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Lenovo Y400 / Y500 - unlocked BIOS / wlan whitelist mod


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37 minutes ago, th3xeroeagle said:

great thank you for your reply! now waiting for that 5 posts unlock hehe! im doing it mostly for the wifi cause the stock card is really bad

I couldnt wait for it so i paid the $5 bucks for elite member well worth the money , it unlocks so many options and i popped in a dual band intel wifi card and it works awesome!

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Worked like a charm with one note, "fix for error104" were needed for me,  everything else done without any problem.

 

For the part of creating bootable dos usb - more simpler to use "Rufus" with included FreeDOS, rather than HP util and looking for the dos system files.

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2 hours ago, reishin said:

Worked like a charm with one note, "fix for error104" were needed for me,  everything else done without any problem.

 

For the part of creating bootable dos usb - more simpler to use "Rufus" with included FreeDOS, rather than HP util and looking for the dos system files.

the "fix for error104" was need for me as well, i too used rufus :) 

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11 minutes ago, th3xeroeagle said:

are you on windows 10 or 8.1? 

 

the tools dont work for me on win10 :\ i get errors and i dont even have the backup.bat file

I am on windows 10 64bit pro , I couldnt find the backup.bat file either go here and download http://rghost.net/56333188   when you run it , it will give you two backup files, the larger one will be your bios backup.

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54 minutes ago, thementallydeceased said:

I am on windows 10 64bit pro , I couldnt find the backup.bat file either go here and download http://rghost.net/56333188   when you run it , it will give you two backup files, the larger one will be your bios backup.

thanks for your help again! i just did it and it was successful :)

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I have another question about flashing this bios. As all the y500 came pre-installed with Win 8; Is there an issue with flashing the bios after reformatting and installing a clean Win 7 version? 

Are there any other issues or items that should be noted before flashing this modded bios?

 

On 04/01/2016 at 3:33 PM, thementallydeceased said:

I couldnt wait for it so i paid the $5 bucks for elite member well worth the money , it unlocks so many options and i popped in a dual band intel wifi card and it works awesome!

I think you just persuaded me to do the same! After spending a few bucks on a few parts, $5 won't hurt! LOL.

 

Which card did you install? I have an INTEL 7260 ready to be popped in again.

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2 minutes ago, bbumeri said:

I have another question about flashing this bios. As all the y500 came pre-installed with Win 8; Is there an issue with flashing the bios after reformatting and installing a clean Win 7 version? 

Are there any other issues or items that should be noted before flashing this modded bios?

 

 

There would not be an issue with windows 7 being installed. however , your bios settings may change so if windows 7 no longer boots it may have re enabled the options for windows 8.  I doubt you have anything to worry about if, it no longer boots just reply to the forum ill see how i can help.

5 minutes ago, bbumeri said:

I have another question about flashing this bios. As all the y500 came pre-installed with Win 8; Is there an issue with flashing the bios after reformatting and installing a clean Win 7 version? 

Are there any other issues or items that should be noted before flashing this modded bios?

 

I think you just persuaded me to do the same! After spending a few bucks on a few parts, $5 won't hurt! LOL.

 

Which card did you install? I have an INTEL 7260 ready to be popped in again.

I installed the same intel 7260. and no $5 dont hurt at all i spend more on food. :)

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8 hours ago, thementallydeceased said:

 

There would not be an issue with windows 7 being installed. however , your bios settings may change so if windows 7 no longer boots it may have re enabled the options for windows 8.  I doubt you have anything to worry about if, it no longer boots just reply to the forum ill see how i can help.

I installed the same intel 7260. and no $5 dont hurt at all i spend more on food. :)

I spent the 6$ like you and boom up and running with my intel 7260! I will have to give up subway for a day I guess :) 

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11 minutes ago, Aspire said:

Am I the only one who cant download the modified vbios for the second graphic card? It just says error 404 :dread:

I am able to download the files fine, are you new? if so see this post. https://www.techinferno.com/index.php?/announcement/4-user-account-promotions-please-read/

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Just now, ConnyESW said:

Hello, i´m new here and i´ve an other Question... is here a List to find, which Cards works fine in y500? Sorry for my bad english.

Thank´s for Help.

welcome , if you wish to bypass the wait time you can spend $6 and be able to get the files you need https://www.techinferno.com/index.php?/store/      i do not know of a list to which shows what cards will work however, the intel 7260 is a dual band card and works great!! i highly recomend getting that one.

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56 minutes ago, thementallydeceased said:

I am able to download the files fine, are you new? if so see this post. https://www.techinferno.com/index.php?/announcement/4-user-account-promotions-please-read/

I  am not a new user (I'm promoted) and if I click on the link for the vbios:

https://www.techinferno.com/attachments/lenovo-ibm/6933d1365968131-y500-y400-sli-650m-80.07.27.00.33-oc.rom.zip

It says "404 Not Found" Any Ideas? :/

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7 minutes ago, Aspire said:

I  am not a new user (I'm promoted) and if I click on the link for the vbios:

https://www.techinferno.com/attachments/lenovo-ibm/6933d1365968131-y500-y400-sli-650m-80.07.27.00.33-oc.rom.zip

It says "404 Not Found" Any Ideas? :/

This is very strange when i click on the link you posted it gives me a 404 error when i click on the link on page 1 it downloads the file with no issue. https://www.techinferno.com/applications/core/interface/file/attachment.php?id=5222   <when i click this link it downloads the file fine as well. does this link work for you?

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20 minutes ago, Aspire said:

I  am not a new user (I'm promoted) and if I click on the link for the vbios:

https://www.techinferno.com/attachments/lenovo-ibm/6933d1365968131-y500-y400-sli-650m-80.07.27.00.33-oc.rom.zip

It says "404 Not Found" Any Ideas? :/

 

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