Very glad you highlighted this particular area.

Newer BIOS programming requires newer releases of the DMI tool. also, I have searched and all I get for results to download are either links to torrents that dont have what they advertise, or links to pages that claim to have it but they all require sign-up or fees. If you pay attention in the HP Forum post, you'll notice that you have to get the right version of the DMI tool for your machine. Useless info if you dont have the utility. After researching I see they got this from an HP forum, and these instructions have been pasted all over forums around the net. I am going to copy the email and instructions below. So I need two things: How do I make a bootable flash drive and where can I locate the utility I need. They neglected to paste links or attach a useful. and yes of course i did e mail them and instead of sending it back to them, they just copied and pasted instructions. I would guess this vendor replaced the BIOS chip and forgot to do this part, or they used a 'wrong' BIOS chip. This product detection tool installs software on your Microsoft Windows device that allows HP to detect and gather data about your HP and Compaq products to provide quick access to support information and solutions. From HP DMI TOOLKIT archive, copy Autoexec.

Though I do realize of course all other manufacturers have a similar procedure, I have never had this issue. How to Edit DMI information in the BIOS Thread starter WDresdner Start date Jul 30. I know one of the biggest problems with replacing Apple MBs is that you have to burn a serial in or they sometimes wont work, or at least work properly. Neither is good advice for procuring them. The problem is, of course, those utilities are not readily available.

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