Great summary of the modified BIOS update process. Thanks for the kind words about my X220 site!

@LaptopRetrospective

7 жыл бұрын

I am deeply honoured! I cannot take all the credit for the explanation as your website has it very clearly laid out and is accessible to users of all skill levels. You should be very proud of the content that you have collected there! I might do a few other videos based on the content I've found on your website.

@Harismauk

7 жыл бұрын

Has anyone been able to get the modified BIOS to install in Win 10? I had to flash to the stock 1.43 BIOS using the Lenovo LiveCD method. I was getting a BSOD of WinFlash64.sys when I tried to update to stock BIOS 1.43 via the flashing utility. I'm getting the same error when trying to flash the modified BIOS using the flashing utility. Cheers.

@LaptopRetrospective

7 жыл бұрын

I had no issues doing this from a Windows 10 install using the included files from the link provided. Couldn't have been easier. Could you perhaps describe what you are doing in detail presuming you are using the files linked in this video?

@Harismauk

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks for getting back to me. Yeah, in a nutshell I followed your steps exactly. When I get to your timestamp (kzread.info/dash/bejne/nKd3yKiIqdrAo5M.html) The machine BSOD right before it says 'Flash New BIOS'. The BSOD error is; SYSTEM_SERVICE_EXCEPTION caused by ntoskrnl.exe and WinFlash64.sys Thanks again in advance

@LaptopRetrospective

7 жыл бұрын

What version of the BIOS does it say you are running before doing the update? I Googled your error message and it does not seem related to the BIOS, but perhaps Drivers so you might want to ensure that Windows 10 has the latest drivers for your X220. I've also been told that updating from Windows 10 can cause issues like this, whereas the install I did was a fresh install and not an upgrade. Hope that helps.

never goin back...this beauty getting better @1.46 full blown bios

Thank you for this video. I am having fun with my x220 upgrade projects thanks to your video and McDonnell tech resource site. My update to 1.46 modified bios was a success. 16GB 1866MHz ram is live and up to speed. Using that great tip on drive bay swap to run windows 10 on one evo 860 ssd in a caddy, and linux mint 19,1xfce on another. Took that one step further and got a hdd caddy that swaps out with the dvd optical drive in the ultrabase 3 so I can use the original 320GB hdd that came with it as a storage drive. Wow this is Fun ! ... Sorry, geeking out here.

@LaptopRetrospective

5 жыл бұрын

That's awesome! I was on the hunt for an ultrabay capable dock but found others locally. I'm excited to hear about your project so far.

Thanks man. First I was totaly shoked when I wanted to boot my x220 with the new wifi + bt card. Your BIOS update guide helped a lot!

@LaptopRetrospective

4 жыл бұрын

Glad to be of help!

Thank you for your video, my loved one gave me this x220 laptop and I needed some upgrades for my work tasks and my main concern is ram upgrade since I have my ssd ready for upgrade to the original hdd installed. I'm not quite confident but seeing this straightforward tutorial gives me motivation to do some tweaks. Thank you so much. And like how you politely and enthusiastically respond to us viewers and give credits to others as well. Godbless. You deserve more subs! 👏👏👏👏 Thank you as well to McDonnell site for giving us resources and guides for some things like this.

@LaptopRetrospective

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Megumi! I'm glad you found this video helpful. Best of luck with your upgrades and let us know how it goes!

@marvilouopena303

2 жыл бұрын

@@LaptopRetrospective Hi, i forgot to ask these questions as well. Sorry I'm not a techie person, but do i need to update bios again, if ever i will change my ssd to new one, i mean whenever I replace my storage drive? And just to confirm, i don't have to tweak settings if i just wanted to have that allowable 16gb ram? The max ram allowed for upgrade is 16gb? Thanks alot in advance... planning to upgrade bios and ram this week... Godbless..

@LaptopRetrospective

2 жыл бұрын

The BIOS isn't impacted by the SSD.

@marvilouopena303

2 жыл бұрын

@@LaptopRetrospective wow that was a really fast reply! Can't thank you enough for giving response to your viewers questions promptly. Have a nice day!

@LaptopRetrospective

2 жыл бұрын

I try my best! I like to think it's one of the things that makes my channel unique.

Thank you so much for the cristal clear video, been looking for months for this best straight forward absolutely free way to do it..let's roll faste🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀

@LaptopRetrospective

6 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

Thank you for this one. In many years of computing this one is a top notch direct approach to BIOS flashing. Something that makes me A LOT worried each time I have to do it.

@LaptopRetrospective

3 жыл бұрын

I don't know if that feeling ever trying guess away. 😂

fantastic I was able to go from a whitelist modded 1.39 -> 1.46 without having to revert to stock, thanks!

@LaptopRetrospective

4 жыл бұрын

Glad to hear it Carlos. Enjoy!

Thanks for the great video! I’m just wondering if this upgraded BIOS will allow me to RAID an MSATA and the 2.5-inch SSD together as the current one on my X220 won’t let me. If not, do you know any other ways to RAID or stripe two SSDs together?

