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  • mmx01
    Member
    • Feb 2022
    • 16
    • Poland

    #1

    HP Z2 G5 Twr BIOS password removal failure

    Hi,

    The machine was/is password locked for BIOS. You can imagine I am writing here because things did not go as planned... I downloaded and edited both main bios and EC rom flash chips with 866II+ programmer using RCUnlocker for EC and BIOS patcher for BIOS. Verification goes ok for all files but now the computer is not even turning on.

    When I press power on, white LED goes on but as soon as I release the power button it goes back to sleep. No beeps or other sings of life. Soldering of both chips is verified with continuity test, all is connected okay. Both chips were removed from the board for reading/programming and they read back okay after desoldering on no boot = chips are fine & working. When machine did not boot I flashed back original files but it did not change anything. It still does not want to power on. I doubt it is a soldering/overheating problem since I used temp controlled hot air station and a good SMD iron (and I am used to PCB rework).

    Product Name
    HP Z2 Tower G5 Workstation
    Serial Number
    CZC1267FKD
    SKU Number
    453L2EP#ABU
    ​Feature Byte
    3X476J6S6b7N7Q7T7U7W7a8HaUaXapaqaubhdUdpdqedfJfPhKhZjhk8.Hy

    First two are original dump files, the other two are edited ones. After flashing original files back the unit still does not want to boot.

    Did I do something obviously wrong with editing? CMOS battery was removed as well as CMOS reset button pressed.

    Br,
    Mario
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  • mmx01
    Member
    • Feb 2022
    • 16
    • Poland

    #2
    Okay, the problem is resolved. For whatever reason the only working combination appeared to be my original bios + bios patcher and a "clean" EC dump from another site. When I flashed "clean" BIOS + "clean" EC from that site, the machine would turn on but show no picture and restart every 30-60 seconds. I got a clean set of files for BIOS and EC not trusting my work and it still would not work.

    It seems only the original patched BIOS + clean EC combined brought it back to life. It first complained about security rom issue, rebooted few more times claiming to updating BIOS and then complained about no SN/other DMI data and required it entered. It booted in MPM unlocked state so programming was not an issue and luckily I got all of that with BCU before all the changes.

    I am still curious if anyone sees anything obviously wrong with the files from my original post. How the unlocked variants appear to experienced eye. When I looked BIOS patcher seemed to change a number individual bits (likely a flag change) and RCUnlocker removed/replaced the BIOS password block from EC rom, at least binary hex comparison suggests something like that.

    Br,
    M.

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    • Mekong500
      Member
      • Oct 2024
      • 27
      • Poland

      #3
      Originally posted by mmx01
      Okay, the problem is resolved. For whatever reason the only working combination appeared to be my original bios + bios patcher and a "clean" EC dump from another site. When I flashed "clean" BIOS + "clean" EC from that site, the machine would turn on but show no picture and restart every 30-60 seconds. I got a clean set of files for BIOS and EC not trusting my work and it still would not work.

      It seems only the original patched BIOS + clean EC combined brought it back to life. It first complained about security rom issue, rebooted few more times claiming to updating BIOS and then complained about no SN/other DMI data and required it entered. It booted in MPM unlocked state so programming was not an issue and luckily I got all of that with BCU before all the changes.

      I am still curious if anyone sees anything obviously wrong with the files from my original post. How the unlocked variants appear to experienced eye. When I looked BIOS patcher seemed to change a number individual bits (likely a flag change) and RCUnlocker removed/replaced the BIOS password block from EC rom, at least binary hex comparison suggests something like that.

      Br,
      M.
      Hello, could you share clean files for BIOS and EC please? I'm about to try to remove password from this model, but I didn't find any other topics. Thanks in advance

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      • Cire3PC
        Member
        • Jan 2019
        • 13
        • USA

        #4
        Originally posted by Mekong500

        Hello, could you share clean files for BIOS and EC please? I'm about to try to remove password from this model, but I didn't find any other topics. Thanks in advance
        That would be helpful...

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