Undocumented INSYDE BIOS recovery method.-Use andy's tool to obtain possible names.

Discussion in 'BIOS Mods' started by levonisyas, Nov 24, 2009.

  1. jabbahutt

    jabbahutt MDL Novice

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  2. ong14

    ong14 MDL Novice

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    I bought a CH341A with 1.8v adapter, but I cannot connect it with BIOS chip. Can you guide me how to do it?
    Thank you.
     
  3. Adel5450

    Adel5450 MDL Novice

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    i got a broken laptop after failed bios update
    and i got the binary file
    is their a way, to restore it back
    its a lenevo laptop
     
  4. Shortyportuguese

    Shortyportuguese MDL Addicted

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    Reprogramming a BIOS chip using other PC is Guaranteed
     
  5. miklik

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    #746 miklik, Oct 20, 2025
    Last edited: Oct 20, 2025
    Good afternoon! I have an Acer Nitro AN17-42. How do I correctly rename the .fd file to restore the BIOS via FN+ESC?
    I tried
    3B0B8086.fd
    5AABFE02.fd
    00007007.fd
    BIOS.bin
    BIOS.fd
    DLMVA.fd
    FH4ATx64.FD
    H2OFFT64.bin
    H2OFFT64.fd
    HadesSX64.fd
    ME.fd
    nitro17.fd
    Z5WAHX64.fd
    ZPU
    ZPU_V1_29.fd
    ZPUA.fd

    all archive file names
    63C8FC24-0454-4a86-ACEF-3EABA3554BAC
    ZPU.fd
    platform.ini
    msvcr90.dll
    msvcp90.dll
    mfc90u.dll
    H2OFFT.cat
    Microsoft.VC90.CRT.manifest
    Microsoft.VC90.MFC.manifest
    InterToolx64.efi
    H2OFFT.inf
    H2OFFT64.sys
    H2OFFT-Wx64.exe
    FlsHook.exe
    Ding.wav
    BiosImageProcx64.dll
     
  6. quid

    quid MDL Expert

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    Should be ZPU.fd, no rename required.
     
  7. CronkStronk

    CronkStronk MDL Novice

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    Hi y'all! I'm not sure if this is the correct forum to post about this, I'm new to the community but heard my best bet is here.

    I have an Acer Aspire A515-54 and I've been having some problems with my BIOS. First, even if I have Secure Boot enabled and I'm using Windows 10 or Windows 11, eventually I get an error saying Secure Boot failed and I must reinstall the system (I've created the bootable USB with Rufus and/or Ventoy, both give the same problem eventually).

    I decided it was best to just turn it off, however at some point I was trying to add Ventoy's keys for Secure Boot but ended up adding something else (not sure what)... now if I boot up my laptop with F2 the BIOS never loads, it just stays on the Acer logo, this was not happening prior to re-installing an OS (I'm running Manjaro right now). So I can boot up the laptop, I can boot up the boot menu, yet I can't access my BIOS neither delete those keys... also, last time I was able to boot up my BIOS it only shows the "boot option" I enabled with those "keys", it didn't show Windows Boot Manager neither Linux Boot Manager. Also, if I connect any USB device (like an X1 gamepad or the actual bootable USB with Ventoy) it just never loads, it does nothing unless I go to boot menu.

    I'm not sure what to do... I was thinking of maybe flashing the BIOS again but I'm not sure how to do that, I remember doing an upgrade and now I'm running Insyded v1.24...

    Could someone help me/guide me on what's going on and how to fix it? Thank you very much
     
  8. Lenweodd

    Lenweodd MDL Novice

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    Interesting find. It looks like the recovery filename is indeed tied to the platform ID (like ICL50 in platform.ini), which explains why renaming works when it matches the board.
    Has anyone tried dumping the firmware volumes to locate the recovery name directly (instead of relying only on Andy’s tool)? If the recovery table is consistent across Insyde BIOS versions, we might be able to standardize the naming method for different models.