@LaptopRetrospective

4 жыл бұрын

I doubt it? If RAID requires the same speeds then you're not doing it on an x220 since the mSATA slot is not SATA 3 speeds. No other place for an SSD either.

thanks for the tip, my T410 now has wifi AC

@LaptopRetrospective

5 жыл бұрын

Find a BIOS mod for somewhere?

ran flash batch file, looks like im good to go, thank you soooo much!, awesome dude

@LaptopRetrospective

4 жыл бұрын

Glad to hear you were successful!

7:21 thanks for making my day

@LaptopRetrospective

4 жыл бұрын

👍

First trank you for your great X220 reviews, it gives me the necessary confidence to try to unlock my machine... and it works! Now my X220 is unlocked. Now I’m wondering if this could work. or if you it tried on an X230? Thanks again for the great videos.

@LaptopRetrospective

5 жыл бұрын

You're welcome. Sadly the x230 isn't as straightforward to unlock the whitelist. It requires additional hardware to flash. Not impossible, but more involved.

hi, i am very impressed with this video. I wonder if you know of a similar one for Lenovo G480 as I am looking for a BIOS flash to remove the whitelist on my G480 in order to upgrade its internal wifi card. Many thanks! Cheers

@LaptopRetrospective

4 жыл бұрын

I don't know offhand. Your best bet is to spend some time on Google searching to see if it has been done.

Bought an X220 yesterday, today I flashed the advanced BIOS (1.46) - everything went well, but now the ThinkVantage button doesn't do anything on the BIOS splash, need to mash F1/F12 instead. Other than that, works fine. Thanks.

@LaptopRetrospective

6 жыл бұрын

Interesting. I've never had an issue with the button. Thanks for sharing!

great help indeed,great stuff. many thanks

@LaptopRetrospective

6 жыл бұрын

+Meebelo Munalula thanks! Glad it was helpful.

Nice video man :D

@LaptopRetrospective

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Many thanks! It’s great for X220:-)

@LaptopRetrospective

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Currently my x220 is on ver 1.06 and I'm running on Windows 10. Am i able to upgrade to the latest bios version as the lenovo site only support till windows 8 only? Thanks!

@LaptopRetrospective

5 жыл бұрын

Yep. No problem.

Nice, running perfectly

@LaptopRetrospective

6 жыл бұрын

+Filipe Gomes Glad to hear it!

I`m gonna do the same network card switch that you made, but I have a Lenovo Thinkpad S430. Is there a BIOs available for mine to?

@LaptopRetrospective

4 жыл бұрын

You'll have to spend some time on Google to see what's available and what method you will need to use. If it's newer than the X220 then it might involve some hardware bits.

Hello, i have a lenovo thinkpad edge e330. Where can i find the file to remove the whitelist ? Thank you

@LaptopRetrospective

4 жыл бұрын

I'm not familiar with that model or if it can be done.

Is there a way to update the bios without running windows? I picked up an x220 for use as a linux machine but since there's no windows installed and I really don't want to get a copy I was wondering if it's possible to run these files some other way?

@LaptopRetrospective

4 жыл бұрын

There should be a way to make a bootable version. I haven't done this in years now.

Greetings, my lenovo, gets stuck in the thinkpad logo and does not allow access to the Bios or boot option, could you help me how that problem is solved?

@LaptopRetrospective

4 жыл бұрын

Hrmmm. Strange. Think Vantage button does nothing?

Great stuff! Thanks!

@LaptopRetrospective

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks. Glad to be of help.

hey! i was wondering if you could point me in the right direction for the t520 bios? i just got mine and would love to mod it without needing to externally install coreboot. any help would be amazing, thanks so much!

@LaptopRetrospective

7 ай бұрын

Hmmm good question. I'm not entirely sure off the top of my head. Bios-mods.com is probably going to be the source of your answer.

Thank you for the link to the x220 website would this also cover the x230 that I have or is there another website x230 for me to find? thanks, Bob love the channel very helpful

@LaptopRetrospective

5 жыл бұрын

Sadly the process for the x230 is more involved since they put things in place to stop you from doing it. Not impossible, but more involved.

@alexparada607

4 жыл бұрын

@@LaptopRetrospective any hint to a guide for the x230?. It's such a good little laptop that I would love to upgrade the battery (whitelisted ) and unleash the full potential.

@LaptopRetrospective

4 жыл бұрын

It's nowhere near as easy as you need to flash it with hardware. Battery whitelists haven't been an issue for a while?

i have a bios version of 1.31 cant i still do this by upgrading it to 1.41 first?

@LaptopRetrospective

4 жыл бұрын

The website in the description has detailed information on how to proceed.

Can you show us the process of upgrading wifi and bluetooth card please :)

@LaptopRetrospective

5 жыл бұрын

I do in another video on this channel. 😁

Hi I was wondering since I'm on MBR partition, I would need to repartition to GPT for this method correct? Thank you, I run a egpu and external monitor and is why I went with legacy mode and is my main concern when going to UEFI. thank you by the way

@LaptopRetrospective

4 жыл бұрын

Hmmm, excellent question. I don't recall if I had to do anything special like that when I did it.

