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    how to blind flash dell 1564?urgent!!!

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by bigsloth, Mar 16, 2010.

  1. bigsloth

    bigsloth Notebook Enthusiast

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    there is bad bios update on dell 1564,meanwhile have no idea how to make blind flash,anyone has good idea ? :confused:
    at least ,"fn+esc+powrbutton""fn+b+powerbutton" are useless.......
    waiting for help
     
    bigsloth, Mar 16, 2010
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    Trottel Notebook Virtuoso

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    It's not possible. If the bios is bad, the computer will no boot up and therefore not be able to flash the bios. Blind flashing only works for the video bios.
     
    Trottel, Mar 16, 2010
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    bigsloth, Mar 16, 2010
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    The solution in this thread may help you.

    http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=420768&page=120
     
    techifan1, Mar 16, 2010
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    Trottel Notebook Virtuoso

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    Wow, maybe I was wrong. Apparently in some cases Phoenix Bioses with Phoenix Recovery implemented can be revived from the dead. There is a special mode saved on the locked part of the bios chip to give the computer just enough life to be reflashed. It seems that on Dell laptops this is accessed by holding the "End" key during bootup. Here are some links:

    http://forums.mydigitallife.info/th...-through-Phoenix-Recovery?p=224048#post224048
    http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?p=5773217

    I wish they had this back in the day. I used to have to hot-swap bios chips to recover dead boards! Talk about sweating...
     
    Trottel, Mar 16, 2010
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    thanks for that,I read it and had a try ,no luck.the battery light just had a one second flash,then back to dead silence.
     
    bigsloth, Mar 16, 2010
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    i have no chance to try it (hot swap,i did it on asus board),because there are four spi flash blocks on board.to be honest ,i dream to find a bios socket,but nothing there.thanks anyway,it's not my day.
     
    bigsloth, Mar 16, 2010
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    anyway,my gear came back .the method is same as given,only trick to me is that you have to wait for 3-5 mins after release 'END'key.when the fan is spinning,that means the bios file has been processed.
     
    bigsloth, Mar 19, 2010
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    Congrats!!
     
    Trottel, Mar 20, 2010
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    which BIOS update version caused your laptop to die?
     
    hardhousehead, Mar 21, 2010
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    I have the same problem with a Studio 1558. Using the various methods found on the Internet, was able to "unbrick" my laptop and bring it back to working form.
     
    WildmanCAL, Mar 21, 2010
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    its not working for me.. the thread referred above is for Studio 1557. I have followed the same steps as given. Fan starts spinning when I release the END button after plugging in the power cord, BUT no light blinks and it stays dead.. what I can hear is only the spinning fan.. I left the laptop for almost 30 minutes but all in vain.. are you sure that you were able to make it alive once again.. the INSPIRON 1564 ??
     
    abdulwahab17, Mar 28, 2010
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    So you recovered it? Do you still have the files? DELL deleted them from the FTP. :mad:

    I bricked mine too...
     
    datvaslui, Jul 9, 2010
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