Official Gateway 78xx Series FX BIOS - 9c.05.00 thru 9c.17.00

WAAAAY over my head dude. But eventually, someone here that knows this stuff will get back to you and help you out. Just be patient.....

 

By the way, QUAD that has QGMU designation is claimed to be the closest to OEM.
Check this out-

http://www.cpu-world.com/CPUs/Core_2/Intel-Core 2 Quad Mobile Q9100 AW80581GH051003.html

 

ok.. Looks like all my links are dead on by OP. Gonna try and update them asap with perm FTP links on my personal account. Hopefully I still have/can get copies of all of em.

 

By the way, do you remember if the Q9100 you purchased was QAVK or QGMU?

 

QAVK. Bought it on eBay from Shirleys CPU but just maybe it was defective?! Who know? I'm about to buy this Quad in the thread. It's killing me!!!!!!!

 

Get the QGMU- http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&item=170324153456

http://www.cpu-world.com/sspec/QG/QGMU.html

It does seem closer to OEM. I did a similar search for QAVK but found no spec other than ebay sales--

 

Costs too much. And from China. It'll take 7-10 days if I'm lucky. Unless they ship EMS. Which I doubt.

 

You mean you can't wait- Lol!

I guess the guy from Arizona wins--

You have 19 hours, 24 mins to think about it.

 

Here's my Paypal address. Y'all all send me $20 and I'l buy it. I only need $100. HURRY. lol [email protected]

 

If I could get the 17 bios on here I'd pich up a cpu and try it out. The 12 I have is almost a sure thing to fail so I won't intentionally waist money........

 

Can I overclock my P8400 CPU on my p7805u FX laptop, with the BIOS 9c.10.00?

 

Nope you can't, doesn't matter witch bios you're using

 

Pmassey, you have us all hoping you would be the pioneer of this project. I thought you were going to buy a processor.

 

Gotta find a QGMU or OEM(too much$$$). The QGMU may work but still, need to find one in my budget. $230-270. When I do I'll buy(if the wife lets me)lol. Maybe I just won't tell her. Just tell her the light bill was $250 more than usual..........

 

Sell something man... That's what I do-- How do you think I can keep "upgrading?"

 

Pmassey, I understand what you are saying. It's your hard earned money... it comes down to you making up your mind. Whatever you decide is all that matters... not what we think... it's just that I felt you were up to doing it because you gave us signs that you were serious about purchasing a processor. Again, it's your own money.

 

Help Please.
I was a tool and did not backup my BIOS
I had 9C.17.00
Downloaded 7811_BIOSES.zip
Installed the latest version in there.
and realized I down-graded my laptop to 9C.12.00
It boots ok.
I have a 7805u

For the life of me, I can not locate 17 anywhere nor any thing other than the pre 17 one that may brick my system.

Thanks for the help.

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update
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because I just bought it. I took it back to BestBuy and said it would randomly cut out.
They gave me a new box and all it well
thanks

 

lol i did the same thing about 2 mnths ago no hope i cant even get the 17 bios to dump i have talked to ewrecked to make it available but i cant figure it out or i would upload it to everybody i just had to tell bestbuy the mobo was acting up and they changed it out but as of right now you will just have to wait for the 17 and dont even bother calling cust support they dont even show the bios its made by phoneix labs if ur curios

 

Yup. You F'ed yourself right in the A! But it's cool .12 is a fine and stable BIOS. I've been running it since E-wrecked originally posted. So far nobody has really seen any gains because of .17 or any BIOS really other than that .05 the one that originally came with the 7811 didn't support RAID. what a joke

 

I DID IT!!!!!!! I bought one!!!!! But it'll take a week to get here. Man I hope it works. I'll be so ripped if it don't. Dang. I'll keep everyone up to speed. Got a QGMU from eBay. *crossing fingers in hope*

I better get some REP outta this for taking a chance for ALL of us. lol

 

hi,

I think that one way to bakup the bios correctly would be to use the only software (in windows) that actually flashes it successfully.

The Wflash64 utility from Wistron, which is the executable that has the 9c.12 Bios embedded in it ( you can find it in the first post of this tread from Ewrecked, is in the 7811_BIOSES.zip).

