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    [Guide] How to find the right HP bios version to flash

    First of all thanks to all of our members who have posted previously all methods posted here.
    Please leave a comment if you find something new,or have anything else to add.
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    Find by serial number,model number or series

    If you know the laptop serial or model number go to HP support https://support.hp.com/us-en/drivers/laptops .
    Enter the serial number or model number and click submit.On the next screen you will have to enter the OS
    Operating system and OS version.If there are no bios downloads on the next page after submitting go back and
    choose an older OS or version.If there is a bios listed download and extract it.There is a sticky thread with all of
    the different extraction methods https://www.badcaps.net/forum/showthread.php?t=121948

    If the support page cannot be found by entering the serial number or full model number try with the series instead
    for example 14s-dq2009nw - 14-dq2000 Series https://www.badcaps.net/forum/showthread.php?t=107820 .If
    given the extra option to choose a product number and yours is not listed do not choose it,search instead by series !

    If there is only one bios version extracted thats the one you should flash.HP often bundle multiple updates for
    different motherboard versions and revisions into one exe.If there is more than one then you will need to open
    your bios backup with a hex editor and do a little searching.If the extracted bios version(s) have the word BID
    use that as the search term,if they are numbered instead search for all of them.


    HxD Hex Editor: https://mh-nexus.de/en/hxd/



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    Cannot find a matching bios or any bios.

    If there is no match it is very likely that the wrong bios has been flashed to the chip.To find the right
    one you can search on bacaps for a backup from the same laptop model number,make a request or do a google search
    for the laptop model number including the words "bios dump" such as "17-CB0211NG bios dump" ,if you are lucky you`ll
    find one listed on a site with the bios number or BID,then you know which one to flash.
    Its also possible that no bios update has been released.If there is no available bios download from anywhere and you can`t find
    the BID number,or if you do know the BID but its not available to download anywhere else look at the model numbers in the BIOSCopy.csv
    (if one is included) and bios BID`s included in the "HP PC Hardware Diagnostics 4-in-1 USB Key" .The link is at the bottom of the post.


    No bios backup available but the update contains multiple bios versions.

    If the HP update can be extracted from the exe to a folder using WinRAR/7-Zip ,and the bios manufacturer is Insyde
    there could be a platform.ini file included with different CPU models listed.The platform.ini lists all the different CPU`s that the different bios
    versions in the update exe support.The HP Omen 15-ax236tx for example has an i7-7700HQ Kaby Lake H CPU according to the HP Spec page
    https://support.hp.com/gb-en/document/c05370398 .The bios has to be one of the six.

    Code:
    FD#01=PCI,0,0,0,2C,FFFFFFFF,8209103C,08209F56.bin,,8209_SKL_U.ini
    FD#02=PCI,0,0,0,2C,FFFFFFFF,820A103C,08209F56.bin,,8209_SKL_U.ini
    FD#03=PCI,0,0,0,2C,FFFFFFFF,820B103C,08209F56.bin,,8209_SKL_U.ini
    FD#04=PCI,0,0,0,2C,FFFFFFFF,820C103C,08209F56.bin,,8209_SKL_U.ini
    FD#05=PCI,0,0,0,2C,FFFFFFFF,820D103C,0820DF56.bin,,820D_SKL_H.ini
    FD#06=PCI,0,0,0,2C,FFFFFFFF,820E103C,0820DF56.bin,,820D_SKL_H.ini
    FD#07=PCI,0,0,0,2C,FFFFFFFF,820F103C,0820DF56.bin,,820D_SKL_H.ini
    FD#08=PCI,0,0,0,2C,FFFFFFFF,8210103C,0820DF56.bin,,820D_SKL_H.ini
    FD#09=PCI,0,0,0,2C,FFFFFFFF,8257103C,0820DF56.bin,,820D_SKL_H.ini
    FD#10=PCI,0,0,0,2C,FFFFFFFF,8258103C,0820DF56.bin,,820D_SKL_H.ini
    FD#11=PCI,0,0,0,2C,FFFFFFFF,825B103C,0820DF56.bin,,820D_SKL_H.ini
    FD#12=PCI,0,0,0,2C,FFFFFFFF,825C103C,0820DF56.bin,,820D_SKL_H.ini
    FD#13=PCI,0,0,0,2C,FFFFFFFF,825F103C,0825FF56.bin,,825F_SKL_H.ini
    FD#14=PCI,0,0,0,2C,FFFFFFFF,8260103C,0825FF56.bin,,825F_SKL_H.ini
    FD#15=PCI,0,0,0,2C,FFFFFFFF,8294103C,08294F56.bin,,8294_SKL_H.ini
    FD#16=PCI,0,0,0,2C,FFFFFFFF,8213103C,08213F56.bin,,8213_KBL_U.ini
    FD#17=PCI,0,0,0,2C,FFFFFFFF,8214103C,08213F56.bin,,8213_KBL_U.ini
    FD#18=PCI,0,0,0,2C,FFFFFFFF,8215103C,08213F56.bin,,8213_KBL_U.ini
    FD#19=PCI,0,0,0,2C,FFFFFFFF,8216103C,08213F56.bin,,8213_KBL_U.ini
    FD#20=PCI,0,0,0,2C,FFFFFFFF,8263103C,08213F56.bin,,8213_KBL_U.ini
    FD#21=PCI,0,0,0,2C,FFFFFFFF,8264103C,08213F56.bin,,8213_KBL_U.ini
    FD#22=PCI,0,0,0,2C,FFFFFFFF,8217103C,08217F56.bin,,8217_KBL_H.ini
    FD#23=PCI,0,0,0,2C,FFFFFFFF,8218103C,08217F56.bin,,8217_KBL_H.ini
    FD#24=PCI,0,0,0,2C,FFFFFFFF,8219103C,08217F56.bin,,8217_KBL_H.ini
    FD#25=PCI,0,0,0,2C,FFFFFFFF,821A103C,08217F56.bin,,8217_KBL_H.ini
    FD#26=PCI,0,0,0,2C,FFFFFFFF,8259103C,08217F56.bin,,8217_KBL_H.ini
    FD#27=PCI,0,0,0,2C,FFFFFFFF,825A103C,08217F56.bin,,8217_KBL_H.ini
    FD#28=PCI,0,0,0,2C,FFFFFFFF,825D103C,08217F56.bin,,8217_KBL_H.ini
    FD#29=PCI,0,0,0,2C,FFFFFFFF,825E103C,08217F56.bin,,8217_KBL_H.ini
    FD#30=PCI,0,0,0,2C,FFFFFFFF,8261103C,08217F56.bin,,8217_KBL_H.ini
    FD#31=PCI,0,0,0,2C,FFFFFFFF,8262103C,08217F56.bin,,8217_KBL_H.ini
    FD#32=PCI,0,0,0,2C,FFFFFFFF,82EA103C,08217F56.bin,,8217_KBL_H.ini
    There is only one possible bios version, 8217_KBL_H (08217F56.bin)

