Tech Inferno Fan Posted September 27, 2013 Share Posted September 27, 2013 DISCLAIMER: use these modified bios at your own risk!!You will be responsible for any damage to your computer system or loss of data that results from using a system with a modified BIOS. Ensure your system's cooling system is working well before trying any overclocking. These BIOS are not tested or approved by HP. Alert - do NOT upgrade if you are using a F.20 or newer bios. Doing so will endanger your ability to flash the modded bios below providing no-whitelist, dual-IDA and SLIC 2.1 functionality. Details here.IntroductionI noticed that mostly Dell and Alienware Core 2 Duo systems were dual-IDA capable from the factory. I proceeded to successfully modify and test the 2510P dual-IDA bios, extending the modification to other Santa Rosa HP and Montevina HP Business notebooks. Find the resultant modified bios-es below: Flashing a dual/quad-IDA bios will provide an extra multipler, gaining 5-17% more CPU performance on an IDA-capable CPU when using Throttlestop. Examples shown on the right. Throttlestop also provides IDA overvolting and superLFM undervolting to provide greater setfsb overclockability on AC and increased battery life on DC. Combining dual-IDA/quad-IDA and PLL overclocking will give the greatest possible overclocking.Installation InstructionsWindows users Download package of interest in the Version column on the right, double-click, extract to a desktop folder then run the HPQFlash file and follow instructions. The supplied HPQFlash is modified by TTAV134@mydigitallife to allow successful flashing of a modified bios. If HPQFlash doesn't do anything and you see a LOG file containing an entry WMI BIOS Flash function is not supported on this system, then install HP Quick Launch Buttons on your system and try again OR perform a DOS based install like for Linux users below.Linux users (Santa Rosa) Download and install modified rompaq from here. Download bios file of interest from above, extract rom.bin from the ROM.cab and copy it as 68***.bin on your DOS bootable USB thumbdrive. Reboot using the USB drive and install bios using the rompaq utility.How to setup Throttlestop to use the extra multiplier the dual-IDA/quad-IDA bios provides? See 2.0's great guide here starting at step 3. . Example of dual/quad-IDA overclocked Core CPUs T7300-2.00 -> 2.20@x11 T8100-2.10 -> [email protected] T7500-2.20 -> 2.40@x12 P8600-2.40 -> [email protected] T8300-2.40 -> 2.60@x13 T9300-2.50 -> [email protected] T9400-2.53 -> 2.66@x10 T9500-2.60 -> 2.80@x14 T9900-3.06 -> 3.20@x12Q9000-2.00 -> 2.26@x8Q9100-2.26 -> 2.53@x9 Q9200-2.40 -> [email protected] U7500-1.06 -> 1.20@x9 U7600-1.20 -> 1.33@x10 U7700-1.33 -> 1.46@x11 L7500-1.60 -> 1.80@x9 L7700-1.80 -> 2.00@x10 SU9300-1.20 -> 1.40@x7 SU9400-1.40 -> 1.60@x8 SU9600-1.60 -> 1.80@x9 SL9300-1.60 -> 1.86@x7 SL9400-1.86 -> 2.13@x8SL9600-2.13 -> 2.40@x9 Model BIOS Family Dual-IDA/Quad-IDAmodded bios BIOS image^5 PLL overclock possible? Version Tested? HDX9000 68DVD F.40E^2 YES YES schem 8730p/w 68PAD F.13^3 YES(me) YES 8710p/w 68MAD F.0F^2 YES YES schem 8530p/w 68PDV F.13^3 YES YES schem 8510p/w 68MVD F.15^2 YES +me YES schem 6730b 68PDD F.17^3 YES(me) schema 6530b 6930p 68PCU(IGP) F.19^3 YES(me) schema 68PCD(ATI) F.19^3 NO schema 6910p/w 68MCU(IGP) F.19^2 YES(me) YES schem 68MCD(ATI) F.19^2 YES 6710b/s 68DDU F.16^2 YES 6510b/s 2730p 68POU F.0F^1 YES YES schem 2710p 68MOU F.15^2 YES YES schem 2530p 68PSU F.13^3 YES(me) F.12 YES schem 2510p 68MSP F.10^1F.0F^2 YES(me) YES schem ^1 SLIC2.1+no_whitelist+dualIDA bios created from scratch ^2 created from TTAV134's SLIC2.1+no_whitelist bios ^3 created from TTAV134's no_whitelist bios. Has SLIC 2.1 ^4 no schematic available - try 6910P/6710B/6510B details?? ^5 pre F.20 bios. Requires SPI eeprom burner to write to BIOS eeprom Flash gone wrong? (Santa Rosa) Use Emergency Recovery. You must use a USB floppy drive. A USB thumbdrive doesn't work.