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by Nikos1974
Sun Nov 29, 2015 3:37 pm
Forum: Notebook BIOS and other problems
Topic: Replace lenovo bios with legacy bios
Replies: 7
Views: 5129

Re: Replace lenovo bios with legacy bios

The problem with your Lenovo is that it was never designed for that, the old bios was just there because they had it available and security was an afterthought (Lenovo, SuperFish anyone?). Pretty sure it was a legacy award bios, but I don't if windows vista software installed the bios or the bios w...
by Nikos1974
Sat Nov 28, 2015 7:24 pm
Forum: Notebook BIOS and other problems
Topic: Replace lenovo bios with legacy bios
Replies: 7
Views: 5129

Re: Replace lenovo bios with legacy bios

in this day and age with ransomware all over the place and every other posting going about yet another hacked system, most people DO want some security and certainly most average computer users DO NEED extra security. Would you let a 4 year old cross the street without any protection? That is what ...
by Nikos1974
Fri Nov 27, 2015 4:36 pm
Forum: Notebook BIOS and other problems
Topic: Replace lenovo bios with legacy bios
Replies: 7
Views: 5129

Re: Replace lenovo bios with legacy bios

Does an OEM efi bios add a redundancy level to the bios, or does it write over the legacy bios thus replacing it? From some research I think it is the first case and that if you remove the windows boot manager, then system boots in legacy mode. Does anyone know anything about this? With vista and le...
by Nikos1974
Wed Nov 25, 2015 2:03 pm
Forum: Notebook BIOS and other problems
Topic: Replace lenovo bios with legacy bios
Replies: 7
Views: 5129

Re: Replace lenovo bios with legacy bios

http://support.lenovo.com/nl/nl/downloads/ds002212 f you update to the BIOS version 2.07-1.08 or later, you are not able to get back to the older BIOS versions. So you need to find one previous to that. The earliest in the EOL download section at Lenovo is 2.24 https://download.lenovo.com/eol/index...
by Nikos1974
Mon Nov 23, 2015 2:51 pm
Forum: Notebook BIOS and other problems
Topic: Replace lenovo bios with legacy bios
Replies: 7
Views: 5129

Replace lenovo bios with legacy bios

Hi. I have a lenovo r61 15.4 widescreen model with a lenovo 2.29-1.08 bios. My mainboard is lenovo 8919WB5, with intel chipset PM965 rev C0. I use windows vista 32 home basic 32bit OS. Intel mobile core 2 duo T8100 CPU. I used to have a legacy bios but updated all my drivers from the lenovo support ...