Just got the 9c.20 Bios drivers from Gateway!

Well I got the newest Bios from them but now when I try to install it through Windows I get this error:
"m_RomDBCtrl fail!(0x385)"
There is also a .ROM file in the zip that I downloaded. If anyone wants to try them out pm me

 

Where did you get the download from? It's not posted on their web-site?LMK.

 

I'll send you a pm with it.

 

It's on the gateway download page for the P-78xx series

here is the link:

x32:
ftp://esupport:[email protected]/P78/P78_BIOS_IMV3532_9C.20.00_x32.zip
x64:
ftp://esupport:[email protected]/P78/P78_BIOS_IMV3532_9C.20.00_x64.zip

 

Sweet! Anyone manage to install it yet? I guess overclocking is still not implemented?

 

I get the same error "m_RomDBCtrl fail!(0x385)"...

 

same as above......damn.

 

damn, let's hope someone can figure this out.

 

hoping for unlocked multiplier... i will be so and probably :cry: from happiness after

 

If there is unlocked multiplier, I might grab myself an x9100.

 

I get WDM error 0x137, but also get this with the original 9c.17.00 I have as well.........

 

im also getting the rom error maybe this has to be run from vista? is anyone still running vista? what about using the crisis recovery method?

 

tired installing with windows,vista64, and got Driver(WDM) Init fail!(0x130)

seems worthless -_-

 

Looks like it's missing the WFlash.DAT file. I downloaded the .17 bios and compared it to the .20 bios, and it's missing that file.

It looks like someone goofed though. The ROM is supposed to be packaged inside the .exe file, and someone packaged the ROM file by itself in the zip file.

I dunno guys. You can try copying the WFlash.DAT file into the same directory as the IMV-038.exe and flash64.sys files and try it. I don't feel like hosing my system right now though. If you do try it, you try it at your own risk, and I ain't buying you a new system if you kill it.

 

I get the same error fail msg. Anyone get this to work. Has anyone tried booting through the bios and installing them?

 

I tried running the .exe file through DOS with a bootable USB drive, but to no avail.

 

it's as if Gateway are teasing us.....

 

I get 0x137 error with flash66.sys in the directory, without that file I get 0x130 error....... Windows 7 HP

I should add though I mget 0x137 even with the 9c.17.00 that I last used to get too 9c.17.00 I have now...........

 

is it possible to get the bios for dos installation?

 

Subscribe... want to see how to install an what it changes.

 

Looks like Gateway pulled the BIOS download from their website. They probably know someone definitely screwed up in the packaging of that BIOS update. I can't wait get my hands on it to see what the changelog is.

 

Nope, it's still there but I sent them another message letting them know that the file is corrupted and or badly packaged.

 

I tried Winphlash 1.6.5.6 and got a corrupt table error 161 from the included rom from the zip...............

Edit; I do not know if his is just a Windows 7 issue. I again have tried the 9c.17.00 files as I originally had upgraaded from 9c.12.00 when I had vista. This file worked at thaat time but the same exact bios upgrade file returns the 0x137 error...............

 

Here is the Winphlash64 log,,,,,,,,

Preparation stage

Processing parameters...
Image file : D:\Bios\IMV-038.ROM
Backup file : D:\Bios\FLASHABL.bak

Loading new BIOS image file...
Opening file D:\Bios\IMV-038.ROM...
Allocating 2097160 bytes...
Reading 32768 bytes from the file starting at 0...
Reading 32768 bytes from the file starting at 32768...
Reading 32768 bytes from the file starting at 65536...
Reading 32768 bytes from the file starting at 98304...
Reading 32768 bytes from the file starting at 131072...
Reading 32768 bytes from the file starting at 163840...
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Reading 32768 bytes from the file starting at 2064384...

Looking for interface descriptors and code...
cbSearch= 8192 (0x00002000)
cbSearch= 12288 (0x00003000)
cbSearch= 16384 (0x00004000)
cbSearch= 20480 (0x00005000)
cbSearch= 24576 (0x00006000)
cbSearch= 28672 (0x00007000)
cbSearch= 32768 (0x00008000)
cbSearch= 36864 (0x00009000)
cbSearch= 40960 (0x0000A000)
cbSearch= 45056 (0x0000B000)
cbSearch= 49152 (0x0000C000)
cbSearch= 53248 (0x0000D000)
cbSearch= 57344 (0x0000E000)
cbSearch= 61440 (0x0000F000)
cbSearch= 65536 (0x00010000)
cbSearch= 69632 (0x00011000)
Failed: no Part signature found in the file

Error code : -161(0xFFFFFF5F)
Description:
Part Table Signature not found in the Interface.
Error code: -161
--- Log stopped: 02/26/10 21:56:26

 

Has anyone successfully flashing bios yet? Waiting for good news

 

Heh. Am I the first to install this? Well hopefully this BIOS has some use, I haven't seen anything new. Still hoping the features we're all looking for are here. At least I know ryokowashu will check for an unlocked multiplier, pray for quad support? :<

Anyway, here's what I used, just run IMV-038.exe in the 64 directory (I only installed 64 and since I didn't test 32 it is not included.)

Linkeh:
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=IEVTI0FU
MD5: BFFC4BF84577480494E3712070E5947A

(WARNING: Confirmed to have higher idle GPU temps.)
Edit: My bad about the link dying, this one's on my MegaUpload account.

