HP ProDesk 600 G3 SFF Coffeelake Support Mod

BIOS/UEFI Modding BIOS Modding Requests
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Hey Guys,

Recently received three of these machines from a business client. Would love to see if we could get Windows 11 fully working on this with the Coffeelake mod, better then throwing them out. Trying to add B0 CFL microcodes to the machine.

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1VNtZdG_5r53Anr9qykSFZR0eX3VFt0qy?usp=drive_link

In the link above I have the original BIOS. One where I was able to update the Intel ME and Microcodes with “Coffee Lake Mod Tool”, nicknamed that file “HP ProDesk 600 G3 SFF (Updated ME)”. It boots with the i5-7500 It came with but not the i3-8100 I’m trying to put into it. Coffeetime doesn’t give me any options for microcodes so couldn’t go any further with that particular program.

If anyone could help or point me in the right direction so I could learn a bit more about how to do this, I’d greatly appreciate it.

Thanks in Advance.

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Bump! I really don’t want to waste these desktops

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If even possible… its not possible in all kind of chipsets and/or some OEM systems motherboards.

[Guide] CoffeeLake CPUs on Skylake and KabyLake mainboards - BIOS/UEFI Modding / BIOS Modding Guides and Problems - Win-Raid Forum

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Thanks for the link, guess this is a more manual way I can try. Is the only way to see if it’s possible is to try this method? The chipset is supported, I’m pretty sure.

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I’m not a fan of this kind of mod, but yes i think this is the only know method to try.
You’ll notice that most of the mbs used and reports, will be using standard AMI Aptio V bioses and not HP/DELL/Lenovo machines/InsydeH2O based bios core… so this maybe an issue in your quest, not saying its impossible but really dont remember seen such kind of machine successful report.
Good luck.

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Thanks for info! Will be good for anyone who comes across this post.

I tried UBU and it instantly says that it couldn’t find anything in the BIOS then closes. I guess these machines can’t be modded. In the future I personally will probably only ever attempt AMI bioses. Hopefully something is developed for the other types in the future.

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As i said… that’s probably a machine using InsydeH2O bios core or HP internal release…that’s why UBU closes.

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