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    Zfactor .29 bios flash help

    Discussion in 'Alienware Area-51/Aurora and Legacy Systems' started by bicclighter, May 26, 2012.

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    Do you have a file called "bios.wph" on the C: drive?

    The bios is not really needed anyway (if you want to overclock).
    There is a really old version of intel XTU that supports this notebook. It will let you change the FSB, multiplier and ram settings.
     
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    I do not have the bios.wph file anywhere, Am i suppose to have it??
    Thanks for reply back
     
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    Rename zfactors bios to "Bios.wph" and place it on the C: drive, then try it again.
     
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    Am i suppose to rename the w840_029.ROM to "Bios.wph"?

    Thanks
     
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    Yes, that should work.
     
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    ill try that, and see if it worksss
     
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    I have changed the w840_029.ROM to "Bios.wph" and copied it to the c:drive. The "refresh" at the c:>prompt never seems to work, i always get the bad command or file error. then i entered "phlash16" then got the error "Cannot flash if memory managers (e.g. HIMEM) PResent.

    My usb drive is F: Drive, if that matters any... uhhhhhhh soo tiring.
     
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    There is no need to use the refresh command.

    I think the guide you're using isn't very good, try looking for a new one.
     
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    i have been googling for hours lol... the only problem now is i get the error "cannot flash if memory managers HIMEM present
     
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    Ok wierdly, I managed to flash successfuly. after bios aknowledged flash successfull press any key to reboot, i pressed enter, removed my usb, and all i got was a straight black screen. Wierd because im flashed using zfactors .29 bios for the m17. Im resetting bios atm.. any advice on why i got a bad bios flash? thank you
     
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