Thinkpad Edge 15 - Bricked during BIOS update

[novevite]

I have a Thinkpad Edge 15, model 0301-J6G. Last month I tried to update the BIOS using the files from the Lenovo Legacy Hardware site, using the Windows-based updater. After a bit the screen went black and the laptop became unresponsive; not knowing what to do, I waited a couple of hours and then powered it off.
From that moment on the laptop will not boot to bios, it just stays there with a black screen and full speed fans.

I already tried the CMOS battery thingy, to no effect. Does anyone know if there is a recovery mode of some sort, that lets me try to flash the BIOS through USB? The USB port gets power, so maybe all is not lost?

EDIT: on a side note, does anybody know the name pf the BIOS they put inside the Thinkpad Edge 15?

[Thinkpad4by3]

Likely, your board is fried unless you know how to flash the BIOS using wires directly soldered to the BIOS chip.

[RealBlackStuff]

See if this helps: https://forums.lenovo.com/t5/Lenovo-Ide ... -p/2210834

[novevite]

See if this helps: https://forums.lenovo.com/t5/Lenovo-Ide ... -p/2210834

It doesn't seem to be the same model
I cannot seem to find the "novo" button anywhere.

Does anybody know if there is a recovery mode for this specific laptop, or how to search for it?

[RealBlackStuff]

AFAIK it's a tiny opening on the left side, near the front, in which you push a paperclip or similar, to reset the laptop.

[novevite]

AFAIK it's a tiny opening on the left side, near the front, in which you push a paperclip or similar, to reset the laptop.

Ok so, it seems the Novo button is present in the "Lenovo Edge 15" laptop, not the "Lenovo Thinkpad Edge 15": they are totally different laptops , the second one is from 2009 I think, while the Edge 15 should be from 2014.

Here's the Lenovo Thinkpad Edge 15's side (it's not my laptop, but it's identical)
https://www.notebookcheck.it/fileadmin/ ... eb2b1f.jpg

And here's my laptop's left side, for posterity
https://i.imgur.com/Vnrz2zS.jpg


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[UglyStuff]

Hi,

I'm new to this forum, but come to think of it, I should have enlisted earlier, I had so many questions about my own Lenovo laptop. I'm sorry I can help with the topic at hand, because last time I upgraded the BIOS on my machine, it went without a hitch.

I have a question regarding the difference between Edge 15 and ThinkPad Edge 15, because I think I have the former (CPU is Intel Pentium P6100, came with 2GB of RAM, now up to 6GB, and a 500-GB rotating HDD that I replaced with a same-capacity Samsung SSD a few months ago), and I have a few issues with the fan behavior using TP Fan Control.

Can someone point me to a topic or thread that deals with that? I've searched the forum before posting, but as I said, I'm new here, so...

[tik34Load]

AFAIK it's a tiny opening on the left side, near the front, in which you push a paperclip or similar, to reset the laptop.

Ok so, it seems the Novo button is present in the "Lenovo Edge 15" laptop, not the "Lenovo Thinkpad Edge 15": they are totally different laptops , the second one is from 2009 I think, while the Edge 15 should be from 2014.

Here's the Lenovo Thinkpad Edge 15's side (it's not my laptop, but it's identical)
https://www.notebookcheck.it/fileadmin/ ... eb2b1f.jpg

And here's my laptop's left side, for posterity
https://i.imgur.com/Vnrz2zS.jpg


Please read the Forum Rules, especially Section 5: viewtopic.php?f=16&t=14339

Well that explains why it's so confusing searching for info on the one I got. I have the "Lenovo Thinkpad Edge 15" and I couldn't make sense of why they would release a laptop with the exact same name twice. I just assumed this thing was so bad lenovo wanted to act like it never existed or something.