How to use a BIOS flasher w/ Test clip to flash BIOS and EEPROM chips in Linux & Windows

[@deftdawg]

Fixed audio version of this video can be found @ kzbin.info/www/bejne/haXXf2uthpZ7nqc (thanks to KZbinr Mass Killer for fixing it up); please go watch that one instead as the audio is much clearer. This video remains up as an archive of comments made prior to that one. Cheers.

[@lukeruben361]

you all probably dont care at all but does any of you know of a tool to get back into an instagram account?? I was dumb forgot my account password. I would love any assistance you can give me!

[@arieldante3991]

@Luke Ruben instablaster ;)

[@lukeruben361]

@Ariel Dante I really appreciate your reply. I got to the site thru google and I'm waiting for the hacking stuff atm. Looks like it's gonna take a while so I will get back to you later when my account password hopefully is recovered.

[@lukeruben361]

@Ariel Dante It did the trick and I finally got access to my account again. Im so happy:D Thanks so much you saved my ass :D

[@arieldante3991]

@Luke Ruben No problem =)

[@armanshaghi]

"Locate pin 1, that's where the red goes" ... thank you sir, there are so many guides on KZbin and all of them miss this critical piece of information. Legend 🙏

[@englishrupe01]

Apart from the audio volume being very low, this is a REALLY useful run-through and i thank you VERY much indeed for your help. I just hope i can use mine successfully, now. Thanks again!

[@deftdawg]

Good hunting! 😎

[@thegreatestofalltime1825]

englishrupe01 I concur the audio volume is way too low , otherwise flawless video

[@thegreatestofalltime1825]

deftdawg I also replied about audio being low , otherwise perfect video. I've got all the stuff and was also wondering orientation etc. Thanks I'm gonna try and fix a stb bios. Re audio you could just up the level in a AV editor and reup or up a V2 louder

[@cosmicrebel4758]

If only manufacturers would work at 2:00 am too,, I think they’d grow at least 30% in sales over night. Thank you sir.

[@ichigoboy86]

Thank you very much! This video is exactly what I needed. It also confirms that this programmer works on Linux as well. You saved my day. I cannot thank you enough!

[@-ablemor3059]

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[@louiesatterwhite3885]

The programmer works better on Linux than on windows!

[@mefugoenmicarro]

Thanks!!!!!!!!!! I wasted a couple of hours looking around, and your explanation was the best. In my case I was connecting the chip in the wrong way. Thank you so much for taking the time to upload this video!

[@johnlawrence3434]

Thank you for this video! I just resurrected my dead Lenovo 330S 15-ARR which has known bricking issues. I'll be doing a tutorial for that specific laptop soon for anyone else stuck with the same issue.

[@dkronst]

Sound is very low, otherwise, very helpful!

[@hyperhektor7733]

extreme low, maxed out booth volumes (YT+Widows) still so low i had to download and CSI enhance the volume xD

[@frankschannel2642]

This was EXTREMELY helpful. Thanks so much for taking the time to create this video!

[@stevenjenga7171]

Who would thumb down this video? The whole tutorial is so easy to follow,a cave man can do it

[@bennylemma5923]

steve njenga I have a question if your online

[@deftdawg]

Thanks for the support. They have a point about the audio level being too low, unfortunately KZbin doesn't have a way to boost them post-upload.

[@naveenDEAS]

Thanks for a useful video. 👌👌 I have a question. I have this tool and I used to flash successfully my dell 3521 motjerbiaed bios chip. I also used this tool as serial to flash my tplink router through windows. My seagate harddosk recently crashed and ut seems like a bios problem. So can I use it to flash the bios chip on Seagate hard disk bios chip or shall I use it as a serial port and connect it to hard disk serial pins? Will it work? I have a seperate bios file for my hard disk as well. I am also confused about the commands to be used as I am gonna use windows utility to flash. 🙏🙏🙏

[@adamf7]

Thanks, your video helped me get started with the CH341a kit and I have now unbricked my lenovo motherboard. One thing that was different on mine is that I didn't have to wait for the second light to come on before flashrom would work. I was trying for ages to get that second light to come up and sometimes I got a flicker but it never stayed on. After about 30 minutes of messing around I decided to try flashrom anyway and it worked fine. The second light came on while flashrom was working but then off again when the read / write procedure was done

[@daviderhahon]

Nice. More recent versions have that adapter board and pins readily assembled.

