My new chip just arrived and I managed to get the laptop working with your patched file! Thank you!...

Thanks, it seems I have killed the chip by desoldering and soldering it too many times as it's not even detected by the programmer now. I have ordered a few pieces of the same chip so I could check. I will update as soon as I get them.

Bumping, sadly couldn't get it to work yet....

Hey,

I have found this forum by searching for a way to fix the laptop I just got.
My hobby is maintaining a small homelab and fixing computers, however I've never got into it so deep like some folks around here.
I hope I can learn new ways to entertain myself with hardware and software.

Hey,

It's my first time trying this.
I have recently got a T495 (S/N: PF-1ZY53R) with a locked BIOS. I managed to desolder the chip and read it, however I can't seem to get the patched one working with the autopatcher.
I would like to do it myself if possible, however I have zero experience. When I flash the patched version, the notebook plays the music and fan keeps going with black screen. It works when flashing the original dump but still has the password obviously.

Info: I have disconnected the internal display (it doesn't work) cable and I connected an...