I JUST found out I can sorta maybe possibly dump/program/reprogram my dead laptop's EC with that one programmer I bought, a CH314A.
I just thave to find the proper pinout for it and prod some of the keyboard connector's pins!
Now where the hell is the ROM I dumped from HP's website?
Oh GOD why do they have to be named like this, which was the one that I needed???
It took a few tries but I finally got a proper dump from this programmer so I can vouch for it being known good.
Now I have to tinker with the motherboard and the teeny tiny pins it has to try and program the EC.
@CloverChrome When I was a toddler I vaguely understood what a short circuit was from cartoons, so I would dip McDonald toys in milk to see if they'd break in neat ways. And then I'd be bummed out realizing that was a permanent change.
@kateyagi I did something similar with some of my toys. I would stick coins and keys into their electronics to see if they would throw cool blue arcs or something but they would always just silently break :(
Whoops! Plugged it in backwards and the programmer got crazy hot. Didn't notice until I got a hot flux whiff.
Let's pray I didn't fry the BIOS.