Hi!
I got a Thinkpad T540p, and its bios got corrupted. When I took it to warranty, they said they have to change the MB and since I have tinkered with it the warranty is voided.
It looks like I can't update the bios by bootable disc or usb, since the PC resets in less than 1 sec. (If there is a way it would be awesome!) So I think I have to flash the bios using external programmers. I don't care about SLIC or any anything since I'm going to install Ubuntu on it anyway, I just want to be able to boot it!
The place I went to program it for me, said they don't have bios files for programming the chips, which should be a 4MB and a 8MB .bin or .rom file.
If someone could help me find them I'd be extremely grateful. I'm just a computer science student who used most of my savings for tha, so it means a lot to me.
Also do they need to be modified since T540p uses a bios certification protection?
Specs: i7 4800m, Nvidia, 730m
Official bios link: http://support.lenovo.com/us/en/downloads/ds038148
Also someone posted some backups from his T540p on the forums, I don't know if it's ok to use them or not. (I can't get backup from my own laptop since it doesn't boot at all.): https://www.bios-mods.com/forum/Thread-R...s-GMET66WW
I got a Thinkpad T540p, and its bios got corrupted. When I took it to warranty, they said they have to change the MB and since I have tinkered with it the warranty is voided.
It looks like I can't update the bios by bootable disc or usb, since the PC resets in less than 1 sec. (If there is a way it would be awesome!) So I think I have to flash the bios using external programmers. I don't care about SLIC or any anything since I'm going to install Ubuntu on it anyway, I just want to be able to boot it!
The place I went to program it for me, said they don't have bios files for programming the chips, which should be a 4MB and a 8MB .bin or .rom file.
If someone could help me find them I'd be extremely grateful. I'm just a computer science student who used most of my savings for tha, so it means a lot to me.
Also do they need to be modified since T540p uses a bios certification protection?
Specs: i7 4800m, Nvidia, 730m
Official bios link: http://support.lenovo.com/us/en/downloads/ds038148
Also someone posted some backups from his T540p on the forums, I don't know if it's ok to use them or not. (I can't get backup from my own laptop since it doesn't boot at all.): https://www.bios-mods.com/forum/Thread-R...s-GMET66WW