No. Even though the CPU (Skylake/Kaby Lake) is the same, the board layout, GPIO mappings, and Intel Management Engine (ME) regions differ. You will get a “BIOS ID mismatch” or no boot.

| Error | Probable Cause | Solution | |-------|----------------|----------| | “Chip not detected” | Loose clip or wrong voltage | Use 1.8V adapter or desolder chip | | “Verification failed at 0x00” | Bad clip contact or corrupted source BIN | Clean chip pins, re-download BIN | | System powers on but no POST after flash | ME region missing or incorrect | Use a “clean ME” BIN from Badcaps | | “Invalid firmware image” in HP tools | You tried to flash BIN via Windows EXE | BIN is only for external programmer |


In these scenarios, no USB drive or key combination will help. You must physically flash the chip.