(Montevina) Use HP EFI BIOS Recovery.Conclusiondual/quad-IDA and setfsb overclocking system wrings every last bit of performance out a Core 2 system. Please report your results so I can update the Tested table field above.Acknowledgements - a BIG thank you to :* unclewebb for bringing dual-IDA to the world with his Throttlestop software.* semi@wimsbios for producing ADDCCV3, necessary to do the Santa Rosa series bios mods.* Uncle Joe@thinkpads for identifying the EIST locking bios code and coding guidance.* TTAV134@mydigitallife for modifying HPQFlash and comprehensive SLIC2.1+unwhitelisted bios-es.* andyp@mydigitallife for creating PhoenixTool, necessary to perform the Montevina-series bios mod.* kizwan for providing an easy-to-follow document on modifying bios for dual-IDA/quad-IDA capability. Revision History2013-12-21: modded bios files re-released after a hiatus due to a change of circumstance. Merry XMAS 2012-09-08: added 6930p bios2012-07-28: added BIOS image section inc 2530P image.2012-05-30: added 6530b/6730b bios2011-09-12: new 2510P bios: complete F.10 mod, added pcie_ASPM to previous F.0F and fixed bug in F.0F-fan30pct bios. 2011-08-20: Quad-IDA highlighted2011-07-07: added 8730P/W bios2011-03-07: all modded bios are now SLIC2.1+no-whitelist+dual-IDA. Update details in spoiler: Spoiler HDX9000 : updated F40.E -> F.41 8710/8510/6910/6710/6510/2710 : added SLIC 2.1 + no-whitelist8530p/w : added no-whitelist6910p (ATI) : updated F.17 -> F.196710/6510 : updated F.15 -> F.162730p : updated F.0E -> F.0F 2510P/2530P : no change Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xtof Posted October 20, 2013 Share Posted October 20, 2013 Hi Nando4, Do you know if anyone has succeeded in reverting a > F20 BIOS to F13 for the 2530p ?I have 2 mainboards with socketed BIOS chips. One with the F12 version, and the other with the F21 version. I prefer ask before breaking something.Thanks ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tech Inferno Fan Posted October 20, 2013 Author Share Posted October 20, 2013 Hi Nando4, Do you know if anyone has succeeded in reverting a > F20 BIOS to F13 for the 2530p ?I have 2 mainboards with socketed BIOS chips. One with the F12 version, and the other with the F21 version. I prefer ask before breaking something.Thanks !Only known way 100% successful way is to revert from F.20 to pre-F.20 is by using a USB SPI eeprom burner to write the the 2530P 4MB BIOS ROM image to the chip.However, since you have two systemboards you could boot the F.12 one, carefully hotswap the eeprom chip and try to write F.12 to the F.20 chip. I believe HP copy-protect certain parts of the chip preventing such workarounds being feasible however it's still worth a shot just in case. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tech Inferno Fan Posted December 21, 2013 Author Share Posted December 21, 2013 Update 2013-12-21: modded bios files re-released after a hiatus due to a change of circumstance. Merry XMAS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tech Inferno Fan Posted December 30, 2013 Author Share Posted December 30, 2013 Unfortunately Krytex purportedly writes on behalf of other 2510P users at N** here:Thanks !Tech Inferno Fan finally woke up from his ego after you posted F10 on page 1 and shared the BIOSes on the other site (though he doesn't ask for money anymore... Christmas present, maybe ? haha) Way to go !!, what can I say ? The whole thing surely left several 2510p users with a bad aftertaste... What can you say? You could start by thanking the author of those files in addition to those that resolved the distributing issue. Their combined efforts bringing benefit to you and other listed HP notebook owners. In doing