Lenovo ideaPad Y560 BIOS Recovery [ Edited ]

[goliav]

thank you very much for your help.i was having the same issue and it really helped me to fix it.

i just formatted 256 mb flash to fat system and plugged it to the usb/esata port.

then waited 1-2 minutes computer starts automatically.

removed the usb, then everything is ok now.

Большое спасибо за помощь. После неудачной прошивки БИОС мне это помогло.

Флешку 256 мб форматировал в ФАТ.

Вставлять необходимо в гнездо справа, там где ESATA/USB.

Прошивалось примерно 1-2 минуты, после чего ноут сам выключился.

Вытащил флешку, запустил и всё ОК.

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[markozutic]

Ok listen up
this is what happens
1.method
I plug in 1gb(4gb) flash into any port of my computer witch is working atm with bios 59.
I start Phoneix Crysiswith compatibility mode on XP SP2 ( SP3 acts same)
I run it as administrator
I disable my kaspersky antivirus
I click start
It says to remove it,
I remove it
click ok
Plug it back in
click no
Flash is still empty! (was formated as fat on windows)
but when i format it as NTFS on widnows,
on same procedure flash is having ~800mb busy, but when try to boot it it doesnt starts loading new bios into computer
and i have to manualy restart computer, bios is still at 59

i tryed to copy those 3 files on flash too - didnt help..
What to do?

[jason30]

@markozutic

if you have other computer try it there to make flash usb (XP better).

[markozutic]

@jason30 Thanks for suggestion, i created usb boot disk from an XP machine and now it worked

[jason30]

@markozutic
happy to hear that. Finally you got it.

[enochca1]

dear Credence,

 I have the problem with y460 upgrade BIOS from 27CN58WW to new 27CN71WW, after restart the display show black screen with lenovo and phoenix bios, so can i use this methode to fix and back the Bios to 27cn58ww version?

please advice because now my laptop in service centre waiting to replace the new motherboard like tehnichian said to me.

thanks and regards,

enoch-Jakarta

[yigit]

@ enochca1
you can use it, just make sure you replaced your bios instead of y560.

[enochca1]

Dear Yigit,

Thanks and i will contact my service centre to try this.

kind regards,

enoch

[Ampulse]

THANK YOU SO MUCH!

I was already looking for CMOS Pins or the Battery. This thread needs to have much more google keywords, I found it after two hours. So here we go, I hope it helps someone else:

Y560 Bios stuck after update

Y560 Phoenis Bios freeze

Y560 Bios upgrade broken

Y560 Bios upgrade failed

Flash Bios on Y560 

Reset Bios on Y560

Y560 Bios Crash crashed

Anyway, THANKS for this solution! I used a 2gb stick and the first two links provided and everything went very good.

[na1k]

Hello there!

Just yesterday my Y560 got messed somehow while flashing BIOS (71 to 59 because of overheating issues). The flashing completed succesfully (at least that's what the message box said) and computer was about to restart. The Windows shut down, but the computer never really turned off. It just stucked with black screen and some LEDs lighting. After about 15 minutes I turned it off manually.

Since that, the computer is dead. It doesn't respond to AC power, battery plugging in/out and of course not even the power button :-(

I followed the instructions here, but after Fn+R + power btn nothing happened. Here is what I did (on my XP desktop):

1. Downloaded and extracted Crysis Tool. Downloaded BIOS (tried both 59 and 71) and moved the xxx.wph to the Crysis directory as bios.wph.
2. Plugged in an 2GB USB stick and went Start -> Ok -> Ok -> No. The stick had its capacity reduced and contained 3 files.
3. Plugged in AC power and battery and USB stick.
4. Held Fn+R and with the other hand pressed the power button.
5. Nothing happened.

Did I do anything wrong? In some other rescue topic someone suggested to hold Fn+B, then plug AC (battery still out) and then press the power. But that didn't help either.

Could it be because of battery which is not at 100%? I used long life mode, so I guess it never got to the full power. Unfortunately I don't think the battery would charge now when the computer is dead.

How comes that everyone else succeeded and I didn't? What's the difference here?

Any help appreciated, thanks