Lenovo ThinkCentre M700 Tiny: Kaby Lake & Coffee Lake support

[brianhighwind]

Lenovo M700 tiny only support 6th gen cpu.
Can it be modified to support 6th gen & 8th gen i3 ?
  - Can replace microcode 506E1 to 906EB

   
   
   

The newest bios link is
https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/downloads/ds105487

[DeathBringer]

Replacing microcode will not help.
There is only a method for motherboards with existing support for Kaby Lake.
https://www.win-raid.com/t3413f16-GUIDE-...oards.html
https://www.win-raid.com/t3987f16-TOOL-E...-bios.html

Show a photo of this motherboard.
Have you a hardware programmer?

[brianhighwind]

Thank you for quick answer.
I havn't hardware programmer. I ordered one at aliexpress ch341a 24 25 series with SOIC8 to SOP8 clip.
If I have hardware programmer, can i mod bios.?
I think, bios chip is
   

[DeathBringer]

I need a photo of this motherboard.

[Daniel328]

Hey guys,

I have a Lenovo M700 Tiny which i want to upgrade to a "Kaby Lake" 7th Gen CPU because of the better H265 decoding support.
Currently installed is a i3 6100t.
The M700 uses a B150 chipset, which supports Kaby Lake CPUs.
According to forumpostings from Lenovo, Gen 7 is not working in the M700.

I assume the bios is blocking Kaby Lake cpus.

So... is there a modded bios i can use?!

[DeathBringer]

Post a screenshot of third (Mainboard) tab of CPU-Z.
Explain exactly what happens when you try to boot with your Kaby Lake CPU.

[Daniel328]

Hello and thank you for your answer.


Currently i dont own a Kaby Lake CPU.
I would buy a new CPU if it runs in the M700.

[DeathBringer]

Make a photo of your motherboard.
Have you a hardware programmer to recover BIOS?

Download Intel CSME System Tools v11
I need results of MEInfo on this system.

And please create bootable USB drive with UEFI Shell & CHIPSEC - https://github.com/chipsec/chipsec/wiki/...UEFI-Shell
And run:
fs0:
cd chipsec
python chipsec_main.py -m common.bios_wp

[Daniel328]

I give up. The Chipsec-stuff is too complicated for me. Thanks anyway.

[SHL812]

- List
Lenovo whitelist(WIFI) remove, slip2.1 Certification Reflect
Intel ME version change applied (11.7.0.3307 Corporate)
Microcode - QTJ2 (insert data : 906ED)
Product ID : 10JRS02Y06


I tried to fix the Intel ME version in Coffee Time v0.99, but it doesn't work.
The original bios rom has been backed up. (ch341a programmer v1.4)
The CPU to insert the microcode is QTJ2.

The BIOS ROM file required to fix the firmware will be emailed to you.

There are many shortcomings, but thank you for your patience.