BIOS Chip location on HP Elitebook 840 G5 and problems

[Donkeeeh]

Hello, so last week i bought a HP Elitebook 840 G5, bad thing is that it has a BIOS pwd to it, i've seen others dump the bios but i can't seem to get a grip of it, it will not read the chip when i attach the clamp, and i made sure that all of the pins touched the plate. So my question is, am i on the right chip? Am i doing something wrong? Could anyone please upload a picture of the location of the chip so i know for a fact that i'm on the right chip(Don't hate me lol). I tried dumping it with flashrom on linux but maybe i need to use windows? Sorry if i didn't describe it perfectly, english isn't my native.


Have a good day
Donkeeeh

[Sephir0th]

Re: BIOS Chip location on HP Elitebook 840 G5 and problems

At First, i don't know whether the BIOS PW can be removed by Just Flashing the bios.

Second, please Share a Pic of the IC you're working on, and Share the Marking code, so we can Check whether you're in the right direction.

Third, If the clamp didn't Work, than solder the SPI to the PCB (should come with the Programmer). Anyway soldering is Always Better than the clamp.

After you shared the needed information, we can proceed from Here.

Best regards