No access to BIOS on W530 after W7 64bit installation | W7 boots and works fine
Hello L'users
My fancy problem with my W530 DOS machine 2441-B32. Age: 2 weeks.
Bios was current (1.11) when I started installing W7 64bit. Before installation, I changed the BIOS setting to UEFI.
OS Installation seems to be fine, no error messages from the OS or ThinkVantage so far.
Funny is that I cannot access the BIOS any more.
Here comes the plot.
First message for about 5 seconds during boot procedure is:
"To interrupt normal startup, press Enter"
Problem: Pressing Enter does not interrupt the "normal" startup.
Second message for about a second is:
System BIOS shadowed
Video BIOS shadowed
BIOS Version: G5ET33W (1.11 )
Press <F1> to BIOS Setup.
Problems:
Pressing F1 does not lead to setup.
I did not manually shadow anything.
BIOS was not secured from me with a pwd.
Third message for about half a second is:
ThinkVantage Active Protection sensor diagnostics start. /
The fourth message is the start message from a booting W7.
What I have tried:
(1)
BIOS Update Utility
g5uj07us.exe
Executed under W7 says
BIOS image file is same as BIOS ROM
An update is not necessary at this time.
So it seems that the BIOS is accessible by this utility.
(2)
Starting from the DVD-ROM is not possible, I tried to boot from the DOS bootable BIOS FLASH CD, an OpenSuse DVD, DBAN.
I was thinking about erasing the HDD in an external USB docking, booting the W530 from the DOS bootable BIOS FLASH CD without a HDD installed, restoring the BIOS and trying another W7 install.
But: This is nearly the same what I did when I installed W7 the first time.
Any ideas? Does anybody here had the same problem?
Thanx!
Kottan
Lenovo Solution Center System Info File
System Information Saturday, October 06, 2012 10:30:22Lenovo Solution Center System Info File
Full report
Operating system
Microsoft Windows 7 Professional
Service pack
Service Pack 1
Build number
7601
DirectX version
11
Windows directory
C:\Windows
System directory
C:\Windows\system32
System name
W530
User name
xxx
Base score
5.9
Processor subscore
7.6
Memory RAM subscore
7.7
Graphics aero subscore
6.7
Gaming graphics subscore
6.7
Primary disk subscore
5.9
Assessment state
Valid
Assessment date
10/05/2012 18:10
Windows Update
Automatic updates
True
Last checked
10/06/2012 10:20:17
System restore points
System restore enabled
False
Hard drives
TOSHIBA MK5061GSY
Vendor
(Standard disk drives)
Model number
TOSHIBA MK5061GSY
Serial number
8 U2TSN4TK
Firmware revision
MC10
Size
465.76
Marketed size
500GB
Temperature information
Temperature
0
Maximum temperature (Power cycle)
0
SMART attributes
Power cycles
100
Power on hours
100
Load cycle count
100
Reallocations
100
Pending reallocation count
100
Offline scan uncorrectable errors
100
Ultra DMA CRC errors
200
Start stop count
100
C:
Drive letter
C:
Serial number
D8E4D429
File system
NTFS
Volume capacity
465.54GB
Volume free space
402.93GB
Volume used space
62.60GB
Motherboard
System board
Manufacturer
LENOVO
Product
2441B32
BIOS
Vendor
LENOVO
ReleaseDate
08-09-2012
BIOS
G5ET33WW (1.11 )
SMBIOS
Version
LENOVO - 1110
Solved!
Go to Solution.
Hello,
The next BIOS release will solve this problem. It seems it has not been posted to the support website yet. Could you please e-mail me at [email protected]? I will reply on Monday with a link to the BIOS version you need. Sorry for this trouble.
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