@SamuelHollandsh

4 жыл бұрын

@@LaptopRetrospective yes thanks, most are on GPT since it's the same install image. I had to set my t430 to legacy only when installing Windows to get a MBR partition, and then I set the bios back to both afterwards. I did this to install egpu software at boot time. Anyway thank you, I was just wondering if someone happened to know.

Did it work wint windows 10 Profesiona 20H2 19042.1348? i try to flah the bios but get blue screen on process. Thanks

@LaptopRetrospective

2 жыл бұрын

Can you confirm the model and specs of machine you're trying as well as the current BIOS version?

How do change the Date/Time in the whitelist BIOS? The setting is not longer there.

@LaptopRetrospective

4 жыл бұрын

Seems like other people have reported the same thing: www.bios-mods.com/forum/Thread-REQUEST-Lenovo-X220-8DETxxWW-Whitelist-Removal?pid=141098#pid141098

Nice video.

@LaptopRetrospective

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Will doing these steps automatically remove the whitelist or are there any extra steps that you must take to do so? Sorry if I sound like an idiot but I'm new to these things.

@LaptopRetrospective

6 жыл бұрын

Doing this BIOS update will automatically remove it. Good question!

Any Custom BIOS for X230? What's under "CPU Configuration"? Can you touch BCLK, Multi or voltages?

@LaptopRetrospective

4 жыл бұрын

Not as easy to install as this one sadly. Lots of options, if I remember correctly, those are some of them.

@LaptopRetrospective

4 жыл бұрын

This is out now: 1vyra.in/

CPU Clock Cycle Change When Battery Is Removed. 800mhz .Can I solve the problem with mod bios?

@LaptopRetrospective

4 жыл бұрын

Don't think so.

Thanks so much for the concise video :) I have a question though: since this was posted some time ago, I'm unsure if I should be first switching to bios version 1.43 as you did, or to the newest available, which right now is 1.46. The last time I updated the bios, it went to 1.46 and my machine would no longer boot. I ended up solving this by removing the wifi card and booting without it in order to finish the bios update). I'd rather avoid those extra steps though, if possible.

@LaptopRetrospective

2 жыл бұрын

Sounds like you had done a custom BIOS prior to upgrading and the WiFi card you had wasn't whitelisted on the official BIOS. The McDonnell Tech website has the most up to date modified BIOS and the process should be the same.

@TuMundoAndroideMania

2 жыл бұрын

I have the original WiFi card, do you think that if I update to the most recent version of 1.46 mod it will not cause problems?

@LaptopRetrospective

2 жыл бұрын

The original WiFi card won't cause any problems.

@TuMundoAndroideMania

2 жыл бұрын

@@LaptopRetrospective verification failed, flashing again) what will it be? Did everything go wrong or not? Because I entered the BIO and I saw that the menu is unlocked but I didn't see anything else.

@LaptopRetrospective

2 жыл бұрын

I've heard instances of it saying it failed but it still worked. Not knowing the exact steps you took makes it a bit hard to verify. 😁

Thank you so much bro...

@LaptopRetrospective

2 жыл бұрын

You're welcome.

Thank you, Sir.

@LaptopRetrospective

4 жыл бұрын

You are most welcome.

If you have to change your BIOS battery, this BIOS doesn't have "date and time" so now you have to run a new O/S from USB.

@LaptopRetrospective

Жыл бұрын

Correct. There are workarounds but you do indeed lose that menu.

@chrisbrown2039

Жыл бұрын

@@LaptopRetrospective post a video about the workaround if you think it's appropriate. Maybe not?

I wonder if you can do this with the x230?

@LaptopRetrospective

5 жыл бұрын

Possible but it's a bit more of an involved procedure. The easy software method starting with that model has been removed.

I have a Lenovo m73 mini, can I do this to it? I want to use whatever WiFi card I want.

@LaptopRetrospective

4 жыл бұрын

No idea. Google will probably have to be your first stop to see what options are available, if any.

What if my X220 runs on BIOS version 1.16? Can I do any upgrade or this version is simply too old and can't be upgraded?

@LaptopRetrospective

5 жыл бұрын

You can follow the directions on the website in the description to update and unlock your BIOS.

@Techie-La

2 ай бұрын

Yess ofcourse

I need to flash my X230 for a 7260HMW card. Would these same steps be applicable?

@LaptopRetrospective

3 жыл бұрын

Nope, look up ivyra.in

Even if I update to Lenovo latest bios version I can switch to the modified bios version? Thanks.

@LaptopRetrospective

5 жыл бұрын

Depends on the version. The website in the description gives you all the details on the most recent updates.

