Re: Alienware 17R2 BIOS chip location



Oh Thank you so much Mazorca. It is good to know UH4 is the right one so that I don't need to pull the whole motherboard out. Thanks!...

Re: Alienware 17R2 BIOS chip location



Thank you for your reply. Yes, I found this method in another website,

[url]https://www.bios-mods.com/forum/Thread-Request-Alienware-17-R2-bios-unlock?page=9[/url]

it also provided some extra suggestion with putting the exe file and a renamed BOOT_IMG.rcv in USB.

I tried both, but, unfortunately, neither is working on my laptop. I think it is totally dead Re: Alienware 17R2 BIOS chip locatio...hod in another...

Hi there, this is my first post, just hope it is in the right spot.

I have an Alienware 17R2 whose motherboard is LA-B753P. I downloaded the latest BIOS file from Dell website and now it is bricked. I googled everywhere and it seemed to use a programmer to reflash BIOS is the only way (and the cheapest way) to solve the issue.

So my question is: is there anyone who can tell me where is the location of BIOS chip location? I know it is a little silly but from the pictures I found through Google, it seemed that there are more than one 8-pin chips on the motherboard,...

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Hi guys. This is Zirf from Australia. Not a professional guy but just want to learn something here, and also, yes, I came across some issue of my laptop when updating BIOS, and Google brought me to badcaps.net. My gut feeling tells me that I can find the answer I need here!