Hi all, I have a few questions and any help is greatly appreciated.
I recently bought a Lenovo G505s - Type 80AM (Model: 20255) with an AMD A10-5750M and dual graphics. Windows 8 is installed (for now).
If I want the advanced settings unlocked do I need to flash externally?
Can I flash "83CN53WW_v3.00_clean_BIOS.bin" and/or "83EC53WW_v3.00_clean_KB9012.bin" from
https://github.com/g505s-opensource-rese...roprietary internally or can only stock Lenovo BIOS images be flashed internally?
I just bought a CH341A Mini Programmer from
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/32725360255.html for ~$2 AUD but it may take a long time to arrive from China.
The notebook came with
BIOS Version 83CN12WW(V1.01)
EC Version 83EC12WW(V1.01)
and I wanted to update to
BIOS Version 83CN53WW(V3.00)
EC Version 83EC53WW(V3.00)
which is now done but for some reason, I had to use the Fn+R Recovery Procedure to get the BIOS updated as I couldn't update it with software.
Fn+R with VALGCX64.fd (and .bin and .rom) on a FAT32 formatted USB stick plugged into the right side port worked for me. I don't know if the file name and/or extension or the USB port matters but it might. It's not Fn+Esc as I tried it before trying Fn+R and it didn't work.
Even the official Lenovo Windows flasher "winflash(3.00).exe" wouldn't update the BIOS, it showed the BIOS Version as INVALID, the EC Version as 83EC53WW(V3.00) and an error message popped up.
I tried FLASHIT 1.3u that I found on
https://forums.lenovo.com/t5/Welcome-FAQ...t/p/278406 but all it'd do is say "Error:Not support AT-p information CL Regisry:0x2"
I then found InsydeH2OFFT_x86_DOS_100.00.08.18 from
https://www.insyde.com/downloadcenter on
https://www.win-raid.com/t4631f16-Insyde...l#msg76187 which partially worked.
I ran H2OFFT-D.exe from FreeDOS and it said:
Insyde H2OFFT (Flash Firmware Tool) Version (SEG) 100.00.08.18
Warning
The region map shouldn't have duplicate region type within.
Initializing
Error: The region map has no end type (0xFF).
Current BIOS Model name: INVALID
New BIOS Model name: INVALID
Current BIOS version: 83CN12WW(V1.01)
New BIOS version: 83CN53WW(V3.00)
Dangerous! Do you want to flash BIOS? (Y/N)
I decided to press Y and then it updated the EC but not the BIOS.
What could be the reason for the errors? Could it be a bug in the BIOS (versions prior to 2.05 have a CPU performance killing bug for example)?