Am Sonntag, 10. Januar 2010 13:18:24 schrieb Michael Karcher:
Am Sonntag, den 10.01.2010, 09:32 +0100 schrieb Parallix:
Download the FreeDOS flash updater,
I don't know the "FreeDOS flash updater".
HP download page for the HP Compaq 615. It won't work if there somewhere is "=de" in the URL, change that to "=en".
The only one I found is on http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/SoftwareIndex.jsp?lang=en&a... marked to be "ROMPaq for HP Notebook System BIOS (68GVV) – FreeDOS Bootable Media" with BIOS revision "F.06" dated 3 Aug 2009 and thus much older the BIOS which is already on the laptop.
I'll check if this ROMPaq contains a generic updater which is only bundled with an old BIOS revision. If so, I would kindly advise HP to put this updater separate from any BIOS revision on their web page.
extract it with cabextract,
cabextract is also available under Linux
That's the one I was referring to.
OK, thanks.
Having you test flashrom stuff would still be nice.
what do you want to have?
Probably we are going to find out how to update your flash completely (i.e. remove the boot block protection), and we need someone to test that.
I can perform the tests if there is a not so bad chance to keep the laptop alive.
Regards, Michael Karcher
Best,
Parallix