@edmilsonefs

5 жыл бұрын

@@LaptopRetrospective ok thanks! I received and updates to Lenovo bioa 1.46 lol

Sorry if this has been asked before but will this bios work with the x220t as well? I read somewhere that the x230t has a bios that can't be modified but I couldn't determine the same is true for the x220t.

@LaptopRetrospective

Жыл бұрын

The X230 era has ivyrain. Not sure about the X230T.

Wich Linux you put on x220 ? My works best with xubuntu 17.04. For games wot , cs 1,6 ,tropico 3, youtube and vlc.

@LaptopRetrospective

7 жыл бұрын

+Dobriii I'm using Linux Mint 18. Works great!

Can you help me with my thinkpad E430 I wish to unlock all bios hidden future So I can disable battery whitelist.

@LaptopRetrospective

5 жыл бұрын

Not sure what the process with that model might be. Start your search at ThinkPad.org

@khalid0581

5 жыл бұрын

@@LaptopRetrospective I can't access the website. It says I don't have permission. Thank you for your quick answer ☺.

@LaptopRetrospective

5 жыл бұрын

Sorry I have you the wrong website. For your model you need actual hardware to flash a custom BIOS. SPI-programmer+SOIC8

Can i do this with my T410 so far a can not find an update for it.

@LaptopRetrospective

4 жыл бұрын

No idea. I believe you can software flash unofficial BIOS to that model but I've never tried.

You should walk into the submenu in this video, I still don't know that benefits I can get through the advance menu.

@LaptopRetrospective

4 жыл бұрын

The advanced menu is the icing on the cake. The main benefits are access to more WiFi cards, RAM speeds and a few other mods.

@tigurr

3 жыл бұрын

@@LaptopRetrospective thanks again for showing the way to install a modified bios on the x220, it also works on my x220i tablet 😁 to use an unsupported Bluetooth / Wi-Fi card. I'm in the process of upgrading the screen to full HD from 1366x768 and I hope I don't run into any whitelist bologna, fingers crossed.

@LaptopRetrospective

3 жыл бұрын

Nice, good luck on your mods!

Do you know if I can upgrade my x220 bios from windows to ver 1.46 if I have win10 pro? Thanks for the vids! saludos de Mexico

@renebenmarroquin3096

3 жыл бұрын

Did it with bootable cd! now 1.46 bios. Going for the advanced bios!

@LaptopRetrospective

3 жыл бұрын

Nice, glad you sorted it out.

i found where i went wrong i updated lenovo bios from lenovo1.46 then it says same bios will not install same bios just fixed a laptop updated bios no trouble

@LaptopRetrospective

4 жыл бұрын

Nice. Congratulations!

Hello, laptop retrospective. My laptop hp EliteBook shows me "BOOTMGR image is corrupt. The System cannot boot" Please help me out

@LaptopRetrospective

Жыл бұрын

Sounds like Windows boot manager is toast and needs to be reinstalled.

Thanks for pointing out this BIOS hack.. I just bought an X220

@LaptopRetrospective

4 жыл бұрын

Great machine to mod.

@Funkteon

4 жыл бұрын

@@LaptopRetrospective I bought the 9 cell 94 watt hour battery directly from Lenovo for the X220 for around $110 USD, and holy fk, it's a beast.. That battery, plus the 16GB RAM upgrade I did, and the 240GB mSATA SSD and a 500GB caddy SSD have made this laptop so damn badass.. I still feel proud pulling it out in front of people with much more expensive laptops.. All up, my entire costs for the laptop and upgrades was $450 USD (I'm in Australia - I know it would have been way cheaper to do this in the USA) - The only thing I might do next as a final upgrade is replace the WiFi card to have AC speeds and Bluetooth 4.0, and an LCD upgrade if I can find something on the forums that people have recommended as being better than the stock screen..

@LaptopRetrospective

4 жыл бұрын

This is required reading as far as I'm concerned for X220 owners x220.mcdonnelltech.com/resources/ I've done the WiFi card Bluetooth upgrade on this channel. Lots of information on screen swapping too.

My current BIOS is version 1.26. What benefit would I have if I upgraded to the modified 1.46 one, besides whitelist removal and faster RAM clock (which I don't plan to use)? I'm not too tech savvy to mess around with BIOS and the main thing I'm looking is to improve performance on games as it's my main machine for a while now. Thanks in advance for your work!!

@LaptopRetrospective

2 жыл бұрын

Those are the main benefits. You're not going to get any performance increase directly related to the GPU. The increased RAM speed "might" have some incredibly minimal impact.

@ThiagoR1794

2 жыл бұрын

@@LaptopRetrospective Thanks for the instant reply! What would be the practical advantages of this update if I may ask?

@LaptopRetrospective

2 жыл бұрын

Besides the ones you've listed? That's it. The removal of the whitelist means a newer and faster WiFi card with Bluetooth. The extra RAM clock is nice.

