Lenovo Y700 Unlocking NVMe Gen3 Speeds

After a Little research on the topic I found that the Lenovo Y700 is factory set to Nvme gen 2 speeds. A simple google search and you can find various explanations for why thta is. My conclusion is that Lenovo sets it to Gen2 speeds to conserve battery life a little better but in doing so you sacrifice Gen3 Nvme speeds.

So, since you cant change to gen3 using any type of bios update that i know of yet. I had to dig a little deaper into the subject.

I found a bios tool called Insyde H2OUVE. this software is a bios binary editor. more about this software here

https://www.insyde.com/press_news/press-releases/i...

So lets get this tutorial started!

WARNING I DO NOT HOLD MYSELF RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGES THAT CAN OCCUR USING THIS GUIDE. PLEASE MAKE THE FOLLOWING CHANGES IN THE BIOS AT YOUR OWN RISK.

RUN A BENCHMARK TO SEE WHERE YOU SIT IN THE NVME SPEEDS AND TAKE NOTE SO YOU CAN RUN ANOTHER AFTER YOU CHANGE THE BIOS CAP

• Nvme M.2 istallled in machine
• crystal disk mark benchmarking to test speeds before and after the bios change
• Insyde H2OUVE

https://crystalmark.info/en/software/crystaldiskma...

http://www.mediafire.com/file/hpw6526gjqyhnxe/H2OU...

DISABLE ANTIVIRUS INLCUDIING WINDOWS DEFENDER BECAUSE WINDOWS WILL THINK H2OUVE TOOL IS MALWARE.

Extract the archive H2OUVE.rar directly on the Desktop and copy the H2OUVE folder directly on the disk C:\

Then run the Command prompt as Administrator and execute these commands:

cd \

cd H2OUVE

H2OUVE.exe -gv vars.txt

After each command press the Enter button.

After that, you'll have the file "vars.txt" in H2OUVE folder.

DO NOT CLOSE COMMAND PROMPT YET

in the C:\ drive where you placed the HOUVE folder there should now be a file called "vars"

Using
notepad search for "00000C10: 02" verify that it is located in the setup section.

"Setup"

GUID: A04A27F4-DF00-4D42-B552-39511302113D

Attributes: 0x7

DataSize: 0xFA0

This section is near the end of the extracted variable file

Edit so that it reads "00000C10: 03" DO NOT CHANGE ANYTHING ELSE you have been warned.

save the file

NOTE:

00000C10: 02 is PCi2 Gen2 Nvme speeds changing it to 03 enables it to run and PCi3 Gen 3 speeds. for what i know the lenovo y700 cant be changed to Gen 4 speeds so changing it 04 wont do anything and you run the risk of corrupting the bios

• if you need help changing or figuring out what to change email me the vars file gcmecatronica@gmail.com

in comand prompt type the following

H2OUVE.exe -sv vars.txt

enter

Some warnings will be show that not all variables could be updated (no choice but to ignore them) lucky that the setup variables was not one of them.

dont close command prompt just yet

in command prompt type the following to check if the bios was updated to Nvme Gen3

H2OUVE.exe -gv vars2.txt

Check that setup variable C10 is now 03, Reboot and enjoy the full performance of your NVMe drive

RUN THE BENCHMARK AFTER REBOOT TO CAMPARE THE RESULTS FORM THE PREVIOUS BENCHMARK.

Finally

no more performance CAP! enjoy.

Also works
for the Y700-17ISK