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    Plz help!! Bricked M15x

    Discussion in 'Alienware M15x' started by skeet, Sep 22, 2012.

  1. skeet

    skeet Newbie

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    guys i am desperate :( i bricked my m15x... i will tell u my story:
    so i got my nvidia 560M installed into my M15x(had 240M) with the thermal paste and thermal pads and also with the 306.23 driver... but each time i run a game my laptop would shut down immediately after gamelaunch. so i decided to upgrade my bios to A09... i burned it on a dvd and reset my laptop and ran the boot from optical drive... in the middle of the bios upgrade my laptop shuts down!!! leaving me with a briked pc. i turn on my laptop the screen is black and nothing appears... keyboard is lit and the numlock capslock buttons are blinking...
    i tried everything i searched everywhere but just cant find the solution :( PLZ HELP MEEEEEE :'(
     
    skeet, Sep 22, 2012
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    DumbDumb Alienware !Wish money wasn't the problem.

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    Whats the blind flash method for recovering a bad flash on your system?
     
    DumbDumb, Sep 22, 2012
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    thanks for the quick reply :) but im sorry i didnt understand what u just said :/ are u asking me a question? o_O sry bro but plz be more clear i havent slept all night trying to figure this out but plz plz!! help me
     
    skeet, Sep 22, 2012
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    DumbDumb Alienware !Wish money wasn't the problem.

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    no need to bump.. I do not own this system buuut. I own the m18x and on my system there is a way to blind flash the bios.. it is there to help recover a bad bios flash..
    Now I do not know how it is done on your system or even what bios your system uses.. But I would assume there was a way to do a blind recovery of your bios, but i may be wrong..

    EDIT: after further searching I see all the advice given points to calling Dell.. Ive also read that you need to do multiple updates to get to A09 and can not go straight to A09.
    I do not know if this is true but maybe some one that has gone threw this all ready can chime in..
     
    DumbDumb, Sep 22, 2012
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    skeet Newbie

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    hmmm well i havent contacted dell yet :O how could this have slipped my mind... i will contact dell asap and will let u know what they tell me... my guess:"change ure motherboard" >.> but anw thanx for ure help and time bro
     
    skeet, Sep 23, 2012
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    Indiran Notebook Evangelist

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    my guess ur laptop is getting too hot that it auto shutdown to prevent damage. Well as for recovering from bad flash i dunno man. good luck on that and hope ur baby comes back alive.
     
    Indiran, Sep 23, 2012
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    King of Interns Simply a laptop enthusiast

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    You try resetting the CMOS battery. Open up the back panel and you should see a small round battery in the center. Attached to it is a small cable that is plugged into the MOBO. Perhaps try unplugging it then plugging it back in again.

    Once the CMOS is removed also remove the battery pack and while the machine is unplugged with no power source hold down the on button for 30 secs. This can help reset the CMOS and clear up problems with the bios.

    Then plug CMOS back in again and the battery pack, close up and power back on. Perhaps you will have another chance to flash her.
     
    King of Interns, Sep 23, 2012
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    thank you guys for replying and for your help :) i tried removing the CMOS battery and holding the power button but it didnt work :/ i kinda gave up and im gonna send my baby to my sis in canada soooo i wont be seeing her in a year or so :'( if anyone knows a way to recover from a bad flash plz do not hesitate to write it here because i checked each and every forum on the internet and there arent any
    peace :)
     
    skeet, Sep 23, 2012
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    katalin_2003, Sep 23, 2012
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    greetings,
    i have read each and every word inside this thread, i have downloaded all the bios files from A01 till A09 and i have not found any files named:
    CRISDISK.RAR or winphlash or WINCRIS. like is axman talking about he didnt say which BIOS version he is working with... like i didnt even understand anything from what he said!! omg this is frustrating :/ any other way u could help me? plix

    EDIT: ok so i was supposed to look for these files on google >.> found them im gonna try axman's method gimme a couple of hours :p
     
    skeet, Sep 24, 2012
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    aaaaaaannnnnnddd i failed -.- what the hell am i supposed to do with Dell's bios after downloading it and extracting it in step 3? do i copy it into my usb stick after i run wincris? omg :(
     
    skeet, Sep 24, 2012
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    lastOne Notebook Guru

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    i think you can try to extract the content of the BIOS file (the content of the resulting folder) onto the USB stick and continue with step 5.
     
    lastOne, Sep 29, 2012
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