[Whitelist] Lenovo S205 for "INTEL Centrino Advanced-N 6230"

[kcconlin9319]

The solution to my problem was to turn off Data Execution Prevention (DEP) for WinFlash. Once I did that the modified BIOS flashed properly and I'm now up and running with an Intel 7260ac.
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Kevin Conlin

I tried to use Len_IP_S205_4BCN24WW_NWL_ByCamiloml.exe as well and WinFlash crashed at the 2nd step ("Analyze old and new BIOS compatibility"). From the Windows event log:

Faulting application name: WinFlash.exe, version: 1.4.83.0, time stamp: 0x4d245123
Faulting module name: unknown, version: 0.0.0.0, time stamp: 0x00000000
Exception code: 0xc0000005
Fault offset: 0x00924020
Faulting process id: 0xf94
Faulting application start time: 0x01cdbe15745277d4
Faulting application path: C:\LENOVOBIOS\WinFlash.exe
Faulting module path: unknown
Report Id: b84ce7ac-2a08-11e2-b926-f0def1d1698a

Can anyone help? I can provide the WINFLASH.LOG file if necessary. System is a Lenovo Ideapad S205, AMD E-450 APU 1.65GHz, 8GB RAM, 128GB Samsung 830 SSD, Windows 7 Home Premium x64 SP1 with all the latest updates. Could this be a simple 32/64 bit driver incompatibility? Many thanks!
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Kevin Conlin

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Hi,

I would like to request some aid in getting an Intel 6235 to work with this netbook. camiloml's modification from another thread doesn't seem to be enough in my case.

I have the same problem as nidorin006. Windows 8.1 won't boot with the new card. I can see the boot screen for a while, then the loading circle disappears, fans start spinning and nothing happens anymore. Safe mode doesn't boot either.

Linux boots, however the new card isn't listed with 'lspci'.

The card itself should be fine. I can boot into Windows with the old card, replace it with the new one and it is detected. To get WiFi activated, I still need to tape pin 20.

There is no kind of error message when booting with the new card - neither with the original, nor with the patched BIOS.

Additionally I modified the original BIOS image myself by replacing the PCI ID of the old Ralink card with the new Intel one, but it doesn't change anything.
I also tried looking into the disassembled module and trying to understand the changes that were made by camiloml, but I didn't get very far.

Netbook model: Lenovo IdeaPad S205
Original BIOS (4BCN24WW) v24: click
Affected modules: DxeOemDriver (608FBD1D-15E1-40C4-9443-662ECC0C07AA), maybe others
PCI ID of original card: 1814:3090, 17AA:F101 (0x14189030AA1701F1)
PCI ID of new card: 8086:088e, 8086:4060 (0x86808E0886806040)

Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.

EDIT: Cards on the whitelist are ..

Code:

86 80 84 00 86 80 15 13
86 80 89 00 86 80 11 13
86 80 87 00 86 80 01 13
86 80 89 00 86 80 16 13
86 80 39 42 86 80 11 13
E4 14 27 47 E4 14 10 05
8C 16 2B 00 AA 17 A1 30
14 18 90 30 AA 17 01 F1

8086:0084 8086:1315 Intel 1000
8086:0089 8086:1311 Intel 6250 WiMax
8086:0087 8086:1301 Intel 6250 WiMax
8086:0089 8086:1316 Intel 6250 WiMax
8086:4239 8086:1311 Intel 6200
14E4:4727 14E4:0510 Broadcom BCM4313
168C:002B 17AA:30A1 Atheros AR9285
1814:3090 17AA:F101 Ralink RT3090

[sovem]

Hi,

I would like to request some aid in getting an Intel 6235 to work with this netbook. camiloml's modification from another thread doesn't seem to be enough in my case.

I have the same problem as nidorin006. Windows 8.1 won't boot with the new card. I can see the boot screen for a while, then the loading circle disappears, fans start spinning and nothing happens anymore. Safe mode doesn't boot either.

Linux boots, however the new card isn't listed with 'lspci'.

The card itself should be fine. I can boot into Windows with the old card, replace it with the new one and it is detected. To get WiFi activated, I still need to tape pin 20.

There is no kind of error message when booting with the new card - neither with the original, nor with the patched BIOS.

Additionally I modified the original BIOS image myself by replacing the PCI ID of the old Ralink card with the new Intel one, but it doesn't change anything.
I also tried looking into the disassembled module and trying to understand the changes that were made by camiloml, but I didn't get very far.

