Hi, the Phoenix SLIC Tool is only to modify the SLIC string. I need a tool to remove the whitelist to install a different MXM VGA card! Has someone already tryied that on a HP notebook? Thanks...!
HP 8510p with BIOS Admin password in place for F10 Setup (not power-on) Can anyone offer some advice on this situation: I have an HP 8510p that works great, runs Windows 7 Professional x64 exceptionally well, but I can't get it to boot from the USB ports at all because the BIOS options were locked up with an Admin password. I'm not looking for the password (this is an off-lease machine, the company that sold it didn't know the password either), I'm just looking to find out if flashing a new BIOS will wipe that out - so far I haven't been able to do the flashing from Windows because of that password: The Windows flashing tool for this machine (for BIOS F15, the latest) won't work because it asks for the password. Since I can't boot from USB that means I need to find a way to do this by putting the files on a bootable CD which is easy, I just can't seem to find a BIOS flasher for this particular machine that works because I don't even know who makes the damned BIOS. So while I can use the laptop and it works fine, I just don't have access to the F10 Setup options so I can enable the USB booting. If anyone can help, it's greatly appreciated. I just want to get rid of the BIOS Admin password that's keeping me from getting into the F10 Setup menu. Again, it's not the power on password - I have complete access to using the laptop, just not the BIOS so I can enable the USB booting once again. Thanks...
I had someone over at NotebookReview tell me that HP DMIFIT utility would fix the password thing or completely wipe it out and restore things to "normal" out of the box new condition, and I guess I'm just doing something wrong because I don't see any option to do such a thing when I use that tool (made a bootable CD with all the stuff on it). I boot from it and run the NBDMIFIT.BAT file and I'm given the option to program a new model/serial/asset tag, that sort of thing, but there's no option to remove the password, reset it, or clear it outright. No offense but the instructions for these tools and utilities are pretty sparse so I suppose I'm just missing something somewhere or I'm just doing this wrong to start with. Just to clarify: I just want to reset/clear the Admin password that's stopping me from using F10 to get into the BIOS Setup. I made a bootable CD, it works fine, I can redo the model/product number/serial/asset tag if I want, but I find no options for changing/resetting/clearing any passwords at all. Someone explain it to me like I'm a 6 year old, please.
This did not work for me (HP Compaq 6715b), nothing happens. Is there another way (tried WIN-B, no result)
Hi, noone knows how to mod BIOS in HP Elitebook series (my is 8530p) to make working other MXM VGA cards that are not included in the damned HP whitelist? Is there any way to permanently remove whitelist? As far as I know and as I found on the web in the last month noone has ever tried this operation before... why no interest in the community to upgrade the VGA card on this elite models? I tried to install the modded BIOS I found in this thread but it seems that it removes whitelist only for WLAN cards, not for VGA... My 8530p has an Insyde BIOS... thank you all!
Anyone? Nothing further about resetting/clearing the F10 Setup password using HPBI103 or HPDMIFIT some other tool? Would be greatly appreciated if anyone can point me in the right direction...
@nando4 Hi nando, thank you for your help. I wanted to know where could I find the VBIOS of the new MXM VGA card I've installed on the Elitebook 8530 (Mobility HD 4670)... can I take it direclty from the card or can I obtain it from the BIOS of the notebook from where the card was pulled out (MSI GX623)? What's the best tool to mod easily the Insyde BIOS? Thank you again...!
Surely it can't be that difficult - someone said the HPBI103.exe as well as the HPDMIFIT utility (or part of that utility set since it has many different tools) can handle the password reset/clear but, I simply don't see that option anywhere. It's not one of the standard available commands and doesn't seem to be one of the hidden ones the patched versions allows me to access so, again, I'm stumped. Tried using the Windows based Security Tools as well as the BIOS Configuration Utility but of course they ask for a password and that's where I am continually stuck.
Surely it can, what would be the point of a password otherwise? It is not like Windows local login password... sebus
My point with the "Surely it can't be that difficult" comment was in respect to me being told "oh just use the HPDMIFIT tool or the HPBI103 tool..." comment that was offered, not the fact that the password is difficult to remove in the first place. If people don't have 100% confirmed knowledge or answers for a given question, it seems logical that they shouldn't offer anything at all instead of saying "oh just do this, it should work..." based on experience with other machines/BIOSes/hardware, etc. I provided specific info, model number, etc and was given a "oh, just use this..." type of response. Not a big deal I suppose - I do have full use of the machine, I just can't update the BIOS (because it requires a password to do so) and I can't change the Setup options (because it requires a password to do so). I'll live.