) BIOS, including using hex strings. These attempts all failed.
- I concluded that the
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Good morning, gentlemen, I hope you can help me with my laptop, I told you that I saved it about 2 years ago because it wouldn't turn on, now I have a ch341a programmer, I made a backup of the bios, I flashed an original downloaded from lenovo and it started, but it turned off after a few minutes, I entered the bios configuration and the brand, model, serial number, windows serial number, etc. did not appear, I request your help, I did everything I found in the forum but I could not solve it, also now it won't start again, it turns on but the fan does not turn, I will share all the information...
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