DAKL3AMB8G1 – Lenovo IdeaPad Y560

The Lenovo IdeaPad Y560 is built on the DAKL3AMB8G1 board designed by Quanta. The catalog lists 2 files for it: 1 BIOS file, 1 schematic and 1 EC firmware image.

Revisions seen in file names: G. The earliest file dates from February 2023 (BIOS Archive, Schematics & Boardviews Archive and Cyberlan Electronics).

BIOS dumps 1

FileSizeRevAddedSource
7.2 MB
G
Get on Telegram BIOS Archive

Schematics 1

FileSizeRevAddedSource
1.5 MB
G
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Board facts

Board numberDAKL3AMB8G1
Designed byQuanta
Platform groupKL3A
Also known asQuanta KL3A
RevisionsG
First seen2023-02-14
Source channelsBIOS Archive, Schematics & Boardviews Archive, Cyberlan Electronics
About the numberQuanta board numbers follow the pattern DA + project code + MB + suffix, where the second-to-last letter is the PCB revision.

Laptops that use DAKL3AMB8G1

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

FormatWhat it isOpen with
.pdfPDF schematicany PDF reader; Sumatra PDF and Foxit handle large schematics well
.rarRAR archive7-Zip or WinRAR
.binBIOS image inside the archive (usually .bin)a CH341A, XGecu T48 / TL866II Plus or RT809H programmer

Questions

Is there a boardview for DAKL3AMB8G1?

No boardview has been indexed for DAKL3AMB8G1 yet; the schematic is available on this page.

Who designed the DAKL3AMB8G1 board?

DAKL3AMB8G1 is a Quanta board number used by Lenovo.

Which laptops use the DAKL3AMB8G1 board?

Files in the catalog link DAKL3AMB8G1 to the Lenovo IdeaPad Y560.

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.