So while I am able to enter the password on boot, it won't accept it. BUT! Apparently, AMI bios uses some kind of hashing/saltingĪlgorithm on the password you enter unlike hdparm, which just sets the password to exactly what you enter. I get the standard HDD password prompt from BIOS. I have also tried to set the disk password using hdparm linux utility, which worked. Is there no way to flash the P640RE bios? Here is what I tried:ġ) Flash from Windows using afuwin - I get the infamous error 18 - secure flash rom verify failĢ) Flash from DOS using afudos - same errorģ) Flash from OS/Win using afu 5.05.04 with the /gan command - the update finishes ok but the BIOS doesn't changeĤ) Using the MESET.EXE tool prior flashing with AFUDOS 5.05.04 with /gan (no /gan = error 18)ĥ) Name the file P640RE.ROM, put it on flash and hold fn+B and booting - I get to a Recovery menu in BIOS setup and there: rom image signature is invalid Naturally, I have created a BIOS backup, enabled the option using AMIBCP and now I am trying to flash it back.īut I have no success. Need to enable HDD password in BIOS, which the drive's firmware interprets as to secure the encryptionīut my BIOS setup has no option to set HDD password. I have Samsung 850 EVO which has hw-based aes encryption. I have bought a Clevo P640RE (branded as PC Specialist Defiance II 14").Ī very good computer indeed, however, I have a very specific problem.
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