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‎01-18-2019 12:01 PM

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Product: 15m-BQ121dx
Operating System: Linux

I saw that there is an update to Bios F.20 this morning, I've been running F.19 pretty stably but HP strongly recommended I update to F.20, so  I went ahead and updated to F.20. Apparently it should fix hangs within Windows, even though I had already fixed those by forcing an update to the latest AMD Graphics Driver.  Now appears Linux hangs when it tries to modeset with a yellowish bar about a centimeter above the bottom of the LCD and I cannot get X to start even with nomodeset, but I can at least get into a tty.  

 

My ideal would  probably be to move back to F.19 until this is fixed, but I no longer have the installer and I don't think HP allows "downgrading" (scare quotes since if a new bios version is broken I can't call it an upgrade) bios versions.

 

DMESG with nomodeset: https://pastebin.com/9kA6JLAQ

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‎01-24-2019 02:08 AM - edited ‎01-24-2019 02:09 AM

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Your Support page has a lot of BIOS files. No F.19 but I do see an F.17. Not sure why all of those different sets of BIOS files are on the support page. Just look at each one and click on Previous version tab to see older versions. Frankly I would hesitate to use any when they are some that don't appear to belong there.

https://support.hp.com/us-en/drivers/selfservice/hp-envy-15m-bq100-x360-convertible-pc/16851057/mode...

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‎01-24-2019 09:45 AM

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I don't see F.17 but I do see F.10, which I have attempted to install and immediately after unpacking it, it does nothing.  I have navigated to SWsetup/sp93122 and see an InsydeFlash.exe (which is weird since this computer uses an AMI BIOS) and click it and nothing happens.  I have run it as administrator, and in compatibility mode, and I have been unable to get it to anything productive.

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‎01-24-2019 04:02 PM - edited ‎01-24-2019 04:04 PM

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I mentioned in my previous reply that some of these sets do not appear to belong on your driver's list. F.17 is in the 2nd set of BIOS files, where F.10 is listed as latest.

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‎01-24-2019 05:13 PM

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I found it, but when I try to flash it I get an error message saying that I'm unable to install it since it's an older version not compatible with my system configuration.  I have also attempted using BIOS Recovery using a USB Drive and it tells me that no BIOS recovery USB is inserted.

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‎01-24-2019 06:26 PM

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HP has started blocking any attempts at BIOS downgrades-at least on most models.

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