How to unbrick or reset the BIOS password on nearly any modern laptop with a Raspberry Pi

[@pawsinmyface4560]

Here's a reminder: If you want to remove the BIOS password it's a better idea to make a dump of it instead of flashing a random dump, as random dumps can cause issues with Intel ME and whatnot. With Dell laptops, there's usually password crackers available. This will also NOT work on ThinkPads, if you want to clear the password you can just do the EEPROM trick for older models (t430/420, old IBM era models, etc.). If you want to unbrick it you need a "clean" BIOS dump without a serial number of another Thinkpad. htr3n.github.io/2019/06/t430s-supervisor-password-removal/

[@90Wolft]

How do you make a clean bios dump?

[@alexsrandomcontent2703]

Will this work on the pi 4

[@90Wolft]

@@alexsrandomcontent2703 yeah it should just make sure to have the right OS installed pretty much any Linux based OS will work.

[@alexsrandomcontent2703]

@@90Wolft thanks

[@slighter]

I think this doesn't work for never thinkpad generations of the last 5 years.

[@uK8cvPAq]

Thank goodness that people like you are sharing this forbidden knowledge.

[@steveraby6023]

Thank you for explaining the procedure clearly and precisely. I have 2 laptops that are BIOS locked. Your tutorial has helped me remove the BIOS lock and I can now use my laptops again. Please keep your tutorials coming and a big thank you for taking the time to make your videos.Keep smiling and be happy.

[@pieterwillembotha6719]

removing the hard drive from the laptop and plugging it into a workstation could allow for either running the drive, assuming it's linux or with a lot of workaround windows, or looking at the drive's contents assuming it's not encrypted. This is a useful guide for stopping common thieves from accessing the computer's cache and resources, but will not stop anyone who knows what they're doing. Thanks nonetheless for sharing this useful information. By the way, the laptop itself isn't bricked, simply because it stills functions properly.

[@botbuilder6677]

This is more for those situations when a machine has been bricked due to a bios update/install failure or has been excessively locked down with no bios password available. Typically ex-corporate network-boot only machines that were fire-sold as spares for a fraction of their value instead of being properly decommissioned and sold as usable machines. Happens surprisingly often when a company flops suddenly as their kit often turns up in bulk at auction. If the bios is operational and you just want an OS to run on it your method is just fine for casual users. Unlocking the bios this way is a final option if all else fails and the alternative is either soldering on a purchased fresh bios flash chip or going hard-mode with removing, reprogramming and resoldering the existing chip. There's a point where your time spent is more valuable than the hardware your reviving, unless your doing it for fun.

[@thomasdb.eu.]

yes, worked, thanks. althou not at first. had to power on the laptop, then unplug it, then immediately hit program on the pi. . also the two remaning blank pins needed to be connected to 3.3V with a 1~kilo ohm resistor

[@TurboBass]

Guy who just stole a laptop: "IT'S ILLEGAL? Goddamn it!"

[@0m3rtaxiii13]

nice vid. concise. only suggestion would be slow down with the "gonna wanna"'s. was a little much once noticed. But thanks for the work man

[@joecolchic1620]

I guess one has got to get lucky with the board one is dealing with. It is not always possible to reprogram the bios chip on site without desoldering. Good video. Liked.

[@arkansawdave7428]

Thanks to your comment I was just reminded that he never removed the chip. I guess I won't need to buy micro-soldering gear. Thanks

[@pawsinmyface4560]

Just added the required tools in the description so you can order away :)

[@bengoro5153]

hello, instead of flashing new bios i have replaced the whole bios chip but now my laptop is not turning on, the fan spins at high speed but i get no display at all, do you have an idea of what it could be?

[@adamsmith4043]

Thank you.

[@erpapun4227]

sir to remove bios password Can I replace the bios chip for HP compaq 8100 elite convertible minitower desktop??plzz reply

[@ozusozudogruinsan]

The bios lock may have been resolved but did you check to see in bios setup that your serial number, UUID, MAC address, product name etc. match what is shown on the bottom of your notebook? I bet they don't match and it looks like there is a problem with the ME also.

