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Then quickly press the main factor A to display additional settings. Boot the computer completely, then move the mouse pointer over the F8, F9, F10, or Del key to enter the BIOS. If you have HP Envy Bios Advanced installed on your PC, this guide should help you fix it. This message is shown only to administrators. So, For that purpose, I used the configuration file I created before starting this process to modify the BIOS settings using BCU Utility.Only admnistrator owned posts can execute the shortcode.
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It means that BIOS is fresh now, but there was no serial number and product number written in the BIOS. I tried to access the BIOS, and there was no password. So when I restarted it, an error was shown that the manufacturing mode is on, but after some prompts, I was able to boot only Windows 10. My Linux machine booted up(followed by some random messages), but there was no grub option to select between Windows and Linux. So, I decided to write that bin file in the BIOS chip and after a restart……. Now the size of the extracted bin file and the dump file was the same(16mb). I downloaded the latest update(exe file) and extracted the bin file. Now here is the impressive turnaround, When I created the dump of the BIOS chip, I thought to test the BIOS update, which was available on the Company’s support page(Drivers and firmware Page). Click on verify to check the integrity.Open the BIOS dump file you want to write.Step 3: Now, To write the data into the BIOS chip: All the Hex field will get filled with the data of BIOS. After that, click on Read and wait for some minutes.All the details like Type, Manu, Name will automatically be fetched. To take the dump of a BIOS-Chip, we require two devices: We just need to reprogram the BIOS chip from that dump (the service was paid $15 ).
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The 2nd option was good because all they(forum guy) require was the dump of BIOS with the Administrator password, and they will just remove the password from it and send the dump back. I went for the 2nd option because the international delivery was not available due to COVID-19, and it was costly too because I had to spend more on the technician who will replace the BIOS chip(also involves desoldering and all). (if the wrong dump is used then it could fry the motherboard)
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I disassembled the BCU.exe file and tried to understand the code and It took me some days to get the idea of its working. So, I thought to look into it to see if I can do something with it. It’s a command-line tool that can change the BIOS passwords and other configurations.
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Reverse Engineering: There’s software provided by HP for system administrators to configure the BIOS just by executing a script in the system, i.e., HP BIOS Configuration Utility(BCU). I am not spending that much amount of money.ģ. So, I called the service center, and they told me that the company changed its policy in 2019, and they can only resolve this issue by replacing the motherboard now(the price of which is around $450+). Service Center: Now, from some company support forums, I got to know that the company provides the smc.bin file to reset the password of BIOS. (i) System Disabled Code & (ii) HP SpareKey Recovery(Example of error)Ģ.