{Guide - Windows} Creating a custom Windows 10 ISO {Yoga Book-driver injection}

[tcarole]

Original Yoga Book Win10 Drivers

Yes that has been helpful, thank you. The fact that it says "No driver files are required or loaded for this device." says it all. Would you be willing to export your drivers and send me a copy?

Apologies for the delay in responding. I have uploaded a driverquery /V export of all the drivers on my machine as a text file as well as an .xlsx file. In all, 368 files totalling
just shy of 40MB. Before I attempt to upload a zip file of this file list (I doubt they would compress very much and as a relative newcomer to xda I may not be allowed to upload anything that large), take a look and let me know which of them would be useful to you.
P.S. A .rar file of the entire drivers directory copies 468 items and is 46.8 MB

 

[Sandman45654]

Apologies for the delay in responding. I have uploaded a driverquery /V export of all the drivers on my machine as a text file as well as an .xlsx file. In all, 368 files totalling
just shy of 40MB. Before I attempt to upload a zip file of this file list (I doubt they would compress very much and as a relative newcomer to xda I may not be allowed to upload anything that large), take a look and let me know which of them would be useful to you.
P.S. A .rar file of the entire drivers directory copies 468 items and is 46.8 MB

No worries my friend! I am glad you've responded though. 46.8 megs seems REALLY small as my export is over 750 megabytes! There is a nice and easy way to see if there are in fact any driver files used. Try running the following command using PowerShell with Admin rights. Right clicking the start button will give you an option for "Windows PowerShell (Admin)". The command prompt will not work for this. After running the command you will find a new folder located in the root of your C: drive named Drivers. Inside of that should be 32 separate folders. If you have 33 there are some sort of files associated with the Tool Device. If that happens to be the case I have written a command file that will delete any known drivers from the c:\drivers folder. You should be able to run Cleanup.CMD directly from the zip without extraction. The remaining folder should be the driver I've been hunting for. The files, once zipped should be small enough to attach here or to an email.

PowerShell command to export drivers:
Export-WindowsDriver -Destination "C:\Drivers" -Online
I look forward to any response and thank you very much for your effort thus far!

 

[Sandman45654]

Hi, thanks a lot for the tutorial and the resources! I came to the last step trying to boot my yoga book from usb and found out I cannot. Because I have an android version. So far all the google results are telling me I simply cannot use windows on the android version. Do you by chance know if there has been any update or work around? I have seen post about virtual windows hosted on the cloud (https://forum.xda-developers.com/yoga-book/how-to/virtual-windows-yoga-book-android-t3558088) but I don't really like that. Had seen somebody mentioned windows on the go USB. Will that work?

I hate to say it but I really don't see it happening. The BIOS would have to be heavily hacked to make this possible and the device isn't popular enough to gain the attention needed.

 

[Sandman45654]

Hello again. i have problem with SD Card. Today i recieved new Samsung EVO Plus Micro SDXC 128GB bis zu 100MB/s, Class 10 U3. When insert it in Yoga Book Windows. it does not recognise it. In Device does not appear. When in insert it in my Asus Rog it recognise it immeditally and i can acces the card. i put it back in yoga but it does not see the card. Please help. thanks

I had the same issue. Apparently the driver Windows recognizes does not support XC Cards (eXtended Capacity). Until I came across this tip. It's an older driver even for other Lenovo models but it did the job
https://forums.lenovo.com/t5/Yoga-B...d-limitation/m-p/4099376/highlight/true#M1433

That is odd as I have used both a 128GB and a 200GB micro sd card without issue! Which version of the Yoga Book do you and Jamespmi own? Is it the 64GB or the 128GB version? Mine is the original 64GB version.

 

[jamespmi]

That is odd as I have used both a 128GB and a 200GB micro sd card without issue! Which version of the Yoga Book do you and Jamespmi own? Is it the 64GB or the 128GB version? Mine is the original 64GB version.

