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Onboard video device is still displayed after onboard video is disabled - Lenovo ThinkSystem (SR850 V2, SR860 V2, SD630 V2, SD650 V2, SD650-N V2,SR250 V2, SR258 V2,SR630 V2, SR650 V2, SR670 V2, ST650 V2 and ST658 V2)

Onboard video device is still displayed after onboard video is disabled

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Onboard video device is still displayed after onboard video is disabled

Symtom

Users may see that the system on-board video device is still displayed in OS after on-board video is disabled in the UEFI setup menu.

(where UEFI = Unified Extensible Firmware Interface)

 

Affected configurations

  • ThinkSystem SR850 V2, Type 7D33/7D32/7D31/7D41, any model
  • ThinkSystem SR860 V2, Type 7Z60/7Z59/7D42, any model
  • ThinkSystem SD630 V2, Type 7D1K, any model
  • ThinkSystem SD650 V2, Type 7D1M, any model
  • ThinkSystem SD650-N V2, Type 7D1N, any model
  • ThinkSystem SR250 V2, Type 7D7R, 7D7Q, any model
  • ThinkSystem SR258 V2, Type 7D7Q/7D7R/7D7S, any model
  • ThinkSystem SR630 V2, Type 7Z70/7Z71, any model
  • ThinkSystem SR650 V2, Type 7Z72/7Z73, any model
  • ThinkSystem SR670 V2, Type 7Z22/7Z23/7D47, any model
  • ThinkSystem ST650 V2, Type 7Z74/7Z75, any model
  • ThinkSystem ST658 V2, Type 7Z76, any model

 

Solution

This behavior will be corrected in a future release of UEFI.

The target date for this release is scheduled for First Quarter 2023.

The file is or will be available by selecting the appropriate Product Group, type of System, Product name, Product machine type, and Operating system on Lenovo Support web page, at the following URL:

     http://datacentersupport.lenovo.com/

 

Workaround

No workaround.

 

Additional Information

The issue is caused by an Intel Unified Board Abstraction (UBA) failure in UEFI platform code. It will be resolved in a future release of UEFI, which is scheduled for First quarter 2023.

 

Alias Id:104287
Document ID:HT514683
Original Publish Date:01/10/2023
Last Modified Date:08/02/2023