Problem updating ASUS P5LP-LE BIOS

[sicstus]

I'm having problems updating my ASUS P5LP-LE which is in a HP machine.
I've located the correct bios file for the board from the forums (vista oem) but when I try to run th HP install software I get the following message:- Proper command line parameters were not passed. No action taken.

Has anyone managed to update one of these boards / Any suggestions?

Thanks:confused:

[vdesai]

go to hp.com
Download the SLIC BIOS From here
Download latest BIOS update from HP.com
Run the BIOS Update from HP
Go all the way till the message with the ok button shows up
Do Windows key + R and type in %temp%
look for the folder with the same files as the one you downloaded from here
Replace the .rom file in your temp with the one from here
Hit ok and be happy



I dont have this board but I have another HP board same update process

[sicstus]

Thanks vdesai - your a star:D

[vdesai]

No problem :)

[pei_boy]

Any of you loose your 'Enable Away Mode Driver' option in the bios? I no longer have it, and when I try to use the restore disk (XP MCE) that I created when I bought the computer, it now says I dont have a qualifying HP computer.

Anyone?

[sicstus]

I had no problems re-installing the XP from recovery disc after "testing" vista.

[pei_boy]

I assume you used the method above to flash yours. Your post was put up after I did mine. I used Winflash (1.73 I believe) as, as you said, the update program wouldnt take the .bin that XBIOSES created.

I wonder if there was some kind of an ID or 'bit' that was in the bios that I overwrote by using the alternate version of Winflash?

I'd love to get it back the way it was, I have a user support issue with the box and HP is hesitant to troubleshoot w/o the restore software back on there... and I cant get it back on... it just says 'not qualifying product' :mad:

[vdesai]

Try re flashing the original BIOS

[pei_boy]

Try re flashing the original BIOS



Hehe, long past that option. ;-) I feel it may be lost and gone forever :-(

[sicstus]

Hi mate

Can't you just flash it again with the latest bios and installer from HP and either stick with XP or try the above method?

[pei_boy]

Hi mate

Can't you just flash it again with the latest bios and installer from HP and either stick with XP or try the above method?



No go. I think that updating the bios with Winflash 1.84 may have overwrote the SMBIOS info in some way, making it not think its an HP anymore?

[vdesai]

Try updating it that should fix it using HP's latest utility and use some kind of Emulation device ;) until a new safe mod is requested and made. I had HP a1350n BIOS modded I updated to the latest and the SLIC was gone (was basically the same ver BIOS) so it dosent recognize it as a Award BIOS what error do you get when you try the HP update BIOS.

[sicstus]

No go. I think that updating the bios with Winflash 1.84 may have overwrote the SMBIOS info in some way, making it not think its an HP anymore?

I can PM you a copy of my BIOS if you want it . You can then use winflash to update.

[pei_boy]

I got a copy of the bios for the exact same model as mine from a friend. Flashed fine and the features are now there. Also, I then updated the bios with the method someone mentioned earlier (replacing the bios bin in the temp directory). That worked fine, now I have the Vista SLIC table, and the missing features back.

... only prob. now is that I have the wrong Serial Number etched into the bios... but thats ok, the correct one is on the case sticker.

[ambrius]

Hi Guys

I'm having problem to update using the methods above. I'm uing a HP 7480 model and when I update using the substitution method presented I've got a message 'incorrect bios for your system (253)'. The package is sp26837.exe but the modded bios 317 does not seem to fit my system.

Does someone have an idea ?
Thanks

[chevyluvin]

ok I found a solution I just have not been able to get the fix
it seems that hp "Tattoos" the DMI info with the BOM serial number and a few other numbers off of the sticker on the bottom of the case and either replace the serial number or the restore disk "number" to get the bios back to normal my problem is I have a leonite version that had vista on it to begin with but the restore disks will not work with it (even the second set sent by the phone tech) as it seems a bios update (I had the boot prompt for the bios file till I removed the battery and unplugged for a while) removed all the RIN, BOM, serial number from the dmi, so I had no slic table either so bios updates and validation updates will not install anymore (I have to unrar/zip them and run the .exe inside) but using the sticker on the case worked :mad:
here is the info I found on how to get a hp board "re-tattooed"

http://www.scribd.com/doc/3352/HPTZ-tattooing-motherboard-handout

and that led me to search for the password for the site. along the way I found the original .pdf and a user name and password for the site referenced
user: takeHP pass: 2thetop ,and they dont work from vista's IE7 even an alt user: customerrights pass: go4respect ,dont work but it is said that a password is required for the different utility's once you have it and a hdd utitlity if you have replaced the hdd.

so you can flash these boards if the "tattooing" is gone just extract the "SP____" service pack with 7zip or rar and run the flasher that was inside the service pack or get the board re-tattooed and it will work with the service pack unaltered

the 523 bios update is sp37378 the vista validation utility is sp26915 found on hp's site