[REQUEST] Lenovo IdeaPad P400, P500, Z400, Z500 (71CNxxWW) Whitelist Removal

[ccox88]

Hey everyone, this is a great forum. I've done a lot of reading on here and other sites regarding this issue. And after downloading several tools to try and do it myself I have determined that this is over my head. I would really appreciate some assistance with this. I have a Lenovo IdeaPad P500 and I just purchased an Intel 6235 Wifi card to get 5GHz only to receive the dreaded 'Unauthorized wireless card' error upon booting up. I'll list all the information I have including a backup file of the current BIOS using Universal BIOS Backup Toolkit 2.0. Currently there are no downloadable BIOS updates from Lenovo for this model. I really want to be able to use the new wifi card I bought. And I am willing to compensate anyone who can modify my BIOS and get it working.

Model - Lenovo IdeaPad P500
BIOS Backup Link - https://www.box.com/s/1tcw57r8t0cairo7kajw
BIOS Type - InsydeH20 Rev 3.7
BIOS Version - 71CN22WW v1.05
Current WiFi Card - Intel Centrino 2230
Hardware ID - PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_0888&SUBSYS_42628086
Future WiFi Card (Hopefully) - Intel Centrino 6235

Thanks,
ccox88

[ccox88]

$50 Bounty on this BIOS Mod! Somebody give it a shot please...I can't stand being forced to use a part that is easily replaceable.

Thanks,
Chris

[litan1106]

its' easy to replace but flashing it is a different story

[ccox88]

So is it even possible without a flashable bios file? Lenovo has yet to release a downloadable bios update for this model.

Sent from my Nexus 7 using Tapatalk 2

[litan1106]

So is it even possible without a flashable bios file? Lenovo has yet to release a downloadable bios update for this model.

Sent from my Nexus 7 using Tapatalk 2

Here is your patched bios rom, it's hard to find a tool to flash it because your bio is not officially release yet. Also, ENABLE your BIOS FLASH BACK in the bios option before you flash.

https://www.box.com/s/36jroprr4v3w7yw05uep

[ccox88]

Here is your patched bios rom, it's hard to find a tool to flash it because your bio is not officially release yet. Also, ENABLE your BIOS FLASH BACK in the bios option before you flash.

https://www.box.com/s/36jroprr4v3w7yw05uep

Thank you very much for helping out with this litan. Like you said though, I am having a very hard time finding a program that will flash it. Anybody got any ideas?

[sovem]

Try backup bios with FPT tool for mod, please.
https://www.box.com/s/4fepki061ry1s1teavw0

[ccox88]

Try backup bios with FPT tool for mod, please.
https://www.box.com/s/4fepki061ry1s1teavw0

Keep getting an error message when running this. I have also run it as administrator like it says with the same exact error.

[sovem]

Keep getting an error message when running this. I have also run it as administrator like it says with the same exact error.

Try this tool: https://www.box.com/s/izol1l4wkj0y4qg8bri0
Run FPT_BAK3264.exe to create backup.
(C:\_BACKUP)

[ccox88]

Try this tool: https://www.box.com/s/izol1l4wkj0y4qg8bri0
Run FPT_BAK3264.exe to create backup.
(C:\_BACKUP)

Still getting the same error message. See the attached picture.

UPDATE: It appears after a little research that this version of FPT is incompatible with certain Intel chipsets. Don't know for sure if that's the case here, but I don't know what else could be the cause.