An enthusiast unlocked the BIOS of an HP laptop using the Claude neural network
8/4/2026, 11:46 AM • Евгения Слив

Users often buy laptops with a locked basic I/O system. Such devices are usually sold at a discounted price on the secondary market. New owners cannot change the basic settings of the equipment. Removing the CMOS battery no longer helps to reset the set passwords. Manufacturers use reliable methods to protect their proprietary firmware. In this case, we are talking about the HP 15-dw1036ne model. This laptop is equipped with a tenth-generation Intel processor. The previous owner set a password to turn on the device. The current user did not know this secret access code. The standard methods of circumventing the protection did not bring any results. An enthusiast connected a CH341A chip programmer to the motherboard. He made a backup copy of the firmware for further analysis. The system returned an error whenever any attempts were made to change the code. The built-in integrity check seriously complicated the modification process.
Searching for ready-made solutions on the Internet did not yield any results. Then the enthusiast decided to apply the capabilities of artificial intelligence. He uploaded a backup firmware dump to the Claude Code neural network. The program has successfully analyzed the complex structure of a binary file. The neural network suggested making specific changes to the source code. The user applied three special patches to bypass the protection. The first patch successfully bypassed the RSA-2048 DXE-FV signature verification. The second patch revealed fifty-five hidden configuration fields. The third patch revealed advanced configuration tabs of the base system. Artificial intelligence has pinpointed the right bytes in the dump. The built-in integrity check system no longer gave errors. The laptop successfully booted up with a fully open base system. The user has full access to all hidden functions. This process took a minimal amount of time.
The enthusiast wrote a special script in the Python programming language. This code automates the entire firmware modification process. The script first creates a backup copy of the current BIOS state. It then automatically applies all three required patches. As a result, the laptop remains fully unlocked for the user. The author has made this script publicly available. Anyone can download the code and try it out. It is worth considering the important technical limitations of this method. The script may not work on other HP devices. It is designed only for a specific model 15-dw1036ne. Differences in the motherboard revision also play a role. The firmware structure may differ in other versions. However, the very fact of using a neural network is very important. Artificial intelligence helps to solve complex technical problems. Locked devices can now be unlocked using AI.
