News of General BIOS Questions

Hello,
I have two identhical MB with plcc soldered bioses, one is good, the other is bad (flashed).
Chips are SST49LF080A LPC8 type.
I have also some spare new plcc sockets and one blank SST49LF080A from ebay.
I would like to build my own "Top Hat Flash".


I found some interesting advices from here http://www.badcaps.net/forum/showthread.php?t=4905&page=3
Have you ever made this before?

That would be great!
Thanks

Hi all,

I'm new here and when it comes to the BIOS all I know is how to use it to change settings and update/flash it with manufacturer supplied updates. That has been all I needed to know for a long time, but recently I came across a problem that might require some really technical knowledge of the BIOS and how it works.

I have an old HP TC1100 and it has a button on ...

download it

go to run write cmd

write this

xxxxx -writehdrfile



xxxxx is the exe of the bios



the bios will be extracted

it will be .hdr

i know intel can recover bios by jumber

and gigabyte has dual bios

what motherboard good for bios recovery

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