[Guide] How to extract ready for programming dump from HP update executable file

[Vesko356]

Recently bios requests for varios HP machines has increased more and more and as the thread title suggest this guide will help and guide members to perform an extraction of the bios file(s) from the various update executables presented as spXXXXXX.exe downloaded from the corresponding for the HP laptop model support page.

Keep the thread clean, do not post bios requests please.
Again - no requests should be made in this thread!

[Vesko356]

Re: [Guide] How to extract ready for programming dump from HP update executable file

First the easiest and trouble-free scenario - the files can be extracted the normal way by just running the spXXXXXX.exe update file - double click the downloaded HP update executable file, click next:



Choose location to save files (or leave the default path C:\SWSetup\SP XXXXXX):



After a while the HP GUI dialogue box appears, by clicking next giving you the 3 options to choose: update, recovery and copy:




Select copy, click next, choose destination folder and there you'll find extracted BID.bin file(s) ready for programming. Simple as that.

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[Vesko356]

Re: [Guide] How to extract ready for programming dump from HP update executable file

Now the complicated scenario - in this post there are two bios update executables. Running the exe on Windows 10 will extract the contents to a folder called SWSetup - so far so good.
But now there is no more dialogue on screen after that and running the file in SWSetup folder named Winflash.exe also does nothing. Checkmate or ...?

Let's begin:
This has only been tested on Windows 7 and 10 so far
,testing with Windows 11 might produce different results.
These are some of the more problematic updates you will come across due to different software extraction methods required.
Each of these updates contains a number of different bios from AMI and Insyde.
https://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp113...0/sp113017.exe
https://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp146...0/sp146979.exe

1. If you are using Windows 10 you can run the sp113017.exe
to extract the contents (Winflash.exe) to a folder called SWSetup or use 7-zip/WinRAR.







1.1 If you are using windows 7 extract sp113017.exe using 7-zip/WinRAR.



2. Open Winflash.exe with AMIUCP. Link: https://www.badcaps.net/filedata/fetch?id=2252556

3. Extract @ AMI with AMIUCP, save as AMI



The saved AMI file can be extracted with AMI UCP Update Extractor https://www.badcaps.net/forum/showpo...45&postcount=7, or it can be extracted with AMIUCP in the next step.

4. Open AMI with AMIUCP, use the drop down to see all files in the folder



5. Extract @R00 and @R01, name them R00.bin and R01.bin
(Both saved files are full 16MB bios images. In the sp146979.exe
there are three 16MB AMI bios images)




6. Open Winflash again with AMIUCP and this time extract @INS, name the extracted file INS



7. Open the saved INS file with AMIUCP, it will fail. We need to find out what sort of file it is.

8. Open INS with a hex editor, the MZ text and can`t run under DOS means the file is an executable of some sort.



9. Close the hex editor, rename INS to INS.exe (the file Icon is Insyde bios)



10. The files can be extracted the normal way by running the exe, the HP GUI dialogue box will give the 3 options to choose update, recovery and copy.
If you are using windows 7 see #11.

11. Extract the INS.exe with 7-Zip/WinRAR. Both *.fd files are the bios images, both have a HP sig file attached at the top of the file. Delete 0-3F with a
hex editor and save.

[Vesko356]

Re: [Guide] How to extract ready for programming dump from HP update executable file

Windows 8 laptop example,HP Pavilion Sleekbook 14-b019us

This bios update will only download from the HP drivers support page if Windows 8 (64 bit) is chosen as the OS https://support.hp.com/us-en/drivers.../model/5351448
Direct download: https://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp765...00/sp76891.exe.
Running the exe on my windows 7 PC makes it bluescreen.This can happen with some other updates as they will try to install a driver.It is best to run the exe on the same OS that
the update was intended for,or a later OS.If a later OS won`t run the exe try it in compatibility mode.

The exe will extract to C:\SWSetup by default,unpack files to another folder sp****** then start the Update and Recovery screen.The bios images in the C:\SWSetup\sp76891 folder
are encrypted.When you choose the option to copy the bios image to a location it,or they will be decrypted.




