In most cases you have to be an authorized technician to be able to get the software. 2200 Machine Type And Serial Number Are Invalid Lenovo Thinkpad Case Anyone out there by chance have this? Or any other suggestions? ThanksI wish I could be of more help, but there is a Utility needed to 'tattoo' the information. However, every where I look I can't find anything online. From all of the posts I have seen I need to get my hands on a Hardware Maintenance Disk. One that says 'Machine Type and Serial Number Invalid' and 'Machine UUID invalid'.
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2200 Machine Type And Serial Number Are Invalid Lenovo Thinkpad Pro When I start up the laptop I get a couple warnings. We ordered a new motherboard (not from Lenovo) and i have it placed in the laptop. Or any other suggestions? Justin.schlueter wrote:I needed to replace the Motherboard of a Lenovo Edge E531 laptop. I needed to replace the Motherboard of a Lenovo Edge E531 laptop.
It is, in fact, easy when you have the right tools. 1.83 wouldn't make either a bootable Flash Drive or a bootable Floppy.Thanx, RBS, and everyone else who tried to help. 1.75 of the Hardware Maintenance Diskette, as V. It took the purchase of a USB Floppy and finding V. RealBlackStuff wrote:You need to switch off completely (not restart/reboot), if you don't manage to press Escape in time.You should start hitting the Esc button the very moment you press the Power button.If you hit it in time, you should see some messages on your screen, after which it should boot into the HMD program.This Esc is done to remove the write-protect of the BIOS.I'm happy to report I finally got Machine Type/SN replaced.
Unfortunately, the error messages I get still suggests that the EEPROM is still write protected. Howeever, when I do, it boots straight into the utility.However, the 'COMMAND.COM' supplied with HMD is only 9kb, while the 'COMMAND.COM' supplied with Rufus is 90kb? If I copy over Rufus' COMMAND.COM the AUTOEXEC.BAT fix 'works' but it boots to a C: prompt.Ī 'DIR/W' command reveals a bunch of files with the two most interesting for my purposes are 'SERUPDT.EXE' and 'SERUPDT2.EXE', both of which have reasonably clear instructions for updating system EEPROM data. I have to manually enter the path to 'COMMAND.COM' which is right in the root directory and shouldn't be necessary. That's usually a problem with the MS-DOS 'PATH' command in 'AUTOEXEC.BAT', but 'fixing it' has no effect. If you make it with Rufus it's bootable but when it boots, it can't find ''. What's supposed to happen when I press escape anyway?Īnd what's IBM/Lenovo trying to accomplish by making what should be routine so difficult? Here I thought that replacing the mobo was going to be the hard part!ĭo you hit 'esc' one time or multiple times or do you hold it down continously? The following is going to really date me: As you probably know, making a bootable usb with the utility provided with the HMD doesn't work it isn't bootable. Pressing escape while the Lenovo logo wes showing had no effect, and when I disabled quick boot and enabled diagnostic boot the Lenovo logo went away altogether. However, I can't seem to get around the EEPROM write protect error. It must be easier to find the current nuclear launch codes! With that out of the way, I was able to find version 1.83 and, with Rufus, (thanks for that too) create a bootable usb drive to with which I made the invalid uuid go away.
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Are there truly no copies of this software anywhere? I can live with it as long as it boots, but it is worrying. My research suggests that a it is possible to 'Fix' this issue with software that's only obtainable by Lenovo field techs. I just replaced the motherboard on my W510 and now when it boots up I get the following errors:2200: Machine Type Invalid and Serial Number are invalid.2201: Machine UUID is InvalidAfter that, it goes on to boot 'normally'.
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