I bought a used HP EliteOne 800 G2 All in One PC, that has an i5 6500 in it with BIOS updates going into 2023. The Chipset in the AIO is a Q170, so in theory it should support 7th gen.

HP site only shows a few 6th gen supported, when i inserted an i7 7700k (dead mem. A channel, but would be good in the AIO since i can just put a single 16GB stick in there) with the newest 2.60 bios, the AIO powered on and beeped/flashed an error code for the RAM (3 long 2 short) in the first ram slot and in the other slot it powered on, restarted and then stayed on a blank screen.

I'm...

Re: HP Elitebook 8560p modding CPU support?

Thank you, thought there was a potential of this already being a thing :P

Will try to find more Sandy Bridge CPUs then.

I have a few HP Elitebooks 8560p with missing CPUs, i have some 2nd gen i3 and i5's, but not enough for all of them, i have a few 3rd gen CPUs, but they don't seem to work with the laptop at all, even on the latest BIOS.

Is there a way to add CPU support to the BIOS file? If it can even be done since HP and other laptop makers lock down BIOSes.

I've attached the BIOS dump with the latest version installed. Thanks for the help in advance!...

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I have an issue finding the cause of an Asus X99 Pro motherboard not posting. It powers on, but the Qcode stays at 00 and nothing heats up except for the VRMs, but even then it's like 30°C.

I tried to use the flashback feature, but no matter the bios or filename or USB i use, the flashback button blinks for 5s until i goes to a solid light. (USB is in the correct slot)

I have a CH341A programmer and extracted the BIOS, it's added in the attachment. I checked it with the FD44 editor and confirmed it's a 3701 version. I then opened up a newer...

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Hello there!

My name is Denis and my hobby and work is fixing electronics.
Hope we can help eachother out!

Thanks!