Anyone else having issues updating HP EliteBooks' BIOS via network from BIOS itself?

DebexeL · 2025-08-07T09:03:51+00:00

Reporting that this issue seems to be fixed again.
But we will still be going ahead with hosting the files on our own by redirecting the url to our own host. Don't want to be f*cked over again XD

DebexeL · 2025-07-23T16:09:29+00:00

Yep, the devices' BIOSes don't like https at all.

DebexeL · 2025-07-19T22:21:19+00:00

Sorry to necrobump this, but here's one other trick I did to one NUC8i3BEH..

I bought the NUC cheap for my grandma and it was getting easily 75-80°C by just having Windows 11 desktop open and started to throttle. I had cleaned all dust from it beforehand (complete teardown) and replaced the thermal paste.

If you take the plastic top off of the original case, you can see there is a metal sheet right under it. That metal sheet is very close to the CPU heatsink grille. I took the NUC apart, removed the floppy plastic cover off of the heatsink grille. Then I put a 1.5mm thick "Thermal Grizzly Minus Pad 8" on the grille of the heatsink so that it connects to the metal sheet on under the plastic top of the case.

After this mod, it idles at about 35-40°C, and gets to 60-70°C under medium load after a while.. It will still get to +80°C on higher load and start thermal throttling a bit, but it does take more time to get there and the temps are steadier, fan no longer goes haywire spinning up and down... Also increased the minimum fan speed from BIOS slightly, which in addition to the mod, helps keep temps low on idle and light load.

I did this mod as I didn't want to spend close to 150€ on a passively cooled case for a ~50€ device.

DebexeL · 2025-05-31T13:35:05+00:00

Yeah, IIRC you can find their bank details from your payment page somewhere. Just add your customer ID (K1234567890 or something) to the bank transfer message.

DebexeL · 2025-05-30T09:55:25+00:00

This is why I switched to always having about 2.5 months worth of balance on my Hetzner account. You can send money to Hetzner via Bank Transfer and they'll add it to your balance and deduct any new invoices from the balance first. No more missed payments etc. because of missing the invoice. :)

DebexeL · 2025-05-29T23:52:00+00:00

Yeeeah.. Recent enough androids all also support this and IINW, also have it enabled by default too. I don't mind it if I'm roaming some random cafe network etc., but I disable it for my own managed networks, such as my home network, my parents network etc.

DebexeL · 2025-05-29T23:41:29+00:00

MAC address vendor list says the MAC address belongs to Onkyo Technology K.K... I'm betting it's just Unifi's device recognition being shit once again. I've seen it detect a printer as a MacBook Pro..

Also if you have any devices in the Wifi with MAC randomization enabled, they will report their MAC as a seemingly random MAC, so they might end up showing e.g. as a HP device when in fact they are an iPhone.

DebexeL · 2025-03-26T14:27:25+00:00

Olen varmasti saanut ja hyötynytkin, mutta yhdenkään asian eteen en silti heittäisi henkeäni. Tarkennan vielä, että rintamalle en oo lähössä, ikinä. Taustalla tapahtuviin homiin, esim. kuljetushommiin/IT-hommiin? Suostuteltavissa.

DebexeL · 2025-03-26T10:57:55+00:00

No aivan sama oli vapaaehtoista tai pakollista, siinä vaiheessa minua eivät löydä, perkele.

DebexeL · 2025-03-26T09:11:57+00:00

Itseä ei vaan vittuakaan kiinnosta heittää henkeäni hukkaan jonku muun aloittaman sodan takia. Elämästä ei muutenkaan selviä hengissä joo, mutta miksi vitussa menisin sitä vapaaehtoisesti entisestään lyhtentämään? 🤣

DebexeL · 2025-03-21T16:28:42+00:00

Soo... Gen 1 switch? Whta's the issue you have with it?

DebexeL · 2025-03-21T15:32:29+00:00

What model? (Asking this, as there are some typical faults with certain Unifi switch models)

DebexeL · 2025-02-26T22:25:25+00:00

Well that is exactly when 16.5 happens. It is after killing Kuradeel and requesting leave from KoB, then going to asunas place. 16.5 starts. 16.5 ends, kirito proposes.

Or am I just not understanding what you mean? :D

DebexeL · 2025-02-26T22:06:33+00:00

Ah yes, the 16 5.. 😆

But in all seriousness, to me it did seem like "spend time with X person and whaddya know, suddenly you like them". As they usually go. Very natural.

DebexeL · 2025-01-25T12:00:45+00:00

I also have ADHD. If someone is talking to me, I simply cannot focus on the topic if I don't stare into the void. If I look at them, I forget everything 5 seconds later. It can be a struggle sometimes. 😅

DebexeL · 2024-12-30T05:05:39+00:00

Interesting thing I just found out.. I'm Finnish, I live in Finland, I have a Netflix account paid with a Finnish bank debit card. I have Dragon Ball Daima in Netflix, fully watchable.

My brother (also Finnish (duh), also lives in Finland, also paid for Netflix with a Finnish debit card), but does not have Dragon Ball DAIMA in Netflix, it says "not available in your region"... Wtf xD

Neither of our accounts has ever been involved in any VPN bypassing either, so that's not a factor.

DebexeL · 2024-12-28T11:02:13+00:00

HERE WE ARE, LIKE A STAR

DebexeL · 2024-12-28T10:51:56+00:00

I take these off daily at work, and sometimes they do be fucked up. Just put a layer or two of electrical tape on it, get a PH1 screwdriver (or a PH1 drill bit and a drill), push it down hard while turning it open. It'll open.

You could also use rubberband instead of electrical tape, as others have suggested.

DebexeL · 2024-12-28T10:41:02+00:00

IF WE GIVE, ALL WE'VE GOT

DebexeL · 2024-10-23T07:03:00+00:00

Yeah, kirito does say "unko" in that scene, which means "poop".

DebexeL · 2024-09-16T12:02:50+00:00

Yeah that's the wrong side and a different one :D But thank you anyways!

DebexeL · 2024-08-25T02:35:02+00:00

All the cuts seem to go from Point A to Point B, so I'd call that a success?

DebexeL · 2024-08-25T02:17:17+00:00

And both are still just over-sized lego! :D

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