@ TCwho You could unpack and try to flash the BIOS by copying the HPQFlash.exe file to 0938F0D directory and run it. There is a 68DTH BIOS file inside the ROM.cab archive...
@Busykid508 : thanks for your participation but this bios is a Phoenix wich is 'standart' bios easy to mod. This thread is talking about HP Bios made by HP on Pro models : they have particular fonctionality & tools , and some resistant models cannot be modified as the bios flash tool doesn't write the slic table and whe cannot use loaders because there's allready a slic table in the bios (2.0) Hp must have a particular tool to write slic table in those bioses and whe are a lot searching this holly grale.
Thanks for the reply and tip andmail. Once you pointed out that bios I couldnt believe I missed that. I saw the bios folder but didnt know which one applied to my machine and then ... doh! I couldnt use the version of HPQflash that extracted from the original download posted above. I had to use the HPQflash that came with the "latest" Bios under the NC4200 XPP section. It did flash successfully and rebooted. I confirmed the bios version but still no SLIC table. I tried again to run HPBI103 Write SLP ON but got the same error posted above (no SLIC table to enable). I thought for sure the bios update included in this utility to upgrade HP customers from XP to Vista would create a current enough bios with a SLIC table that I could modify ...
DC7900 with freedos Hi, I have a brand new HP DC7900 pc, came without OS (Freedos), but even with the latest Bios from HP (That is the same for the same machine with vista) there is no SLIC when using any tools to read slic tables. Somehow HP is blocking the SLIC table because the machine was shipped without OS. Does anyone know how to undo this? I am sure its something in the BIOS that can be easily changed. I saw some quotes about this issue on a Chinese web site, but no solutions. Thanks
What do you mean? All the tools i tried (RW everything, Everest, SLIC dump) can not locate the SLIC. Thanks for the help
hi, all my laptop is 8510p, how can i change to slic2.1? i saw 8510p is in the latest list of Windows® 7 Upgrade Option Program from HP from this thread, but it still is F.15 in hp.com. should i wait ? or it won't have a new one? thanks