Unlock All Settings In BIOS - Deputy P60

[nemesis]

I have the DEPUTY P60 notebook:
MSN: 40086127

Deputy P60 - MD62591

Product: NP50RND1

I am wondering how I could unlock all settings in the BIOS, specifically I am searching for settings that would change the GPU that is used by default. Right now the computer uses the integrated GPU on boot/startup, but I need the computer to always use the discrete GPU (RTX 4060) by default. I am using Linux and I have a problem where Linux cannot change to the discrete GPU because of a ACPI error which I have already made a thread about here, so changing what GPU is used by default should fix that. 

Link to the other thread about the ACPI error I am getting:
https://community.medion.com/t5/ERAZER-Gaming/Erazer-Deputy-P60-ACPI-BIOS-Error-bug-Could-not-resolv...

I have looked at one way of unlocking all settings in the BIOS, which involves accessing the UEFI shell and changing a variable by using "offset" values. Here are some webpages about that method which has been successfully been used on older Erazer Notebooks: 

Guide link: https://schnoog.eu/hobbies/erazer-crawler-e25-linux-with-bios-hacking
https://github.com/eebssk1/clevo-insyde-uefi-settings-show-all

But when following the guide from the "guide link", I cannot find this setting in the BIOS.efi file:

0xE3CD2 Setting: Setup Menu Insyde Full Show, Variable: 0x212.....
 0xE3CE3 Option: Hide, Value: 0x0 ....
 0xE3CEA Option: Show, Value: 0x1 ....

 I searched the file which is a text file of the SetupUtility body which has been extracted from the official BIOS update zip folder for Deputy P60. It can be found here:
https://www.medion.com/au/service/product-detail/30037831

But the SetupUtility body of this BIOS does not contain anything regarding "Setup menu Full show" or anything along those lines.

So this is how far I have come in this, I hope that someone else knows a fix to this problem which originally is an error which stops me from using my discrete GPU in Linux, but now is an issue of not being able to change what GPU is used in BIOS.

Any help is appreciated.

[Fishtown]

Hi @nemesis and welcome

do you mean this: discrete GPU only

bye Fishtown

[nemesis]

@FishtownYes that is the setting I am looking for. But the setting does not exist in my BIOS. I searched the BIOS source code: in the body: "SetupUtility" of the bios bin file there is a variable: "0xB1" named: "Display Mode, Variable: 0xB1" and there are three options available:

0x1CDB65 Option: Integrated GPU only, Value: 0x0

0x1CDB6E Option: Discrete GPU only, Value: 0x1

0x1CDB75 Option: MSHybrid, Value: 0x4 (default MDG)

How can I unlock all BIOS settings and change this setting to discrete GPU only?

[nemesis]

To be clear my BIOS does NOT have "Display Mode" under "Advanced Chipset Control". But it does contain the this exact setting in the source code of the BIOS, which means that Medion has made this setting hidden. I do wonder why, because it is against the customer to hide away features of the computer.

[Fishtown]

Hello @nemesis 
Which BIOS version do you have?
There is an update from October 31, 2024
ver. 1.07.04RME5

bye Fishtown

[nemesis]

@FishtownThese are the firmware and BIOS versions:

BIOS Version: 1.07.04RME5

KBC/EC Firmware Version: 1.07.02ME1

I updated the BIOS today and downloaded the BIOS zip package files from:
https://www.medion.com/au/service/product-detail/30037831

[nemesis]

The downloaded FF.inf file was last edited:

Wednesday, September 25, 2024 11:39:16 PM Central European Summer Time

So it should be the newest version. Though you say that a new version was made on October 2024? Maybe it is still the same file?

Interestingly the "Help" folder with the pictures showing what to do was last edited:

Thursday, October 31, 2024 10:31:41 AM Central European Standard Time

But all other files were edited in September.

[nemesis]

I have now contacted official Medion support and they responded with this:

"Unfortunately we will be unable to assist you with your request, as the BIOS on the device is locked, and we cannot unlock it."

Then I tried to change the GPU setting or any other setting in the UEFI shell command line prompt, which in order to access you need to do several steps which can be found here:

WARNING this may destroy your computer permanently:
Guide: https://schnoog.eu/hobbies/erazer-crawler-e25-linux-with-bios-hacking

But as it seems the BIOS is completely locked, it will give out an error when trying to change anything. So I had to look around again, and found out that if the BIOS is completely locked you can extract the BIOS update file (FF.inf), modify the relevant value/setting to true or false depending on the need, then repackage it and update the BIOS. This is as dangerous as the above mentioned method, but I will try it when I have the time. More information can be found here:

https://github.com/eebssk1/clevo-insyde-uefi-settings-show-all

I am really disappointed in Medion and will never understand why they choose to lock the BIOS. They should at least made it so that experienced users can unlock the BIOS and do whatever they want while accepting that the warranty will not cover the product any longer. To lock the BIOS is totally retarded, even from a business standpoint.