@ThiagoR1794

2 жыл бұрын

@@LaptopRetrospective Thank you. I already ordered a eGPU adapter and a IPS screen but I think I'll skip this BIOS update as I don't aim to have those advantages, I'm fine with my wifi/bluetooth/ram. I just want some FPS more :D

Does this work on the x220t? I didn't see any commentary on that site regarding the tablet version :(

@LaptopRetrospective

6 жыл бұрын

I suspect the firmware is likely different enough that you need to do some digging for a custom version.

@matthewacbroad

5 жыл бұрын

It does work with x220T. Here's my video: kzread.info/dash/bejne/kaKFkq9wldWTlZs.html

@LaptopRetrospective

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing this.

hello and thanks for this video it was very helpful.

@LaptopRetrospective

4 жыл бұрын

Glad to be of help Zak.

@ZackDesigner

4 жыл бұрын

you remember the problem of Nvme storage ssd, i solve that problem with this video so thankful for you bro

@LaptopRetrospective

4 жыл бұрын

Nice!

I was going to by a new laptop - then I came accross your site - so updated to 1.46 modified bios. ordered msata ssd, larger storage drive and ordered more memory - just for few quid, many thanks!

@LaptopRetrospective

2 жыл бұрын

If you modified the BIOS, one of the big advantages is the better WiFi card options too if you're looking for a speed boost.

Does this software work on other Lenovo models besides the X220? Great video how to for an inefficient streamlined way to upgrade your BIOS. Will try and share my results, thanks!

@LaptopRetrospective

5 жыл бұрын

The procedure changes on the model. Some aren't quite as straight forward as this unfortunately. Did you have a particular model in mind?

@bobwoodward9550

5 жыл бұрын

T430 Swapped motherboard into another chassis and started getting FW Status Recovery Error; was hoping the Advanced tab would help me out.@@LaptopRetrospective

@LaptopRetrospective

5 жыл бұрын

T430 are a bit harder to flash. Most requiring hardware.

@bobwoodward9550

5 жыл бұрын

I was afraid of that. It would be nice to have that Advanced functionality as easy to add to all Lenovo models, not just the X220. @@LaptopRetrospective

@LaptopRetrospective

5 жыл бұрын

Yes, unfortunately for better or for worse Intel and Lenovo stopped the ability for the user to software flash the BIOS with unofficial patches after the 220 gen. It can still be done, but either requires custom programming or hardware tricks.

Done it on my x220i and set memory to 1600 and still shows up as 1333 is it because the ram is 1333 and I can't overclock or is it just how it shows up?

@LaptopRetrospective

3 жыл бұрын

If the RAM is 1333 then that will never change. It allows for you to take advantage of 1600.

@randomweirdyoutubechannel8955

3 жыл бұрын

Well shit just killed the laptop changed the igfx current limit and now I just get a black screen

Do I really need to install Windows to get the modified bios, or is there a way to do that on Linux, what the flah.bat does?

@LaptopRetrospective

6 ай бұрын

I think there is still a way to do it. I just found this to be easiest.

Hello i want to ask about my bios my bios now is 1.17, my question is i have to update it first to 1.46 version then update to modified bios? Or can i just update to the modified version Thx you for your attention

@LaptopRetrospective

4 жыл бұрын

The website in the description should give you even more detailed steps. I did this years ago now and don't entirely remember.

@johanespaska2919

4 жыл бұрын

@@LaptopRetrospective oke thx you for your respone dude😀

@LaptopRetrospective

4 жыл бұрын

@@johanespaska2919 You're welcome! Let me know how it goes.

Love the video! Is there a way I can do something similar on my X200? Can seem to find any links for that - wondering if you could help?

@LaptopRetrospective

3 жыл бұрын

Libreboot or Coreboot I think are the only options.

@chrislewis4213

3 жыл бұрын

@@LaptopRetrospective thanks for the info! Looks a little involved to be honest and probably out of my comfort zone :s Was hoping for a simpler solution to getting a decent wifi/bluetooth card working in my refurbed machine, which to be honest is running pretty well for a 12 yo machine!

@LaptopRetrospective

3 жыл бұрын

Simplest solution will be a USB based one. 😉

@chrislewis4213

3 жыл бұрын

@@LaptopRetrospective I think you’re right! Appreciate the advice 😎

@LaptopRetrospective

3 жыл бұрын

You're most welcome!

Can i run this bios on my hp probook ? My bios is very very limited

@LaptopRetrospective

4 жыл бұрын

No, that isn't how BIOS works. It is specific to the hardward. You will need to see if such a BIOS exists for your specific model and motherboard configuration.

Hello from Spain , Its better update first to 1.46 and after run flash.bat or run flash.bat without update to 1.46 I got mine on 1.28 ... Please help Im so afraid , I am 23 and I spend 200€ for a dockstation and x220

@LaptopRetrospective

5 жыл бұрын

The instructions on the macdonell site are very good. I'd suggest following them as they were my base.

@chemaalonso7931

5 жыл бұрын

@@LaptopRetrospective Thanksgiving , ur so pure human being , ill do It , whatever , if i break is money so im not gonna die 😌😘, keep ur work , ur making good guides and we love free software and free HW , keep It 100%

@LaptopRetrospective

5 жыл бұрын

@@chemaalonso7931 thanks! Best of luck, let me know how it goes.

