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  • capo
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    Bios corruption? ThinkPad x240s 5-beeps*2 no boot

    Help needed, the attached bios dump, from a ThinkPad x240s, gives 5 short beeps twice at startup and no boot. Is it bios corruption? From what I read here in other threads it appears so. Can someone be so kind to have a look to see if it needs fixing, with a clean ME as well if necessary?
    Many thanks!
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    • capo
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      Re: Bios corruption? ThinkPad x240s 5-beeps*2 no boot

      Problem solved: a compressed section where all DXE drivers are stored in the bios region was corrupt (see images below)
      A replacement region, excluding the SEC core, from another x240s dump fixed the problem.
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        • SMDFlea
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          Re: Bios corruption? ThinkPad x240s 5-beeps*2 no boot

          Originally posted by capo
          Problem solved: a compressed section where all DXE drivers are stored in the bios region was corrupt (see images below)
          A replacement region, excluding the SEC core, from another x240s dump fixed the problem.
          Well spotted
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            • capo
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              Re: Bios corruption? ThinkPad x240s 5-beeps*2 no boot

              Thx, lessons hard learned

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