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Hope this clears up somethings, HP is the devil. If you are using a commercial desktop or all-in-one, then you can just go into the system IDs and edit them in the BIOS, it's super easy and you shouldn't need any disks. If you are using a laptop, you are out of luck as special files on a bootable USB are needed, I am not very familiar with this process, but only HP Certified techs are given the files. If you get an error that the featurebyte was not accepted, something is not entered correctly, try it again (this is always the case, it is always entered incorrectly when that error appears.) The Build ID should not include the "**" but should include the #SABA#DABA. The featurebyte is case sensitive, do not use spaces and definitely include the. The model it asks for is actually the Product Number of the unit. You just need to fill out the information on this screen with two small notes that should be known. If, by chance, you are able to highlight and edit the values you are extremely lucky because you do not need any of the disks. If you can highlight things but not press enter and edit them, then you are out of luck as you need a BIOS_UPDATE utility to reeset the DMI information, this is also not given out except to HP Certified techs. If you cannot highlight anything, then you are not in the advanced BIOS and must try to enter it again. In this section, the System IDs section or CTRL+A, you will have a bunch of entries, where different values can be entered. If you go into the System IDs Section, or if you have the newer BIOS (that has File, Storage, Boot at the top), then you will have to press CTRL+A to enter into this section. tap CTRL+F10 to enter into the BIOS instead of the normal just F10. If it is a V6, then you have a slim ray of hope. If the BIOS is a v5, then you are out of luck as you will need a CPC_DMI disk, which is only available to HP Certified technicians. Again, the recovery are at fault in this case, or the tattoo is the issue itself.įor consumer desktops this process is broken down into two procedures.
Hp dmi tool + how many times can you tattoo a motherboard? software#
If the disks are incorrectly made, or the model incorrectly selected on them through the featurebyte/Build ID comparison then it will incorrectly partition the drive and give an unrecoverable error with a 0x error code, this is occurring because the partition for the OS is so small that the image that HP uses or the extra software they are installing are unable to fit on the partition that is made. If it does not match any of the models it will give an error that the disks are incompatible with the computer and will not go any farther, this error will occur prior to the Recovery Manager coming up. The way the HP recovery disks work is they compare the featurebyte and build ID information input on the motherboard and compare them to a list of models that the specific recovery disk is released for. This has to be done when a motherboard is installed into the unit, and not doing this can cause various errors during the recovery disks that HP uses and give a "Code Purple" in windows, causing the operating system to be locked down and unable to be used.
Hp dmi tool + how many times can you tattoo a motherboard? windows#
Alright, so everyone assuming that it is windows activation is wrong, the tattoo process is a process specific to HP units.