[@umbrellasolutionstech]

Im going to try this 8 Pin SOIC8 Test Clip on a Panasonic Toughbook CF-31 bricked with a power-on password. Thanks

[@arkansawdave7428]

Here's a trivial observation that may help you in a very small way. It only takes 2 sha256sum matches to know it's read the chip without corruption. If you already know that, or i've missed some detail, my apologies.

[@Comm0ut]

A video showing how to flash using a Linux installed OS or live Linux USB drive and USB flash tools would be interesting as it avoids buying a Pi hence is less expensive for one job.

[@haxalicious]

Unbricking this way actually tends to work on desktops too, if you broke the BIOS somehow.

[@Kippykip]

Damn this is cool! Might give this a try later on

[@kk0dj]

So you didn't say clearly if the missing Intel firmware would indeed prevent the use of the NIC. Can you let us know about that and anything else that doesn't work after installing the new BIOS? Thanks... good video!

[@nassimsef1274]

Can i use pc instead of raspberry pie ?

[@beck320]

Gonna try this on my Lenovo laptop this Saturday. Hoping all goes well

[@lucas1092md]

Did it work?

[@beck320]

@@lucas1092md nope

[@beck320]

Couldn't detect the chip

[@Skarz289]

@@beck320 next to the ene chip

[@devmotives]

Hamburglar giving a speech about how stealing is wrong.

[@o0774]

Thank you so much for taking the time to explain the steps in detail.

[@friddevonfrankenstein]

Thanks Hamburglar :D

[@clayc9221]

if anyone having issues with the lightning and slow pi, but you dont have a faster charger. lower the resolution of the raspberry pi

[@spiritualfamilyministiries]

Thanks

[@AyeJay-fe8pq]

did i hear that right at 1:15 . " If your doing this to a laptop that u stole this is 100% illegal, so do not do that unless you wanna risk getting arrested or something, just don't " HAHA, that was well put together i must say, this kid is pure genius

[@pawsinmyface4560]

I knew a moron who stole iPhones in the pre iCloud days. There's a reason FRP and iCloud bullshit exists now, it's because of fuckers who want to make money without getting a job or even making dumb KZbin videos for money.

[@Jurgh909]

Say gonna wanna one more time, I dare you, I double dare you

[@GuruBwoy]

I have a problem with my HP ProBook 4530s, I try to remove administrator password from the BIOS by connect PIN 4 and 5 to short current it, and my my laptop won't turn on showing white and orange light on the charging light

[@jt5912z]

Sounds like the Fiji water kid lmao

[@SallowDawn]

Man, I followed your tutorial to a Tee, and everything worked fine... but the laptop refuses to boot with the BIOS chip reinserted. In fact, it behaves the same way it does as if there were no BIOS chip in whatsoever. Might you know what I'm doing wrong? It's a probook 640 g2 btw.

[@pawsinmyface4560]

Flash the old backup and try modifying the image. This doesn't work on newer laptops.

[@ifrit05]

Arctic Silver is not electrically conductive.

[@youcanthandlethetruth6976]

it is once it starts heating up over time. It turns into carbon and carbon is very conductive. :O

[@NicheAsQuiche]

Amazing info given so clearly. I can't thank you enough for putting this up

[@gregregister7334]

Nice laptop I agree with your choice HP 2760P

[@markjones2349]

That's a nice girly glove shirt you got there with your Fisher Price watch.

[@daxscholtz984]

No way, his getup is dope as. Love it

[@markjones2349]

@@daxscholtz984 Shut up pussy.

[@silure9502]

the fuck is your problem, loser?

[@paulo1149]

Great vid. Did you say IME will prevent wifi from working? How then to recover IME? Thanks.

[@ranbymonkeys2384]

If it was illegal I wouldn't do it, but he said it was allegal.

