Recent content by Alps

Sure, I'm a beginner with Hex code but I'm getting more and more familiar thanks to articles and tutorials on the web. Of course, any change will be made in a copy of the extracted firmware. If the results are not satisfying, I can easily flash back the original firmware. Please, explain this...

Good! As I said a few days ago, it's necessary to extract the firmware and then edit it (no need of SPI programmers and DMI tools then?). Actually, the 32-bit version of Devilclaw's Flasher doesn't work and Hex Workshop is just shareware. So, even if these are the programs that I mentioned...

Ok! Let's opt for a DMI tool! Would you suggest a specific one? Consider that, if it can be relevant, my laptop is an old Clevo D470W and last time I flashed the BIOS, I did it via floppy disk since its motherboard doesn't support boot via USB pendrives.

Thanks for your tip! The model you mentioned is a bit different from the one I own: mine is slim (for laptops), while yours is standard for desktop PC. But actually this could be irrelevant. Since I don't have a SPI programmer, what if I use Devilsclaw's Flasher (or other utilities that you...

Hi everybody! I've a few questions regarding DVD overburning. Particularly, I'm referring to the slim IDE/ATA internal DVD writers coming with laptops about 10 years ago (Pioneer DVR-K17A, in my case, but I could get other second-hand models of other brands, if necessary). I've known that the...

Hi all! Compliments for the excellent community! I am interested in hardware issues (peripherals in particular at the moment). I hope to clear up my doubts here!