Re: Help needed in unlocking BIOS Supervisor password - Lenovo X1 Yoga 5th Gen

After conducting further research on the internet, I discovered that my laptop has another BIOS chip from Winbond, which is considerably larger in size compared to the one I previously found. The numbers imprinted on this chip are "25Q256JVEQ 2031 6016 42100". Additionally, my earlier findings suggest that the chip I initially identified was likely for the Thunderbolt 3 interface and not the BIOS.

Unfortunately, my attempts to use the clip method with the EZP programmer were unsuccessful,...

Good day, everyone!

I'm encountering an issue with my Lenovo X1 Yoga 5th Gen laptop related to the BIOS supervisor password. I'm seeking assistance and guidance from the knowledgeable members of this community in resolving this problem.

I am no expert and cannot perform soldering or unsoldering of the chip from the board. Therefore, I attempted to use an EZP 2023 programmer with a clip to extract the BIOS bin file without removing the BIOS chip from the motherboard. The BIOS chip has the following letters imprinted on it: "Winbond 25Q80DVNIG 2026". I used the...

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Good day, everyone!

Just found out about this great forum while searching for ways to fix my laptop's BIOS.

Not an expert tinkerer but would love to get any help that I can to solve my system's (BIOS) administrator password problem.

Thanks in advance and happy weekend!