[@mattrichardson4351]

Thanks for the part at the start .. I’ve ordered one and will hopefully bring a shuttle xps mini pc back to life

[@tobiwonkanogy2975]

you saved me hours and of time in figuring out the programmer and software .saved me days instead of returning my mobo

[@johnhopkins6260]

Question: Lenovo Thinkstation C30 (type 1136) Intel C602 chipset (rev. 06) Bios (UEFI) A3KT30US; Can a BIOS be re-written to enable M.2 slot for NVMe boot? (M.2 slot is tied to PCIe?) Altenatively, PCIe x4 adapter for NVMe SSD. AFAIK, machine cannot currently boot from PCIe

[@AKA_Mufasa]

Thanks bud most helpful, about to pick one of these up, always useful to have instructions, thanks.

[@amyb546]

Thanks! With the help of this video and a Kali virtual box I was able to flash my drives.

[@hidden_vault]

sounds cheaper then buying a bios replacement for a bad flashed motherboard. thanks, amazing guide

[@Begleitkubus]

Super helpful! Had to flash a bios on a mainboard because it came with an older version that did not support my newer CPU.

[@freakyfox5229]

Really helpful! Don't know how long this would have taken me without the video. But really good informative video with all the info i needed for what I wanted to do =)

[@ramakrishnamishra8179]

you are a life saver! Just fixed my flashchip by reading your guide!! thank you mate!

[@deftdawg]

there's remaster of this video on my channel with the audio fixed in case you have trouble with this one.

[@RobTheCarSpotter]

Thank you for this video! Well explained tutorial that answered a lot of my questions. When my programmer arrives I am hoping I'll be able to fix the corrupt BIOS on a Lenovo G50 laptop!

[@RobTheCarSpotter]

@Suresh Kumar I don't use WhatsApp. But yes, it worked fine for me and I was able to recover the laptop.

[@valtuber]

Great tutorial, buddy! I've got the same ch341a programmer, I know where to start from, but just wanted to confirm, other hackers have used it successfully. Thanks!

[@grudzien9784]

Hey brother thank you so much for posting this video! I was able to re-flash my bricked RX 480 by following your instructions. It works perfectly now thanks to you!!! Great video , great advice!!!!!! u rock. I saved well over a 100 bucks on buying a new RX 480 ! and i was already looking for one since i bricked my own. all good now !!!!

[@armandine2]

in the first minute of your video we see your CH341A device with a jumper across the top left two pins - for some reason I need to shift mine a pin to the right to see it on my comm port?

[@spillsndebris]

Thank you for this very in-depth explanation. Exactly what I was looking for.

[@green122s]

Thanks for taking the time to explain this process. Very thorough!

[@DSuave03-Me]

Sorry im new to this, you might have said this in the video but what is the difference between 25 series and 24 series BIOS Chips? By the way im trying to flash a laptop bios

[@Smokinlucretia]

Awesome thorough explanation, Deftdawg! Thank You :D

[@VIRAL_DNA]

6:38 There isn't a dot on the chip, but it's clearly printed on the board, and even if it wasn't, given the other chips orientations and the pin1 position of those, it's clear that the same pin would be pin1.

[@agriperma]

Even in a worse case scenario, where there is no markings at all, it's a safe bet that, the chip will be oriented in the same order as all the other chips on the board, it's a bad designing practice to have chips oriented in different directions all over the place. imo.

[@whocares3132]

mine was not writting properly and getting disconnected so I soldered a capacitor from VDD to GND on the pcb where you connect the rear end of the clip

[@erottegmail]

I don't understand why the second LED says OK to the chip connection and, at the same time, the error message. I've reclipped several times the EEPROM, but the error still persists in HP Probook 6460b.

[@robertlouera7431]

Wow!!! Best explained video that i had ever seen!!! Thank you!!! And sorry for resurecting and old thread!!!

[@christopherthorpe8582]

To do this on MacOS, "brew install flashrom" and instead of lsusb, use "system_profiler SPUSBDataType". Should otherwise work fine. Here is what I got for the USB information: Vendor-Specific Device: Product ID: 0x5512 Vendor ID: 0x1a86 Version: 3.04 Speed: Up to 12 Mb/sec Location ID: 0xfa141000 / 8 Current Available (mA): 500 Extra Operating Current (mA): 0

[@alexcrfa5]

hi, i run into an issue when clipping to my bios chip. windows and programmer software stops detecting the usb programmer then ststes usb device malfunctioned. like if it shorted the usb. ive checked pin 1 connections and adapter to usb programmer and they should be correct as every video ive learned from. any ideas. firvers a installed usb recognized. but once i connect to thr chip it shuts off the usb. (no pwoer on board no cmos batt)

[@francoisguyot9770]

Awesome information! Thanks so much

[@Alexscended]

Thanks a lot for the instructions. Will be cracking open my PH317-51 soon enough. Just ordered my clip and programmer set. :D

[@pwnengine]

how did it go im using im doin it on windows and i cant write my computer runs linux though so if you could tell me how u wrote to it with flashrom it would be great

[@ramonzeira]

can that be done to motherboards with this same blue PCB? My AsProgrammer software is not finding the miniprogrammer

[@tomahawk7669]

I'm trying to flash my MX25U4033E (Macronix chip) BIOS on a bricked 1080 Ti. The CH341A Programmer software doesn't have it listed. Idk what to do.

