Forum RSS Feed Follow @ Twitter Follow On Facebook

Thread Rating:
  • 0 Vote(s) - 0 Average
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
[-]
Welcome
You have to register before you can post on our site.

Username:


Password:





[-]
Latest Threads
[REQUEST] Lenovo Ideadpad N581 Whitelist...
Last Post: Dudu2002
Yesterday 02:07 PM
» Replies: 238
» Views: 115124
[REQUEST] Lenovo B490 (H5ET73WW 1.16) Wh...
Last Post: yamicazanova2
Yesterday 10:01 AM
» Replies: 0
» Views: 68
[REQUEST] Lenovo ThinkPad T480s (N22ETxx...
Last Post: Dudu2002
Yesterday 06:31 AM
» Replies: 25
» Views: 15241
[REQUEST] Lenovo G500 (78CNxxWW) BIOS Un...
Last Post: dump_bios_gg
Yesterday 04:59 AM
» Replies: 290
» Views: 200548
X550VXK BIOS Unlock Request
Last Post: laret
Yesterday 03:35 AM
» Replies: 1
» Views: 178
[REQUEST] HP EliteBook 640 G9 – Remove W...
Last Post: dlareklami
10-31-2025 04:20 AM
» Replies: 0
» Views: 153
Help with DMI Info Lenovo Bios
Last Post: force9da
10-30-2025 04:04 PM
» Replies: 0
» Views: 198
Lenovo z510 i5-4200m to i7-4700mq upgrad...
Last Post: ClaudeSpeed
10-30-2025 03:42 PM
» Replies: 7
» Views: 285
Dell Optiplex 790 bypass Press F1 during...
Last Post: jozsef_kacso
10-30-2025 04:19 AM
» Replies: 5
» Views: 16920
[REQUEST] Whitelist Removal for lenovo v...
Last Post: konjiki no yami
10-29-2025 07:36 PM
» Replies: 0
» Views: 212
[REQUEST] HP dv6-6b57el hidden menu
Last Post: Alcatraz
10-29-2025 04:28 PM
» Replies: 1
» Views: 272
[REQUEST] Lenovo IdeaPad L340 (BGCNxxWW)...
Last Post: Dudu2002
10-29-2025 03:19 PM
» Replies: 97
» Views: 54918
[REQUEST] Acer Aspire V5-121 Bios Unlock
Last Post: Strongbox256
10-29-2025 11:15 AM
» Replies: 5
» Views: 9087
[REQUEST] Eglobal S210H BIOS Unlock
Last Post: ShawnSuter
10-29-2025 10:50 AM
» Replies: 145
» Views: 64326
Request: Unlock CPU Voltage (Vcore) for ...
Last Post: hoomaan
10-29-2025 10:35 AM
» Replies: 0
» Views: 180
[REQUEST] Bios Unlock - Packard Bell Eas...
Last Post: Overtune2005
10-29-2025 08:37 AM
» Replies: 3
» Views: 2132
asrock 970 extreme3 slic 2.1
Last Post: 3xy
10-29-2025 03:34 AM
» Replies: 12
» Views: 18566
[Request] Dell Inspiron 17r SE 7720 Unlo...
Last Post: Bennett
10-29-2025 12:05 AM
» Replies: 92
» Views: 117509
[REQUEST] HP Probook 6570b Whitelist Rem...
Last Post: nexxus2
10-28-2025 01:07 PM
» Replies: 4
» Views: 6018
Gigabyte GA-MF3 CPU upgrade mod
Last Post: dm-
10-28-2025 10:53 AM
» Replies: 25
» Views: 22855

Laptop bricked hp mini 2140
#1
Heya, first post and all

I accidently flashed this: http://www.bios-mods.com/forum/Thread-Re...8#pid33668 on my hp laptop.
Needless to say it's now bricked. I tried doing what that thread suggests but I don't have a USB floppy on hand.
I'm trying to recover with the winkey + B but it's not responding with a usb pendrive.
What should I do?

edit: If someone has the base files from http://www.bios-mods.com/forum/Thread-MU...-IMPORTANT I'd like to have em
edit2: forgot to say, the winkey + B doesn't do ANYTHING, AT ALL. The usb pendrive is called HP_TOOLS with the bin file inside from here:http://h20565.www2.hp.com/portal/site/hpsc/template.PAGE/public/psi/swdHome/?sp4ts.oid=3872996&spf_p.tpst=swdMain&spf_p.prp_swdMain=wsrp-navigationalState%3DswEnvOID%253D2096%257CswLang%253D%257Caction%253DlistDriver&javax.portlet.begCacheTok=com.vignette.cachetoken&javax.portlet.endCacheTok=com.vignette.cachetoken#BIOS
find
quote
#2
So I did the procedure the other guy at the link did with the floppy, and it no longer flashes the caps lock led.
Did I kill it?
find
quote
#3
Try to program bios chip with eeprom programmer but you need to take out bios chip.
find
quote
#4
I replaced the programmed bios chip with a pre-programmed new one.
Still the same
What kind of eeprom programmer would I need? spi?
find
quote
#5
Maybe you bought wrong bios chip, for another model of hp mini.

Try to find eeprom programmer on ebay. There is some simple programmers from $8.
I think that is all you will need. Smile
find
quote
#6
So I somehow managed to make it work by resoldering it.
Mind you this is the first time I've done any SMD soldering and and probably woke up the neighbers when it booted.
The owner of that bios repository should delete the newest version of the 2140 bios.
It bricks the laptop.

On a sidenote: is it possible to program bios chips with an arduino? It's SPI protocol right? So theoretically it would be possible.
find
quote


Forum Jump:


Users browsing this thread: 1 Guest(s)