(2) OS SKU = if no windows (0), if it had vista (7) PCID = Ok under the battery cover there is a mightī's a sticker on the motherboard if you want to fill it in.

(4) SKU Number= It's the Product Number on the bottomĪgain Random.you can judge or use and get past hitting Enter every This one was a B#$%H i had no clue so RANDOM FTW!! (1) Notebook Model= Mine was Compaq PresarioĬq61 Notebook PC.Don't think this really matters Under basic here is a Hint, Remove your Battery and there is USB (all found on Google) and the DMIFIT tool and HPBQ138.EXE (also Google)įrom there you just have to boot to usb type HPBQ138 and fill in theĬorrect info. instructions follow:Īll you need is basic DOS Skills and a bootable also, I have searched and all I get for results to download are either links to torrents that dont have what they advertise, or links to pages that claim to have it but they all require sign-up or fees. Useless info if you dont have the utility. After researching I see they got this from an HP forum, and these instructions have been pasted all over forums around the net. I am going to copy the email and instructions below. So I need two things: How do I make a bootable flash drive and where can I locate the utility I need. They neglected to paste links or attach a useful. and yes of course i did e mail them and instead of sending it back to them, they just copied and pasted instructions. I would guess this vendor replaced the BIOS chip and forgot to do this part, or they used a 'wrong' BIOS chip. Though I do realize of course all other manufacturers have a similar procedure, I have never had this issue. I know one of the biggest problems with replacing Apple MBs is that you have to burn a serial in or they sometimes wont work, or at least work properly. Neither is good advice for procuring them. The problem is, of course, those utilities are not readily available. ROM BIOS flash it creates a 'basic' DOS menu like the BIOS and from there you input about six dif numbers and the factory OS. SO, again after exhaustive reading on HP site and on other forums, I have concluded I need a DMI requires creating a bootable flash drive (or I suppose disc) and loading a HP file/utility, similar to a. When I contacted the vendor I got the MB from they just copied and pasted some instructions that were slightly over my head. After exhaustive reading I learned that the MB did not have its numbers imputed so if I wanted to get past that error message, either I would have to forever hit 'enter' at every start up or do the numbers myself. You can press enter from there and it goes in to the OS just fine.

I ordered a repalcement HP MB and after I got it installed I get a power-on error, it says s/n product number etc invalid.

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