I can only guess: are your SD Cards U1? The EVO Plus is U3 and in my case Windows 10 recognized the Card Reader Driver by itself but could not deal with XC U3 Cards. Well until I changed the driver with the mentioned one... but don't take my lines too serious, it's just what happened on my YB (first edition 64gb)

 

[Sandman45654]

I can only guess: are your SD Cards U1? The EVO Plus is U3 and in my case Windows 10 recognized the Card Reader Driver by itself but could not deal with XC U3 Cards. Well until I changed the driver with the mentioned one... but don't take my lines too serious, it's just what happened on my YB (first edition 64gb)

Looks like you were on the right track. I couldn't remember which spec the card used. XCI is compatible up to at least 200 GB if you need some extra storage.

 

[gnnmax]

the problems encountered with the complete image used in this discussion:

1- keyboard alone: ​​just after formatting works correctly, then you change any parameter in the application returns to lose the letters while you type and you have a delay in the vibration and in the sound feed
2- Hibernation: if you use only once and then make a complete switch-off goes well; if you make a hibernation twice in a row the pc hangs and you have to hold down the power button for a long time to restart
3- Youtube: watching for several minutes youtube movies from the browser (any browser) the view slows down a lot, can no longer decode the movies properly even lowering the quality of vision to a minimum
4-charged by PC on: in fact, the charge from a PC is virtually non-existent. even with the cable attached, if you make an intense use of the PC, the charge continues to go down forcing you to turn off the PC. from off it works correctly
5-keyboard with monitor closed: if I close the pc by disabling any type of standby the keyboard continues to squeeze random numbers without turning off. in the original version the monitor was turned off and the keyboard was deactivated without standby

I hope you can help me solve these problems that are very important for me, so that I can make this version almost perfect. thank you.

 

[jamespmi]

1- keyboard alone: ​​just after formatting works correctly, then you change any parameter in the application returns to lose the letters while you type and you have a delay in the vibration and in the sound feed

Don't understand the question

2- Hibernation: if you use only once and then make a complete switch-off goes well; if you make a hibernation twice in a row the pc hangs and you have to hold down the power button for a long time to restart

To me you messed up something in the settings. Never had an issue with STB or Hibernation

3- Youtube: watching for several minutes youtube movies from the browser (any browser) the view slows down a lot, can no longer decode the movies properly even lowering the quality of vision to a minimum

I think your settings sends the device in a power-saving mode. Also it's a well known problem with Chrome. On some devices you will probably need to use the h264ify extension. Google for "Chrome youtube stuttering" or similar... also set your Video Playback in W10-Settings under Battery options to Optimize for video quality or reproduce in lower resolution while on battery

4-charged by PC on: in fact, the charge from a PC is virtually non-existent. even with the cable attached, if you make an intense use of the PC, the charge continues to go down forcing you to turn off the PC. from off it works correctly

This is also a known behavior if your charger is not at least 5V / 3A and the cable not shielded nor thick enough...

5-keyboard with monitor closed: if I close the pc by disabling any type of standby the keyboard continues to squeeze random numbers without turning off. in the original version the monitor was turned off and the keyboard was deactivated without standby.

Again. Apparently something with your Energy settings is messed up and the device is apparently not been sent into STB. If I close my lid the YB goes immediately into STB. Opening takes like 1 second to wake it back up...

 

[gnnmax]

Don't understand the question

To me you messed up something in the settings. Never had an issue with STB or Hibernation
I think your settings sends the device in a power-saving mode. Also it's a well known problem with Chrome. On some devices you will probably need to use the h264ify extension. Google for "Chrome youtube stuttering" or similar... also set your Video Playback in W10-Settings under Battery options to Optimize for video quality or reproduce in lower resolution while on battery
This is also a known behavior if your charger is not at least 5V / 3A and the cable not shielded nor thick enough...
Again. Apparently something with your Energy settings is messed up and the device is apparently not been sent into STB. If I close my lid the YB goes immediately into STB. Opening takes like 1 second to wake it back up...

in practice when I re-install the keyboard, it unites correctly, if I change the brightness it seems as if you can reset it and go back to losing the letters as you type

---------- Post added at 07:33 PM ---------- Previous post was at 07:32 PM ----------

