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HP's ftp gone?

icepuckicepuck Posts: 466
edited 2011-08-23 23:05 in General Discussion
My niece's HP Mini 110-1125NR died today at school with the dreaded "cmos checksum error" after doing some googling I found out I need the file "sp47135.exe" and extract the amiboot.rom file. So I went to HP to try to download the needed file only to find out I can't download it.

So I pinged ftp://ftp.hp.com and discovered the ftp no longer exists.:( I've found other sites that have the file I need but I read on other forums of a possibility of infected/corrupted/modified bios' posing as the real deal, and lots of dead links to nowhere.
Any ideals on were to find an unmodified sp47135.exe would be appreciated.
-dan

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  • SapiehaSapieha Posts: 2,964
    edited 2011-08-23 20:30
    I tested this link and it function for me

    icepuck wrote: »
    My niece's HP Mini 110-1125NR died today at school with the dreaded "cmos checksum error" after doing some googling I found out I need the file "sp47135.exe" and extract the amiboot.rom file. So I went to HP to try to download the needed file only to find out I can't download it.

    So I pinged ftp://ftp.hp.com and discovered the ftp no longer exists.:( I've found other sites that have the file I need but I read on other forums of a possibility of infected/corrupted/modified bios' posing as the real deal, and lots of dead links to nowhere.
    Any ideals on were to find an unmodified sp47135.exe would be appreciated.
    -dan
  • GadgetmanGadgetman Posts: 2,436
    edited 2011-08-23 21:58
    Please note that HPs support servers are notorious for timeouts, 404s, or even downtime...

    I know of HP techies that bring LARGE USB-drives with them when visiting customer installations because they fear thy won't be able to download patches while they're there.
  • HollyMinkowskiHollyMinkowski Posts: 1,398
    edited 2011-08-23 23:05
    This site http://www.virustotal.com/about.html lets you upload any file.
    The site first generates an md5 checksum and lets you know if others
    have uploaded that file for checking, and the results.

    The uploaded file is run through many different anti virus programs and the
    result for each is shown in a list.

    I found that doing a google search using the name of the file and the md5
    checksum sometimes provides links to information posted by people who
    have used the file....this is great because they will post about their success
    or whatever sort of grief they have experienced.
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