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    Request - 660m Dell VBIOS

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by svl7, Jul 11, 2012.

  1. svl7

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    I'm looking for a copy of a Dell 660m vbios.
    I'd appreciate if anyone could upload a copy of it. Let me know if you need instructions about how to dump it.

    Thanks!
     
    svl7, Jul 11, 2012
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  2. eliteone

    eliteone Notebook Guru

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    I've got one dumped on my hard drive right now...... but my rig is in the shop. I'll give you two guesses as to why ;) I should have it back by Friday and will post it to my dropbox if nobody else has upped one yet. This time I'll leave the mods to somebody more experienced than me :)

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    eliteone, Jul 11, 2012
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    Cool, thank you! :)
     
    svl7, Jul 12, 2012
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    i can't oc the gtx 660m on my M17X R4. I suspect the bios. I've tried so many drivers (modded and certified), using Latest MSI Afterburner, EVGA precision, the clock speed remains the same. pissing.
     
    maplingstorie, Jul 12, 2012
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    Yep, the vbios is locked up. But it seems it is injected into the actual bios somehow when flashed..... found that out the hard way..... a bad vbios flash seems is capable of corrupting the system bios as well.

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    eliteone, Jul 12, 2012
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    Wow that is bad news anyway around this lock? I am pretty sure it affects the 680M on the m18x r2 and m17x as well...
     
    littleone562, Jul 12, 2012
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    Yep there is I think..... a modified vbios would fix it up good. I tried modifying it with no luck, but somebody else may be netter suited to it. Its been far to many years since I've done any bios mods, and I'm obviously a little to out of touch to be messing around with it.

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    eliteone, Jul 12, 2012
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    I highly doubt that you can't overclock it per software... try it with afterburner while you have a 3d application running in the background.

    Also the vbios isn't part of the BIOS in this system, you can't mess up the BIOS by flashing the vbios in this case.

    And yes, I'm still looking for a copy of the vbios... @maplingstorie, mind helping me out here?
     
    svl7, Jul 12, 2012
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    I'm new in this VBIOS, BIOS thingy. What can I do to help?
     
    maplingstorie, Jul 13, 2012
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    The easiest thing to dump the VBIOS would be by using GPU-Z. There's a button at the very right of the "BIOS version" line. Click it and see whether it allows you to dump the vbios.
    However, it might not work for your card... if it's not successful let me know, there are other methods as well.
     
    svl7, Jul 13, 2012
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  11. maplingstorie

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    meh.. BIOS reading is not supported on this device. Next method please ;D
     
    maplingstorie, Jul 15, 2012
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    Alright, in this case try nvflash, a DOS tool.

    First of all you need to create an USB drive that can boot DOS, follow this guide: http://forum.notebookreview.com/ali...sh-drive-flash-aw-bios-updates-under-dos.html

    Then grab a copy of the latest DOS version of nvflash, here:
    Download NVFlash 5.117.0.1 | techPowerUp

    Extract it and put it to the root of your prepared USB drive.

    Boot from the USB drive, I think the boot manager can be reached by pressing F12 at startup (when you see the alien head), but it might be different for your system).

    DOS will load, a command propmt will show up.
    Type the following command to save a copy of the vbios to your usb drive:

    Code: 
    nvflash -b 660m.ROM
    Hit enter, let the nvflash finish the backup process, once done remove the USB drive and hit ctrl+alt+del to reboot.
     
    svl7, Jul 15, 2012
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    ah!!! i don't have a usb drive. :( is there another simpler method?
     
    maplingstorie, Jul 15, 2012
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    svl7, Jul 15, 2012
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    I finally got my rig back. I'll upload to my drop box and pm you the link in a few hours

    Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk 2
     
    eliteone, Jul 16, 2012
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    please and thank you. :D

    i've lost a couple of them. They keep disappearing. :mad:
     
    maplingstorie, Jul 16, 2012
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    No thank you :) at least if you can unlock some options on this card ;)

    Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk 2
     
    eliteone, Jul 16, 2012
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    Cool, thank you!! +rep
     
    svl7, Jul 16, 2012
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    i tried the cmd app u gave me, i couldn't save it. I kept pressing b and something else pops up
     
    maplingstorie, Jul 17, 2012
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    Necroposting: do you still need it?
     
    netomx, Jun 15, 2014
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