Update Bios With Usb Hp
Jasmine Lemaitre
Hi, I am new to this forum. Thank you so much for the detailed info and It is very helpful.
Can you please clear my doubts.
1) I would like to flash my Intel mobo chip. I have only the ".bio" file (955 KB) not the ".bin" file. Can I Use this ".bio" file to flash?
( My mobo is very oldDG35EC, please see the attached image of the chip)
2) Did the device and software support the chip in the image?
@junjoo - Thanks for keeping this up to date, and for all the added new stuff in latest update!!
@doripto - Sounds like you may have 1.8v adapter setup wrong, please check the updated parts of the guide on page one if you have not already.
You may also need to connect PSU cables, and or main battery if laptop (or remove both, or only one of either etc), keep at it, you will get it.
The chip you mentioned is 1.8V, but only 4mBIT / 512KB, are you sure that is your target chip?
If this is on graphics card, you may need to remove the chip, or put the card in a system with power connected (NOT POWERED ON) and try again
The only annoying thing is I cannot navigate the BIOS menu for some tweaking because the BIOS not shown on the external monitor, instead, it only shown on the broken laptop screen, and it only output to my external monitor when Windows/OS is logged-on.
Most laptops detect a closed lid with a magnet and a sensor. There is a small magnet probably somewhere on the top edge of the screen, and a sensor in the area of the body of the laptop that it would be near when closed. You can use a small refrigerator magnet placed on the sensor to trick the laptop into thinking it's always closed, while still having access to keyboard and buttons.
You say you're having problems trying to get the "boot with lid closed" method working; I just want to make sure you're actually trying to boot with the lid closed, and not pressing the power button/quickly closing the lid.
I had a this problem with a 2011 ASUS A53SV laptop which has a broken screen. The laptop was being used like a desktop with an external monitor. It had an old hard drive, and I wanted to upgrade it to an SSD.
After taking the battery out and putting it back in, I followed this by doing the following: got Ubuntu on a DVD and took the hard drive out so only Ubuntu would boot from the DVD drive (afterwards I found out that the BIOS didn't allow booting from USB), then tried pressing F8 to switch display in an HDMI and then DVI connection. Only the DVI-to- monitor connection worked for this laptop, but it was relieving to see the BIOS on the screen for the first time after spamming F2. It may be notable that the laptop motherboard was connected to the broken screen via display cable when this occurred.
Finally, I cloned the OS, Windows 7, from the old hard drive onto the new SSD and put in the new SSD. After putting in the SSD, W7 was bootable right from the start, and I was able to reinstall W7 via DVD.
Had the same problem with my HP laptop. Tried closing the lid, F4, etc, but they did't work for me. It was booting into the Windows login screen, but refused to output anything to HDMI during neither startup nor login.
I connected the HDMI cable before starting up, then repeatedly hit the ESC key during POST (right after power is turned on; this directs you to the page for selecting boot options), which somehow routed the display to the external display, and I was able to navigate into BIOS accordingly on my external display.
I tricked my laptop into thinking it had a closed lid by placing a magnetic strip along the front part (of the bottom half), and it worked! It let me enter BIOS the usual way (depending on your laptop, of course) and automatically showed it on the external monitor.
I have an Elitebook 850 G3 with drive encryption active. I am not really familiar with the set up of this but am guessing that it must be suspended to update the BIOS. Since I get a message about suspending Bitlocker DE before updating the BIOS (which we're not using), I'm guessing that I must suspend HP drive encryption for the BIOS upgrade to work also. I have looked in HP Client Security for a suspend option but don't see anything and don't want to play around too much with it in fear of running into issues. So, does encryption have to be suspended to do this and if so, where is this done? Thanks, Todd
Trust me, you definitely don't want to or need to update your BIOS. Personally, I do not recommend you do it unless you experience some issues with your existing BIOS and you are sure that the new BIOS will fix it.
General recommendation I provide to users/customers is NOT to upgrade BIOS/UEFI unless they experience any kind of specific BIOS/UEFI issue. Updating just for updaing and just for using the latest verson is not solution. Any kind of update (no matter for what and who relesed it) can fix 2 issues but may introduce 10 more issues. Additionally, upgrading the BIOS (for any vendor) poses more risks because BIOS recovery is not that easy as compared to typical software updates IF something goes wrong.
Same applies for Windows Updates, OS update, drivers updates, etc - upgrade/update IF you have issues which you know are fixed in the newer version or for some severe security issues. Otherwise, keep the existing version as long as possible.
I disagree with the accepted solution here. I am concerned with Bitlocker in particular and updating BIOS -- I have personally experienced laptops losing TPM keys during BIOS upgrades. That said, now more than ever, it is important you update your BIOS to get the latest Intel microcode for Spectre/Meltdown issues that have been coming out (there's a new one as recent as June). If you're that determined to not keep your system updated, you should read through *all* the release notes between your version and the latest, which may itself be a pain if not impossible if they're not done well. Storage controller firmware upgrades for instance tend to fix issues with data corruption and loss. BIOS updates can fix different crash/reboot scenarios and I'm sure other things -- again, you'd just have to read the release notes.
I too would strongly dissagree with the solution posted, this kind of thinking is how the NHS ended up with cryptolocker. Too many in the IT industry are afraid of change and are too conservative in their approach.
We have a mixed network of around 500 bitlocker secured HP laptops and desktop all of which I keep as up to date as possible after thourough testing in the lab. I have never lost a machine to a bad windows update or BIOS update. you are more likely to have a bad experience of Windows updates if you are not up to date and suddenly have to deploy many updates at once.
The solution posted above is primary for the BIOS updates. You cannot end up with a cryptolocker type of malware or similar only because your BIOS was outdated. However, the chance of having a bad experience is somewhat higher.
The Spectre/Meltdown is considered a security issue but is not something I'd rush to apply on Day1 after it has been announced because so far these attacks are not in the wild (at least what is public) and due to potential performance issues. However, I mentioned "severe security issues" above as a kind of "exception". There are way too many other ways to defend yourself and your network against threats, BIOS updates is something I'd consider last to update in these scenarios.
If you use the vOICe, seeingwithsound.com, you can tell which item onscreen is highlighted. This is only mainly useful for the boot manager, though, although if you get used to working with the BIOS of a certain computer type, it could give you a bit more independence.
Actually, a single setting is something you need to change. If you know someone with hardware knowledge, they will help you.
So only for virtualization. This is not as complicated as ram or other CPU settings.
On my hp laptop, one of the things I want to be able to change is secure boot that is disabling it. I have debian installed at works with secure boot, but distros like arch and the like, do not at least not durring the first boot prosses.
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I was trying to change my boot device on Ubuntu, but when I hold F2 (the key to enter my BIOS) Ubuntu GNU GRUB appear. I would like to know how to enter my BIOS so I can continue changing my boot device.
If you are to boot from a dvd or usb you can press 'c' at grub menu for a console then type exit and hit enter. It will boot on your dvd or usb. I was completely mad with this issue until I found this workaround.
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