Did you run to any issues with the wifi adapter? I recently updated to 1.46 and Windows 10 and noticed that my wifi adapter stopped working. I had the driver manually updated to 2023.1.1201.2014 but still no hope. I have to use a USB wifi adapter now.

@LaptopRetrospective

4 жыл бұрын

You using the whitelisted BIOS? Taped the pin?

@tee-dee

4 жыл бұрын

@@LaptopRetrospective Yes I used the original 1.46, it din't work then the whiltelisted one and still didn't work. It looks like to me it's Windows related that the PCI express Wifi adapter is recognized but there's no power to drive it. I still can't figure it out and I'm relying on a USB wifi adapter instead.

@LaptopRetrospective

4 жыл бұрын

@@tee-dee Strange. Mine is still going strong.

is it possible to update the bios using linux?

@LaptopRetrospective

5 жыл бұрын

I believe so but didn't find the documentation when I was filming. Found this method to be the easiest.

This works with the X230 too right? despite it running slower with msata I do plan on doing the dual boot thing so I can put a 4tb hdd in there for media.

@this-is-not-a-channel-

3 жыл бұрын

Hi, I know this is an old thread but just got my x230 and I just want to know how your project went

@LaptopRetrospective

3 жыл бұрын

The BIOS mod process is different for the X230 and involves ivyra.in but you don't need to do that to get the mSATA drive working.

@LaptopRetrospective

3 жыл бұрын

Awww, thanks.

Is this a similar process as on the x220t? I have one and want to see if I can unlock the advance tab.

@LaptopRetrospective

4 жыл бұрын

BIOS is not the same. Haven't done it on a T so it might require some digging.

@ytdoode4899

4 жыл бұрын

Ok I'll keep that in mind. Thanks for the quick reply

@LaptopRetrospective

4 жыл бұрын

@@ytdoode4899 you're welcome.

@santress407

4 жыл бұрын

@@LaptopRetrospective I`ll wait for it too, Sir. Please, make a video for x220t.

@LaptopRetrospective

4 жыл бұрын

One day I hope to.

Hey dude, I have a problem with my Thinkpad L540. After done BIOS update, suddenly I can't enter to Windows. It always shows "Configuration Changed-Restart the System" and then reboot, always like that. It was a night mare, I can't get an access to BIOS. I try to move SSD to use HDD caddy switch with my HDD (see on thw internet), it stops reboot and plug USB windows installation, but when I check in BIOS my SSD not readable in Boot Priority. Do you have a ny solution ?

@LaptopRetrospective

4 жыл бұрын

I'm not sure I understand what you're doing with the drives. Can you try explaining that again?

@dwifath

4 жыл бұрын

@@LaptopRetrospective I have two storages, SSD and HDD (use HDD cadd) once I have updated the BIOS. Suddenly it always bootloop, I can't enter to the windows logo. When I see in Bios Priority setup, I can't find the SSD, only HDD can be read by the BIOS.

@LaptopRetrospective

4 жыл бұрын

Have you tried these steps? forums.lenovo.com/t5/ThinkPad-T400-T500-and-newer-T/Booting-from-the-SSD-drive-with-2nd-HDD-installed/td-p/4124791

can i install this mod with bios locked by supervisor?

@LaptopRetrospective

4 жыл бұрын

No idea, you could try.

谢谢，已经刷成功。请问可以锁定CPU频率吗,在高级菜单中？

Hi i just installed windows 10 on this laptop model, is there a way to enable the bluetooth, FN+F5 does not work :(

@LaptopRetrospective

5 жыл бұрын

Does it have Bluetooth? It isn't a standard feature.

@cyrusserrano2356

5 жыл бұрын

@@LaptopRetrospective so i need to change the bios to have bluetooth?, yes i dont see bluetooth

@LaptopRetrospective

5 жыл бұрын

If you don't see Bluetooth, your invitation might not actually have a card. It was not a standard feature.

How can i change the amount of time the bios looks for connected hardware

@LaptopRetrospective

5 жыл бұрын

Not sure. What are you trying to do?

@hammadmir8263

5 жыл бұрын

@@LaptopRetrospective i upgraded my Lenovo z51-70 hdd to ssd and put hdd in a caddy. Now boot time has improved significantly but since bios loads up too fast now it doesn't have time to initiate the hdd hence wanted to increase the boot load up. Think u can help P.S. hdd is recognized but needs a reboot for that and it's annoying

Great work man Keep up the good work sir Pls your x220, can you make a video on how to increase the desired memory for the gpu Mine came with Intel family 3000 graphics and the desired memory was 32mb 😭😭😭 Don't know if you can help

@LaptopRetrospective

4 жыл бұрын

The BIOS mod I think can let you tweak that a bit.

Can you share Link for BIOS mod Thinkpad L440 ?

@LaptopRetrospective

4 жыл бұрын

Don't even know if there is one. My suggestion is to start searching.