[@rcarlo]

Thanks for your video! Quick question though, with flashrom, am I able to use .rom file instead of .bin? I dumped my BIOS with AfuWin before bricking my laptop. I'm unable to find a .bin online for my laptop. Thanks!

[@MartinFixes]

Yes, they are the same thing

[@hemantbabel4279]

Why he is wearing Omnitrix in his hands

[@rectify2003]

Dunno but it’s creepy

[@theParticleGod]

Will this method work on a G9 Elitebook?

[@brandonjohnson48]

I definitely OWN MY few yrs old laptop and stored it for a bit and although im pretty sure its correct apparently I forgot and tech support was no help I tried everything and all is outdated like shorting the eeprom which did not work I need my laptop back! Power on/supervisor pw same but only get 3tries and no bios at all..

[@mihaithemystic2890]

when you buy a new BIOS CHIP, does it come empty or it already had the appropriate bios on it? mine is 8470p and it has 16 pins chip, so i will have to replace it.

[@MrTarmonbarry]

If you have not beeen told , the chip will come empty unless you can find a seller that has the pre programmed

[@mihaithemystic2890]

@@MrTarmonbarry ok thanks for the info.

[@soulslip]

@@mihaithemystic2890 you could download and extract a fresh hp bin file from the provided bios file from hp then use a 16 pin flasher with 16 pin clip (which is not expensive) then use that to flash/write a fresh bios if the chip is empty... there are tutorials on how to remove password with flasher for elitebooks and it does in fact work... just instead of “reading” the files from the old chip you are simply “writing” the fresh one

[@mihaithemystic2890]

@@soulslip yeah thanks for the info, bun now i have other laptop, so the old one will just gather dust.

[@danbeuscher9679]

What if you work on a linux computer?

[@dexterkiller7]

Hello works this with a CH341A Programmer ?

[@rodrigovazquez1874]

when i plug the clip on my ch341 the red power light gets dimmed and usb disconnects. any idea why? its on lenovo ideapad 330

[@XxEvilClownxxX]

Ch341 only works on 5v chips this chips requires 3.3v and newer chip only requires 1.8v, so yeah you burned your chip by supplying 5v on it

[@neosrt10]

@@XxEvilClownxxX Dont they have a 1.8v adapter for the Ch341 I believe they do.

[@XxEvilClownxxX]

@@neosrt10 well they do but mostly it doesn't work not on me though i used the 1.8v adapter on my tl866cs

[@neosrt10]

@@XxEvilClownxxX What software do you use to flash ur bios with the tl866?

[@XxEvilClownxxX]

@@neosrt10 when you buy tl866 it included a CD in it is the program. But the best programmer right now is the RT809H cause it cam program nand flash.

[@marianiordachita2226]

Thanks for your video. I tried your steps but it didn't work at first. I used a Raspbery Pi 4 , I left the pins 3 and 7 not used and then when i run the command to read the flash I added another params "spispeed=512" sudo flashrom -c "MX25L3206E/MX25L3208E" -p linux_spi:dev=/dev/spidev0.0,spispeed=512 -r backup1.bin IF you get an error like "flashrom Error: Image size doesn't match the flash chip's size" when you try to write on flash THEN you must have a bad bios file

[@MohammedAshrafMoin]

Hi! Please will this work for Hp Elitebook 1040 G6 also? Or any specifics needed to know. Also, where and how can I locate the chip? Thanks in advance.

[@Ben-ld1qi]

What does it mean if I keep getting different sha512sum on every read out? I tried to flash but the verification fails every time...

[@cristianangheluta2980]

lets all love lain!

[@juststeve7665]

LOL How many times does he say "gonna wanna"? and... go!

[@abnad2827]

Hello, I want to reprogram the eeprom 24s08 of my lenevo T500 pc, because the bios is corrupted. I can't find a copy of the original Bios .. .bin, I need your help to get an identical copy to the original. Thanks in advance.

