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    Bios update for MD78 - Help

    Discussion in 'Gateway and eMachines' started by sms1295, Jan 12, 2012.

  1. sms1295

    sms1295 Notebook Enthusiast

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    I purchased a Gateway MD78 for my wife a year or so ago with Vista installed when Vista was the OS of the day. I recently upgraded the laptop to Window 7. With the change in OS, I saw on Gateway’s website that a bios was available for Windows 7. When I downloaded the bios file, I found no instruction for installing it. Does anyone have instructions or give me guidance on how to install the file?

    Thanks,

    sms1295
     
    sms1295, Jan 12, 2012
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    Could you provide the link so we can see how it was saved and download the bios and see if it comes in .exe or zip format?
     
    StormJumper, Jan 12, 2012
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    I have the same issue. Did you figure out how to update? I tried the Windows tool that was in the ZIP, but it came back and said it could not flash the BIOS. I do have an issue with the Win7 and was hoping this update would resolve.

    The issue is that the controller stays with the good old yellow question mark, but I cannot update the driver. I went looking for the driver at the same page earlier in this thread, but it does not exist. That was when I saw there was a BIOS update which is for Windows 7.
     
    JNRII, Apr 25, 2012
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    That link doesn't give a exact model link? Could you provide the serial number of the laptop? When you went to the gateway site did you input the serial number to be sure you were getting the right product support and drivers?
    Use this link and in the serial box input your laptop serial and see what info comes up for the drivers.
    Gateway Support
     
    StormJumper, Apr 27, 2012
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    I know for me, I saw the exact model. However, I did as you suggested looking it up with the S/N. I did find the missing driver, but the BIOS file I downloaded originally was the right file. It has the windows flash tool and the tools to create a USB boot and run from there. Neither work. The flash tool says that the system does not support flash BIOS and the DOS flash just freezes. I have left it for over 2 hours. Same lack of results.

    Current situation: No unknown drivers, still cannot upgrade the BIOS. However, I did upgrade my memory and am now running with 8 GB. The "max" is 4 so I am going to bypass doing the BIOS update since the driver issue is resolved and I do not want to find out I have to revert.

    Thank you for your input.

    Jim
     
    JNRII, May 3, 2012
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