[REQUEST] ThinkPad W520 BIOS Mod for Atheros/Broadcom

[nightalon]

Hi all,

 

 

Does anyone have the hacked BIOS (WIFI whitelist removed) from 1.22 for the Lenovo ThinkPad W520? I just bought a W520 last week, and I'm trying to upgrade the half-height WIFI module to a MacOS-compatible one. I have BIOS 1.25, so I don't even know if a downgrade is possible.

 

The Zender-BIOS site only has olde BIOSes. Please note that I pay for Windows so I am NOT looking for a SLIC-modified BIOS. I just want WIFI in MacOS.

 

 

Many thanks,

Barrett

[LatinMcG]

request ? this isnt my digital life lol.

[nightalon]

Haha, very true. I tried there, but it seems that the feds have shut all those guys down for their penchant to hack BIOSes and SLICs to allow free activation for Windows. Too bad, since I actually think this is a legitimately useful pursuit: eliminating BIOS locks on which MiniPCI-E cards can and can't be installed in a given laptop.

[nightalon]

I posted this on MYDL forums...in case anyone would like to help here first:

 

-Manufacturer: Lenovo (previously IBM)

- ThinkPad W520

- Part Number: 4270CT0

-Bios revision: 1.26 (8BET46WW)

-Bios Type: Phoenix EFI

-Bios Download Link: http://download.lenovo.com/ibmdl/pub/pc/pc...es/8buj06us.exe

-Current original card (like): PCI\VEN_10EC&DEV_8176&SUBSYS_819510EC&REV_01

-Card to be added (like): Atheros AR9382 (not arrived yet); Ericsson F3607gw/Sierra Wireless 8792 HSUPA

 

BIOS Backup from running install: http://www.sendspace.com/file/l70hro

RW-Everything ACPI Table dump: http://www.sendspace.com/file/x814x4

 

I tried using the Phoenix BIOS Mod Tool 1.90 and Endeer's PhoenixMod tool, but I don't get the BIOSCOD0*.rom files; just a lot of files with UUID.rom names.

 

Please remove the whitelist from my BIOS! I will be most grateful, as it will allow me WIFI access in MacOS X 10.7 Lion.