perfm2
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Last Activity: Today, 02:07 PM
Joined: 11-27-2019
Location: sacramento,ca
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Finally got a chance to test this one. The unit only gives a single blink of the green power on LED when the power button is pushed but no other activity.... -
Not yet, but haven't attempted hoaca388's last upload yet....Leave a comment:
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thanks a ton Volinakis, it came up but was still password protected :-(...Leave a comment:
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Thank peste, I gave it a flash and put it back together. Unit only would blink the green power LED once and that's it when pushing the power button. No fan, no beeps, nothing. Just a single blink of the power led.
Reflashed with my original read to see if I had totally bricked the unit and it came up, but back to password....Leave a comment:
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I got NeoProgrammer to auto detect the Winbond as the 25Q256JV, read and verified twice. Let me know if you guys think it looks like a good read.
The MX chips had very little info on them (~1mb). I read and verified them 4 times with 3 different programs to be sure I wasn't getting bad reads.
Here's where I need help.
1: The BIOS had a password, can anyone read the password
2: If not can anyone clear the password on these chips?
From what I understand (which isn't much lol) it exists in all 3 locations
Thanks to everyone as always!...Leave a comment:
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Yeah I couldn't find ANYTHING about the chip either. I'll give your idea a try. [ATTACH=JSON]{"data-align":"none","data-attachmentid":"3206325","data-size":"medium"}[/ATTACH]...
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SMDFlea! Just the man I was hoping for!
I tried using NeoProgrammer 2.2.0.10 and it wouldn't detect the chip properly. I know it'll read the 25Q256 and that is in the software chip list, but nothing has this newer 25Q259. Wondering per the red highlighted "6" and your winky emoji did you think I typod the chips model number or are you suggesting if I manually set NeoProgrammer to 25Q256 I'll still get a good read from the chip even though 259 is printed on it?...Leave a comment:
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I'm using a CH341 and it works pretty good, repaired a lot of computers with it over the years. Just don't have a program that picks up the Winbond 25Q259JVEQ...Leave a comment:
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Panasonic Toughbook FZ-55
I can't seem to find much about working on these units yet or information about working on the BIOS. Thought I would start a thread about the FZ-55 Toughbook. I'm in the process of dissecting one currently.
The Main PCB is model FM182mk1
I was able to read both the front and back MXIC MX25V8035F chips however I don't have a program in my toolkit that could read the main BIOS chip Winbond 25Q259JVEQ.
Once I get a good read I'll post all 3 BIOS files here for folks to review.
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Re: Wson8 spring pin probe WORKS
Brilliant!...Leave a comment:
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Re: Wson8 spring pin probe WORKS
That's a sweet rig. I was just using a CH341 on a Windows 10 laptop, read was about 2 min, 3 for write....Leave a comment:
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Wson8 spring pin probe WORKS
I couldn't find anywhere on the internet where someone had discussed actually using one of these newer wson8 probes for flashing your Wson8 BIOS chip without removing it from the MB.
I recently ordered one to give it a shot and it actually worked quite well.
The tricky part is obviously keeping the probe pins in place on the exposed Wson8 pads of the MB while reading/writing.
I used a larger binder clip attached to the top of the probe to create a large flat surface, then added about 1lb of weight to it.
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Re: HP EliteBook Folio 1040 G2 won't detect a drive after reformat.
Yep, ok problem solved. The Folio 1040G2 will not support the NVME protocol and is SATA only.
Upgraded the unit with a 1tb Western Digital Blue M2 Sata drive with B+M key
Not sure why the factory M2 SATA from LiteOn wouldn't reboot during a fresh Windows install at 1st, but got both the LiteOn and WD SATA drives to work now.Leave a comment:
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Re: HP EliteBook Folio 1040 G2 won't detect a drive after reformat.
Ok so I think the issue is that the 1040G2 has a "M" key M2 slot that only supports SATA Super annoying that it has an "M" key instead "B" or "M+B"
I placed the original SATA M2 M+B drive in another laptop and let it complete the Window 10 install, then moved it back, everything works now.
Tested a lot of other methods, think it's really the SATA limitation of the laptop even with upgraded BIOS.
Ordered a SATA M2 drive to see if I can upgrade through that...Leave a comment:
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Re: HP EliteBook Folio 1040 G2 won't detect a drive after reformat.
Yeah everything is set up for UEFI, I've also tried setting the BIOS to no CSM, that didn't work either.
I have not tried disabling SecureBoot yet but that's never been an issue in the past in any of the HP Elitebooks I've worked.
Yes I always delete all partitions and just click "Next" to let Windows setup do it's thing and create the GPT layout on it's own.Leave a comment:
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Re: HP EliteBook Folio 1040 G2 won't detect a drive after reformat.
I think i need to clarify.
When I'm inside the Windows 10 setup, the drive appears normally, I can partition and format it. Then click next to continue install.
Windows 10 goes through the install process inside the setup environment, loads all the files, then it reboots itself as typical for an installation.
Upon reboot, it wont boot off the hard drive which is supposed to be what happens next. Instead it either boots back into the USB setup environment to start over, or if I remove the USB...Leave a comment:
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Re: HP EliteBook Folio 1040 G2 won't detect a drive after reformat.
"BTW, why didn't you just clone the old drive to the new one?"
Needed a clean install for client
Thanks I'll look into the RST driverLeave a comment:
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HP EliteBook Folio 1040 G2 won't detect a drive after reformat.
So I've worked on dozens of HP and Dell laptops and have never encountered this before.
Steps taken in my usual process.
Reset security settings in the BIOS
Ensure existing HD comes up into the OS
Shut down the laptop and disconnected the main battery
Removed old M2 drive and replaced with a new 1tb Mushkin Temptest NVME drive. (I'm aware the bus is Sata III but the drive should still work at a slower speed right? Been my experience in other laptops)
Replace battery connector and close up the laptop
Insert my USB drive with my Windows 10 image I've... -
Re: HP Zbook 14 Mobile Workstation (G1)
Got this installed and got all the HP "Not for production BIOS" warnings. Then I followed the instructions that had the laptop self propagate all of the needed fields and lock the MPM.
I assume that was the right procedure to follow?
It populated all the fields and identifiers as before, but still shows Machine not in committed state.
Then it refused to launch back into Win 10. Either from the drive I had running on it, or from my UFEI USB image to reinstall.
The Windows loading dot circle shows up but just...Leave a comment:
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Re: HP Zbook 14 Mobile Workstation (G1)
So we got the BIOS unlocked but I'm getting the "machine not in committed state" warning during boot and it definitely has a long hesitation/pause before showing the blue HP logo screen.
I double checked all the identity info in the BIOS and serial # etc all seem to match.
DMIFIT tells me MPM is locked.
Any ideas from anyone? I'm guessing for some reason the UUID changed or I need to generate a new one?Leave a comment:
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