It works!!! Thank you very much!! I would love to learn a bit more of what is happening, would you please mind explaining it, just a little bit? I'm really curious

Thanks!!...

I have managed to get it running via minipro, but as a "W25Q128FW(1.8V)@SOIC8" IC.

What should I do now? What info should I post here so that you guys could help me, or what do I have to do myself?


Laptop: Lenovo IdeaPad Flex 5
Model number: 14ALC05
BIOS IC: W74M12JWSIQ​
S/N: R912440W

BIOS dump: [ATTACH]n3163620[/ATTACH]

Thank youI have managed to get it running via minipro, but as a "W25Q128FW(1.8V)@SOIC8" IC.

What should I do now? What info should I post here so that you guys could help...

Hi, I'm troubleshooting an IdeaPad - voltage rails seemed to be fine (I could not find schematics, they are only after a paywall) so my next guess is the BIOS.
Mine is in a Winbond chip - W74M12JWSIQ. My MiniPro cannot read it and even if I tried some substitution (my guess was W25Q128BV​) but still no luck. (I desoldered it of course)

If anyone has a workaround for this I would be glad.

Laptop: Lenovo IdeaPad Flex 5
Model number: 14ALC05
BIOS IC: W74M12JWSIQ

Thank you