so you show appreciation for their time and effort.Perhaps bad aftertaste personal issues you indicate several 2510P users have might be be resolved safely by talking it out with a good counsellor? Consider too that harmful commentary you've given may be incentive to no longer do 'free' work in the future. Appreciation is key here. It may well become the the currency of the future.EDIT FOR CLARITY:It is not clear why Kryptex was so inflammed at not being able to get something that was once given away freely. The 'free' part being revoked when the author (me) was banned from NBR in Sep-2012. NBR mgmt continued with some bizarro view that my content on their site could be continued to be hosted and distributed as if the author created them ceased to exist. So until 12-21-2013 there was a US$15 'charge' to access those modded bios files with a recommendation that cost be passed back to NBR mgmt for reimbursement. A mechanism to penalize NBR by proxy of affected users for hosting and profiteering via ad revenue from content that they acquired unlawfully. They had ignored the Dec-2012 copyright-based DMCA takedown, exploiting the their legal system's bias for corporations. Kryptex was explained this via email yet makes no mention of it in his critical 'Tech Inferno Fan is charging for the modded bios file' posts. Thankfully that charging mechanism providing enough pressure for NBR to takedown the dual-IDA NBR thread. With that the modded bios file were once again released freely on Dec-21-2013, as originally intended. Appreciative users once again being able to show gratitude to the creator of those files if they want to. Any problems or counselling needed (eg: bad taste in their mouth) for the rocky path to get to this point should be taken up with the instigator causing a problem with distribution. That being NBR mgmt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JS09876 Posted June 1, 2015 Share Posted June 1, 2015 Hi Nando4 Would it be possible for you to have available a BIOS for 6530s 68PZU for Dual IDA Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tech Inferno Fan Posted June 1, 2015 Author Share Posted June 1, 2015 Hi Nando4Would it be possible for you to have available a BIOS for 6530s 68PZU for Dual IDA Thanks I have moved on from core 2 duo HP Elitebook/Probook machines so won't be committing any further time to making modded bios for them. However, if you want a modded bios then suggest download one ofthe existing modded bios, review the changelog and apply similar/same steps to your required 6530s bios to enable dual IDA. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RPGVeir Posted April 16, 2016 Share Posted April 16, 2016 I tested 6930p 68PCD(ATI) F.19 and it works perfectly. Thank you Tech Inferno Fan! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elonaias Posted May 29, 2017 Share Posted May 29, 2017 Nice post! I was looking for this to upgrade the processor of my HP 6930p laptop. Unfortunately the link is not working anymore. Could you be so kind to upload BIOS mod for the model: On 2013-9-26 at 7:20 PM, Tech Inferno Fan said: 6930p 68PCU(IGP) F.19^3 thanks in advance! On 2016-4-16 at 3:38 AM, RPGVeir said: I tested 6930p 68PCD(ATI) F.19 and it works perfectly. Thank you Tech Inferno Fan! BTW, do you have any benchmark between the new and the old processor? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dagwoodmash Posted July 30, 2017 Share Posted July 30, 2017 Can anyone post a new download link for the 6730b modded f17 bios? Any help would be appreciated. Download links are broken. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rsilva Posted August 9, 2017 Share Posted August 9, 2017 Can anyone post a new download link for the HP 6930p 68PCD(ATI) F.19? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