[@robertczanik3196]

Hi, I have the Rasberry Pi 3b+, the github guide states that one should start counting from the right and leave 14 pins. I am really not sure what this means, I checked the pin layout on the Pi3b+ it should be the same as the Pi3? Flashrom does not pick up any EEPROM, any advice on this?

[@TechnoDadLife]

Nice! Very handy information.

[@irfanatoro]

I just bricked my laptop because I flash my BIOS with wrong libreboot image… I think only flashing BIOS is the only option…

[@christopheropticon4899]

Bios reset?

[@societalreject4]

I'm pretty sure stealing a laptop in the first place is more illegal

[@pauljacques4157]

The rp2040 can unbrick a SPI FLASH ?

[@aliissa8347]

Thanks for the sharing. I have 2 questions 1. My bios chip is Mx25L12873, can I replace it by another mx25 bios chip or w25Q? 2. I've tried to flash my bios chip using the ch341a and the test clip but after that my laptop don't power on and the charging led is blinking white and orange. Could you please help? Many thanks to all

[@mertgulcurgs]

Would this work with Raspberry pi zero? Cheers.

[@CC-fi3pp]

Will this work on Lenovo T480s thats boots windows but is bios locked to not boot any other os?

[@Themarssone]

What’s up man is there any possibility to contact with you? I have couple questions?

[@aliissa8347]

Hi will this work with raspberry pi B the first one

[@Martin-ot7xj]

Hi there , it was very good idea . was perfect and informative tutorial video .keep it up . thnx

[@thinkdifferent7469]

i put this on for background noise and it just kept going. Either way nice job. Too much work for me too many extra parts I do want a pi though to check it out never used one before.

[@eggnogg8086]

Have you ever tried to flash a chip that's not explicitly supported by flashrom? I have a gh25b64bsig on my Lenovo 20404

[@kangemanmaipmokiuah226]

thanks brother

[@samisulaiman7967]

I have ASUS laptop model X543MA and it is locked to install only windows 10 can I flash the bois to downgrade it to windows 7 thanks in advance

[@sto2779]

Why not Apple?? Too difficult?

[@Rivernaut]

excellent presentation - thanks for your help

[@amandawilliams6549]

I need help resetting the bios on my satellite ultrabook ??

[@h.muller7142]

how much total your tool?

[@andreamastromauro5227]

Thanks a lot

[@henniganjared]

Thanks again

[@abnad2827]

Thank you very much for the video, I have my lenovo T500 which does not start anymore as before and remains blocked on the first start page setup, I tried everything to get it to work with no success. Now I want to flash the eeprom P24s08 memory because it is blocked, but I cannot find the bios factory other than that offered by Lenovo support. Can you help me get this copy from another T500 if possible or direct me to a site .... Thank you in advance.

[@LuQaSz95]

Is that working on Lenovo 4gen++ ? For example T440P,T540p etc.

[@rodneycamilo9677]

I wanna know the same T440s.

[@adamsmith4043]

Where do you get your tools? Where do you get your knowledge?

[@pawsinmyface4560]

Amazon, lots of time in my basement.

[@chrispotterfan]

will this also work for a thinkpad X250?

[@oscarsalgado189]

hello, this method is only for laptops????

[@AlecDenston]

If you have a desktop PC that has a password locked bios, jumping the RESET CMOS pins on its motherboard should do the trick, also pulling out the CMOS battery for a minute or so can also do the trick.

[@bogdanbelskii7522]

Would it work with dell e6440?

[@Dawgator]

What you’re gunna wunna do...

[@YHdzz]

I have the same laptop, an 8460p HP laptop, but i don't have any money to buy the tools used in the vid. I tried to contact to the HP support and they don't provide the SMC.bin anymore, this is a bullshit about them. I tried with the HPBR tool, too, however, this for a some weird reason it doesn't work for me, there is another solution? Anyway, if there's not any solution i'm gonna buy the BIOS chip, and replace it directly...

[@anthonyturninggreen8066]

Any luck ;(?

[@YHdzz]

@@anthonyturninggreen8066 Nope, I can't get it unlocked

[@rodrigotorres9226]

Thank you! Muchas gracias!

