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‎12-23-2020 06:35 AM

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Product: elitebook 8530p
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 (64-bit)

hello please i need the smc file for my elitebook 8530p to restaure my bios

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‎12-23-2020 07:53 AM

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@michaelkemga 

Sorry, but HP no longer provides those files -- and those were the only way customers could reset BIOS passwords.

 

HP's policy now is to require replacing the entire system board in order to put in a new one that does not have a BIOS passwors -- and this is quite expensive to do.



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