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    HELP!!! Does anybody have bios file for P-79xx?

    Discussion in 'Gateway and eMachines' started by dj_pirtu, Mar 20, 2010.

  1. dj_pirtu

    dj_pirtu Notebook Geek

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    I flashed accidentally wrong bios to my packard bell ipower gx/gateway p-79xx (same machine) and it wont boot anymore, i'm so STUPID! I cant find the original anywhere?

    How to recovery flash?
     
    dj_pirtu, Mar 20, 2010
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    TANWare Just This Side of Senile, I think. Super Moderator

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    I'm not sure with Gateway's P-79xx's there is a bios out there. Even so I think the recovery procedure is similar to what others have posted for the P78xx's in the forum..........
     
    TANWare, Mar 21, 2010
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    I think it goes like: put a bios.wph on usb-floppy drive and pressing fn+esc while powering on.

    But i'm still missing the god damn bios... it's nowhere to be found.
     
    dj_pirtu, Mar 22, 2010
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    ZubZub Notebook Guru

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    1. You can find the original bios in here.
    2. Go here to make a Bootable USB (After Step 10 is completed you are done).
    3. Take the original bios (IMV-035.wph), copy it to your USB and rename it "bios.wph" without the quotation marks.
    4. Then copy phlash16.exe and BIOS.bat into your USB.
    5. Reboot and press F10 to bring up the boot menu, choose your USB.
    6. When at prompt (should be > C:\) type in "phlash16" without the quotation marks.
    Be careful and follow the instructions precisely, I won't be held responsible for any misfortunes.

    EDIT: Strike-through all what I just said.
     
    ZubZub, Mar 22, 2010
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    But that's wrong bios... I need bios with GTX260M bios-module, not with the M9800GTS which p-78xx has...
     
    dj_pirtu, Mar 22, 2010
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    Oh sorry. I read p-78xx instead of p-79xx.

    I would send an e-mail to gateway. They are probably your best chance.
     
    ZubZub, Mar 22, 2010
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    done that. had a conversation with technical support but now i haven't heard them nothing after 2 days... had conversation with acer too. they sent me today the wrong bios too... :( i cant believe how hard it is to get one little bios file!
     
    dj_pirtu, Mar 22, 2010
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