HP Pavillion DV6600 series Phoenix BIOS unlock request

[AHMED HOSSAM]

Lol the difference isn't in size.,,,,,while modding the second file i found different offests from the first one .
You can flash any of them and if the notebook broke down ( as its not for your notebook ) use crisis disk then flash the other file.
But be sure you have a working crisis disk .

[_JP_]

It's done and it works great. Great job!
The truth is, I flashed the new BIOS about 5 hours ago and have been fiddling with the new options and testing for stability and performance until now.
But the hard part was finding out which was the .WPH file to flash.
Since you told me that I was the one to know that, I decided to get my hands dirty and start working on it. Here's how I did it:
I started by wondering how the flash utility program, in the original SoftPaq, managed to find the BIOS.WPH to flash, since there wasn't one to begin with. The original SoftPaq does not contain a BIOS.WPH, but the utility does ask for one, when executed. Then I remembered that all SoftPaqs extract themselves to a folder in C:\ before installing anything. And there it was, the folder of my previous BIOS flash (to version F.32). I inspected the logs and read that the program searches for a BIOS file located in the same folder where it resides (usually C:\SwSetup\"SoftPaq filename"\SWinFlash\). And there was a BIOS.WPH file there. But how did it get there? It didn't come with the executable after downloading it. That BIOS.WPH file is created once the SoftPaq is executed and it's files are extracted to the specified directory (defualt C:\SwSetup). Still, it had to be one of the two .WPH files that comes with the SoftPaq, in the directory above. So, I just compared file size, file size in disk and the modified date. For the F.32 update, the BIOS.WPH file matched the 30CFF32B.WPH file. With this in mind, I executed the SoftPaq for the F.34 BIOS (sp52477.exe) and stopped when the flash utility program menu appeared. Then I followed the same procedure as before. I opened C:\SwSetup\SP52477\SWinFlash\ and there was the BIOS.WPH file. Then I compared it to the two .WPH files of the folder in the directory above and the winner was the 30CFF34B.WPH file. Then I went to the folder where I kept your modded BIOS files and took the 30CFF34B.WPH, renamed it to BIOS.WPH, moved it to the SWinFlash folder (replacing the BIOS.WPH file that was there) and completed the flash. Done. New BIOS loaded, every option is there.
i went trough all this trouble because I don't like to fool around with BIOS flashing. And I don't like to play guess with something as sensitive as a BIOS flash.
I hope this little tutorial can help other to flash their BIOS as well and avoid some headaches (not to mention some expensive paperweights).

[AHMED HOSSAM]

THANKS ALOT FOR YOUR FEED BACK

NOW THE MODIFIED BIOS WORKS GREAT AND ANY ONE DOWNLOAD THE BIOS SHOULD FLASH THE FILE 30CFF32B.WPH

THE THREAD WILL BE MOVED TO UNLOCKED PHOENIX SECTION .

[_JP_]

If you would let me add something, other potential people interested in flashing their BIOS should make sure of the file they're about to flash. The 30CFF34B.WPH worked for my laptop, which is a DV6600 series. But there is also a 30CFF34A.WPH file and there are DV9x00 models that also use this BIOS version. I suspect the 30CFF34A.WPH is for those models.

[AHMED HOSSAM]

If you would let me add something, other potential people interested in flashing their BIOS should make sure of the file their about to flash. The 30CFF34B.WPH worked for my laptop, which is a DV6600 series. But there is also a 30CFF34A.WPH file and there are DV9x00 models that also use this BIOS version. I suspect the 30CFF34A.WPH is for those models.

NICE , THIS WILL BE USEFUL TOO.......SO THE The 30CFF34B.WPH IS FOR THE DV6600 AND THE 30CFF34A.WPH IS FOR DV9X00 AS YOU SAID AND BOTH ARE MODIFIED AND NEARLY HAVE THE SAME OPTIONS . THANKS FOR THIS

[_JP_]

THANKS FOR THIS

Thank you for modding the BIOS.

[_JP_]

Vacation got in the way, sorry about the delay, but here is irrefutable proof that this BIOS mo works (at least, for me).














I should add that for the RAM frequency, [Auto] gives the me same results as [667MHz], which is 318MHz (DDR-636) CAS-5, and [800MHz] ends up with the weird result of 381MHz (DDR-762) CAS-5. I tested with a Crucial 4GB PC-6400 kit. With the [800MHz] setting, everything was stable (Games, OS, general software), but I've since reverted to [Auto] with fear that the RAM, being a "Value" series, wouldn't cope for long with CAS-5 timings. By now I wish I had got some Kingston HyperX DIMMs instead.

Once again Ahmed, thank you for modding the BIOS.

[AHMED HOSSAM]

THANKS ALOT FOR THESE PICS
Also , all unlocked options are 100% supported by your motherboard , cpu and ram so don`t worry from any thing .
if you have made any changes and it didn`t boot , just remove the CMOS battery then it will boot again with system defaults values .

[madavex]

in my dvpavilion 6512ef i updated my bios with 30CFF34A.WPH, not 30CFF34B.WPH modded bios
thanks 4 u AHMED and thanks also for _JP_
thankx for all

[Hagis2k]

Hi there i just wonder would this modded bios also work on the hp dv6720eo it got the same bios version "30CFF34A.WPH" i just want to double check it before i try it

Its an amd system too with nVidia 7150 chipset (mcp67m-a2) so i assume it would give me the ahci option too right?