This decrypted bios is 5MB,it has a 1MB EC update together with the 4MB bios image,they must be seperated with a hex editor as the Utility does not do it.



Encrypted files can be decrypted from the command line with hewprsa.exe,or with phoenixtool if the hewprsa.dll is added to the program folder
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[Vesko356]

Re: [Guide] How to extract ready for programming dump from HP update executable file

HP has dropped all support for older models such as the DV6 and DV7.Updates can still be found by searching around the internet.

https://drivers.softpedia.com/get/BI...Bios-F17.shtml

This bios will extract easily using 7-Zip/WinRAR.Some others will extract to the windows Temp folder (Win key+R, type %temp% and press Enter to open Temp folder) ,or a different folder on the C: drive if you run the executable.

Laptops from around this era can have two different bios versions,for EFI and non-EFI.

[Vesko356]

Re: [Guide] How to extract ready for programming dump from HP update executable file

Reserved

[madjid911]

Re: [Guide] How to extract ready for programming dump from HP update executable file

Hello, I would like to extract the bios file, I arrived at the stage with the decompression of INS, I obtain two files in ".bin" format, one of 16MB, the other of 8MB. Are these the bios that I can program on my PC?

I don't understand why extract ANS, to have R00 and R01, if in the end we only needed to extract INS? I'm not an expert, I'm trying to understand, thank you.

[hoaca388]

Re: [Guide] How to extract ready for programming dump from HP update executable file

Hello, I would like to extract the bios file, I arrived at the stage with the decompression of INS, I obtain two files in ".bin" format, one of 16MB, the other of 8MB. Are these the bios that I can program on my PC?

I don't understand why extract ANS, to have R00 and R01, if in the end we only needed to extract INS? I'm not an expert, I'm trying to understand, thank you.

Decompressing the AMI yields 2 bios files ( 16MB). Decompressing INS yields the next 2 files.(8MB, 16MB)

[SMDFlea]

Re: [Guide] How to extract ready for programming dump from HP update executable file

Hello, I would like to extract the bios file, I arrived at the stage with the decompression of INS, I obtain two files in ".bin" format, one of 16MB, the other of 8MB. Are these the bios that I can program on my PC?

I don't understand why extract ANS, to have R00 and R01, if in the end we only needed to extract INS? I'm not an expert, I'm trying to understand, thank you.

Post #3 is an rare example for update executables that won`t extract the normal way,as in post #2 ,and you would only need to do it the hard way if there is no other available way to source the bios.

Previous older bios update versions sometimes extract OK, where`as the newer ones might not.If you can`t extract any you can always look for the bios in the 4-in-1 USB key,after extracting to a folder, if you know what BID (bios version) you need.
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[TAKUYA]

Hi,
i dont know if Im in the right thread right now but im having a hard time extracting the firmware files for an HP 800 G4 Desktop Mini.
There is sadly no "copy" option in the Recovery/Updater exe.
Did that get removed or am i doing something wrong?

Thanks

[SMDFlea]

Hi,
i dont know if Im in the right thread right now but im having a hard time extracting the firmware files for an HP 800 G4 Desktop Mini.
There is sadly no "copy" option in the Recovery/Updater exe.
Did that get removed or am i doing something wrong?
Thanks

It is different to all the other ones. You can extract the exe using 7-zip or winrar. The bios update includes a bios region and an ME firmware update in the same *.bin .There is a header at the top of the file that needs deleting with a hex editor, then when you`ve found the end of the bios region file you can copy it to a new file or delete the rest of the file below it. If you want the ME region as well there is a section to delete between the end of the bios region and the start of the ME firmware. Use UEFITool to find the size of the ME firmware and MEAnalyzer to check if it`s configured or unconfigured.