How you open this screen in your laptop

@LaptopRetrospective

4 жыл бұрын

You mean the BIOS? The Thinkvantage button.

Hi. My X220 BIOS version is 1.29. Can i update using same method in this video?

@LaptopRetrospective

3 жыл бұрын

Yes but you'll need to update to the latest supported version. See the website in the description for more information.

@abdulsyahidsaari4629

3 жыл бұрын

@@LaptopRetrospective okay. thanks for your explaination, will try it later.

Does this works with lenovo thinkpad x230 i7?

@LaptopRetrospective

4 жыл бұрын

Nope, different process. Look up information on ivyrain.

Great vídeo, could be useful a Second part showing Your safe zone overclock tweaks You done with success

@LaptopRetrospective

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the feedback. I didn't do the BIOS mod to really overclock anything, mainly the better RAM speeds and WiFi card.

Hi! It works for a x230t? Thanks!

@LaptopRetrospective

6 ай бұрын

The BIOS is different so you'll need to track down one specific for the X230T.

Good video. is there a way to remove the whitelist for the x240 ? Thanks

@LaptopRetrospective

4 жыл бұрын

There is but requires hardware to flash.

@brum2302

4 жыл бұрын

@@LaptopRetrospective cool. I have just purchased the hardware but am looking for the patch

@LaptopRetrospective

4 жыл бұрын

Not sure how you found the hardware without the files. 😁 www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Custom_BIOS

Hello, I have a pc x230, and I've been to see your explanation. The pc has a 6205 wifi card, however I liked to put the one that I have at home an ac7260 card. I did it but it gave error and x230 does not initialize, giving successive error. If I run your whitelist file will everything go well? I currently have the BIOS 2.70 of 09/25/2017.

@LaptopRetrospective

6 жыл бұрын

I must point out this process is for an X220, not an X230. "The xx30 Series of ThinkPads (X230/T430/W530) and up introduced new Intel security features that make it impossible to flash the BIOS using software. You must use hardware flashing methods to modify these laptop BIOSes." See here for more info: www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Custom_BIOS

@billkid0000A

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your help

@LaptopRetrospective

6 жыл бұрын

No problem, wish I had better news. Good luck.

@KajiRider1997

6 жыл бұрын

Okay reading this makes me want to go for the x220 instead xD

what about x230 whitelist and advance menu?

@LaptopRetrospective

4 жыл бұрын

X230 has different security and itant as straightforward.

after advanced bios install.can we return again the original bios?

@LaptopRetrospective

5 жыл бұрын

Yes if you wanted. Not sure why you'd want to though.

@tiza41

5 жыл бұрын

I would appreciate if you share the original bios a return video.

@LaptopRetrospective

5 жыл бұрын

Probably won't happen anytime soon since I specifically installed the custom BIOS to put in a better WiFi card.

Have you changed any settings in CMOS? Apparently changing the settings can make a brick.

@LaptopRetrospective

5 жыл бұрын

Not a great deal. Really I just did the whitelist mod to get the new WiFi card.

Hi.... I have lenovo x230... I will love to mod my Bios to advance....Is there any chance do it ? Please for help......

@LaptopRetrospective

4 жыл бұрын

The process is different for the x230 and requires additional hardware.

@LaptopRetrospective

4 жыл бұрын

So this exists now, you might want to check it out if you didn't find it. 1vyra.in/

Will this bios work with the x220 tablet?

@LaptopRetrospective

6 жыл бұрын

+Eli's shenanigans not sure. You may need to do some additional research to find out, but I suspect that there is a modded one out there

@eli7693

6 жыл бұрын

thank's!

I updated my BIOS to 1.46 and did this using the Lenovo Utility - but I don't see the 'Advanced' tab in the BIOS. Is there something else I need to do?

@LaptopRetrospective

9 ай бұрын

You need to use the custom Middleton BIOS.

@SunilMahbubani

9 ай бұрын

@@LaptopRetrospective - Where can I get this from? Can you please provide the link? Thanks

@LaptopRetrospective

9 ай бұрын

In the description of the video: x220.mcdonnelltech.com/resources/

Do I use the same BIOS files for the X220T?

@LaptopRetrospective

3 ай бұрын

BIOS for the X220T is different.

@shawnm1856

3 ай бұрын

@@LaptopRetrospective I found two mod sites. One had a file for only the X220 and the other had the same file for both the X220 and the X220t. I think the same file for both on Thinkwiki is a mistake.

Is there anyway to get the advanced option on my x131e i3?

@LaptopRetrospective

5 жыл бұрын

Different unit entirely. Google would be my first stop. Don't have one on hand myself.

@Kieren69

5 жыл бұрын

Laptop Retrospective ok thanks

@LaptopRetrospective

5 жыл бұрын

Good luck!

Anyone can tell same flashing way for x240, or a website like the one in video but for x240??

@LaptopRetrospective

4 жыл бұрын

Nope, sorry. It's considerably more involved.

