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  • JonSh
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    • Nov 2024
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    #1

    HP 290 G3 BIOS repair please.

    Hi,

    Could someone help with this broken BIOS please? After a bad flash the computer does not respond to anything. I have tried copying padding and volumes from working computers to try to repair the BIOS myself but I can't seem to get it working.
    Serial number is the filename, product number is: 123Q8EA#ABU HP 290 G3 SFF Business PC

    Thank you.
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  • Answer selected by JonSh at 12-16-2024, 08:35 AM.
    hoaca388
    Badcaps
    • Jan 2022
    • 11659
    • Socialist Republic of Vietnam

    Originally posted by JonSh
    Apologies.
    Serial number is 4CE129YQTJ
    Motherboard is: BakerMS Rev:A M11
    After the bad flash the computer powers on with no video output, after around 20 seconds it powers off and back on again and repeats this forever.

    Using EUFITool v68 I extracted the entire bios region file from a working bios image (taken from an identical but working computer) and tried to replace as is using V28 - this failed.
    I then tried replacing volumes with the bios region and non empty padding, this helped in as much as the computer would then recognise it had a corrupted bios but could not recover itself.

    I have around 50 of these computers, 12 have suffered a bad flash. I am hoping to learn enough to fix the others myself.
    HP 290 G3 Small Form Factor PC

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    • SMDFlea
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      • Jan 2018
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      • UK

      #2
      Originally posted by JonSh
      Hi,
      Could someone help with this broken BIOS please? After a bad flash the computer does not respond to anything. I have tried copying padding and volumes from working computers to try to repair the BIOS myself but I can't seem to get it working.
      Serial number is the filename, product number is: 123Q8EA#ABU HP 290 G3 SFF Business PC
      Thank you.
      Please Type and post the PC serial number, read the rules https://www.badcaps.net/forum/troubl...before-posting


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      • JonSh
        New Member
        • Nov 2024
        • 5
        • UK

        #3
        Apologies.
        Serial number is 4CE129YQTJ
        Motherboard is: BakerMS Rev:A M11
        After the bad flash the computer powers on with no video output, after around 20 seconds it powers off and back on again and repeats this forever.

        Using EUFITool v68 I extracted the entire bios region file from a working bios image (taken from an identical but working computer) and tried to replace as is using V28 - this failed.
        I then tried replacing volumes with the bios region and non empty padding, this helped in as much as the computer would then recognise it had a corrupted bios but could not recover itself.

        I have around 50 of these computers, 12 have suffered a bad flash. I am hoping to learn enough to fix the others myself.

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        • hoaca388
          Badcaps
          • Jan 2022
          • 11659
          • Socialist Republic of Vietnam

          #4
          Originally posted by JonSh
          Apologies.
          Serial number is 4CE129YQTJ
          Motherboard is: BakerMS Rev:A M11
          After the bad flash the computer powers on with no video output, after around 20 seconds it powers off and back on again and repeats this forever.

          Using EUFITool v68 I extracted the entire bios region file from a working bios image (taken from an identical but working computer) and tried to replace as is using V28 - this failed.
          I then tried replacing volumes with the bios region and non empty padding, this helped in as much as the computer would then recognise it had a corrupted bios but could not recover itself.

          I have around 50 of these computers, 12 have suffered a bad flash. I am hoping to learn enough to fix the others myself.
          HP 290 G3 Small Form Factor PC

          Attached Files


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          • JonSh
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            • Nov 2024
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            • UK

            #5
            Thank you, I can now access the bios. Was I anywhere close to fixing it myself with volume and padding replacements?

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            • hoaca388
              Badcaps
              • Jan 2022
              • 11659
              • Socialist Republic of Vietnam

              #6
              Originally posted by JonSh
              Thank you, I can now access the bios. Was I anywhere close to fixing it myself with volume and padding replacements?




              No.


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              • JonSh
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                • Nov 2024
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                #7
                Ok. Donation made, thanks again.

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