[TAKUYA]

It is different to all the other ones. You can extract the exe using 7-zip or winrar. The bios update includes a bios region and an ME firmware update in the same *.bin .There is a header at the top of the file that needs deleting with a hex editor, then when you`ve found the end of the bios region file you can copy it to a new file or delete the rest of the file below it. If you want the ME region as well there is a section to delete between the end of the bios region and the start of the ME firmware. Use UEFITool to find the size of the ME firmware and MEAnalyzer to check if it`s configured or unconfigured.

Thanks for the quick reply.
Can i just use the firmware.bin thats provided in the recovery usb stick? Or do i have to remove said header and ME region aswell? if so, what would that header and ME region look like roughly? Never done something like this before.

Thanks

[TAKUYA]

Edit: the recovery stick firmware.bin didnt work. so im trying the unpacked exe one now. Using UEFI tools, i wasnt able to find an ME header in there so maybe there isnt one?

[SMDFlea]

Edit: the recovery stick firmware.bin didnt work. so im trying the unpacked exe one now. Using UEFI tools, i wasnt able to find an ME header in there so maybe there isnt one?

If the recovery USB hasn`t worked you will have to use an SPI programmer to make a full backup of the bios chip. When you have the backup post it in this thread and someone will help - https://www.badcaps.net/forum/troubl...desk-800-g4-dm
There is no point unpacking the exe as once it is edited to the right size it is not a full bios image, only a bios region , and you can`t use that file to recover from USB

[TAKUYA]

EDIT2: I managed to fix it! I had a corrupted ME region in my dump.
Thanks for the help

[zenry10]

Thanks

[jackcaper]

Hi,

trying to replace a corrupted BIOS of an HP 745 G6 (so no ME Region), i ran into a situation that is different from the desriptions in this thread and of "How to find the right HP bios version to flash".

Recovery via USB-Stick does not work.
The .exe of HP doesn't offer the copy option.
The SWSetup-Folder contains one BIN-File of 17.342 KB. (7zip extract of the exe: same size, different name)
The USB-Stick features one BIN-File of 17.343KB.
The T48-Read of the W25Q128JV(OTP)@WSON8 BIOS chip is 16.384KB.
In UEFI-Tool alpha73 the "UEFI image" part of the update- Firmware has different size than in the dump.
The characters behind "bId" look encrypted/garbled.

Is there another tutorial, covering this, that i failed to find?
What can i do?

Thanks in advance

[Sparo]

Hi,

trying to replace a corrupted BIOS of an HP 745 G6 (so no ME Region), i ran into a situation that is different from the desriptions in this thread and of "How to find the right HP bios version to flash".

Is there another tutorial, covering this, that i failed to find?
What can i do?

Thanks in advance

For HPEB 745 G6 just hex search for 52 37 34 00 00 in your BIOS file You'll find the version right away Or post a screenshot and I'll tell you
Ps: 52 37 34 is simply hex for 'R74' representing your BID and the added zeros help ensure to locate the correct occurrence

[jackcaper]

Hi Sparo,

thanks for the fast response. I screenshot the 3 occurances in the dump as you advised. They all come up in both updateBINs with a constant offset as well. (SWSetup-BIN - Dump = 220 hex, USB-BIN - Dump = 4A0)

To my inexperienced mind the EXE contains only a BIOS for one board version and the task at hand is not identifying a version, but how to extract a flashable BIOS.
Perhaps my description was a bit misleading. I tried to point out the differences to the cases Vesko356 and SMDFlea described.

[Sparo]

Hi Sparo,

thanks for the fast response. I screenshot the 3 occurances in the dump as you advised. They all come up in both updateBINs with a constant offset as well. (SWSetup-BIN - Dump = 220 hex, USB-BIN - Dump = 4A0)

To my inexperienced mind the EXE contains only a BIOS for one board version and the task at hand is not identifying a version, but how to extract a flashable BIOS.
Perhaps my description was a bit misleading. I tried to point out the differences to the cases Vesko356 and SMDFlea described.

Your BIOS version is 01.32.00 as For the other question copy the selected 1000000-size block shown in the pictures and paste write it at offset 1000000 in your original BIOS file