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bajticzek
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Last Activity: 09-03-2025, 11:39 PM
Joined: 01-04-2020
Location: Mohelnice
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  • Can anyone provide the correct (or my repaired) BIOS for this laptop, please?
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  • Hi,
    this Elitebook I bought was previously worked on. Symptoms included 5 short CapsLock blinks and fans on full speed. Core voltages were missing, I found rotten trace from VRM controller, repaired it and the laptop sprung back to life. The 5 blinks before booting persisted. I blame the content of Winbond flash as soldering on legs was visible and the content might be wrong. The correct serial number showed in BIOS, so I tried to do a BIOS update. The BIOS version was Q78 v01.07.00. It didn't accept newest update, so I tried the closest one to the old. I found v01.09.00. Content of the...
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    replied to lenovo s540-15iml bios
    Hello, first and foremost - sorry for hijacking this thread.

    I bought Lenovo S540-15IML that powers on with no image. After initial inspection and bit of googling I found this topic and I thought it was the same issue as stefanbs had, although mine was not water damaged - so I swapped the resistor for memory config to disable onboard memory, but to no avail. I tried multiple RAM sticks to be sure.

    With original BIOS in place the laptop turns on, the consumption jumps from steady 30mA when off to somewhere around 500mA and jumps around a little, then settles on 400mA forever....
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