Netbook model: Lenovo IdeaPad S205
Original BIOS (4BCN24WW) v24: click
Affected modules: DxeOemDriver, maybe others
PCI ID of original card: 1814:3090, 17AA:F101 (0x14189030AA1701F1)
PCI ID of new card: 8086:088e, 8086:4060 (0x86808E0886806040)

Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.

Try this: Ideapad_S205_4BCN24WW_WL-added
http://rghost.net/54588849
Please post results.

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Try this: Ideapad_S205_4BCN24WW_WL-added
http://rghost.net/54588849
Please post results.

Sadly it behaves the same. Windows locks up during the boot process and Linux' "lspci" doesn't list the card.

Another observation: I can boot Windows successfully, if I turn off WiFi in BIOS. The card is not listed in device manager, of course.

I see you modified the whitelist and added the new card. I basically tried the same, only I replaced the original WiFi card 0x14189030AA1701F1 with 0x86808E0886806040 at the very bottom of the list.

Most of the times I have read, that simply adding the new card to the whitelist is enough to make it work. What can the conclusion be in this case?

Thanks for the quick reply and your help.

EDIT: Here is a similar case with another notebook on MDL, without solution.

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I found something else during my research. There is a sequence of similar code blocks in the module DxeOemDriver right under the whitelist, which should represent pci devices. They also have the matching subsystem vendor and device IDs, as you can see in the screenshot.

Does anyone know if this is some kind of whitelist, initialization property storage or whatever?

What I suspect right now, is that one of these could be the WiFi card.
   

Code:

00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 14h Processor Root Complex [1022:1510]
    Subsystem: Lenovo Device [17aa:397b]

00:01.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Wrestler [Radeon HD 6310] [1002:9802] (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
    Subsystem: Lenovo Device [17aa:397b]

00:01.1 Audio device [0403]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Wrestler HDMI Audio [1002:1314]
    Subsystem: Lenovo Device [17aa:397b]

00:11.0 SATA controller [0106]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 SATA Controller [AHCI mode] [1002:4391] (prog-if 01 [AHCI 1.0])
    Subsystem: Lenovo Device [17aa:397b]

00:12.0 USB controller [0c03]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB OHCI0 Controller [1002:4397] (prog-if 10 [OHCI])
    Subsystem: Lenovo Device [17aa:397b]

00:12.2 USB controller [0c03]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB EHCI Controller [1002:4396] (prog-if 20 [EHCI])
    Subsystem: Lenovo Device [17aa:397b]

00:13.0 USB controller [0c03]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB OHCI0 Controller [1002:4397] (prog-if 10 [OHCI])
    Subsystem: Lenovo Device [17aa:397b]

00:13.2 USB controller [0c03]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB EHCI Controller [1002:4396] (prog-if 20 [EHCI])
    Subsystem: Lenovo Device [17aa:397b]

00:14.0 SMBus [0c05]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] SBx00 SMBus Controller [1002:4385] (rev 42)
    Subsystem: Lenovo Device [17aa:397b]

00:14.2 Audio device [0403]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] SBx00 Azalia (Intel HDA) [1002:4383] (rev 40)
    Subsystem: Lenovo Device [17aa:397b]

00:14.3 ISA bridge [0601]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 LPC host controller [1002:439d] (rev 40)
    Subsystem: Lenovo Device [17aa:397b]

00:14.4 PCI bridge [0604]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] SBx00 PCI to PCI Bridge [1002:4384] (rev 40) (prog-if 01 [Subtractive decode])

00:15.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] SB700/SB800/SB900 PCI to PCI bridge (PCIE port 0) [1002:43a0] (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])

00:15.2 PCI bridge [0604]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] SB900 PCI to PCI bridge (PCIE port 2) [1002:43a2] (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])

00:18.0 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 12h/14h Processor Function 0 [1022:1700] (rev 43)

00:18.1 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 12h/14h Processor Function 1 [1022:1701]

00:18.2 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 12h/14h Processor Function 2 [1022:1702]

00:18.3 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 12h/14h Processor Function 3 [1022:1703]

00:18.4 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 12h/14h Processor Function 4 [1022:1704]

00:18.5 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 12h/14h Processor Function 6 [1022:1718]

00:18.6 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 12h/14h Processor Function 5 [1022:1716]

00:18.7 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 12h/14h Processor Function 7 [1022:1719]

02:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller [10ec:8136] (rev 05)
    Subsystem: Lenovo Device [17aa:397b]

03:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Ralink corp. RT3090 Wireless 802.11n 1T/1R PCIe [1814:3090]
    Subsystem: Lenovo Device [17aa:f101]