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BIOS is nuts in Lenovo M5400...

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A friend of mine got aftermarket Lenovo M5400, got custom RAM, one from ADATA, another from Kingston, all 4 GBs 1600 MHz, no problems with that though. Got it for a week or less. When he bought it, it worked fine. Almost. Until display decided to turn off. Not a problen, fixed. Friend decided to update drivers. Done, but perfomance downgraded so strong, so he deleted them and reinstalled old ones. Didn't reset the system though. Now it isn't even going to turn on.

The thing is, when stock HDD is installed, BIOS doesn't load, no responce from F1 too... Take it out, and it boots up. Unfortunately, couldn't start RemixOS from USB Drive, but at least I could run BIOS setup.

Tried to remove both batteries for a long period of time, didn't help to reach BIOS Setup, but it worked once...

Already formatted Win partition of drive, didn't format second part. Didn't help, need to install 8.1 from USB (before was installed Win 10 10240).

What can I do? Ran out of ideas...

Purify your Windows 10/11, don't give Microsoft anything that you don't want to share.

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1ZwVs9zrM493rjD42E2Pf0YcOkaW92ZUo

Tips for folding on laptop:

Lazy man wants upgrades from the sky.

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have you tried ALL SATA ports and different cables? that could be a thing

I spent $2500 on building my PC and all i do with it is play no games atm & watch anime at 1080p(finally) watch YT and write essays...  nothing, it just sits there collecting dust...

Builds:

The Toaster Project! Northern Bee!

 

The original LAN PC build log! (Old, dead and replaced by The Toaster Project & 5.0)

Spoiler

"Here is some advice that might have gotten lost somewhere along the way in your life. 

 

#1. Treat others as you would like to be treated.

#2. It's best to keep your mouth shut; and appear to be stupid, rather than open it and remove all doubt.

#3. There is nothing "wrong" with being wrong. Learning from a mistake can be more valuable than not making one in the first place.

 

Follow these simple rules in life, and I promise you, things magically get easier. " - MageTank 31-10-2016

 

 

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Just now, Bananasplit_00 said:

have you tried ALL SATA ports and different cables? that could be a thing

In LAPTOP? There's only 1 SATA port, btw...

Purify your Windows 10/11, don't give Microsoft anything that you don't want to share.

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1ZwVs9zrM493rjD42E2Pf0YcOkaW92ZUo

Tips for folding on laptop:

Lazy man wants upgrades from the sky.

https://stats.foldingathome.org/donor/Spakes

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Just now, Spakes said:

In LAPTOP? There's only 1 SATA port, btw...

well sometimes laptops have more then 1 SATA port, forgot about that they plug straight into the motherboard in almost every laptop ever tho. well do you have another harddrive at hand?

I spent $2500 on building my PC and all i do with it is play no games atm & watch anime at 1080p(finally) watch YT and write essays...  nothing, it just sits there collecting dust...

Builds:

The Toaster Project! Northern Bee!

 

The original LAN PC build log! (Old, dead and replaced by The Toaster Project & 5.0)

Spoiler

"Here is some advice that might have gotten lost somewhere along the way in your life. 

 

#1. Treat others as you would like to be treated.

#2. It's best to keep your mouth shut; and appear to be stupid, rather than open it and remove all doubt.

#3. There is nothing "wrong" with being wrong. Learning from a mistake can be more valuable than not making one in the first place.

 

Follow these simple rules in life, and I promise you, things magically get easier. " - MageTank 31-10-2016

 

 

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Just now, Bananasplit_00 said:

well sometimes laptops have more then 1 SATA port, forgot about that they plug straight into the motherboard in almost every laptop ever tho. well do you have another harddrive at hand?

Yeah, in another laptop, which is busy right now, gonna try it later.

Purify your Windows 10/11, don't give Microsoft anything that you don't want to share.

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1ZwVs9zrM493rjD42E2Pf0YcOkaW92ZUo

Tips for folding on laptop:

Lazy man wants upgrades from the sky.

https://stats.foldingathome.org/donor/Spakes

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