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Hardware Maintenance Diskette for UEFI BIOS - Replacing S/N on UEFI Machines
Posted: Fri Jan 13, 2017 9:13 pm
by TPCollector
Hi All,
The ThinkPad Tablet 10 and ThinkPad Helix Gen 2 are not equipped with the Legacy BIOS but only UEFI BIOS and therefore the standard HMD diskette cannot be used with these; instead Lenovo introduced the Lenovo Maintenance Utility V2.02 (or later) which has the same functionality as the HMD for ThinkPad with Legacy BIOS.
Does anyone have a copy of this utility or knows where to download it from?
Thanks in Advance
Re: Hardware Maintenance Diskette for UEFI BIOS - Replacing S/N on UEFI Machines
Posted: Fri Jan 13, 2017 9:56 pm
by RealBlackStuff
Re: Hardware Maintenance Diskette for UEFI BIOS - Replacing S/N on UEFI Machines
Posted: Sat Jan 14, 2017 5:33 am
by TPCollector
Got the AMI software mentioned and its for DOS, not UEFI
Re: Hardware Maintenance Diskette for UEFI BIOS - Replacing S/N on UEFI Machines
Posted: Sat Jan 14, 2017 5:55 am
by RealBlackStuff
Ever heard of a bootable DOS USB stick?
Or opening a DOS-box inside Windows?
Re: Hardware Maintenance Diskette for UEFI BIOS - Replacing S/N on UEFI Machines
Posted: Sat Jan 14, 2017 7:46 am
by TPCollector
Thanks; I missed to see that the toll incorporates a Windows application as well, however, it refuses to run on the Helix Gen 2 I need it for. Have you got any insight into this?
Re: Hardware Maintenance Diskette for UEFI BIOS - Replacing S/N on UEFI Machines
Posted: Sat Jan 14, 2017 8:38 am
by RealBlackStuff
Did you try to "run it as Administrator"?
Re: Hardware Maintenance Diskette for UEFI BIOS - Replacing S/N on UEFI Machines
Posted: Sat Jan 14, 2017 8:41 am
by TPCollector
Yes
Re: Hardware Maintenance Diskette for UEFI BIOS - Replacing S/N on UEFI Machines
Posted: Sat Jan 14, 2017 9:18 am
by RealBlackStuff
Which program (amidedos/amidewin/dmiedit/other) and which version do you use, and what is/are the exact error message(s)?
Re: Hardware Maintenance Diskette for UEFI BIOS - Replacing S/N on UEFI Machines
Posted: Sat Jan 14, 2017 9:22 am
by TPCollector
If you have the correct version that works on the ThinkPad Helix Gen 2 would be most obliged
Re: Hardware Maintenance Diskette for UEFI BIOS - Replacing S/N on UEFI Machines
Posted: Sat Jan 14, 2017 10:00 am
by RealBlackStuff
I have no idea.
Internet searches indicate you should most likely use DMIEDIT.
Google is your best friend here, unless someone else chimes in...
Also, why don't you answer the questions?
Re: Hardware Maintenance Diskette for UEFI BIOS - Replacing S/N on UEFI Machines
Posted: Sat Jan 14, 2017 7:49 pm
by TPCollector
The errror is: Cannot Update SMBios with PNP function on Current System"