Hi
I recently purchased an older mini pc for vintage gaming, but in the process of unlocking the bios I stuffed up, and then it didn’t boot. I did back up the bios beforehand, using the American Megatrends tool (AFUWINx64).
So, I purchased an EEPROM programmer (CH341A), which seems to read the contents of the bios chip, and writes. I tried to restore my backup. But it doesn’t seem to boot.
The file that the CH341A programmer is asking for is .bin, and I only seem to have a .rom. I read that the files are the same, just with a different extension – but then I also read it wasn’t.
Can anyone here help me convert a .rom to a .bin, that can successfully be flashed using my programmer?
Thank you so much.
Attached is my backup of the bios (in backup.zip) and the bios from the products website (in factory.zip).
backup.zip (Size: 2.37 MB / Downloads: 0)
factory.zip (Size: 2.37 MB / Downloads: 0)
I recently purchased an older mini pc for vintage gaming, but in the process of unlocking the bios I stuffed up, and then it didn’t boot. I did back up the bios beforehand, using the American Megatrends tool (AFUWINx64).
So, I purchased an EEPROM programmer (CH341A), which seems to read the contents of the bios chip, and writes. I tried to restore my backup. But it doesn’t seem to boot.
The file that the CH341A programmer is asking for is .bin, and I only seem to have a .rom. I read that the files are the same, just with a different extension – but then I also read it wasn’t.
Can anyone here help me convert a .rom to a .bin, that can successfully be flashed using my programmer?
Thank you so much.
Attached is my backup of the bios (in backup.zip) and the bios from the products website (in factory.zip).

