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    Inspiron 1720, VBIOS

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by Bear123, Apr 13, 2011.

  1. Bear123

    Bear123 Notebook Geek

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    Hi all.

    Trying to mess around with my GPU a little here.

    I am to lazy to do surgery on the computer.
    (-open up and clean out dustbunnies in the heatsink area)
    I'll try to reduce the GPU temp the nerdy way this time. Undervoltage it a bit.

    I am using GPU-Z, NiBiTor and nVFlash.

    I have been googling around and discovered that some have experienced a divergence in the data extracted by GPU-Z and extracted by nVFlash.
    Namely subsystem ID have been rendered some interchanging digits.
    'Tis solvable by going by the data extracted from nVflash, since this is also the program used for actually reflashing the vbios.

    My issue is that I somehow aren't able to extract a backup by the use of nVFlash.

    Until i figure out the conundrums regarding my failings in DOS, I'll just ask here:

    Anyone out there that can help me verify what subsystem ID the GeForce 8600m GT in an Inspiron 1720 should have?

    In NibiTor, under the tab Adv. Info, I find these data:
    Device ID: 0407
    Sub Vendor ID: 1028
    Sub System ID: 01F2
    BoardID: 1C14

    Can I trust these are correct?

    Kind Regards.
     
    Bear123, Apr 13, 2011
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  2. OneCool

    OneCool I AM NUMBER 67

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    I think its going to come down to what ram the card uses.GDDR3,DDR2,DDR3....

    If you search the NBR forum im sure you could find something about underclocking a 8600gt.

    Seen a few here and there
     
    OneCool, Apr 13, 2011
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  3. Bear123

    Bear123 Notebook Geek

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    Thanks, it uses DDR2.

    I have tried the search, but there are afaics no post/thread regarding my particular question.

    Anyone out there that has an extracted (by nvflash) vbios, they can be looked up, or that knows if the later versions of nibitor has 'fixed' this issue? (-if there ever was one?)
     
    Bear123, Apr 14, 2011
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    Bear123 Notebook Geek

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    Anyone out there that could answer me, if I need two cloned usb-sticks to make read/write operations work in dos?
    So far I have used one bootstick, and it reads, but it all freezes up when trying to extract a copy of the rom, and only ctrl-delete works to get out.
    Would I need a cloned, i.e. 2x bootsticks, or 1x bootstick (fat32) and 1x formatted (fat32) empty stick?
    Any experiences out there?
     
    Bear123, Apr 18, 2011
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