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"Unlocking my Lenovo laptop" by Dr Matthew Chapman
Posted: Fri Feb 05, 2016 9:59 pm
by loyukfai
http://www.zmatt.net/unlocking-my-lenovo-laptop-part-1/
An on-going process to hack the BIOS/firmware to remove the genuine battery check on newer ThinkPads. (via Hacker News:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11041210)
Cheers.
Re: "Unlocking my Lenovo laptop" by Dr Matthew Chapman
Posted: Sat Feb 06, 2016 5:46 am
by RealBlackStuff
Fascinating, to say the least.
In my working days I could program in Assembler with the best, but this goes well beyond me...
Looking forward to the next chapter!
Re: "Unlocking my Lenovo laptop" by Dr Matthew Chapman
Posted: Sat Feb 06, 2016 5:12 pm
by hhhd1
The EC is probably responsible also for the keyboard layout, so if this is done, it should open the road to using the classic keyboard with the .30 series.
Re: "Unlocking my Lenovo laptop" by Dr Matthew Chapman
Posted: Mon Feb 08, 2016 6:24 pm
by Kilkenny
Pretty impressive. What a royal PITA Lenovo has become.
Re: "Unlocking my Lenovo laptop" by Dr Matthew Chapman
Posted: Tue Feb 09, 2016 10:47 am
by evening_hunger
Yep I'm following this too, found the link on reddit:) Fascinating read...