Don't understand the question

To me you messed up something in the settings. Never had an issue with STB or Hibernation
I think your settings sends the device in a power-saving mode. Also it's a well known problem with Chrome. On some devices you will probably need to use the h264ify extension. Google for "Chrome youtube stuttering" or similar... also set your Video Playback in W10-Settings under Battery options to Optimize for video quality or reproduce in lower resolution while on battery
This is also a known behavior if your charger is not at least 5V / 3A and the cable not shielded nor thick enough...
Again. Apparently something with your Energy settings is messed up and the device is apparently not been sent into STB. If I close my lid the YB goes immediately into STB. Opening takes like 1 second to wake it back up...

for the hibernation problem, what could I have messed up ?? I have only set the virtual memory to a fixed quota not managed by the system

---------- Post added at 07:34 PM ---------- Previous post was at 07:33 PM ----------

Don't understand the question

To me you messed up something in the settings. Never had an issue with STB or Hibernation
I think your settings sends the device in a power-saving mode. Also it's a well known problem with Chrome. On some devices you will probably need to use the h264ify extension. Google for "Chrome youtube stuttering" or similar... also set your Video Playback in W10-Settings under Battery options to Optimize for video quality or reproduce in lower resolution while on battery
This is also a known behavior if your charger is not at least 5V / 3A and the cable not shielded nor thick enough...
Again. Apparently something with your Energy settings is messed up and the device is apparently not been sent into STB. If I close my lid the YB goes immediately into STB. Opening takes like 1 second to wake it back up...

for the hibernation problem, what could I have messed up ?? I have only set the virtual memory to a fixed quota not managed by the system

---------- Post added at 07:35 PM ---------- Previous post was at 07:34 PM ----------

Don't understand the question

To me you messed up something in the settings. Never had an issue with STB or Hibernation
I think your settings sends the device in a power-saving mode. Also it's a well known problem with Chrome. On some devices you will probably need to use the h264ify extension. Google for "Chrome youtube stuttering" or similar... also set your Video Playback in W10-Settings under Battery options to Optimize for video quality or reproduce in lower resolution while on battery
This is also a known behavior if your charger is not at least 5V / 3A and the cable not shielded nor thick enough...
Again. Apparently something with your Energy settings is messed up and the device is apparently not been sent into STB. If I close my lid the YB goes immediately into STB. Opening takes like 1 second to wake it back up...

for the hibernation problem, what could I have messed up ?? I have only set the virtual memory to a fixed quota not managed by the system

 

[Sandman45654]

I really want to thank you for helping with some very good answers so far Jamespmi. I am unfortunately about to head into work and don't have much time but I just read the latest posts and wanted to post a couple other tidbits for now.

The issue with the screen causing the keyboard to type when closed is normal and unavoidable if you disable sleep. This is due to the fact that both work off of touch.

As far as the charging issue as Jamespmi said if you are using less than 12 volts at 3 amps (possibly two can't remember for sure) you will lose charge while charging and using the laptop.

When I get home I will take a better look and post any other information I can offer. One thing to double-check is the device manager. Make sure all drivers were installed. You can right-click the start menu for easy access to the device manager. Not to sound like I am passing the buck here but if all drivers are installed, the issues weren't caused by the pre-built ISO. Only one setting is changed from the Windows defaults. That is to prevent a bug in Windows that can cause webcam issues.

You can disable hibernation if you don't use it. I don't myself as the speed of the hard drive is less than stellar. You can run the following command from an elevated command prompt to disable it if you decide to do so.

powercfg -h off

 

[Sandman45654]

Sorry about the delay. I fell asleep with two laptops on my stomach. I'll get back with you Gnnmax in the near future.

 

[Sandman45654]

@gnnmax

1. I am assuming you are talking about the Halo keyboard control app. Which settings are you changing from the defaults? I always bump the both the vibration and the brightness up one notch. I also lower the timeout down to one minute. I have installed Windows more times in the last six months than I have in the last twenty-five years and I have yet to encounter any issues with any sort of delay or missed characters.

2. Hibernation works by saving all of the contents of ram to the hard drive. The eMMC (hard drive) included with the Yoga Book is not the fastest thing in the world. If the pen light is lit up that means the pc hasn't fully shutdown or hibernated yet. In this state (which is normal due to the speed) you will have to hold the power button for ten seconds to force a shutdown. Next time you try hibernation wait until both the pen light and the charge port lights are off before trying to use hibernation a second time.