[@Hhtfvhrcbgrejkkjhffvbhb]

Sir, Stm32f103rbt6 ic in pcb. Near give 6 pin. I can programe by this 6 pin?? Also that time give 3v pcb?? How to connect with programber. Its damage programber otherwise wrong pin joints. Please guide me, sir.

[@Mambwem]

Sir, what are the symptoms of "failed" EEPROM chips on an LED TV board, IBM Thinkpad laptop and an automotive ECUs?

[@duminicad]

I flash a wr841nd v8 router, and both uboot and the firmware can’t modify its contents for some reason, flashed and reflashed with different firmwares(openwrt and tp link), still, the chip behaves as if it’s write protected... Debian 10, flashrom from debian, tried flashrom 1.1 too, ch341a programmer Any ideas?

[@jaywill4ever]

Is there a test clip that can connect to the Winbond 25q64fwig chip? I tried the CH341 reader, but it can't connect to the pins on that chip. The pins are really small and are not exposed like the standard SOIC8 chips.

[@gotbletu]

Thanks bro, saw your video on aliexpress lols but i knew they stole it from a youtuber, so though i come give you a thumbs up; hope this works on the original xbox eeprom when my order comes

[@deftdawg]

I had no idea they did that, thanks for the heads up!

[@SteveStoltz]

This is very interesting, I'm going to pick these up and see what I can break. lol

[@valtuber]

Hey, buddy, you don't break, you modify as per your needs ;) Cheers!

[@newvaper3794]

hi deftdawg...any solution for file too big for chip size? i am flashing a bios from an MSI G4TM-P33. i downloaded the correct bios update but it has an error "file length beyond range of will be ignored". ..this is the bios information when detected by CH341a...Manufacture: WINBOND Memory Name: W25Q80BV Memory Size: 1MByte/8MBit Manufacture ID: $EF Memory Type: $40 Memory Capacity: $14 Device ID: $13..please help me..

[@LordDaedalusTelvanni]

Thanks, I am new to this and extremely paranoid. I tried this before a year or so ago (before I found your video) and tried to read a SOP16 chip with some strange clip thing I got off ebay, and I am pretty sure that bricked the motherboard (don't worry it was a spare). Now I am trying to read random SOIC8 things before reading data off my thinkpad (I don't have a spare motherboard unfortunately), but all of them say Unknown Chip, 0KB. Not sure if I damaged my flasher with the previous shit I did, or if the things I am reading from are just the wrong chips. They all had a dot and 8 pins in total... At the very least, I haven't bricked anything yet. Question: Provided I am trying to read 8-pin chips, using 8-pin clips and I insert the clip correctly, it shouldn't be possible for me to brick a device right?

[@InvisibleSandwhiches]

I have a few Planar LCD monitors , one of the eeprom chips is messed up or something cause i cant get it out of lock out mode, could i copy a clean EEPROM set over from a working one to a bad one with this method?

[@Zoomy222]

Thanks for making this. Had a bios screw up when I attempted to remove the power on password. I should be able to redo it now. Thanks.

[@skmajin2922]

Did it work?? i have a a320m s2h am4 motherboard and i bricked it pls help

[@Zoomy222]

@@skmajin2922 haven't gotten the flasher yet but I will give it a shot.

[@neosrt10]

I wanna use this on my laptop I need to flash gpu vbios back to stock..but I dont know if the vbios and latop bios are on the same chip or separate for my laptop motherboard.

[@juultje8819]

Do u have any fix for the test Clip that is jumping off the bios chips, after little use the clip wont get on a chip anymore, needed to replace the chip serveral times, and there is nothing to see on the Clips Why that they dont keep on the chip

[@mkal752]

Using a Lenovo T570 - device state connected but cannot read bios, all output either uknown or ff

[@mkal752]

Solution: i cleaned the area with a tissue and applied small down pressure on clip and it resolved the issue. Note: make sure its connect the right way to bios.. Very informative video mate, cheers

[@Eddie-u9f]

Great video there. Would you be able to use that on a GMK Nucbox?

