Hi Yen, I flashed with swinflash but it wanted to flash old bios f39. I copied 30B7F42.WPH to the swinflash folder and renamed it BIOS.WPH and tried again to flash. This time it used the F42 bios. Flash went well and Vista is still activated. I include RW output for you to look at. One odd thing is that hp2.1 bin from andyp tool is slightly different from my new bios. Is this something to be concerned about? Thanks for your help
Oh, you mean the creator ID is different, it's ' LTP' at all Phoenix bioses. At the SLIC for andys tool it's HPQ. The creator ID doesn't matter regarding activation. Also the checksumbyte is of course different...Vista is activated, so W7 will do as well.....no worries...
Hi Yen, thanks for clearing that up, its usefull information to know. Thank you also for modding the bios, we can call this a SUCCESS
You're welcome. Enjoy your mod. You're a friendly and kind person. We have many problems with some members, especially new ones at W7 forums. I'm happy to notice that friendly members are still here. Have a good time here at MDL.
Thanks for trying. Hmmm I guess somebody needs to disassemble the rompaq.exe to figure out what it checks for.... I'll play with sums a bit more, but at the moment I've got little hope only. You may check here again........I'll reply if I've found another way. zewin Thanks for your reply, enjoy your mod.
Hi Yen, Thanks very much for the try. I thought it was an odd bios for sure. Glad to hear from you ! You did the first mod for me some time ago. Thanks again, You ROCK colinzim
Hello YEN!!! I am a friendly member also!!! Thanks a lot for your help buddy! P.S. Show me who's unfriendly and i'll kick their asses!