Lenovo Y400 / Y500 - unlocked BIOS / wlan whitelist mod

[mithunpjohn]

can I use this mod if I am already running 2.04

[mithunpjohn]

Hi guys

 

I am planning to install the modded bios soon. so, have a few questions.

1.I am running windows from an MSATA drive. Will this cause any problem when I install the modded bios?

2. is it possible to go back to stock Bios if there is some problem later?

3. which is the best wifi card in your opinion? 

cheers,

MJ

[octiceps]

On November 20, 2016 at 11:06 PM, mithunpjohn said:

Hi guys

 

I am planning to install the modded bios soon. so, have a few questions.

1.I am running windows from an MSATA drive. Will this cause any problem when I install the modded bios?

2. is it possible to go back to stock Bios if there is some problem later?

3. which is the best wifi card in your opinion? 

cheers,

MJ

 

1. No

2. Yes

3. Intel AC 7260, but be sure to use WLAN Optimizer (http://www.martin-majowski.de/) with both 'disable background scan' and 'enable streaming mode' checked to prevent ping spikes caused by Intel's POS drivers.

Edited November 22, 2016 by octiceps

[mithunpjohn]

one more question

its totally safe to use the mod, if my bios version is already  2.04. right?
@octiceps Thanks for the fast reply

[octiceps]

7 hours ago, mithunpjohn said:

one more question

its totally safe to use the mod, if my bios version is already  2.04. right?
@octiceps Thanks for the fast reply

 

Yeah it's fine. I flashed from stock 2.04 and have been running this for over 3 years now.

[mithunpjohn]

@octiceps

oh cool. Thanks. I am waiting to get promoted so i can download the files

[kwisi]

Hello, does the SLI-OC Mod also working with 2.04? (coz only 2.02 claimed in start post)

 

[octiceps]

8 hours ago, kwisi said:

Hello, does the SLI-OC Mod also working with 2.04? (coz only 2.02 claimed in start post)

 

 

Yeah the Ultrabay vBIOS mod is separate from the system BIOS mod.

[mithunpjohn]

Helo, After updating to stock Bios V2.04, my laptop takes a lot of time to go to sleep. is any one facing this problem?

[mithunpjohn]

hi, is it possible to overclock the cpu with this bios?

[octiceps]

5 hours ago, mithunpjohn said:

hi, is it possible to overclock the cpu with this bios?

 

Depends on the CPU. The 3630QM is locked.

[kwm]

I am so frustrated with Lenovo ... is there a listing of all the companies that do this?  I'm starting to look for a new laptop and don't want to find myself limited by this stupid corporate moneymaking scheme.

[Tesla]

On 12/18/2016 at 5:52 AM, kwm said:

I am so frustrated with Lenovo ... is there a listing of all the companies that do this?  I'm starting to look for a new laptop and don't want to find myself limited by this stupid corporate moneymaking scheme.

My information could be outdated but as far as I know, MSI, Acer, and Asus don't have the whitelist bs.

Lenovo, HP, Dell, and Toshiba who are still doing it.

[kwm]

Has anyone used the bios linked at the bottom of https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Lenovo_Ideapad_Y480 ?

 

Other than trying to install a new WLAN card, is there a way to tell if the "whitelist" is gone?

[PhAnt0mFS]

I'm looking at the changelog between v3.05 and V3.08 and the only thing I can find is:

 

Quote

Summary of changes
==================
General Information:

74CN47WW 
1. Implement code for uEFI security vulnerabilities. 

 

Is it worth to mod the v3.08 or just go with v3.05?

 

[Sugar_Co]

Hello

[K'nuckles]

does this help with external gpu? i seem to be getting error 43 and i was wondering if this will get it to work.

[buggatti]

Hello 

I think I have bricked by y500. I flashed the whitelisted bios according to the instruction. Now when the laptop powers on, the keyboard led starts, the fans starts and the display stays black. Laptop does not boot into an OS.

 

Can someone help me fix this

 

Thanks a lot   

[ShamblerDK]

Never mind. Appearently I need to create 5 posts, before I can access downloads :-(

Edited February 13, 2017 by ShamblerDK

[johannespbr]

Has anyone had success installing an eGPU by unlocking the their bios? I need to post 5 time to download the files so I'll start with this one. Pretty sure number of people are here for the eGPU reason

[ShamblerDK]

Could a kind soul put the download on Dropbox or Mega? I'd very much like to upgrade my Y500.

[notesqa]

Thanks for share this, i really need to unlock my bios..

[ShamblerDK]

I am still running into error 104, even with the fix in first post. I need to add these two to fparts:

    W25Q32BV    ID:0xEF4016    Size: 4096KB (32768Kb)
    MX25L1605A    ID:0xC22015    Size: 2048KB (16384Kb)

 

Anyone able to help?

 

 

[Lukas Zhang]

I'm new here and wondering why I can't  download the file. Any suggestions?

[ShamblerDK]

16 hours ago, Lukas Zhang said:

I'm new here and wondering why I can't  download the file. Any suggestions?

 

You need to have a minimum of 5 posts on the forums. Then you'll be promoted and thus be able to download 5 files/month.