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    Does the Dell 1420 with 8400m GS have a dedicated video bios?

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by Diversion, Oct 15, 2007.

  1. Diversion

    Diversion Notebook Deity

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    Does the Dell 1420 with 8400m GS have a dedicated video bios?

    Reason im asking is because I can't seem to dump/flash my GPU bios.. but i'm reading about other people flashing their 8400m Vostro 1500.. It doesn't make any sense for Dell to seperate the gpu bios in their 15" notebook, but integrate in the 14" platform.

    Jay
     
    Diversion, Oct 15, 2007
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  2. TuxDude

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    I dont think they will do such a thing.... And in any case all video cards will have a video bios.....
     
    TuxDude, Oct 15, 2007
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    reytran Notebook Guru

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    im looking for a solution also...
     
    reytran, Oct 18, 2007
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  4. Snowkarver

    Snowkarver Notebook Consultant

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    Hey.

    Tried to dump the 8400M GS on my m1330 too with no luck. While this doesn't seem to make sense initially, it actually does.

    The 15" platform would consistently have quite a bit more space in it than a 13-14" chassis. I would hazard a guess that the 1420 and 1330 have a lot more in common architecturally than the 1500 series, and that would include integrating the video bios with some other chipsets.

    Too bad, since it doesn't the most recent crop of 160-series drivers don't allow driver level overclocking either. It's driving me nuts.
     
    Snowkarver, Oct 19, 2007
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  5. Diversion

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    Well supposedly one can find a "modified/hacked" 163.XX driver that will allow for software overclocking... if anybody knows where one can find such things, let me know!
     
    Diversion, Oct 20, 2007
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    brerben Notebook Enthusiast

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    Diversion, the reason the clock settings keep reverting to default is that after nVidia driver version 169.04, the ability to overclock mobile GPU's was taken away.

    Soooo... all you need to do is install the GeForce M driver version 169.04 (the last overclockable version) and it will work.

    Here is a link to that driver: http://www.laptopvideo2go.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=15825

    PLEASE READ

    Steps for installing:

    Download the actual driver file (.exe) in that forum thread and extract the contents. Then, download the "modded INF" file (.inf) and replace the original inf that came with the driver file you downloaded with the modded one.

    Then, run Setup.exe and you will then have the ability to overclock.
     
    brerben, May 30, 2008
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  7. nizzy1115

    nizzy1115 Notebook Prophet

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    Please dont revive old old threads :)
     
    nizzy1115, May 30, 2008
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