Hardware Maintenance Diskette for UEFI BIOS - Replacing S/N on UEFI Machines

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Hardware Maintenance Diskette for UEFI BIOS - Replacing S/N on UEFI Machines

#1 Post by TPCollector » Fri Jan 13, 2017 9:13 pm

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?

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Re: Hardware Maintenance Diskette for UEFI BIOS - Replacing S/N on UEFI Machines

#2 Post by RealBlackStuff » Fri Jan 13, 2017 9:56 pm

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Re: Hardware Maintenance Diskette for UEFI BIOS - Replacing S/N on UEFI Machines

#3 Post by TPCollector » Sat Jan 14, 2017 5:33 am

Got the AMI software mentioned and its for DOS, not UEFI
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Re: Hardware Maintenance Diskette for UEFI BIOS - Replacing S/N on UEFI Machines

#4 Post by RealBlackStuff » Sat Jan 14, 2017 5:55 am

Ever heard of a bootable DOS USB stick?
Or opening a DOS-box inside Windows?

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Re: Hardware Maintenance Diskette for UEFI BIOS - Replacing S/N on UEFI Machines

#5 Post by TPCollector » Sat Jan 14, 2017 7:46 am

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?
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#6 Post by RealBlackStuff » Sat Jan 14, 2017 8:38 am

Did you try to "run it as Administrator"?

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#7 Post by TPCollector » Sat Jan 14, 2017 8:41 am

Yes :-)
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#8 Post by RealBlackStuff » Sat Jan 14, 2017 9:18 am

Which program (amidedos/amidewin/dmiedit/other) and which version do you use, and what is/are the exact error message(s)?

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#9 Post by TPCollector » Sat Jan 14, 2017 9:22 am

If you have the correct version that works on the ThinkPad Helix Gen 2 would be most obliged
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#10 Post by RealBlackStuff » Sat Jan 14, 2017 10:00 am

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?

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Re: Hardware Maintenance Diskette for UEFI BIOS - Replacing S/N on UEFI Machines

#11 Post by TPCollector » Sat Jan 14, 2017 7:49 pm

The errror is: Cannot Update SMBios with PNP function on Current System"
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