[REQUEST] Lenovo ThinkPad Edge E420 & E520 (8HETxxWW) Whitelist removal

[kaloi]

Hi, first check shows that the current BIOS supports only Intel WLAN cards. I have tried to insert a Dell 1490 PCIe Card. Result:
0187 - EAIA data access error-The access to EEPROM is failed.
current Bios 8HET28WW (1.10)
http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.w...MIGR-77312

If possible I'd like to try a version with whitelist free feature (ignore ID's)
It seems Thinkpad Edge E420 and E520 have same BIOS

thanks in advance
kaloi

[TTAV134]

hello,
sometime after BIOS upgrade, these new lenovo machines may loose SLIC table, so can you first follow this procedure

[kaloi]

Are you still interested by the mod?
Does I've waste my time?

Thank you for your fast reply. At the moment I'm not able to spend time for that.
Therefore I would like to postpone the request at this time.
It's already a great help for me If I know that a fix would be possible.

thx
kaloi

[TTAV134]

happy to see you are not dead, anyway can you consider my request please, it doesn't take time

thanks

[kaloi]

happy to see you are not dead, anyway can you consider my request please, it doesn't take time

thanks

Slic Dump see LENOVOTP-8H_V2.1.zip on:

http://www.mediafire.com/?77uzo38mfcuf4ec

if you need further dumps, infos etc. please let me know.

In the meantime I have installed Ubuntu 11 64 (works without any problem) and made first trials with OS x 10.6.7. The Bios let's not start Chameleon bootloader.
It seems EFI and/or HFS+ is not supported. On different other PC's the HD and a second USB stick starts Chameleon without a problem.

thx
kaloi

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happy to see you are not dead, anyway can you consider my request please, it doesn't take time

thanks

sorry the ACPI tables export was not included, see:

http://www.mediafire.com/?s9v78d2c3oodspg

thx
kaloi

[TTAV134]

-Manufacturer: Lenovo
-Model : ThinkPad Edge E420, Edge E520
-Bios Revision: 1.10 (26 Apr 2011) (8HET28WW)
-Bios place: http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?sitestyle=lenovo&lndocid=MIGR-77467
-Bios Type: Insyde
-Tools: Phoenix Mod Tool v1.85
-Modifier: TTAV134
-Please provide feedback

WWAN/WLAN whitelists protection "removed"

Thinkpad_E420_E520_8huj01us_1.10_no_whitelist.zip
http://www.sendspace.com/file/fkb7ov
Flash from windows with winflash.exe

[kaloi]

-Manufacturer: Lenovo
-Model : ThinkPad Edge E420, Edge E520
-Bios Revision: 1.10 (26 Apr 2011) (8HET28WW)
-Bios place: http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?sitestyle=lenovo&lndocid=MIGR-77467
-Bios Type: Insyde
-Tools: Phoenix Mod Tool v1.85
-Modifier: TTAV134
-Please provide feedback

WWAN/WLAN whitelists protection "removed"

Thinkpad_E420_E520_8huj01us_1.10_no_whitelist.zip
http://www.sendspace.com/file/fkb7ov
Flash from windows with winflash.exe

thank you, as soon I have a Windows running I will try it and report (my live cd won't work with winflash)

[kaloi]

-Manufacturer: Lenovo
-Model : ThinkPad Edge E420, Edge E520
-Bios Revision: 1.10 (26 Apr 2011) (8HET28WW)
-Bios place: http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?sitestyle=lenovo&lndocid=MIGR-77467
-Bios Type: Insyde
-Tools: Phoenix Mod Tool v1.85
-Modifier: TTAV134
-Please provide feedback

WWAN/WLAN whitelists protection "removed"

Thinkpad_E420_E520_8huj01us_1.10_no_whitelist.zip
http://www.sendspace.com/file/fkb7ov
Flash from windows with winflash.exe

thank you, as soon I have a Windows running I will try it and report (my live cd won't work with winflash)

Sorry, I need a hint. I have now W7 64 running. Original Lenovo Bios Tool is installed, the *.fl file under \driver\flash\... is replaced. The WINUPD.exe from Lenovo means same Bios version and stop. Winflash can't handle *.fl.
On a USB DOS Boot stick I have the same behavior.
Please assist me with an short description or forum link.

thx
kaloi

[TTAV134]

why searching complications by doing very risky manipulations,
extract Thinkpad_E420_E520_8huj01us_1.10_no_whitelist.zip, and Flash with winflash.exe

[kaloi]

why searching complications by doing very risky manipulations,
extract Thinkpad_E420_E520_8huj01us_1.10_no_whitelist.zip, and Flash with winflash.exe

I agree but with Windows 7/64 Winflash did not work. Now I have installed Windows 7/32 from scratch. First trial did stop with missing device file. After copying FvRecovery.fd from original BIOS directory it comes to the Error: "Fail: Flash BIOS is not an upgrade (same or older version number)!" I have already added under UI Section of winflash.ini "advanced=1"
What Flag is to enable/disable to avoid the version check?
thx
kaloi

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why searching complications by doing very risky manipulations,
extract Thinkpad_E420_E520_8huj01us_1.10_no_whitelist.zip, and Flash with winflash.exe

I agree but with Windows 7/64 Winflash did not work. Now I have installed Windows 7/32 from scratch. First trial did stop with missing device file. After copying FvRecovery.fd from original BIOS directory it comes to the Error: "Fail: Flash BIOS is not an upgrade (same or older version number)!" I have already added under UI Section of winflash.ini "advanced=1"
What Flag is to enable/disable to avoid the version check?
thx
kaloi

rtfm: command line option /sd /sv solve the problem.

unfortunately "0187: EAIA data access error" comes with whitelist free version too.
But I have used the full size PCIe slot not the one with half size. I will try further and report my result.

thx
kaloi