debilbao Posted January 14, 2018 Share Posted January 14, 2018 Hi i've rescued to life an old compaq 6710b. Is there anyone storing f16 modded bios that could share it again? Thanks in advance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
debilbao Posted January 14, 2018 Share Posted January 14, 2018 I have an old 6710b rescued for life, does anybody have a F16 modded BIOS to share again? Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odysseas77 Posted October 9, 2020 Share Posted October 9, 2020 On 9/27/2013 at 3:20 AM, Tech Inferno Fan said: DISCLAIMER: use these modified bios at your own risk!!You will be responsible for any damage to your computer system or loss of data that results from using a system with a modified BIOS. Ensure your system's cooling system is working well before trying any overclocking. These BIOS are not tested or approved by HP. Alert - do NOT upgrade if you are using a F.20 or newer bios. Doing so will endanger your ability to flash the modded bios below providing no-whitelist, dual-IDA and SLIC 2.1 functionality. Details here.IntroductionI noticed that mostly Dell and Alienware Core 2 Duo systems were dual-IDA capable from the factory. I proceeded to successfully modify and test the 2510P dual-IDA bios, extending the modification to other Santa Rosa HP and Montevina HP Business notebooks. Find the resultant modified bios-es below: Flashing a dual/quad-IDA bios will provide an extra multipler, gaining 5-17% more CPU performance on an IDA-capable CPU when using Throttlestop. Examples shown on the right. Throttlestop also provides IDA overvolting and superLFM undervolting to provide greater setfsb overclockability on AC and increased battery life on DC. Combining dual-IDA/quad-IDA and PLL overclocking will give the greatest possible overclocking.Installation InstructionsWindows users Download package of interest in the Version column on the right, double-click, extract to a desktop folder then run the HPQFlash file and follow instructions. The supplied HPQFlash is modified by TTAV134@mydigitallife to allow successful flashing of a modified bios. If HPQFlash doesn't do anything and you see a LOG file containing an entry WMI BIOS Flash function is not supported on this system, then install HP Quick Launch Buttons on your system and try again OR perform a DOS based install like for Linux users below.Linux users (Santa Rosa) Download and install modified rompaq from here. Download bios file of interest from above, extract rom.bin from the ROM.cab and copy it as 68***.bin on your DOS bootable USB thumbdrive. Reboot using the USB drive and install bios using the rompaq utility.How to setup Throttlestop to use the extra multiplier the dual-IDA/quad-IDA bios provides? See 2.0's great guide here starting at step 3. . Example of dual/quad-IDA overclocked Core CPUs T7300-2.00 -> 2.20@x11 T8100-2.10 -> [email protected] T7500-2.20 -> 2.40@x12 P8600-2.40 -> [email protected] T8300-2.40 -> 2.60@x13 T9300-2.50 -> [email protected] T9400-2.53 -> 2.66@x10 T9500-2.60 -> 2.80@x14 T9900-3.06 -> 3.20@x12Q9000-2.00 -> 2.26@x8Q9100-2.26 -> 2.53@x9 Q9200-2.40 -> [email protected] U7500-1.06 -> 1.20@x9 U7600-1.20 -> 1.33@x10 U7700-1.33 -> 1.46@x11 L7500-1.60 -> 1.80@x9 L7700-1.80 -> 2.00@x10 SU9300-1.20 -> 1.40@x7 SU9400-1.40 -> 1.60@x8 SU9600-1.60 -> 1.80@x9 SL9300-1.60 -> 1.86@x7 SL9400-1.86 -> 2.13@x8SL9600-2.13 -> 2.40@x9 Model BIOS Family Dual-IDA/Quad-IDAmodded bios BIOS image^5 PLL overclock possible? Version Tested? HDX9000 68DVD F.40E^2 YES YES schem 8730p/w 68PAD F.13^3 YES(me) YES 8710p/w 68MAD F.0F^2 YES YES schem 8530p/w 68PDV F.13^3 YES YES schem 8510p/w 68MVD F.15^2 YES +me YES schem 6730b 68PDD F.17^3 YES(me) schema 6530b 6930p 68PCU(IGP) F.19^3 YES(me) schema 68PCD(ATI) F.19^3 NO schema 6910p/w 68MCU(IGP) F.19^2 YES(me) YES schem 68MCD(ATI) F.19^2 YES 6710b/s 68DDU F.16^2 