[@mav19691]

Hi deftdawg I just purchased this device, can you please help me, I've been looking everywhere on the motherboard & nothing reads about which is the bios chip on the motherboard. I have a Asus rog strix B350-f gaming motherboard. I cannot find anything to pin point which bios chip it is? Great video very well detailed thank you 😀✌️😀

[@skmajin2922]

did you get it working?

[@robnickolson89]

I have a problem: after connecting, "run" diode flashes for a tiny while, or not at all. I can't connect it

[@sarahkerr6049]

Hello, is it possible to have more than 1 wire in an hole im trying to buy an BIOS flasher so i can disable the Intel me

[@alexxustube]

That was very informative. Thank you very much for sharing!

[@riadhch5643]

Thank you for sharing such beneficial information it was a real helpful you have my 1 million likes

[@ericknight2934]

Can you please provide a link to the hardware you are using? Or any info at all? part numbers maybe

[@GFDthatsMe]

Hello! I have a Alienware 17 R4, all the usbs quit working other than thunderport on back, it does not power down all the way without holding the power button. Tried doing bios update through desktop and through Flash utility but can not restart or shutdown to initiate the update. Will this method work to update my bios?

[@deftdawg]

No idea, it would depend on what type of chip it uses... If it's the right kind you could back it up and restore from a working machine... Tbh, I would try booting up a Linux usb stick to rule out you don't have a virus or driver problems with your os before you mess with the bios chips (you can brick it if you're not care)

[@GFDthatsMe]

@@deftdawg it's not a OS problem because if that was the case. The flash update would work even with no hard drive attached through boot options. The usb ports do not get recognized through bios with or without a operating system attached

[@GFDthatsMe]

@@deftdawg I have a alienware 15 r3 with no is currently that I just updated to 1.9.0 bios also through boot options. Thinking only way to fix problem is updating bios through physical brute force chip method

[@jayt9665]

can i download the bios for my mother board from the manufactures website and load the bios to the chip or do i have to get the bios the manufacture gets it from if so how do i go about it and get the right bios for my board

[@rimmersbryggeri]

What does 24 and 25 series mean andhow do you know what you have?

[@imcsm12]

Good video! Can you tell me if this CH341A can read/write AT93c56 eeproms?

[@nicholasbourgeois6131]

Can this be used to program mileage on a gm dash cluster

[@charkyz]

Hello, thanks to your video! I have a problem when connecting it to my np300e4c bios the CH341a turns off. Do i need it de-soldered?

[@DIYunpolished]

im loving the scraping noise off the card lol. i am going to flash some modded bios on my hp z420 desktop motherboard are the bios chips the same size on my board?

[@taufiqscope1621]

For BIOS VGA enable ? Sorry for my bad English.

[@compgong4618]

hey does anyone know which version of ch341a programmer supports issi IS25WQ040 eeprom. as the version from above video doesnt have this listed.

[@twix92]

Do you know if this will read EPROM's of SRS units?

[@torqingandcoldstoregework8971]

chip with the contents are in disagreement please solution

[@davidrodriguez2301]

What to do if the bios file have a .bss extension instead of .bin? is for a biostar tb250btc ver.6.0

[@calvindibartolo2686]

can you please turn the volume up on this video. if I turn it up loud enough to hear it, if windows decides to do literally any notification I'll blow up my speakers

[@deftdawg]

There's a remastered audio version link in the description just for you ;-)

[@ForceGMs]

Link on where can i get this kit? Will this work to update desktop motherboard Bios? Couse my Ryzen 3 2200g APU won't post couse it doesn't have the latest bios. This could be my only solution.

[@Belalmondeo]

Great video, I wanna know whether I can program an in circuit pic12f629 microcontroller using the methods shown in this video with pickit 3 and the test clip or I'll have to use the breadboard with the other two tools ? thanks.

[@deftdawg]

belal mondeo if the controller can program it and you can clip it, then I don't see why you wouldn't be able to.... Just try reading first, if you can read, you should be able to write too.

[@Belalmondeo]

I've read on some fourm that it can be clipped, what I'm saying is using both the pickit 2/3 and pic programming adapter in addition to the test clip and whether it's possible or not ? thanks a bunch !

[@johnnyvcrow]

This was extremely helpful! Thanks for making this. My little Lenovo x220 has hope! :)

[@satyampanchal4741]

Hey man did your lenovo x220 got fixed

[@johnnyvcrow]

@@satyampanchal4741 Yes, it's working once again. Thanks for this video! It was very helpful.

