Yes I used a clip and the 1.8v adapter, it tooks maybe 7-8 tries for it to work and read something that wasn't full zeroes.
The extracted BIOS looked fine, I extracted the bytes required and put them on the template bios found on this thread.
But now, I can't seem to write it back :/
Is there a way to know if the chip is not dead ?
If it is, can I order a new blank chip and try to switch it on the motherboard (won't be easy with my fat fingers :/ )

hello, anyone with an advice on the best next step in my case ?
Thx...

Hello,
I read all this thread again and again, bought a.programer and managed to read my corrupted chip. I extracted all required data and put them on one of the template Bios from this forum.
But now I can't seem to write the chip with the new bios. I think that I may have burnt it :/ The software can't detect it.

What can I do ?
Buy a new chip and try to replace it on the motherboard ?
Is there a way to confirm that the current chip is burnt ?
Thanks

Thanks
So I need to :
* Buy a SPI programmer,
* Remove the bios chip from the motherboard, or use the clamp if possible
* Backup the original bios !
* Extract some data from it
* Copy the data on the template bios
* Write the new bios on the chip
* Hope it works

Thanks again

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Hello everyone,

My mother's laptop, a Lenovo Ideapad 330S-15ARR (model name : 81FB and factory ID : JVHFC1) is not starting correctly anymore.
If you press the power button, it powers up, you can hear the disk spining (at least an advantage of these old drives !), but nothing is displayed on the screen or on an external display.
Num Lock key is unresponsive too. I tried the Novo button (little hole on the right), same results
I can only shut it down with holding down the power button for a few seconds

So it looks like a corrupted BIOS like others on...