    If there is no platform.ini you can get get your Intel CPU ID,open each bios with UEFITool,look at the microcode
    and search for each one on google to find out what microcode is for which CPU.


    Another alternative is to flash all of them one by one and hope that one works with the drawback being that if none
    of them work how do you know which bios version to leave on the chip before doing any further testing ? .You can
    spend endless hours testing with the wrong bios version installed.Another bad scenario to flashing the wrong bios is if
    the EC is self flashing.


    HP PC Hardware Diagnostics 4-in-1 USB Key

    HP PC Hardware Diagnostics 4-in-1 USB Key v6.3.0.0 - https://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp147...0/sp147105.exe

    Additional Softpaqs for BIOS recovery support on 2021 (and previous) products

    2017 https://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp105...0/sp105878.exe
    2018-2019 https://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp105...0/sp105879.exe
    2020 https://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp112...0/sp112026.exe
    2021 https://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp139...0/sp139758.exe
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    Re: [Guide] How to find the right HP bios version to flash

    Finding which of the extracted files you need to use for programming
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    Quick version Guide.

    Find BID number (Bios ID - not to be mistaken by Build ID also written as BID and printed at the factory label along with the Serial number, FeatureByte and other manufacturing info - the example is shown at the third image below in the end of the post) in your bios backup using a hex editor searching for $BID:



    In this case BID number is 087AA, and the bios version is F.23

    Bios version can also be found by searching for $BVDT:



    Example of Build ID written as BID and printed at the factory label:



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      Re: [Guide] How to find the right HP bios version to flash

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        Re: [Guide] How to find the right HP bios version to flash

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          Re: [Guide] How to find the right HP bios version to flash

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            #6
            in probook how you define version of bios ?

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              #7
              Hello,
              Please, someone know if exist any tools that can convert decode information in normal text for read the information?

              Below sample, is posible to read what line two to check what is written?

              F2 09 AB 2E F2 F7 4B 11 45 16 F9 F3 BC A4 82 19

              Click image for larger version

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              Best Regards,
              Vilmar

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                #8
                Originally posted by vilmar27@hotmail.com View Post
                Hello,
                Please, someone know if exist any tools that can convert decode information in normal text for read the information?

                Below sample, is posible to read what line two to check what is written?

                F2 09 AB 2E F2 F7 4B 11 45 16 F9 F3 BC A4 82 19

                Best Regards,
                Vilmar
                If its a HP encrypted bios,you might find the answer you`re looking for in Vesko`s other guide https://www.badcaps.net/forum/troubl...-file?t=121948
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                  #9
                  Originally posted by SMDFlea View Post

                  If its a HP encrypted bios,you might find the answer you`re looking for in Vesko`s other guide https://www.badcaps.net/forum/troubl...-file?t=121948
                  Thanks a million SMDFlea!

                  I will verify the other guide.

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