[@tonycaine5930]

PA8600, do yo think this method will work on the Lenovo X250 laptop? I have a supervisor password on it and before I invest $ for the parts, I want to make sure it works.

[@mohamedessarsri2990]

no it will not work it is stored in serial eeprom you will have to locate the eeprom and short the pins you can find how to in youtube or google search thank you

[@kclinux5988]

Valentina Farrugia order a pi 3 B+ they only 40$ on Ebay and these methods work just have to do them little different for each model/make or can replace chip and program as well but definitely need a pi of in the tech world .

[@90Wolft]

Does anyone know how to make a clean bios dump or know where to point me to find out?

[@abnad2827]

Merci beaucoup pour la vidéo, j'ai mon lenovo T500 qui ne démarre plus comme avant et reste bloquer sur la première page de démarrage setup, j'ai tout essayé pour le faire fonctionner sans succès. Maintenant je souhaite flasher la memoire eeprom P24s08 car elle est bloquée, mais je ne trouve pas le bios usine autre que que celui proposé par le support Lenovo. Pouvez vous m'aider à avoir cette copie depuis un autre T500 si possible ou m'orienter vers un site .... Merci d'avance.

[@bambaryaaceton3934]

Can anyone confirmed that this will be work on HP 2570p?

[@autocyz6575]

I also need to know.

[@neotek303]

Nice video :)

[@duschan2004]

can you hel my with dell latitude e5470

[@sasorii100funky]

Wow...big omnitrix!!... Well, I saw your video, made me realize...maybe I should bring my probook 4441s to someone more capable..

[@CarlosHenrique-gb5mc]

Help me. I bought a CH341A programmer and I need some tips

[@pawsinmyface4560]

Throw that crap out the window and use a Pi instead IMO.

[@SoundToxin]

@@pawsinmyface4560 I've heard a dedicated flasher like the CH341A is actually a lot more reliable. If you go into the #coreboot irc on Freenode it's one of the flashers they recommend. You really shouldn't dismiss it.

[@adnlan90]

Poor Klonoa 2 :(

[@brainsicchoodini9102]

Cool.

[@ppal64]

Stop moralising . Just get to the point.

[@mehennamessaieh7435]

Help me pleas Panasonic CF-AX3 code bios

[@SkyDragonYTMySpaceLove]

do you think only reflashing the bios , i can use 100% my laptop?? , now i can boot with windows 10 and i can use it normal, but i want to enter in the bios setup , and pum said me please put a password, i only have password in bios setup , no in bios boot

[@pawsinmyface4560]

Yeah but first I'd contact your PC manufacturer.

[@1415gatewayable]

I love you watch bro , nice...

[@CRAZY_VIDS07]

I SEE THEM ZEBRA SLEEVES 😅😅U WEARING A SKIRT BY ANY CHANCE 😅😅😅😅

[@hugonone7]

God damn it! I tried muh time to wire my raspberry pi to the ship but it all ways short cut ....

[@GoodHydration]

Hugo Jisci why wouldn't you test with a multimeter for continuity to make sure you're using the right wires, then make sure the markings on your BIOS are the same pinout as here.

[@jonnyc2.047]

I GOT A USB SET UP THAT CAN BE RED BUY WI NDOWS

[@Todro101]

100% uhlegal

[@therelationshipcounselor]

cool

[@S4_QUATTROPOWER]

my fucking clip wont stay on man it slides off :( im so pissed, trying to fix my bricked gpu

[@okeen77]

Hello, Can anyone help me regarding BIOS stump file software link? where can I download?

[@pawsinmyface4560]

Look on badcaps or similar, google "(model name here) BIOS dump"

[@Swenser]

I stole my brothers laptop. Damn password locked. Thanks for aiding a criminal. It works now. But we both are going to prison.

[@mohnmann]

i bricked both bios chips on my mainboard do to a dumb accident while overclocking, so there are legitimate uses for techniques like this one.