@tahaa6206

4 жыл бұрын

@@LaptopRetrospectiveI didn't get it, sorry I'm not that good in English, can you explain a little bit 🙂

@LaptopRetrospective

4 жыл бұрын

@@tahaa6206 It is not the same for the X240. You need to dive into the world of hardware flashing.

Hi, does this video work for the ThinkPad X220i? When I try to open the batch file it says that it was blocked by an administrator even though I am the admin of my computer. I would really appreciate any help. Thanks!

@LaptopRetrospective

3 жыл бұрын

Not sure about the i model but you might have to right click the batch file and choose run as administrator.

@G-C-G

3 жыл бұрын

@@LaptopRetrospective As soon as I get access to the laptop I'll try that. I assume it would work with the x220i because I've updated the BIOS to 1.46 (which is the latest version now). Also I think that X220i's are the same as the X220, just with an Core i3 CPU and not an i5, i7 or Celeron. Also, I just realised that the laptop, which I bought second hand off a school, does have a BIOS password. Would that make a difference? Thank you so much for the reply!

@G-C-G

3 жыл бұрын

Ok, I tried that and unfortunately it still doesn't work. When I try to open the file after saying that yes, I will allow this program to make changes to my computer, the command prompt flashes really briefly and then the program closes. Thanks for the idea though. (I have definitely extracted the files just so that you know.)

@LaptopRetrospective

3 жыл бұрын

If there's a BIOS password then that could be the problem.

@G-C-G

3 жыл бұрын

Ok, thank you. I'll contact the school where I bought it and see if they can remove it. I really appreciate the help.

Please, could you help me with X230 fan speed control? It seems impossible.

@LaptopRetrospective

3 жыл бұрын

If it involves BIOS business, ivyrain is something you need to look into.

@kokotovsky

3 жыл бұрын

@@LaptopRetrospective Thanks a lot for a pretty cool solution answered so quickly, but I already found, installed and setted tpfancontrol, which I hope will do. Do you think it does worth to hack via ivyrain? Will the system run quicker and more smoothly? Till now I was just considerred about getting errors from overheating, but now I am interested :D

@LaptopRetrospective

3 жыл бұрын

If you tinker at all I'd say it would be worth exploring the benefits to see if it's right for you.

Also, the website x220mcdonnelltech does not work for me. What do I do?

@LaptopRetrospective

6 жыл бұрын

Really? What information are you needing?

@dudemanguy6092

6 жыл бұрын

I was saying that I could not access the website but I think it was just a server issue or something. It works now. Thanks.

@LaptopRetrospective

6 жыл бұрын

Glad to hear it.

Interesting. How would this be done in linux (ubuntu?)

@LaptopRetrospective

5 жыл бұрын

You'd need to create bootable media to do it I believe.

@farpo_

5 жыл бұрын

@@LaptopRetrospective Can we get a little more detail. I am new to Linux and don't have access to a windows machine. I would like to update the bios but am afraid to do this with my linux machine. (Ubuntu 18.04.2)

@LaptopRetrospective

5 жыл бұрын

Someone in the comments detailed what they had to do. Might have been pinned?

Is there a way to reverse it? I can’t set the bios date and time anymore

@LaptopRetrospective

4 жыл бұрын

The date and time issue is an issue. As for reversible, I've never looked into it. I imagine patching over top with an official one would be the thing to try.

@E.nature92

4 жыл бұрын

Laptop Retrospective I had some issues with the laptop so I took the cmos battery out and after I fix it back I was ask to set the time and date. Now I don’t have the options to set the time and date. So I thought reversing it will be the first solution

@LaptopRetrospective

4 жыл бұрын

Yep, makes sense. Let me know how it goes.

Hey. I'm looking to do something similar for a T420. Is there a similar resource for that model that you know of.

@LaptopRetrospective

6 жыл бұрын

+Helam Sirrine love your avatar btw. Chrono Trigger forever. What information are you looking for, the two are very similar in terms of how they're built.

@helamsirrine

6 жыл бұрын

I wanna put a modified bios on a new old t420, to eliminate the whitelist as well as get some resources about hardware that is compatible outside of the Lenovo partslist. The resource you linked for the x220 looked useful. Do you know if there is a similar resource for the T420.

@LaptopRetrospective

6 жыл бұрын

+Helam Sirrine yes ThinkPad.org has some great resources.

@xamineh

6 жыл бұрын

This website is down I guess, it doesnt open for me :( I am also looking for T420 info. Do you know any other 'fan club' or similar websites about T420?

@LaptopRetrospective

6 жыл бұрын

Oops. Wrong URL. forum.thinkpads.com

Apakah bisa ditambah lebih untuk vram bro

Where is date and time on the newer BIOS?

@LaptopRetrospective

6 жыл бұрын

Hmmmm. That's an excellent question. I took a quick look but didn't find it. Wonder if it got moved somewhere weird?

@thedimefactory4509

6 жыл бұрын

Let me know if you find it, because I spent ages looking with no luck.