YES 6510b/s 2730p 68POU F.0F^1 YES YES schem 2710p 68MOU F.15^2 YES YES schem 2530p 68PSU F.13^3 YES(me) F.12 YES schem 2510p 68MSP F.10^1F.0F^2 YES(me) YES schem ^1 SLIC2.1+no_whitelist+dualIDA bios created from scratch ^2 created from TTAV134's SLIC2.1+no_whitelist bios ^3 created from TTAV134's no_whitelist bios. Has SLIC 2.1 ^4 no schematic available - try 6910P/6710B/6510B details?? ^5 pre F.20 bios. Requires SPI eeprom burner to write to BIOS eeprom Flash gone wrong? (Santa Rosa) Use Emergency Recovery. You must use a USB floppy drive. A USB thumbdrive doesn't work.(Montevina) Use HP EFI BIOS Recovery.Conclusiondual/quad-IDA and setfsb overclocking system wrings every last bit of performance out a Core 2 system. Please report your results so I can update the Tested table field above.Acknowledgements - a BIG thank you to :* unclewebb for bringing dual-IDA to the world with his Throttlestop software.* semi@wimsbios for producing ADDCCV3, necessary to do the Santa Rosa series bios mods.* Uncle Joe@thinkpads for identifying the EIST locking bios code and coding guidance.* TTAV134@mydigitallife for modifying HPQFlash and comprehensive SLIC2.1+unwhitelisted bios-es.* andyp@mydigitallife for creating PhoenixTool, necessary to perform the Montevina-series bios mod.* kizwan for providing an easy-to-follow document on modifying bios for dual-IDA/quad-IDA capability. Revision History2013-12-21: modded bios files re-released after a hiatus due to a change of circumstance. Merry XMAS 2012-09-08: added 6930p bios2012-07-28: added BIOS image section inc 2530P image.2012-05-30: added 6530b/6730b bios2011-09-12: new 2510P bios: complete F.10 mod, added pcie_ASPM to previous F.0F and fixed bug in F.0F-fan30pct bios. 2011-08-20: Quad-IDA highlighted2011-07-07: added 8730P/W bios2011-03-07: all modded bios are now SLIC2.1+no-whitelist+dual-IDA. Update details in spoiler: Hidden Content hello do you have a working link for 2530p modded bios? thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
choromico Posted April 17, 2021 Share Posted April 17, 2021 (edited) On 9/27/2013 at 2:20 AM, Tech Inferno Fan said: DISCLAIMER: use these modified bios at your own risk!!You will be responsible for any damage to your computer system or loss of data that results from using a system with a modified BIOS. Ensure your system's cooling system is working well before trying any overclocking. These BIOS are not tested or approved by HP. Alert - do NOT upgrade if you are using a F.20 or newer bios. Doing so will endanger your ability to flash the modded bios below providing no-whitelist, dual-IDA and SLIC 2.1 functionality. Details here.IntroductionI noticed that mostly Dell and Alienware Core 2 Duo systems were dual-IDA capable from the factory. I proceeded to successfully modify and test the 2510P dual-IDA bios, extending the modification to other Santa Rosa HP and Montevina HP Business notebooks. Find the resultant modified bios-es below: Flashing a dual/quad-IDA bios will provide an extra multipler, gaining 5-17% more CPU performance on an IDA-capable CPU when using Throttlestop. Examples shown on the right. Throttlestop also provides IDA overvolting and superLFM undervolting to provide greater setfsb overclockability on AC and increased battery life on DC. Combining dual-IDA/quad-IDA and PLL overclocking will give the greatest possible overclocking.Installation InstructionsWindows users Download package of interest in the Version column on the right, double-click, extract to a desktop folder then run the HPQFlash file and follow instructions. The supplied HPQFlash is modified by TTAV134@mydigitallife to allow successful flashing of a modified bios. If HPQFlash doesn't do anything and you see a LOG file containing an entry WMI BIOS Flash function is not supported on this system, then install HP Quick