while I was updating my bios from beta to the latetest it did not come to a boot screen anymore, it was goning on and of for at least a half hour.

Now I like to flash a new bios with my programmer but on the hp download site is only the bios part but not the intel ME part.
because winddow with b key etc does not work at all.


How to construct a complete bios file ?
the orginal intel me was 11.0.0.1131
the orginal bios file should be 1.17 (http://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp81001-81500/sp81023.exe)


Some info about the file

Intel Image
Offset: 0h
Full size: 1000000h (16777216)
Flash chips: 1
Regions: 1
Masters: 3
PCH straps: 66
PROC straps: 3
Memory address: FF000000h
Compressed: No
Fixed: Yes

Descriptor
Offset: 0h
Full size: 1000h (4096)
GbE region offset: 1000h
ME region offset: 3000h
BIOS region offset: 700000h
Region access settings:
BIOS: FFFh FFFh ME: FFFh FFFh
GbE: FFFh FFFh EC: FFFh FFFh
BIOS access table:
Read Write
Desc Yes Yes
BIOS Yes Yes
ME Yes Yes
GbE Yes Yes
PDR Yes Yes
EC Yes Yes
Flash chips in VSCC table:
EF4018 (Winbond W25Q128)
C84018 (GigaDevice GD25x128)
Memory address: FF000000h
Compressed: No
Fixed: Yes

GbE
Offset: 1000h
Full size: 2000h (8192)
MAC: 88:88:88:88:87:88
Version: 0.13
Memory address: FF001000h
Compressed: No
Fixed: Yes

ME
Offset: 3000h
Full size: 6FD000h (7327744)
Version: 11.0.0.1131
Memory address: FF003000h
Compressed: No
Fixed: Yes

BIOS
Offset: 700000h
Full size: 900000h (9437184)
Memory address: FF700000h
Compressed: No
Fixed: Yes

I have extracted the parts with UEFITool NE alpha 40, version v0.21.5 did not reconised some parts of the bios.

Hi Plutomaniac

thanks for reply, has been a while :)

I have a dump that is "corrupted" but not before I choose to update, commiting I was plan to do it later. No meiinfo report.

Jeroen

because it won't boot anymore, blank screen. and yes I supose it is pre-production bios. A week a go I had the same issue with a 455 g3 and that was solved by a new ( fresh bios )
Therefore I like to try the same on this one but i have to add the fresh bios into the excisting one, as you just told me the spi is OK.

I will read the link again, maybe it is now clear what to do.

thanks

ok, with what version ? there the 0.21.5 gives a warning about :

parseVolume: unknown file system FFF12B8D-7696-4C8B-A985-2747075B4F50
parseFile: non-empty pad-file contents will be destroyed after volume modifications
parseFile: non-empty pad-file contents will be destroyed after volume modifications

or can I ignore this because it is the whole bios region?

oh yes she is alive, did what you say with the oldest bios, had some verify errors so did it 3 times. booted fine, thank god I had the brand data saved on usb stick. then die a commit of it. Then Update to latest version some beeps and reboots, now running fine. Did choose the oldest one because the up to the newest on could maybe update some components. (via the normal update way)

Jeroen

yes it is !. But I guess luck has also to do with it. I sometimes look here if I can help with some but not occur very often, but I will keep it in mind, sticky thread would be fun tho. First I like to learn more about the structure of the rom, to build or combine one when needed.

Just checked it this morning, I did a ME update from the hp site yesterday, PCH Version 20
I hoped it had vpro/amt but there was not a option to enable vpro in the commiting, cpu has vpro this time :). descriptor is still unlocked btw

thanks for helping me out.
(you may tag me if you think I can help someone btw)


MEBx Version found is 0.0.0.0000
MEBx Version 0.0.0.0000
GbE Version 1.3
Vendor ID 0
PCH Version 20
FW Version 0.0.0.0 LP
LMS Version Not Available
MEI Driver Version 11.6.0.1042
Wireless Hardware Version Not Available
Wireless Driver Version Not Available

FW Capabilities 0x31101A40

should be on 11.0.0.1202 sp75225.exe

cool info, yes could be.
Yes I guess something is wrong with it, can't flash it again because can't read version, according to the dump is it 11.0.0.1202
yes I did greset.
oh gets a read error on ptt