DV 3000 6050A2162401-MB-A02

BIOS .rar 596 KB Shared

Firmware for the HP DV3000 laptop motherboard, board 6050A2162401-MB-A02, in a 596 KB RAR archive. The 6050A prefix follows the Inventec numbering scheme, and A02 is the board revision. The small size suggests an older BIOS image for a low-capacity flash chip, which can be reprogrammed to recover a board that fails to boot. Compare the number and revision on the PCB with the file, back up the original chip with a programmer before writing, and make sure the image size equals the chip capacity.

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 @biosarchive. Enginerys does not host this file.

How to open a .rar file

Compressed archive — the usual wrapper for a schematic + boardview pair or a BIOS + EC set.

7-ZipWinRARThe Unarchiver (macOS)

More about .rar files

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

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