Elitebook 850 G5 BIOS bricked

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    Elitebook 850 G5 BIOS bricked

    Hello,

    I have an EliteBook 850 G5. After a Windows update, including a BIOS update, the notebook turns on, but the screen remains black, and the fans spin at high speed—nothing else happens.

    I assume the BIOS update failed, so I searched for the BIOS chip.

    I found a Winbond chip located between the RAM and the hard drive, which has a size of 32 MB.

    However, the BIOS update available on HP's website is only 17 MB in size. I used the update version that was previously installed when the notebook was still working.

    Can the corrupted BIOS on the 32 MB chip be repaired using the BIOS update?



    ​HP Elitebook 850 G5
    SN 5CG9239N7M
    old BIOs Q78 Vers. 1.27
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    • hoaca388
      Badcaps
      • Jan 2022
      • 11732
      • Socialist Republic of Vietnam
      #2
      Originally posted by Thomas_G
      Hello,

      I have an EliteBook 850 G5. After a Windows update, including a BIOS update, the notebook turns on, but the screen remains black, and the fans spin at high speed—nothing else happens.

      I assume the BIOS update failed, so I searched for the BIOS chip.

      I found a Winbond chip located between the RAM and the hard drive, which has a size of 32 MB.

      However, the BIOS update available on HP's website is only 17 MB in size. I used the update version that was previously installed when the notebook was still working.

      Can the corrupted BIOS on the 32 MB chip be repaired using the BIOS update?



      ​HP Elitebook 850 G5
      SN 5CG9239N7M
      old BIOs Q78 Vers. 1.27
      Post 32MB chip content even if it's broken
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          #3
          Hi, here is the file from the 32 MB Chip
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            • hoaca388
              Badcaps
              • Jan 2022
              • 11732
              • Socialist Republic of Vietnam
              #4
              Originally posted by Thomas_G
              Hi, here is the file from the 32 MB Chip
              Read the chip again, it's only 78.4KB after compression.
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                • Guest
                  #5
                  Hey, here is the new file, it's now 11 MB

                  I'm sorry
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                    • Guest
                      #6

                      The system was previously running, as far as I recall, with BIOS version Q78 Version 1.27. I have now downloaded the previous update to Version 27 from HP's homepage and extracted it. I have placed this into the attachment, and its size is 23 MB.
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                        • hoaca388
                          Badcaps
                          • Jan 2022
                          • 11732
                          • Socialist Republic of Vietnam
                          #7
                          Originally posted by Thomas_G
                          The system was previously running, as far as I recall, with BIOS version Q78 Version 1.27. I have now downloaded the previous update to Version 27 from HP's homepage and extracted it. I have placed this into the attachment, and its size is 23 MB.
                          HP EliteBook 850 G5 Base Model Notebook PC

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