Bricked bios from a bad flash/update in a case of NO BACKUP repair question

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  • Shadowtuy
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    • Aug 2023
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    Bricked bios from a bad flash/update in a case of NO BACKUP repair question

    So I'm new here and have successfully unlocked a bios using "RCUnlocker" but after that I'm curious on recovery of a bricked bios from a bad flash/update in a case of NO BACKUP.

    The part I'm stuck on is my HP backup are a 32,768KB and 16,384KB image compared to a fresh bios from HP at 23,690KB. How would I use the fresh image to repair a flash chip? The guide I'm following just takes the image and flashes it over but clearly there is more to it.

    Just looking to expand my knowledge of this since the password removal worked great. Sorry if I missed this being covered somewhere else just couldn't figure out how to word it.
    Last edited by SMDFlea; 09-05-2023, 12:05 PM.
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