3. Make sure the video drivers are properly installed using the device manager. We can go from there after you let me know.

4. You haven't post whether or not you are using the stock charger. If not that is you issue. This charger does in fact charge at 12vdc @ 2 amps. If you no longer have the stock charger you can charge with a good two amp charger with the YB powered off for a quicker charge.

5. As I mentioned before both the keyboard and screen are capacitive. With sleep or hibernation disabled there is enough of a charge for either one to trigger the other. It also affects the screen. I see that you've said that it worked previously but I haven't seen that behavior myself. I will do some playing around in a bit to see if I can make it happen.

EDIT: Once in the past I had this issue. Now it doesn't seem to be an issue as long as you change two settings (see image below). If that doesn't help try wiping the keyboard and screen down real good. There may be something tiny causing phantom touches.

 

[fredhutt]

Sooooo thank you

Sandman, thank you.
I always felt I was never getting enough out of my yogabook. I thought it was how I used it! many hard thoughts a few bottles of wine an nights.. It was the way I had set it up!!!! simplez...err NOT it was a insumountable struggle. Until I found your posts...

Sooooo thank you!!! All happy all up and OMG its lightning quick ( relativively ) now that it's not trrying to sync with the Borg....

Cheers

PC.

 

[Sandman45654]

Sandman, thank you.
I always felt I was never getting enough out of my yogabook. I thought it was how I used it! many hard thoughts a few bottles of wine an nights.. It was the way I had set it up!!!! simplez...err NOT it was a insumountable struggle. Until I found your posts...

Sooooo thank you!!! All happy all up and OMG its lightning quick ( relativively ) now that it's not trrying to sync with the Borg....

Cheers

PC.

I am truly flattered and glad that this has helped you get more out of your Yoga Book. Once trimmed and tuned up it really is a great little machine. The more you use it the more Windows will tweak to your use patterns. Considering my phone that was released around the same has better specs (2.4ghz quadcore, 6GB ram, 256GB of FAST UFS storage) I am really surprised it runs as well as it does. I have even done some gaming on it! Spore, GTA VC, and even the Dolphin emulator work pretty well.

 

[Calamulus]

Dreaded sleep/wake issue

First of all apologies for this maybe off topic post. Second, immense thanks to Sandman for this great guide and ISO.

I got myself a windows yoga book a couple of weeks ago and it is an awesome machine; I so want to love it, but i'm plaged by the issue where often it won't wake after going into connected standby (apparently, the only sleep state available...). After trying to fix it for a week I installed this brilliant ready to go windows in hopes it would help me, but to no avail. I've scoured every thread I've found, and tried everything I can think of: mess with power settings, enable/disable sleep, hibernation and fast boot in all combinations possible, update and regress drivers (mainly wifi and video) but it still happens regulary (though not always). I am currently on this ISO + updates for video from intel + windows updates.

Everytime it happens sleep study shows an abnormal shutdown which is me longpressing the power button to shut it down and reset it. There is never any crash report or message in the event log previous to my manual reset. No minidump either. Weird thing is that when it happens the device wont even charge (no charger light) when plugged in, and upon restarting the windows clock seems to have skipped the lost time: if it "freezes" around, say 10 am, and I reset it at 5pm when I notice it's fubar, the clock will display around 10am until it auto updates through ntp.

The only common link I can find is an application message that states: "svchost (3664,G,98) The beta feature EseDiskFlushConsistency is enabled in ESENT due to the beta site mode settings 0x800000". This seems to always be the last message before the "crash". A quick search shows plenty of threads everywhere of similar problems associated to that message, but nothing concrte and no clear solution.

Does anyone still experience this issue? Was it ever solved for good? I've resorted to just hibernating for now, bt it's a buzz killer.

 

[Sandman45654]

First of all apologies for this maybe off topic post. Second, immense thanks to Sandman for this great guide and ISO.