[@worldcom9868]

will it work on a macbook air chip ? i checked the list and it says its compatible but im not sure

[@olemengenge]

05/18/2020 this one can Save My ASUS Z170 PRO GAMING ? Help please

[@orides5976]

Can I use this flasher to program a 25L3206E eeprom? Thanks!

[@flyingblind19]

I had to get a 1.8v adapter for my chip and now my pc won’t detect the usb device when the adapter is hooked up. The power light on the programmer dims whenever it has the adapter attached. Any info on this?

[@frankjeuring28]

Same problem here.. Have you found a solution already?

[@rossdeckert1538]

Saved my RX 580 8GB Thank you.

[@deftdawg]

You saved it, I just showed you the way 😉

[@rossdeckert1538]

@@deftdawg Yes and thanks for that.

[@rossdeckert1538]

The parts to do it were a little rough to find but otherwise it was easy. Then of course I found the whole thing on amazon....go figure.

[@frankjeuring28]

Can you please help me, when I connect the clip on the chip the light turn of, reclipping it doesn't seem te work, what can I do?

[@buymoto7050]

If its will work the color green light it will appear right?

[@ezmode946]

There's actually a little triangle with a dot in it which shows you where pin1 is on the cable.

[@DripGxd_Cam]

How do you know if you need to use 25 series or 24 series

[@jimsinnovations2737]

im having trouble, with the program wanting .bin files and i have .rom files

[@alexkirkov6705]

Could anyone help me please with the drivers? Can't seem to get flashrom 1.1 to detect the chip. "Unknown SPI chip (RDID)"

[@AlvaroGomes]

Very good explanation, excellent video. Thanks.

[@deltrix1987]

Thank you for making this awesome video, helped me out a lot :)

[@Scott.Farkus]

@deftdawg Can this be use to clone a chip?

[@gile849]

Great video, man. Thank you!

[@jayt9665]

question does the software come with the tool or do i have to go to a website to get the software separately

[@deftdawg]

Tool doesn't come with software, for Linux flashrom can be installed using a package manager, for Windows you'll need to track it down from various sketchy 3rd party websites

[@jayt9665]

so were did you get the program that you used in your video you have it on the front of your desktop in the video @@deftdawg

[@deftdawg]

@@jayt9665 "sudo apt install flashrom" on Ubuntu ... for windows, you'd have to google it, that's what I did a couple years ago (any links I had are dead now).

[@jayt9665]

what about the software you have can you send me a copy in a zip file @@deftdawg

[@deftdawg]

@@jayt9665 Deleted my Windows partition, so I don't have it anymore. If you google it you should be able to find it.

[@igamefordays9471]

So will this help me flash a bios password stored on eeprom ?

[@bennylemma5923]

Does it affect the programmer if you leave a 12V connected to the board while trying to read the chip ? After a couple of tries my computer stopped recognizing the programmer

[@deftdawg]

You probably fried it

[@bennylemma5923]

deftdawg i won’t connect any power next time . I’m buying another one. Thank you .

[@nicholaspendell9624]

How many times u going to scrape the board

[@ryahpalma]

The same for macOS users, install flashrom with Homebrew. Only 2.0 ports works.

[@thegreatestofalltime1825]

Thx great video only your audio is so low that when I go bavk to tv it wakes up the.... could you please put it into a editor and increase the volume then may be reupload it as a louder Audi version? For those of us using a TV or other devices this would be helpful, it's all because the video audio is too low to get what should be level 5 on other videos , I've gotta turn yours up to max

[@atruceforbruce5388]

anyone know where to find the drivers and software for this tool kit?

[@thephily7432]

Question. I bought a motherboard that was sent with the wrong BIOS, am I able to use this to flash the correct BIOS for the motherboard? Just download the correct .ROM?

[@deftdawg]

Maybe, it depends on the bios chip in question... I originally bought it to flash a Lenovo ThinkPad motherboard chip and it did the job

[@thephily7432]

@@deftdawg AM4 AMD board. just bought this flasher so hoping it works.

[@edwardn3002]

@@thephily7432 how its going? Me too have a same problem with the bios. Is it working ? Are using .bin file or the .rom file? Thanks in advance

[@thephily7432]

@@edwardn3002 Used the .ROM that I downloaded from AsRock's website and worked. 😁

[@edwardn3002]

@@thephily7432 i want to contact you, do u have any socmed accounts/whatsapp?. I have same problem in the am4 anyway. And i confused since the chip wasnt included in the software

[@andresan901]

This programmer works in np300e4c bios?