@Lost_N_BIOS

Please find the dump of pad1postfixcheck in the attachment. unluckily there's still no change then :((

Do the write from post #58 again and show me image of the entire window.
I don't see how this is happening, this model does not have any type of auto BIOS recovery, so what you write it should be what's there, yet it's not
Especially when we erase the entire block and write it back like this command does

Zitat von Lost_N_BIOS im Beitrag #62

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Do the write from post #58 again and show me image of the entire window.

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If you did post #58 (pad1checkfix.bin) flash last, and still same, then you need flash programmer to fix this, or there is something else going on here.
You can see in the image, the entire block is erased fully, and then written with the file I gave you with all the added system info in there, then on reboot it's gone again.
Find "BIOS Guard" at Advanced >> BIOS Guard and make sure it's disabled. I doubt this is it, but only thing I can think of here

* Edit - Maybe it's stored in another chip also, and not just in BIOS? Let's see if we can prove that out or not

@dglt - would you be willing to let me change your MTM or Lenovo SN that's stored in this padding area, then you flash it back and see if it's auto corrected back to your proper values or not?
If you wouldn't mind testing this for us, please do this and send me file >> FPTw.exe -a 0x600000 -l 0x115000 -d pad1.bin

maybe work the lvar angle and figure out whats blocking it from working, this issue just came up again with 2 unrelated legion 7i laptops getting the spi not ready error. or what about the other protections, there are some specific "allow flash to <i forget the names>" in advanced bios somewhere, i'll take a look in a few and see if enabling certain settings results in me getting the same error.

@Lost_N_BIOS on a side note about those two legion 7i's i was referring to, one was a gsync model and one was not, they are now both gsync models and it actually works. i tried pulling the gsync modules that are only present in the legion 7i and add them to my bios, im able to boot without issues but no gsync working, not yet anyway. im still on this hopeless quest from months ago, if i cant figure it out i'll create a new thread instead of polluting this one.

@dglt - I thought you guys could not figure that out?
* Edit - I looked back, and see I bypassed that "Other Error" for him and he got success, but at post #7 he input the wrong PN >> 15IRg >> Should be >> 15IRHg
Maybe that's why it never worked for him after doing that?

As for BIOS Locks, there are none active or we would not be able to flash via FPT, it would error if so.
Nice to hear about the gsync progress, hopefully you can sort for your system. Make sure panel is gsync compatible or you'll be wasting your time.

Zitat von Lost_N_BIOS im Beitrag #66

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@dglt - I thought you guys could not figure that out?
* Edit - I looked back, and see I bypassed that "Other Error" for him and he got success, but at post #7 he input the wrong PN >> 15IRg >> Should be >> 15IRHg
Maybe that's why it never worked for him after doing that?

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FPTw.exe -a 0x600000 -l 0x115000 -d pad1.bin

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i didnt notice you asked for this until today, this reads as all "FF". i'll dm you a link to a full bios dump, if you want to edit a couple descriptors and send back i'll flash it and let you know if it works.

Going to piggyback on this thread - I am having a similar issue with my Legion Y740 missing the Legion Edge features in the Vantage application. I received a motherboard replacement a few months ago and it looks like one of the values is incorrect. In my bios the family name is familyName Legion Y740 17IRHg but according to Lenovo it should be
"Legion Y740-17IRHg". I tried using the Lvar tool to fix this but I am getting the same error as the OP had with the tool telling me other error. Is there a way I can get this corrected? Thanks

Zitat von Lost_N_BIOS im Beitrag #64

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If you did post #58 (pad1checkfix.bin) flash last, and still same, then you need flash programmer to fix this, or there is something else going on here.
You can see in the image, the entire block is erased fully, and then written with the file I gave you with all the added system info in there, then on reboot it's gone again.
Find "BIOS Guard" at Advanced >> BIOS Guard and make sure it's disabled. I doubt this is it, but only thing I can think of here

* Edit - Maybe it's stored in another chip also, and not just in BIOS? Let's see if we can prove that out or not

@dglt - would you be willing to let me change your MTM or Lenovo SN that's stored in this padding area, then you flash it back and see if it's auto corrected back to your proper values or not?
If you wouldn't mind testing this for us, please do this and send me file >> FPTw.exe -a 0x600000 -l 0x115000 -d pad1.bin

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@dglt

Hi i have a similar problem could you help me please, I am trying to change product name as when i had my motherboard replaced vantage edge wasn't working so they changed product name, but when i received my laptop back vantage edge still wasn't working. so i changed family name in machineinfo xml file to the correct one. That brought back vantage edge however, since they changed the product name, there is no G sync in nvidia control panel. So i am sure that i just have to change product name back to what they had orignally named it. When i use the lvar tool i get smi interface not ready. Could someone help with that please?

Thank you

Zitat von Konquest im Beitrag #68

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Going to piggyback on this thread - I am having a similar issue with my Legion Y740 missing the Legion Edge features in the Vantage application. I received a motherboard replacement a few months ago and it looks like one of the values is incorrect. In my bios the family name is familyName Legion Y740 17IRHg but according to Lenovo it should be
"Legion Y740-17IRHg". I tried using the Lvar tool to fix this but I am getting the same error as the OP had with the tool telling me other error. Is there a way I can get this corrected? Thanks

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Dear Sirs good day. Please kindly help. I have lenovo y740-15irhg. Bios was stuck. Machine not working. Onle key board and cooling. Screen dead. I am think bios was stuck after downgrade. How to make blind flash with usb stick throw the fn+R when turned on. Last bios update for laptop was bvcn15ww.exe.

Zitat von Denyscyba im Beitrag #72

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Dear Sirs good day. Please kindly help. I have lenovo y740-15irhg. Bios was stuck. Machine not working. Onle key board and cooling. Screen dead. I am think bios was stuck after downgrade. How to make blind flash with usb stick throw the fn+R when turned on. Last bios update for laptop was bvcn15ww.exe.

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i have error when try write DMI Data:

SMI interface not ready

how to fix ?

Does anyone know when command GRESET must be used ? Can't find any guidance ...