Windbond 25Q16JW Flasher

Collapse
X
Collapse
 
  • Page of 1
  • Time
  • Show
Clear All
new posts
Previous template Next
  • TuXiC
    New Member
    • Jan 2023
    • 2
    • Austria
    #1

    Windbond 25Q16JW Flasher

    Hi,

    I am trying to flash a Dell G15 5515 but the BIOS chip is a Windbond 25Q16JW and no flasher I tried supports this chip, only fw and Q64 ones.
    Can anyone help me out?

    Thank you very much!
    Tags: None
    • SMDFlea
      Super Moderator
      • Jan 2018
      • 21100
      • UK
      #2
      Originally posted by TuXiC
      Hi,

      I am trying to flash a Dell G15 5515 but the BIOS chip is a Windbond 25Q16JW and no flasher I tried supports this chip, only fw and Q64 ones.
      Can anyone help me out?

      Thank you very much!
      The chip is 1.8V and 16M-BIT . Thats Mega bits ,not Mega Bytes .The size in Mega Bytes is 2MB .Its the wrong chip, keep looking for the right one.

      https://www.winbond.com/resource-fil...021%20Plus.pdf
      All donations to badcaps are welcome, click on this link to donate. Thanks to all supporters

        Comment

        • TuXiC
          New Member
          • Jan 2023
          • 2
          • Austria
          #3
          Originally posted by SMDFlea

          The chip is 1.8V and 16M-BIT . Thats Mega bits ,not Mega Bytes .The size in Mega Bytes is 2MB .Its the wrong chip, keep looking for the right one.

          https://www.winbond.com/resource-fil...021%20Plus.pdf
          So do i understand correctly that this is not the actual BIOS chip?

            Comment

            • SMDFlea
              #3.1
              SMDFlea commented
              02-16-2024, 03:52 AM
              Editing a comment
              No it isn`t.Its the chip for some firmware, thunderbolt or something else.
            • Casr543
              New Member
              • Oct 2024
              • 5
              • Mexico
              #4
              This chip could be the vbios that contain the bios of rtx gpu?

                Comment

                Previous template Next

                Related Topics

                Collapse
                • acedogblast
                  Guide to transplant MEC1503 EC chip and EEPROM reprogamming for T14s gen 2 and X13 gen 2
                  by acedogblast
                  This is a guide that I am writing for helping others to replace their MEC1503 EC chip if it breaks (or to get around an inconvenient prompt to the BIOS). This forum has been extremely helpful to me so I would like to contribute to help others. I will tell you right now that this task is very difficult to do. You MUST have experience and tools to do precision micro-soldering, BGA reballing, trace repair, and general laptop repair skills.

                  There are some specialty tools needed to do this task. The replacement MEC1503 chips can be acquired from Aliexpress. Do not buy the bare chips as...
                  11-02-2024, 05:13 PM
                • DynaxSC
                  ASRock B650M PRO RS - BIOS CHIP 25Q256JW BLOCKED BY STATUS REGISTERS
                  by DynaxSC
                  Hi

                  I have a very strange issue with the BIOS SPI chip of an ASRock B650M PRO RS motherboard.
                  The SPI chip is an Winbond 25Q256JWEQ model (1V8).
                  The motherbaord doas not POST - it lits only CPU and DRAM EZ Debug Leds, and stays that way forever.
                  The Flashback function of the motherbaord is also not working, despite all instructions followed correctly - I'm 100% sure of this.

                  I have then desoldered the chip, backupped the contents, and tried to earease the chip in order to program stock image, but the chip is locked by status registers SREG2 (TB) and SREG6...
                  08-04-2025, 12:20 PM
                • donnietr
                  Need help id'ing chip on a Dell g15 5515
                  by donnietr
                  Hello all,
                  I have this dell g15 Ryzen Edition 5515. Board GDL56 LA-K453p. It had liquid damage when i bought it. Cleaned it up really well and then used thermal camera to see what got hot.
                  Found the power pdw1 and pdw2 under the graphics card were getting hot. Pdw2 was hottest, i had a similiar chip on another board so i put it on this board.
                  The other chip is now hot as well, which it was to begin with.
                  Thats the problem as i dont know what to call it, like is it a mosfat? or what?
                  I will attach a picture of both the boardlabel and of the area with the chips....
                  07-18-2025, 08:03 PM
                • SMDFlea
                  Common SPI bios chip programming Questions and Answers
                  by SMDFlea
                  Common SPI bios chip programming Questions and Answers
                  ----------------------------------------------------------

                  Q: I have a bios request,i can`t post my backup as i can`t read from the chip.

                  A: If you can`t read from it how do you expect to write to it ?.

                  Q: Why is my bios chip unreadable ?.

                  A: The programmer is faulty or has a worn or broken zif socket.

                  The USB cable is frayed,connector pins worn or some other physical damage.

                  Not enough amperage or voltage to power the programmer properly.

                  Bad...
                  09-02-2021, 04:40 PM
                • BMCappelletti
                  Asus Chromebox CN62 - wrong chip put on BIOS reader
                  by BMCappelletti
                  Long story short:
                  - dad converted Asus Chromebox CN62 into Windows compatible, with mrchromebox BIOS, years and years ago
                  - gave the computer to his son a couple years later
                  - son now decided to revert it to Chrome OS, to sell it as original (re-writing BIOS with the backup one created by his dad)
                  - too lazy to remove the board from the case, thought a voltage regulator was the BIOS chip (you know... it has 8 legs)
                  (seems like the story was not that short)

                  He used alligator clips to read the chip. No luck reading it. Removed chip and placed on a SOC-8...
                  01-08-2025, 07:27 PM
                • Loading...
                • No more items.
                Working...