 

PsychoUsagi you are the man!!!!! Bios updated to 9c.20. I dont see any changes to anything yet.

 

Okay. I think these BIOS may be problematic... I've found that my GPU was running from 70C~80C when I had nothing but AOL Instant Messenger open for about an hour, and after restarts, shutdowns etc it was still at 70C~80C, I just switched back to 9C.17 and the heat problem went away immediately, 59C and going down after a restart. Normally my GPU caps at like 75 degrees MAYBE 80 after playing Bioshock 2 for a few hours. lol

 

Did you notice the fan has been spinning less? That's a big difference in gpu temperature and I'm thinking the fan isn't turning on as often.

 

I was kind of thinking that too... seemed like maybe it was taking higher temps to make the fan kick up, like when it touched 80 they'd rev up for a little bit to push it back down around 70.... but it never bothered to push it below. Maybe the temperature thresholds for the fans to speed up were lowered. Whatever the reason I think I'll stick with my 9C.17 until another release comes out, would be a shame if these DID have the features we want and yet had this flaw. I guess we could use mods to make the fans stay spinning at a higher speed if that is the case though. I thought BIOS updates were supposed to improve stability, not hurt it. lol

 

Am going to try new bios later tonight if fan will turn on less. God forbidden I will smash this notebook into pieces if fan keep turn on and off to no end lol

 

I'm going to try it now maybe it will fix the nvidia driver crashing problem that some people have.

 

Try the new DOX drivers, 195.62 v1.1 on laptopvideo2go forums, they work very well for me with Powermizer off.
Link: http://forums.laptopvideo2go.com/topic/26029-dox-19562-v11/?

 

Ok I was able to do the video stability test all the way without crashing and no nvlddmkm.sys errors so far. Before I wasn't able to pass the stability test not even once it would crash my nvidia card. Also the gpu fan doesnt go to full and then turn off now so overall this fixed all my problems. Running gpu temp at 80c with 430fps stress on the video card. So far happy. I will try and install gta4 and play see if anything crashes. My benchmark score also improved significantly.

 

I'm going to flash the new Bios PsychoUsagi linked as well, and hopefully the fan will work more efficiently. Going for it now, wish me luck.

 

wierd mine stays at 58c when im just using internet and downloading.

 

Hm That is kind of weird. Well I even tried flashing the new BIOS twice to make sure it was the issue, keep an eye on the temps, also I'd like to hear feedback on the temps from andros_forever, if they're not too high I guess I'll give it another go. My temps dropped down to 52C now btw on 9C.17, I wonder if it has to do with that I'm undervolted and OC'd? 667/900/1700 at 0.96V.

 

Okay here are my results. You should know that I did a bios mod with Nibitor to my GPU and run very underclocked when Browsing the Internet and other Desktop functions. My clocks are 169 core/100 mem/338 shader right now, and on 9c.17 my temps would idle at 46 degrees. My fan would do the regular on/off switch but barely noticeable. Now with the 9c.20 I can tell the fan is barely running, keeping my temperatures around 55 degrees before my gaming session. When I fired up Crysis, I immediately noticed on GPU-Z that the temps were going around 70-75 very fast so I was ready to quit the game but then I noticed at around 75 the fan started to kick in full load. The temps were actually being managed pretty decently but after a while they started slowly climbing up again until 90. Then did not stop again until I quit the game and the temperatures reached about 70 at which point it shuts down completely again, and leave me idling at 70. Obviously this is quite annoying and I am going to try to change the Critical Core Treshold on the GPU bios to a lower value, in the hopes that the Fan will kick in sooner. I'll let you know the results.

 

Do you really think that would give the desired results? Nibitor even gives the description of the critical core threshold as the following:
"- Critical threshold
When this limit is reached, the card is drastically slowed down to
bootup clock speeds, until the next reboot."
So it pretty much underclocks the GPU when it reaches that temperature until reboot to prevent damage to the card. Hoping for good results I guess though.

 

Yea, I was pretty sure I would not get the results I wanted, but I do a lot of trial and error stuff like this. As it was predictable there isn't really any change in Fan Speed, it must be completely controlled by the Bios. I even flashed the old .12 to try it out and it's temperatures are a bit higher than .17.

 

so i take it there are no additional bios features?

 

I believe this was just to fix some errors.
I have been playing gta 4 for like 10 mins and temp was around 71-73c with full setting. Fan was spinning all the time while playing. I forgot to use my laptop cooler I should get less with it. Really happy it fixed the nvidia crashes now I can play!!! downloading dirt 2 right now. Btw my gpu is stock no overclocking or anything like that.

 

re-up new bios, link die

 

anyone with a 7811 checked if u can use nibitor now?

 

http://www.MegaShare.com/1866216

Here ya go.

 

thanks code600 now test

 

Even with the rar file I get the WMD 0x137 error.........

 

Confirmed. 9c.20 BIOS gives me a +30c difference on GPU idle temperatures. Going to stick with 9c.17.

 

comfirmed

 

http://senduit.com/558343

Here is the one that won't give you the error, but like Devlin also confirmed your idle temps will probably rise about 30 degrees with these ones. Don't recommend this bios at all but if you wish to try it, here it is.