En-TACT
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Thank you svl7 ..enjoy that beer! Problem was the USB stick. Bought a new one, format it with DOS, ran PRR from C:> and executed fpt -f... the 6205 is working flawlessly!
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Format the USB with which utility? I formatted the USB from Windows, and then added the following files: fparts, fpt, prr, v801.rom. How should I do it?
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Thank you svl7 for all your hard work into this! I'll def. buy you a beer.. but I can't flash it! I'm having a similar issue too booting to USB. Because I get Error 28, I have to run PRR in DOS. Placed all files in USB, then the BIOS boot settings; Boot Mode > Legacy Support Boot Priority > Legacy First USB Boot > Enabled Reboot, and system idles/flickers at the "Lenovo" splash screen. I reboot again hit F12 at Lenovo splash screen and get this: "System doesn't have any USB boot option. Please select other boot option in boot Manager menu." jovian, what steps did you take to boot in USB? Does it matter which USB port? What files did you have on your USB stick?
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Hey guys, I've been out of the loop for awhile from this site and reading some of these last posts there's a working whitelist BIOS for the v8.01???? ..I'll have to go back several posts ad catchup!
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Upgrade to WIN8 PRO and the latest Intel 2200 drivers.. from that, I have been receiving a solid connection!
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I updated the Centrino 2200 driver first. Then upgraded to Windows 8 Pro. It was after upgrading and downloading all the O/S required updates that I saw a solid connection. So whether you update the WLAN driver first or WIN 8 Pro first, it does not matter. But in my case how I went about, I would have to say the WIN 8 Professional version must have done the solid connection. - - - Updated - - - If there is a whitelist BIOS available, go with the Centrino 6205 (no BT) for your Y580. You can find them on Amazon for 9.99.
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Mine used to do that too.. I would lose a connection almost evey 30-45mins of use. Yesterday, I downloaded UBUNTU (~800MB) with it, completed without an interrruption/disconnect. Connection holds solid now, but I prefer to install my 6205 card.
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In regards to a whitelist BIOS and this weak 2200 card. Two weeks ago I upgraded Windows 8 on my Y580 to Windows 8 Pro (39.99) and updated the Intel Centrino 2200 software to ver.15.5.6.48. Until now, I would have to say as a temporary fix, it's been a solid wireless connection without a single disconnect throughout the house.
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Mojo, you have the same Y580 (59345717</SPAN>), as I do, that is the one with a 1TB & blu ray player. svl7 has remoted into my laptop and attempted to get the modified BIOS to flash/work. Unfortunately, the O/S kept crashing. Currently, I'm not certain where the progress stands...
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svl7, any progress on BIOS 5DCN90WW??
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You bought a new Y580 yesterday and the BIOS version was 2.06? Where did you buy yours, and what is your laptop's model number? I bought mine in December '12 from New Egg. Those of you who have the Y580 with BIOS 5DCN90WW v8.01, is your model number 59345717?</SPAN>
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Right click each file and go to > General tab > click on Unblock (if available). Then for file fptw64, right click > Compatibility tab > check mark Run as Administrator. Finally, for FLASH right click > select Run as administrator to execute process.
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I did not receive this error.. I got error: Error 28: Protected Range Registers are currently set by BIOS, preventing flash access. Please contact the target system BIOS vendor for an option to disable Protected Range Registers.
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It's under the SECURITY header > Secure Boot. I was able to enable it. If your Y580 came with WIN7, your BIOS is different from Y580, WIN8.
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As you've read through the forum, there are issues for those who have the Y580, WIN8-64b and cannot flash the modified BIOS, resulting in various errors... svl7 attempted to resolve this on my machine, to which I provided the BIOS dump (5DCN90WW). Still awaiting to hear from him.
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I was able to run the flash; see post #146, you have to run files as administrator and unblock. Unfortunately, I received an error, but differ from the others since svl7 edit my BIOS dump: Error 28: Protected Range Registers are currently set by BIOS, preventing flash access. Please contact the target system BIOS vendor for an option to disable Protected Range Registers.
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I received the same "New rom size" error as jovian did. So svl7, is there anything more can be done ..or those of us in a hole??
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I was able to dump the BIOS with svl7's utility!! The trick was to run the *.exe's in admin mode and unblock ALL files, this prevents Windows 8 seeing them as malicious files.
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I have never done it, and may be wrong, as root user use the dd command: #dd if=/dev/mem bs=1k skip=768 count=256 2>/dev/null | strings -n 8
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HixVAC, since you are running Windows 7 on a Y580 with our BIOS version, were you able to extract it for svl7??
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The 5DCN40WW is for the Lenovo Y580 at the time they shipped out the Windows 7 64...
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ok, I was able to download that utility. Win8 will not allow you to run this app due to admin and security issues. Right click "fptw64" > General tab > click on "unblock"; then to Compatibility tab > check mark "Run as Administrator". File will execute. However, prompts you to enter any key to continue / then unable to run commands.. received an error:"Error 200: Invalid parameter value specified by user. Use -? option to see help." Application then immediately closes from error. Where do we go from here?
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I found a utility called BIOS Backup Toolkit 2.0. However, I was unable to download your file, received an error probably due to my account status: En-TACT, you do not have permission to access this page. This could be due to one of several reasons: Your user account may not have sufficient privileges to access this page. Are you trying to edit someone else's post, access administrative features or some other privileged system? If you are trying to post, the administrator may have disabled your account, or it may be awaiting activation.
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Hey svl7 would you be able to tweak this BIOS to remove the whitelist? I'm certain all of us in need of it will buy you a round!
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svl7 I was able to dump my BIOS (InsydeH2O v3.7, 5DCN90WW v8.01). Would you be able to have a look at it for those who have the Y580, WIN8 64 and want to install a Centrino 6205. Thank you!
