18742-1 – HP Pavilion 14
The HP Pavilion 14 is built on the 18742-1 board designed by Wistron. ChambersDesignInc.com has indexed 6 files for this board — 4 BIOS files, 1 schematic, 1 boardview and 2 EC firmware images.
First posted in July 2021 in BIOS Archive, Schematics & Boardviews Archive and Cyberlan Electronics.
BIOS dumps 4
Schematics 1
Boardviews 1
Board facts
| Board number | 18742-1 |
|---|---|
| Designed by | Wistron |
| Platform group | 18XXX |
| Graphics | discrete GPU |
| First seen | 2021-07-25 |
| Source channels | BIOS Archive, Schematics & Boardviews Archive, Cyberlan Electronics |
| About the number | Wistron board numbers look like 15217-1; the first two digits usually indicate the design year. |
Laptops that use 18742-1
What these files are for
A BIOS dump is a full image of the board's SPI flash chip. It is written back with an SPI programmer when the original firmware is corrupted, after a chip replacement, or to recover from a failed update. Read and save the original chip first: serial number, DMI data and the Intel ME / AMD PSP state differ between boards.
A schematic is the circuit diagram of the main board: power rails, power-up sequence, component values and net names. It is the reference for measuring voltages and tracing a fault.
A boardview is the component placement map of the PCB: click a part or a net and the viewer highlights where it is and what it connects to. Used together with the schematic to find test points.
Tools to open these files
| Format | What it is | Open with |
|---|---|---|
| .bdv | Honhan .bdv boardview | OpenBoardView, FlexBV or Honhan BoardViewer |
| PDF schematic | any PDF reader; Sumatra PDF and Foxit handle large schematics well | |
| .rar | RAR archive | 7-Zip or WinRAR |
| .zip | ZIP archive | 7-Zip, WinRAR or the built-in Windows extractor |
| .bin | BIOS image inside the archive (usually .bin) | a CH341A, XGecu T48 / TL866II Plus or RT809H programmer |
Questions
Is there a boardview for 18742-1?
Yes, 1 boardview file in .bdv format.
Which laptops use the 18742-1 board?
Files in the catalog link 18742-1 to the HP Pavilion 14.
Who designed the 18742-1 board?
18742-1 is a Wistron board number used by HP.
Where do the download links go?
Each button opens the original public Telegram post the file was shared in. ChambersDesignInc.com only indexes and cross-references those posts.