LA-8951P – Lenovo IdeaPad S400
The Lenovo IdeaPad S400, Lenovo IdeaPad S300 and Lenovo IdeaPad S300-LENOVO are built on the LA-8951P board designed by Compal. 9 files are indexed for this board: 4 BIOS files, 4 schematics and 1 EC firmware image.
Revisions seen in file names: 0.1 and 1.0. ODM project names: VIUS3 and VIUS4. First posted in March 2017 in BIOS Archive, Schematics & Boardviews Archive and Cyberlan Electronics.
BIOS dumps 4
Schematics 4
EC / KBC firmware 1
Board facts
| Board number | LA-8951P |
|---|---|
| Designed by | Compal |
| Platform group | LA-8 |
| ODM project | VIUS3, VIUS4 |
| Revisions | 0.1, 1.0 |
| EC / KBC chip | KB9012 |
| First seen | 2017-03-08 |
| Source channels | BIOS Archive, Schematics & Boardviews Archive, Cyberlan Electronics |
| About the number | Compal board numbers start with LA- for main boards and LS- for daughter boards. |
Laptops that use LA-8951P
- Lenovo IdeaPad S400
- Lenovo IdeaPad S300
- Lenovo IdeaPad S300-LENOVO
What these files are for
A BIOS dump is a full image of the board's SPI flash chip. It is written back with an SPI programmer when the original firmware is corrupted, after a chip replacement, or to recover from a failed update. Read and save the original chip first: serial number, DMI data and the Intel ME / AMD PSP state differ between boards.
A schematic is the circuit diagram of the main board: power rails, power-up sequence, component values and net names. It is the reference for measuring voltages and tracing a fault.
EC (embedded controller) firmware runs the keyboard controller, power sequencing, battery charging and fans. Depending on the board it lives in a separate chip (ENE KB9012, ITE IT85xx, Nuvoton NPCE) or inside the main SPI image, so check which applies before flashing.
Tools to open these files
| Format | What it is | Open with |
|---|---|---|
| .bin | raw SPI flash image | a CH341A, XGecu T48 / TL866II Plus or RT809H programmer |
| PDF schematic | any PDF reader; Sumatra PDF and Foxit handle large schematics well | |
| .rar | RAR archive | 7-Zip or WinRAR |
| .zip | ZIP archive | 7-Zip, WinRAR or the built-in Windows extractor |
Questions
Is there a boardview for LA-8951P?
No boardview has been indexed for LA-8951P yet; the schematic is available on this page.
Who designed the LA-8951P board?
LA-8951P is a Compal board number used by Lenovo.
Which laptops use the LA-8951P board?
Files in the catalog link LA-8951P to the Lenovo IdeaPad S400, Lenovo IdeaPad S300 and Lenovo IdeaPad S300-LENOVO.
Where do the download links go?
Each button opens the original public Telegram post the file was shared in. ChambersDesignInc.com only indexes and cross-references those posts.