eaglespeed Posted January 18, 2013 Share Posted January 18, 2013 Did your Y500 come with the Elan touchpad or the Synaptics?I guess its synaptics but am not sure, I will p.m you when I check tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
balaji Posted January 18, 2013 Share Posted January 18, 2013 It would be better if we have option to select SLI or OPTIMUS in bios settings during start up.I don't think its not possible.But it seems that lenovo fellows are not ready to do this extra work.You are the last hope guys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicolai Ebbes Posted January 19, 2013 Share Posted January 19, 2013 Can i use this bios for the Ideapad Y500 with i5 and bios version 1.03 as well? i have question about mod GT650M with DRR5 memory, is that same chip like in GTX660, so can we load GTX660 vbios do this GT650m?The GT650m already has the same amount of shaders, so there is no need to change the vbios, only differences are the GPU and memory clocks. Overclock with nvidia inspector instead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomá Posted January 19, 2013 Author Share Posted January 19, 2013 No, the main difference is voltage and maybe some clock locks? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n1smo Posted January 19, 2013 Share Posted January 19, 2013 I'm overclocking with Nvidia Inspector but would like to see being able to overclock with vbios as I think it is a cleaner solution. Let's hope that there is more interest in seeing this happen on this awesome machine. On another note, I tried to flash to v1.05 but got the same error 28 as Frost-dc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maxxender Posted January 20, 2013 Share Posted January 20, 2013 I'm overclocking with Nvidia Inspector but would like to see being able to overclock with vbios as I think it is a cleaner solution. Let's hope that there is more interest in seeing this happen on this awesome machine. On another note, I tried to flash to v1.05 but got the same error 28 as Frost-dc. I think that's a Windows 8 related error. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frost-dc Posted January 20, 2013 Share Posted January 20, 2013 So,installed the 6235 and what? ... same damn no Wireless connect possible, no Network available?First of all. SVL7 diad a great job! The whitelist is gone so the Card is working.Unfortunately i had to fix a broken antenna cable, but after that everything is working quiete good.I don't give a * about warranty so :-)Second thing: No I haven't played around with the settings inside the Bios because the eventuallity of having a broken System is way to high for me.If there is someone in here you wants to give it a try,I think changing the values will end up in an non booting system or you'll a anon working display. @n1smo: Send SVL7 a PM he knows how do deal with it.Nobody should fix a broken Antenna with Kynar wire :-P if full performance is what you wish for. I need to get this baby strapped an replace the black antenna Cable, Does anyone of you have an idea yow to do that? - n1smo you actually dissambled your System, right?Frost-dc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maxxender Posted January 20, 2013 Share Posted January 20, 2013 So,installed the 6235 and what? ... same damn no Wireless connect possible, no Network available?First of all. SVL7 diad a great job! The whitelist is gone so the Card is working.Unfortunately i had to fix a broken antenna cable, but after that everything is working quiete good.I don't give a * about warranty so :-)Second thing: No I haven't played around with the settings inside the Bios because the eventuallity of having a broken System is way to high for me.If there is someone in here you wants to give it a try,I think changing the values will end up in an non booting system or you'll a anon working display. @n1smo: Send SVL7 a PM he knows how do deal with it.Nobody should fix a broken Antenna with Kynar wire :-P if full performance is what you wish for. I need to get this baby strapped an replace the black antenna Cable, Does anyone of you have an idea yow to do that? - n1smo you actually dissambled your System, right?Frost-dcHere is a replacement wifi antenna. Amazon.com: Tyco Wifi & Bluetooth Antenna: Everything Else Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n1smo Posted January 20, 2013 Share Posted January 20, 2013 Frost-dc, yes, I've disassembled the system a billion times. How far are you looking to tear it down? Here's a good video from Youtube: Lenovo Y400 Y500 Full Disassembly - YouTube Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomá Posted January 23, 2013 Author Share Posted January 23, 2013 Has GT650M memory clocks locks?I cant overclock my GT650 up to 1250mhz, without artefacts and is for this card in this laptop modded vbios?or can i load vbios from M14x?Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth_XBlade Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 Hello I have the same problem with the y500 can you help me unlock the bios so I can use my laptop it was intended to be used Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomá Posted January 24, 2013 Author Share Posted January 24, 2013 I cant update my bios, i have that same error like the other users. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth_XBlade Posted January 25, 2013 Share Posted January 25, 2013 I think it's a win 8 problem I'm Waiting for svl 7 to reply to me and tell me how to fix so i can install the bios mod Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomá Posted January 26, 2013 Author Share Posted January 26, 2013 Im waiting too... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arjun Posted January 26, 2013 Share Posted January 26, 2013 I have a doubt ! how can we be sure that the intel HD4000 is disabled in the bios ? ... is it possible that the physical buffer that has to exist between the two graphic module required for dynamic switching is jus not there ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arjun Posted January 26, 2013 Share Posted January 26, 2013 Also please give the solution for this error so that we can try it out! "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." Thank you in advance @svl7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arjun Posted January 27, 2013 Share Posted January 27, 2013 i was wondering .... nowadays the windows 8 key or license coms embedded in the system, so will flashing the system with a modded bios erase the key or overwrite the license or something ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sottilde Posted January 28, 2013 Share Posted January 28, 2013 You may want to try to extract your Win8 key from your current installation using this tool, (try mirror link here). You should be able to install from the OEM disk with that key. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arjun Posted January 28, 2013 Share Posted January 28, 2013 wen i downloaded this its telling tht is a virus ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pavlo Slavinskyi Posted January 28, 2013 Share Posted January 28, 2013 Also please give the solution for this error so that we can try it out! "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." Thank you in advance @svl7 Have you tried to enable tried to enable the "Allow black flash" option in the bios, before flashing ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
svl7 Posted January 28, 2013 Share Posted January 28, 2013 This error has nothing to do with that setting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth_XBlade Posted January 28, 2013 Share Posted January 28, 2013 so how do we get around that error? svl7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pavlo Slavinskyi Posted January 28, 2013 Share Posted January 28, 2013 Sorry, didn't know the meaning of that suspicious option. If my bios version is the same but laptop model is Y400 instead of Y500, will I be able to flash it ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bearfight Posted January 28, 2013 Share Posted January 28, 2013 I have the same Error 28 issue. I've been reading every Intel document on Flash Descriptors, ME 8.0 and related items that I can find... collecting tools like FITC and iMETS where I can find them. When I try global reset (-greset) or variable read (-r "variable") using FPTw, I get error 26, which is CPU Read/Write Access. I get the same errors when booting into WinPE, but I compiled the PE disc using DaRT, so it's still a Windows 8 environment. I like to back away from these things after a few hours to clear my noggin, so that's as far as I got last night. I'll try some other things tonight. svl7- Would booting into pure DOS allow me read access to check variables? I can see that you are hesitant to post the workaround that you have come up with for write access, which is understandable. Any arrows in the right direction would be supremely appreciated.- - - Updated - - -You may want to try to extract your Win8 key from your current installation using this tool, (try mirror link here). You should be able to install from the OEM disk with that key.You will most likely just end up with the default key. The way I understand it, the UEFI BIOS interacts directly with Windows 8 to activate the OS. Correct me if I'm way off here, but it isn't as if each BIOS comes programmed with a unique OEM key... at least not the one that you would pull using a key tool from within the OS. That being said, as long as person who modified the BIOS didn't screw with the SLIC, there should be no problems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
svl7 Posted January 28, 2013 Share Posted January 28, 2013 Yeah well, I was working on a tool which allows to get rid of the error, but I'm too busy atm. If you need the bios desperately then you can PM me and I might be able to flash it for you per teamviewer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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