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For HP this is not true. In college I rescued 2 HP EliteBooks from the e-waste bin and both had locked BIOSes. It was as simple as buying a cheap SPI programmer
by bkallus 5y ago
For HP this is not true. In college I rescued 2 HP EliteBooks from the e-waste bin and both had locked BIOSes. It was as simple as buying a cheap SPI programmer (I got a CH341A-based one) and dumping the BIOS chip, then unlocking the dump with a tool called HPUnlocker, and reflashing it.
Didn't even need to solder because the programmer came with a chip clip. These were EliteBook 840 G2s, but modern EliteBooks are still vulnerable to this.