[GRLUG] OT: BIOS Flashing?

[Chris Lamrock]

Huh - well sounds like the $25.00 chip is the way to go - it's pits to wait 
though.

Sorry I couldn't help more!

-Chris

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <adderd at kkmfg.com>
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Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2006 10:25 AM
Subject: Re: [GRLUG] OT: BIOS Flashing?


> It's an HP laptop. Nearly no laptops have socketed bios but this one does.
> I  found info on bootblocking the bios to recover but it seems that this
> particular HP notebook has a socketed bios that you can change rather than
> having a bootblock. Apparently a lot of other HP notebooks have bootblocks
> though. I still tried the bookblock but no dice on that.
>
> I can order up another bios cheap really cheap ($25 for a programmed chip)
> but I was hoping to find something local so that I don't have to wait for
> shipping from California.
>
> If anyone else toasts their bios, biosman.com sells programmed bios chips
> for $25. That seems like a reasonable price to me.
>
>> Sorry man, my programmer won't do that family!  bummer..
>>
>> What kind of bios is that? AMI? AWARD? How old?  Most of the newer bios
>> chips have boot block bios recovery for just this situation - unless
>> that's
>> honked too.
>>
>> -Chris
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: <adderd at kkmfg.com>
>> To: "GRLUG general mailing list" <grlug at grandrapids-lug.org>
>> Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2006 8:57 AM
>> Subject: Re: [GRLUG] OT: BIOS Flashing?
>>
>>
>>> It is a PLCC mount flash chip. The numbers on it are:
>>>
>>> SST
>>> MPF
>>> 39SF040
>>> 70-4C-NH
>>> 0230039-D
>>>
>>> It is a 32Pin chip.
>>>
>>> Thanks!
>>>
>>>> I've got a programmer at home that does flash - If you can find out
>>>> what
>>>> chip it is exactly I can look and see if my programmer will do it...
>>>>
>>>> -Chris
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>> From: <adderd at kkmfg.com>
>>>> To: "GRLUG general mailing list" <grlug at grandrapids-lug.org>
>>>> Sent: Monday, January 02, 2006 11:07 AM
>>>> Subject: [GRLUG] OT: BIOS Flashing?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> This is offtopic but I don't know where else to ask... And my machine
>>>>> DOES
>>>>> run linux so...
>>>>>
>>>>> Does anyone know of anywhere local that will flash a BIOS chip for me?
>>>>> I
>>>>> tried to upgrade the bios in my laptop but it didn't go so well and
>>>>> now
>>>>> I'm dead in the water. I have the old bios so I can reflash it. My
>>>>> laptop
>>>>> actually has a socketed bios so I can remove it to reflash it. So all
>>>>> I
>>>>> need is someone with a flash programmer or someone adventurous enough
>>>>> to
>>>>> hot flash it for me. Thanks!
>>>>>
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