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    M15x wont start

    Discussion in 'Alienware M15x' started by kurupt, Sep 13, 2013.

  1. kurupt

    kurupt Notebook Consultant

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    Hi everybody I recently bought a 7970m and installed it and it worked great. I read that you had to undervolt it to avoid overheating so I did that using ati win flash along with svls modded vbios from here AMD 7970m - modified VBIOS

    but now whenever I start up my m15x the caps and scroll lock lights flash. What can i do??
     
  2. King of Interns

    King of Interns Simply a laptop enthusiast

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    Whoops that was a mistake there! Never use win flash. Only ATI flash from a bootable usb stick.

    Are you able to carry out a blind flash? Prepare a usb stick to make it bootable then put ati flash on it. Try to flash back to your original clocks and voltages. I assume you kept a backup of your original vbios? I can provide with a vbios if you don't.

    This is called a blind flash as in you can't see what you are doing. The command to type at the invisible command prompt would be : atiflash -p 0 VBIOS.ROM (of course you can called the rom file whatever you want so long as it is 8 characters long only)
     
  3. kurupt

    kurupt Notebook Consultant

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    King of Interns Simply a laptop enthusiast

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    Hmm any chance you can return it and claim DOA to get replacement? It might be bricked :'(
     
  5. kurupt

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    naw can't return it. I have been talking to svl7 and hes going to sell me a vbios chip so I can just solder it onto the card
     
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    Nice. Perhaps you could get a 8970M vbios chip while you are at it :D
     
  7. dovy

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    does it require much skill to re solder the chip? Cuz I suck at machine made soldering :)
     
  8. kurupt

    kurupt Notebook Consultant

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    haha ill stick with 7970m for right now.

    Idk how to solder. Im just having a friend do it for me since he already has all the tools
     
  9. Alienware-L_Porras

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    That's good, hopefully everything will go smoothly and the machine will work as intended.
     
  10. kurupt

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    thank you. ill keep you guys updated