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  • plnewton
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    • Aug 2021
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    • Australia
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    Swapping BIOS Chip from one machine to another

    Hi All

    I have two identical laptops one with a corrupt bios, is it possible to just rewrite the corrupt bios chip with the working one or dies something need to be done to the file before it can be written?

    Thanks
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    • SMDFlea
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      • Jan 2018
      • 20564
      • UK
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      Re: Swapping BIOS Chip from one machine to another

      Originally posted by plnewton
      Hi All

      I have two identical laptops one with a corrupt bios, is it possible to just rewrite the corrupt bios chip with the working one or dies something need to be done to the file before it can be written?

      Thanks
      https://www.badcaps.net/forum/showthread.php?t=98665

      Q: I have a donor motherboard,can i just swap the bios chip over.

      A: If its not from the exact same model no.If its from the exact same model yes* if its an AMD
      board.If its a modern intel board an extra step is needed,the ME (Management Engine) firmware
      will need cleaning first or it will shut down after 30 minutes,boot slow or not boot at all.
      *If there`s a unique IP address stored in the Gbe region then it will need editing first or
      changing with MAC address changer software.
      All donations to badcaps are welcome, click on this link to donate. Thanks to all supporters

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