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    Alienware 17R2 BIOS chip location

    Hi there, this is my first post, just hope it is in the right spot.

    I have an Alienware 17R2 whose motherboard is LA-B753P. I downloaded the latest BIOS file from Dell website and now it is bricked. I googled everywhere and it seemed to use a programmer to reflash BIOS is the only way (and the cheapest way) to solve the issue.

    So my question is: is there anyone who can tell me where is the location of BIOS chip location? I know it is a little silly but from the pictures I found through Google, it seemed that there are more than one 8-pin chips on the motherboard, one is close to the killer wifi card and another one is close to CMOS battery. Really appreciate if anyone can let me know which is the right one to reflash.

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    Re: Alienware 17R2 BIOS chip location

    Did you try recovery procedure? https://eu.alienwarearena.com/ucf/sh...-update-failed
    OpenBoardView — https://github.com/OpenBoardView/OpenBoardView

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      #3
      Re: Alienware 17R2 BIOS chip location

      chip bios must me something like mx25l64 where 64 is 64mbit for 8mb bios storage.

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        #4
        Re: Alienware 17R2 BIOS chip location

        Originally posted by piernov View Post
        Thank you for your reply. Yes, I found this method in another website,

        https://www.bios-mods.com/forum/Thre...-unlock?page=9

        it also provided some extra suggestion with putting the exe file and a renamed BOOT_IMG.rcv in USB.

        I tried both, but, unfortunately, neither is working on my laptop. I think it is totally dead

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          #5
          Re: Alienware 17R2 BIOS chip location

          Schematic here: https://www.badcaps.net/forum/showth...newbie+project according to it, BIOS chip is UH4 and a windbond W25Q64FVSSIQ, bottom of page 19.
          Last edited by Mazorca; 09-27-2020, 10:17 PM. Reason: additional info

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            Re: Alienware 17R2 BIOS chip location

            Originally posted by Mazorca View Post
            Schematic here: https://www.badcaps.net/forum/showth...newbie+project according to it, BIOS chip is UH4 and a windbond W25Q64FVSSIQ, bottom of page 19.
            Oh Thank you so much Mazorca. It is good to know UH4 is the right one so that I don't need to pull the whole motherboard out. Thanks!

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              #7
              Re: Alienware 17R2 BIOS chip location

              @zirf have you fixed the issue? I am also facing same problem now.

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