M2N78-LA (Violet)

[flyoffacliff]

I just restored an HP Pavilion p6210y, I had to update BIOS because the old BIOS was not compatible with the CPU, that was a nightmare because HP requires a stable Windows installation to flash BIOS, which I could not get with the incompatible CPU. I got it, but for future reference, do you know a way around this, like a BIOS file I could boot to? HP only supplies the .EXE, do you know of a way to extract the BIOS file from it? The new version of BIOS has an issue that causes the fan speed to randomly speed up for a few seconds and back down. People are complaining about it all over the internet, but no fix. There is another thread with someone requesting a mod for a different version of this board (Viola, not Violet). I would like this fixed, it would be even better if I could change the fan speeds in the BIOS GUI. Overclocking options would be good too.

If you get it unlocked it, could you please explain how you did it? Also, does BIOS typically allow downgrading?

New BIOS: http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/softwareDownloadIndex?softwareitem=pv-85555-1&cc=us&dlc=en&lc=en&os=4063&productOid=4006885&sw_lang=&product=4006020

Thanks a lot.