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T60 BAD Bios flash (Still in Windows, havent rebooted)
Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2017 5:25 am
by Sokre2000
Hi!
Well, something stucked while flashing bios and now i am in the mud.
I havent restarted the laptop but after reading Bios in CPU-z the bios name and details are missing.
http://i.imgur.com/1hbFiRr.jpg
I used windows 7 bios 32bit utility which stopped after backing up old bios, whick i stored on the safe place. After that it crashed, not responding etc., not sure if i ended it or something else:
This is what utility says now:
http://i.imgur.com/6WaRH6e.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/Hs3akMV.jpg
Dont know what to do if i am honest. I am flashing BIOSes 10 years, had bad flashes on ATi X850XT PE and all kind of graphic cards, i know how to force flash without screen etc., but this, i dont know what to do.
Help!
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http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=14339
Re: T60 BAD Bios flash (Still in Windows, havent rebooted) - Motherboard bricked/SOLVED
Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2017 1:42 pm
by Sokre2000
The laptop is dead.
People, be careful when updating bios, i would only recomend bootable usb/cd with utility.
Re: T60 BAD Bios flash (Still in Windows, havent rebooted)
Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2017 2:11 pm
by axur-delmeria
1. Did you run the BIOS flashing program with Administrator priviledges?
2. Did you turn off the Antivirus before running the BIOS flashing program?
This can still be fixed, if you have an external flash programmer.
Re: T60 BAD Bios flash (Still in Windows, havent rebooted) - Motherboard bricked/SOLVED
Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2017 2:40 pm
by jaspen-meyer
Sokre2000 wrote:The laptop is dead.
Flashrom is a program to flash your bios with a small computer called a flasher. Raspberry Pi, Arduino and Beagle Bone Black are cheap microprocessors which you can use.
Maybe someone you know has one of these devices. If so, this page gives steps for flashing a T60:
https://libreboot.org/docs/install/
Or, buy a motherboard.
Re: T60 BAD Bios flash (Still in Windows, havent rebooted)
Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2017 4:02 pm
by Sokre2000
axur-delmeria wrote:1. Did you run the BIOS flashing program with Administrator priviledges?
2. Did you turn off the Antivirus before running the BIOS flashing program?
This can still be fixed, if you have an external flash programmer.
1. Yes
2. No
Is Raspberry Pi - Model B any good?
Re: T60 BAD Bios flash (Still in Windows, havent rebooted)
Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2017 4:12 pm
by jaspen-meyer
Sokre2000 wrote:Is Raspberry Pi - Model B any good?
Yes.
https://libreboot.org/docs/install/rpi_setup.html
Re: T60 BAD Bios flash (Still in Windows, havent rebooted)
Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2017 4:30 pm
by Sokre2000
Thanks. I will try to get one.
I will post an update about this topic.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/BIOS-CHIP-LENOV ... rmvSB=true
Is this valid, could i do this?
Re: T60 BAD Bios flash (Still in Windows, havent rebooted)
Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2017 7:46 pm
by JBUK
If you don't want the hassle of fixing it I have several T60 mobos here. PM me if interested and I will find out the shipping cost from UK.
Re: T60 BAD Bios flash (Still in Windows, havent rebooted)
Posted: Sat Feb 11, 2017 2:16 pm
by Sokre2000
Results:
I Bought Rasbp Pi B
Installed flashrom
Connected everything and it works
Erased old BIOS
Attempted writing bios and got error 2055kb(original bios.bak backup file from time when i was doing update in windows) vs 2048kb BIOS size mismatch.
I cant find 2048kb size bios anywhere and it seems that is factory image rom...
I have everything to setup bios flash but it seems to me that this cannot be done, the bios file(2048kb) is needed to do libreboot.rom too.
BTW raspberry bios flash rocks.( I have to be positive, all day i am typing sudo this sudo that, first time playing with linux etc.)