Once you open this application it runs on its own. You can’t stop it (we all know it).
My guess is that maybe using some sort of command line, we would be able to override all or a part of the execution of the tool.

Here is what I have been trying:

Download a Hex viewer here http://www.chmaas.handshake.de/delphi/freeware/xvi32/xvi32.htm#download

Then download the 7811_BIOSES.zip in the first post of this thread (in the first page).

If like me you are using a 64bit version of windows, open from the Hex editor the 32bits executable of the bios flash utility. The 64 version might give trouble unless you use a 64bits Hex editor.

All you have to do is to read within the file itself.
Go to find (within the hex editor) and type a word like “options” or “force” without quotation marks.

If you read carefully in some areas you’ll find important and interesting info about this utility.

For instance it explains precisely the set of instructions that the utility has to follow in order to successfully flash the bios.

Among these there are options to avoid any interaction with the interface (this is why all buttons are grayed out), then to check the bios image, check for power supply connected, reboot the system after flash ect ect… you’ll find out.

Now, although I have extensive experience in modding pc hardware, hacking software in general, ect, since probably 1993 in either DOS environment and win 3.1 and with very old version of macintosh as well; I am no programmer and I understand very little in programming and hex editors in general.

I have used hex editors before for very simple stuff, like changing a binary sequence to hack software, have never gone any further than that though.

Maybe someone out there with great understanding in programming, coding or whatever, can either understand a way to implement a command line that would actually backup the bios before flashing it, or maybe allow us to access the flash utility interface (that’d be awesome).

So far I created a shortcut of the flash utility then applied a few command lines to it like:

/force
/reboot
/f:filename.bin

And some others that I found with the hex editor.

Of course these command lines are useless, but I used them for test purposes.

In fact, if you misspell them or type something completely different the application will throw an error message, but if you type them in correctly, the flash starts just like normal meaning that the application will recognize command lines.

So my guess is that we need a switch or a command line in order to get what we want.

Maybe multiple eyes out there work better than just two.

Please try it.

Also, my intention is not to annoy, but to help out. Really!
I have asked this question only twice and almost started getting nasty messages back... lol...

but, if someone out there who has a DOS version of the BIOS, typically something like this: filename.WPH
Please post it or send it to me. I have a few ideas I want to try but I can’t without a valid BIOS.

Any attention to the above is very much appreciated,
thanks

 

Dude, you lost me at Hex veiwer. lol. I see what your saying but I have no idea where to start but as you said, someone out there will/can figure it out maybe.....

 

Awesome. I hope this works out for you too. If it works, you will be the first ever to have a quad core in a 7805, pretty cool.

 

i cant wait till u find out ill buy one in a heart beat my fingers are crossed for u 2 im even prayin tonight more speed captin

 

Oh crap! Some kind of 3 day holiday in China so it won't be shipped til the 3rd. Which means it MAY get here by next Friday. Usually takes 4-5 days EMS from 'Peoples Republic of China'. Hurry up and wait. Oooh. It's killing me.........

 

actually.. i downloaded the program they use to compile these BIOSes... I think. lol - their FTP is so twisted. Anyhow, I just haven't had any free time to trial & error ANYTHINg for the past month. I apologize, but I will when I have a bit. Til then, the hex editor makes sense.

 

In case anyone has money to burn---

QX9300

http://cgi.ebay.com/Core-2-Quad-Extreme-QX9300-2-53GHz-1066FSB-SocketP_W0QQitemZ280340727040QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item41459c0500&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=66%3A4|65%3A1|39%3A1|240%3A1318|301%3A1|293%3A1|294%3A200

 

I max out my dual core on most games... a quad core would be sick. Though I don't know how many games support quads

 

The only one I know that makes a huge difference with quad is GTA IV

 

Yeah, I wonder how many more FPS we would get if we had a quad... I think the processor is the Achilles heel for that game, not the GPU

 

Q9100 OEM available at the NBR Marketplace for those interested in testing their 7805u w/ a quad core processor--

 

To whomever has .17 have you tried this to dump your bois?