Launch Buttons on your system and try again OR perform a DOS based install like for Linux users below.Linux users (Santa Rosa) Download and install modified rompaq from here. Download bios file of interest from above, extract rom.bin from the ROM.cab and copy it as 68***.bin on your DOS bootable USB thumbdrive. Reboot using the USB drive and install bios using the rompaq utility.How to setup Throttlestop to use the extra multiplier the dual-IDA/quad-IDA bios provides? See 2.0's great guide here starting at step 3. . Example of dual/quad-IDA overclocked Core CPUs T7300-2.00 -> 2.20@x11 T8100-2.10 -> [email protected] T7500-2.20 -> 2.40@x12 P8600-2.40 -> [email protected] T8300-2.40 -> 2.60@x13 T9300-2.50 -> [email protected] T9400-2.53 -> 2.66@x10 T9500-2.60 -> 2.80@x14 T9900-3.06 -> 3.20@x12Q9000-2.00 -> 2.26@x8Q9100-2.26 -> 2.53@x9 Q9200-2.40 -> [email protected] U7500-1.06 -> 1.20@x9 U7600-1.20 -> 1.33@x10 U7700-1.33 -> 1.46@x11 L7500-1.60 -> 1.80@x9 L7700-1.80 -> 2.00@x10 SU9300-1.20 -> 1.40@x7 SU9400-1.40 -> 1.60@x8 SU9600-1.60 -> 1.80@x9 SL9300-1.60 -> 1.86@x7 SL9400-1.86 -> 2.13@x8SL9600-2.13 -> 2.40@x9 Model BIOS Family Dual-IDA/Quad-IDAmodded bios BIOS image^5 PLL overclock possible? Version Tested? HDX9000 68DVD F.40E^2 YES YES schem 8730p/w 68PAD F.13^3 YES(me) YES 8710p/w 68MAD F.0F^2 YES YES schem 8530p/w 68PDV F.13^3 YES YES schem 8510p/w 68MVD F.15^2 YES +me YES schem 6730b 68PDD F.17^3 YES(me) schema 6530b 6930p 68PCU(IGP) F.19^3 YES(me) schema 68PCD(ATI) F.19^3 NO schema 6910p/w 68MCU(IGP) F.19^2 YES(me) YES schem 68MCD(ATI) F.19^2 YES 6710b/s 68DDU F.16^2 YES 6510b/s 2730p 68POU F.0F^1 YES YES schem 2710p 68MOU F.15^2 YES YES schem 2530p 68PSU F.13^3 YES(me) F.12 YES schem 2510p 68MSP F.10^1F.0F^2 YES(me) YES schem ^1 SLIC2.1+no_whitelist+dualIDA bios created from scratch ^2 created from TTAV134's SLIC2.1+no_whitelist bios ^3 created from TTAV134's no_whitelist bios. Has SLIC 2.1 ^4 no schematic available - try 6910P/6710B/6510B details?? ^5 pre F.20 bios. Requires SPI eeprom burner to write to BIOS eeprom Flash gone wrong? (Santa Rosa) Use Emergency Recovery. You must use a USB floppy drive. A USB thumbdrive doesn't work.(Montevina) Use HP EFI BIOS Recovery.Conclusiondual/quad-IDA and setfsb overclocking system wrings every last bit of performance out a Core 2 system. Please report your results so I can update the Tested table field above.Acknowledgements - a BIG thank you to :* unclewebb for bringing dual-IDA to the world with his Throttlestop software.* semi@wimsbios for producing ADDCCV3, necessary to do the Santa Rosa series bios mods.* Uncle Joe@thinkpads for identifying the EIST locking bios code and coding guidance.* TTAV134@mydigitallife for modifying HPQFlash and comprehensive SLIC2.1+unwhitelisted bios-es.* andyp@mydigitallife for creating PhoenixTool, necessary to perform the Montevina-series bios mod.* kizwan for providing an easy-to-follow document on modifying bios for dual-IDA/quad-IDA capability. Revision History2013-12-21: modded bios files re-released after a hiatus due to a change of circumstance. Merry XMAS 2012-09-08: added 6930p bios2012-07-28: added BIOS image section inc 2530P image.2012-05-30: added 6530b/6730b bios2011-09-12: new 2510P bios: complete F.10 mod, added pcie_ASPM to previous F.0F and fixed bug in F.0F-fan30pct bios. 2011-08-20: Quad-IDA highlighted2011-07-07: added 8730P/W bios2011-03-07: all modded bios are now SLIC2.1+no-whitelist+dual-IDA. Update details in spoiler: Hidden Content Hello, I tried to download 8510p/w 68MVD F.15^2 bios, but the link failed. Could someone upload and update the bios files, or tell me where can I find it? Thanks in advance!! Edited April 17, 2021 by choromico Want to be notified if answered Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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