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

[ccox88]

[censored]! This is ridiculous lol. I've tried numerous different ways to flash the modded bios that litan posted. But, no luck so far. I'm about at the end of my rope! Does anybody have some knowledge to share?

[sovem]

[censored]! This is ridiculous lol. I've tried numerous different ways to flash the modded bios that litan posted. But, no luck so far. I'm about at the end of my rope! Does anybody have some knowledge to share?

Try this to backup: P500_BACKUP
https://www.box.com/s/7b87rgaihycyzno4tadh
Run BACKUP.BAT as administrator.

[ccox88]

Try this to backup: P500_BACKUP
https://www.box.com/s/7b87rgaihycyzno4tadh
Run BACKUP.BAT as administrator.

Ok sovem here's the link to the BACKUP.ROM file.

https://www.box.com/s/636uqsgxqxbx1y7iqq7t

[sovem]

Ok sovem here's the link to the BACKUP.ROM file.

https://www.box.com/s/636uqsgxqxbx1y7iqq7t

Try this: Lenovo_IdeaPad_P500_71CN22WW_BACKUP_NWL
https://www.box.com/s/ex6nms00h8wvew6zfpqi
Run InsydeFlash.exe as administrator.
Please post results.

[ccox88]

Try this: Lenovo_IdeaPad_P500_71CN22WW_BACKUP_NWL
https://www.box.com/s/ex6nms00h8wvew6zfpqi
Run InsydeFlash.exe as administrator.
Please post results.

Thanks sovem! I'll be sure to try this when I get out of class tonight. And I will definitely post the results.

[ccox88]

Try this: Lenovo_IdeaPad_P500_71CN22WW_BACKUP_NWL
https://www.box.com/s/ex6nms00h8wvew6zfpqi
Run InsydeFlash.exe as administrator.
Please post results.

Ok, just tried to flash per your instructions. At first I got an error message about the version not being newer than the current bios. Then I edited the SwitchString= variable in the platform.ini file to turn off all protections. After that I got a different error message saying "Not support this version of Flash Common Interface!" So, now I'm stuck again lol. I don't know how to fix this. So, hopefully you can figure this out sovem. Thank you very much for the time you've already spent on this. We are so close! I posted some pics to show you the errors i've encountered.
               

[sovem]

Try this: Lenovo_IdeaPad_P500_71CN22WW_BACKUP_NWL
https://www.box.com/s/ex6nms00h8wvew6zfpqi
Run InsydeFlash.exe as administrator.
Please post results.

Ok, just tried to flash per your instructions. At first I got an error message about the version not being newer than the current bios. Then I edited the SwitchString= variable in the platform.ini file to turn off all protections. After that I got a different error message saying "Not support this version of Flash Common Interface!" So, now I'm stuck again lol. I don't know how to fix this. So, hopefully you can figure this out sovem. Thank you very much for the time you've already spent on this. We are so close! I posted some pics to show you the errors i've encountered.

Try this one: Lenovo_IdeaPad_P500_71CN22WW_BACKUP_NWL_DOS
https://www.box.com/s/7zw65u06yo2t3vpy9zg7
Update from DOS with USB-Bootable.

[ccox88]

Try this one: Lenovo_IdeaPad_P500_71CN22WW_BACKUP_NWL_DOS
https://www.box.com/s/7zw65u06yo2t3vpy9zg7
Update from DOS with USB-Bootable.

I really thought this was going flash! I don't believe it did though...it gave an error saying something about not having EC rom. You can check the screenshot but I'm pretty sure it didn't flash. I'm guessing you're about as frustrated as I am sovem lol. Maybe just a tweak in the variables for flash_it?

   

[sovem]

Try this one: Lenovo_IdeaPad_P500_71CN22WW_BACKUP_NWL_DOS
https://www.box.com/s/7zw65u06yo2t3vpy9zg7
Update from DOS with USB-Bootable.

I really thought this was going flash! I don't believe it did though...it gave an error saying something about not having EC rom. You can check the screenshot but I'm pretty sure it didn't flash. I'm guessing you're about as frustrated as I am sovem lol. Maybe just a tweak in the variables for flash_it?

Try edit update.bat:
@ECHO OFF
flashit VIWZ1105.BIN /all /bios /s -skipsbp

[ccox88]

Try edit update.bat:
@ECHO OFF
flashit VIWZ1105.BIN /all /bios /s -skipsbp

Closer...but still no dice. Says it's not a secure image.