http://mbockelkamp.dyndns.org/mbockelkamp/mysoft_d.htm

 

sorry to bother you guys i don't know if i'm off the topic but i can't download any of the content you posted it gives me some kind of error called "530 not logged in" and i'm desperate looking for a new BIOS cause my computer (a 7811 FX) doesn't want to charge more than 11% and i read in an other forum that it is recommended to update the BIOS system and i found this ... but i cannot download the contents... please help me i just got my laptop and i live in the dominican republic and if i want to fix this error i''ll have to do it on my own cause it isn't easy just sending it to gateway or something.... please help me... if some of you guys want to please send me a mail or reply me... my mail is : [email protected]... best regards kees...

 

I'll put this up, see if it helps..............

www.pcambrosia.com/Files/7811_BIOSES.zip

 

Hi guys,

So I've been reading through the thread, and perhaps I missed this. About the fan spin up/down when idling has anyone found any bios that is preferable? Does Gateway acknowledge this issue?

Lastly, how would I go about obtaining the latest bios, I am not seeing them on the gateway website, and I am lost in this thread (whew, building my own PC was easier than updating the laptop).

 

Tha fan problem has been solved in 9C.08 bios, and the package with all then is right above on TANWares post.

 

I have the .17 bios and I just tried using this. I had to boot off of a floppy to do it, and it let me save a .dmp file of the bios. It's a 64kb file - don't know if that's too small to actually be the whole bios.

 

quick question again...do i have to install all the updates??? or can i just choose cause i instantly installed the imv-030W... im sorry guys im a bit desperate at the moment and i dont know wat to do... and also i cant seem to find "battery calibration" in the BIOS... do i have to do it manually??? can i do it directly on my windows screen??? please somebody i just need a quick help.. off course its not obligated but if you have time left please...

 

Hm, I was looking at the dos versions of the flashing program, and the bios is around 2MB big.

 

Oooohhhhhhh.... can you upload this file to rapidshare or a similar site?

 

You don't need to install all the updates. Each BIOS is self contained (they aren't cumulative).
As for battery calibration what are you trying to do?

 

well i just got this laptop (the 7811 FX) and the first thing i noticed is that it doesn't want to to charge more than 11% i tells me "11% available (plugged in, not charging)" so i looked up in forums and the said i had to update my BIOS cause some off the update of vista makes the system loose it or something... well the thing is i want my laptop to charge up to 100% cause now i just have a fancy and shining little desktop (if you know what i mean...) and that's the thing i just don't want... anyway's i read that battery calibration could be usefull but i can't seem to find it in the BIOS
so right now i am more than desperate... :S

 

I had the same problem with my battery. There is no battery calibration tool in the bios 9c.05 as far as I can tell. I haven't checked 9c.12. As per Gateway support another way to recalibrate your battery is to let it drain completely and then recharge fully (I think with the comp off). When that didn't work for me either, they sent me a new battery. New battery works fine.

 

ok thanks for the info

 

Okay, there's several people here on the forums now that have had the mythical .17 BIOS on their new Gateways for weeks now. I've been sitting here quietly waiting for it to be dumped and posted to this thread. And I'm still waiting and so are many other people. What's the deal? Can someone spell it out and define what the problem is in getting a copy of this BIOS to the rest of us? There didn't seem to be any problems dumping the previous versions. What is the problem with .17 that makes it impossible to dump? And is there anything I can do to speed up this process? I'd like to get this new version installed on my 7805u asap.

 

The other versions weren't dumped... E-Wrecked aquired them from winstrom... (or whatever the name of the BIOS development is that gateway uses???)

And he no longer has a 7811FX (or any notebook right now for that matter) so you can't blame him for not harrassing anybody too hard lately...

 

Ah, so that's the key detail. No one has been able to dump a BIOS off of one of these laptops period. Okay, that makes sense.

 

I have the .17 BIOS on mine but honestly have no idea how to dump it. Anyone wanna try to post some links or walk through cause I'll gladly try. A search just brings up all kinda 'junk'. Anyway.....

 

I thought all the 7805u's shipped with .17 anyway...

 

I bought mine on 01/03/09. It didn't even have the .12 bios. It shipped with the .10