12-23-2014, 04:52 AM
Lenovo introduced a very annoying bug/feature on their S and X series thinkpads.
Specifically, on S1 Yoga, I want to revert this old change, onto the newer, more-fixed BIOS. 6 months ago they made the FN LOCK (which enables the F1-F12 keys) turn "end" into "insert" (they share a key). Previously the fn-lock did nothing to "end".
The built in keyboard is now nearly useless to developers. They also refuse to back down on this stupid change.
I am a developer, but know next to nothing about BIOS images, aside from that you can open them within a hex editor and attempt to see diff... and then brick a computer editing the hex.
The last BIOS pre-issue was 1.14 (G0 type): http://support.lenovo.com/us/en/products/laptops-and-netbooks/thinkpad-yoga-series-laptops/thinkpad-yoga/downloads/DS038334
...and issue was introduced in 1.15
How hard would it be to track the issue down in 1.14-->1.15 diff, and then apply the reverse delta to 1.20?
Specifically, on S1 Yoga, I want to revert this old change, onto the newer, more-fixed BIOS. 6 months ago they made the FN LOCK (which enables the F1-F12 keys) turn "end" into "insert" (they share a key). Previously the fn-lock did nothing to "end".
The built in keyboard is now nearly useless to developers. They also refuse to back down on this stupid change.
I am a developer, but know next to nothing about BIOS images, aside from that you can open them within a hex editor and attempt to see diff... and then brick a computer editing the hex.
The last BIOS pre-issue was 1.14 (G0 type): http://support.lenovo.com/us/en/products/laptops-and-netbooks/thinkpad-yoga-series-laptops/thinkpad-yoga/downloads/DS038334
...and issue was introduced in 1.15
How hard would it be to track the issue down in 1.14-->1.15 diff, and then apply the reverse delta to 1.20?