CQ50a

BIOS .bin 1.00 MB Shared

Firmware dump called CQ50a, a 1.00 MB BIOS image that appears to belong to a Compaq CQ50 laptop; the name does not state the board number, revision or whether the platform is AMD or Intel. A full image of this kind is programmed onto the SPI flash chip to recover a board that will not boot after BIOS corruption. Confirm the chip on the board is 1 MB, since an image of the wrong size will not fit, read and save the original contents first, and match the motherboard before flashing.

The button opens the matching file on RM Schematics, or a source page if it is not catalogued there yet. The original attachment is from @biosfilebins. Enginerys does not host this file.

How to open a .bin file

A raw, byte-for-byte image of a flash chip: the main BIOS / UEFI, the embedded-controller (EC) firmware, or both.

CH341A + NeoProgrammer / AsProgrammerflashromRT809F / RT809HTL866II / T48UEFITool (to inspect)HxD (hex editor)

More about .bin files

Back up your own chip before writing any dump, and match the full board number and revision. Flashing guide →

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