I got myself a windows yoga book a couple of weeks ago and it is an awesome machine; I so want to love it, but i'm plaged by the issue where often it won't wake after going into connected standby (apparently, the only sleep state available...). After trying to fix it for a week I installed this brilliant ready to go windows in hopes it would help me, but to no avail. I've scoured every thread I've found, and tried everything I can think of: mess with power settings, enable/disable sleep, hibernation and fast boot in all combinations possible, update and regress drivers (mainly wifi and video) but it still happens regulary (though not always). I am currently on this ISO + updates for video from intel + windows updates.

Everytime it happens sleep study shows an abnormal shutdown which is me longpressing the power button to shut it down and reset it. There is never any crash report or message in the event log previous to my manual reset. No minidump either. Weird thing is that when it happens the device wont even charge (no charger light) when plugged in, and upon restarting the windows clock seems to have skipped the lost time: if it "freezes" around, say 10 am, and I reset it at 5pm when I notice it's fubar, the clock will display around 10am until it auto updates through ntp.

The only common link I can find is an application message that states: "svchost (3664,G,98) The beta feature EseDiskFlushConsistency is enabled in ESENT due to the beta site mode settings 0x800000". This seems to always be the last message before the "crash". A quick search shows plenty of threads everywhere of similar problems associated to that message, but nothing concrte and no clear solution.

Does anyone still experience this issue? Was it ever solved for good? I've resorted to just hibernating for now, bt it's a buzz killer.

Thanks for the props, much appreciated! This is actually the first I have heard of this issue on any pc. I will do some digging around in a bit and get back with you. Two things you've said did catch my attention. The first thing is the age of the laptop. I would try for an exchange to exclude any possible hardware issues. I am assuming, again by age that it is the 128GB version. I do not know if there were more changes than the drive or not but either way, as you know you should not be having this issue. The second thing that caught my eye was "connected standby". Have you tried the registry tweak to disable the feature? I have included two (zipped) registry files to enable/disable connected standby. If not I would definitely try this first. I would reboot before sleeping to make sure it has taken affect. If that fails I would also try to enter airplane mode or even removing the wifi driver from the device manager before trying to put the pc to sleep. The latter would obviously not be a fix but may help point in the right direction. I will get back to you after I do a little research on the issue. Best of luck. I hope the registry tweak does the trick.

 

[Calamulus]

Hey Sandman! It's actually a 64gb version, from South America. I guess they didn't sell that well over here and I got an older one at a recent sale.

I've tried disabling connected standby; it was one of the first fixes I tried, but without it enabled I have zero sleep options; none, nada. Completely gone from power options, so I can't put it to sleep.
You're telling me this shouldn't be the case? There's something definitely wrong then. When I disable connected standby a lot of power options do become available in the power plan, just none of them are sleep-related which I found odd. I've tried making new power plans and reseting the default one but it doesn't make a difference.

The plot thickens.

PS. Bios is also the latest 22 version.

 

[samozen]

That is odd as I have used both a 128GB and a 200GB micro sd card without issue! Which version of the Yoga Book do you and Jamespmi own? Is it the 64GB or the 128GB version? Mine is the original 64GB version.

hello again. sorry for the Delay. As a Doctor in Medicine small time for online. So my Yoga Book is the 64 Gb. YB1/X91L. i have Samsung 128Gb SD Card and another one 64 Gb an both are not recognized in Yoga book. but in my Asus both work fine. could it be some technical problem? default device?

 

[samozen]

Some Update for my SD Card reader Problem. I send my unit to Lenovo last week an i supposed tomorrow ti arrive. I will let you know what did they do.

Update:05.07.2018
So i received my YogaBook repaired and it can read my SD Card now. Thanks to all. Is there any Info for the Anther Tool in Device Manger ?

 

[tamtc84]

help me: my problem boot with sdcard

I have yoga book x91f. I plug sdcard 128gb to usb reader and connect usb reader to OTG. Setup win 10 1803 to usb reader with EFI . Boot into win 10 ok, detect everything. I remove OTG and plug sdcard 128gb (from usb reader) into sd tray on yoga book. It can't boot to win, it alway goto recovery.
Please help me fix it or change boot yogo book to mbr. Thank you very much.