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

What video drivers are you using and vista32 or 64

 

Vista x64
&
XFastest185.20 (this driver also gave me 200+ points in 3DMark)
Gl =)

 

I don't think there's anything special about the BIOS in 7809's. It's showing the same version and release date as the one in my 7805u. My 7805U was stolen so I picked up this from frys a few days back.


If theres any other specific information you want lemme know and i can get it from dmidecode.

mangloid@mangloid-laptop:~$ sudo dmidecode --type 0
# dmidecode 2.9
SMBIOS 2.5 present.

Handle 0x0000, DMI type 0, 24 bytes
BIOS Information
Vendor: Phoenix Technologies LTD
Version: 9C.17.00
Release Date: 12/16/2008
Address: 0xE4B80
Runtime Size: 111744 bytes
ROM Size: 2048 kB
Characteristics:
ISA is supported
PCI is supported
PC Card (PCMCIA) is supported
PNP is supported
BIOS is upgradeable
BIOS shadowing is allowed
ESCD support is available
Boot from CD is supported
ACPI is supported
USB legacy is supported
AGP is supported
BIOS boot specification is supported
Targeted content distribution is supported

 

You're not getting that here, it is illegal and amounts to piracy, do not ask this question again

Kamin_Majere
Gateway Moderator


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Gateway P-7811FX/QX9300/2*640Gb 7200Rpm/4Gb DDR3/9800GTS/1920*1200
wow this isnt even a sig... you just typed it in (and we all know you're not running a qx9300 in a 7811-fx so you can stop the show boating)

 

Somebody educate me... how's that piracy?

 

He was asking how to use a hack to get a pirated version of win7 fully activated. Its not an acceptable topic on NBR, so i replaced his post with a note from me.

 

I got mine to stop for a couple of days so far. I'm not sure if it's going to be the solution but who knows! Check out my post on it:

http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=419094

 

Ok, i tought it ws related to the previous post

 

Ah, yeah i can see how that could be seen that way.

But no that post is perfectly fine

 

What's the fix?

 

hey everybody i have a 7805 and and trying to overclock the cpu can anyone help me

 

Unless you have an Extreme series CPU you can't right now, some people are trying to see if there's a hardware mod that will allow it, but so far we seem to be striking out.

 

thanks i have been reading this thread but there a lot of stuff on it and what about al the bios on here would it be good to update to one of those

 

unfortunately even with an extreme cpu you cant or at least i cant

 

I have the same config, except display (1920x1200)
I also can`t overclock cpu
my bios is 9c.17.00

is there newer one?

 

It doesn't support overclocking past 3 ghz, at least in earlier revisions, so with an x9100 you're stuck, an x7800 for example can overclock to 3ghz at least.

 

Ok small confusion on my part I have a 7811fx and not sure which of these bios files to use??

 

The T9900 seems to be the best CPU so far for the p7805u, better than the X9100 because of lower temperatures and same clock speeds, given that you cannot overclock on the p7805u. Right now I'm pretty happy with my stock p8400 but I might upgrade to a T9900.

 

No issues from upgrading to the T9900 here. I wanna run some benches and stuff next week, namely ripping and converting Blu-ray movies, seems to be an excellent test of the CPU.

 

I have a brand new 7803h notebook sitting on my desk... the difference between a 15" and 17" is really weird. I got the 1440x900 screen, which I'm OK with. 1920x1200 is too punishing on my pitiful vision.

My only real complaint is the sporadic GPU fan noise. It's incredibly annoying; does anyone know which BIOS version to use for this?

If I can't solve this fan problem altogether, then I will be forced to return it.

 

@Bog

I do believe that it is built into all the BIOS, and is unchangeable. But don't quote me on that.

 

Yes, I just tried the .10 and .12 BIOS. It stopped the GPU fan from sporadically spinning up, but then the CPU fan showed the same problem instead.

Screw it, I'm returning the unit. It's a shame given that it was only $990CDN.

 

Will these work with Windows 7, or do I have to wait for an update?

 

As in running the BIOS update within Windows, I would think it should.

 

hello, i new user for gateway p 7811 fx, i have question

1)How is the last bios for this notebook? (9c.17.00) how to flash?
2)The 9800m gts is upgrade @ 9800, gt/gtx or gtx250/260/280?????
3) Kingston hyper X 1066 cl5 run great? (4gb)
4) I can install 2 hd in this notebook?
5)t9900/x9100/q9xx---------how choice for little temp in comparaison at the dissi stock the gateway?
6) there are video bios mod to mod 9800m gts?
sorry for my english

 

1: you can find it here ,i have been using it for a few months now and ive had no problems with it.
2: no, you can not upgrade your GPU.
3: isnt that DDR2? these machine come with DDR3 and 4GB is plenty fine.
5: t9900 and x9100 are ok, however you can not use a quad-core (q9xx) on them, temp whize... if you undevolt and apply thermal paste you shoulb be just fine.
6: not for the gateway FX line, u can over-clock it tho ^^
Gl.

 

#4 yes, sentence missed that one in his otherwise spot on set of answers.

 

I think for the memory he is refering to these, http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=2010170381 1309239101 1052516065&name=5 . Now the one states XMP ready so I do not know if cas5 is only available to XMP or is already programed to the SPD..........

 

Excuse me, but are you saying that the P 7811 FX support the quad core and the only problem is a high temperature ?

 

No he's saying quads don't work and T9XXX etc cpus run hotter than Ps so you need to make sure you use better thermal paste etc.

 

You could get a quad core, just don't expect it too boot. The socket matches and one of the two types of HS's are useable as well. There is something they claim to do to the mainboard though, or at least it was stated a modification has to be made.

Find an easy way to do this though, plus get it too work, and you will be a hero to alot of people........

 

As to question #3, I doubt the bios will recognize the timings but memset DOES work on this. I've been able to tighten the stock timings to 7-6-6-19,but memset also changes a lot of other timings at the same time so requires a lot of tweaking. I am considering purchasing the ram myself since they're only $100 or so the last time I checked, but memset may be our only option to take advantage of the tighter timings.

 

Can I get a copy of 9c.11.00 BIOS??? That was my original bios before I flashed to the latest version.

I've tried bios 9c.12.00 and 9c.17.00 and both seem to adjust the rate at which the CPU downclocks itself to a point where there is a noticeable slowdown in windows which I could easily replicate. It would stay at 1600 MHz for a longer period of CPU utilization before it returns back to 2260 MHz which causes a delay in the performance of the windows explorer to the point where I could see and feel the slowdown.

I'm currently on version 9c.10.00 (which does NOT have the clock throttling issue) I got from the bios variety pack in the initial posting, but since there doesn't seem to be a changelog for the various pack versions, I would like to go back to my stock BIOS which was 9c.11.00.

Anyone else experienced this?

 

9c.17.00 upgraded -------->not issue just

i have a model with p2887 system cooling.

t9900/x9100? what temp?

9800m gts upgrade a 9800 gtx?

 

Some others questions:

0) Do you know where you can find the changelog between all BIOS versions ?
1) 9C .xx (.17 for ex) are official BIOS ?
2) Do you know somes "moded" BIOS for 78xx that improve our notebooks or offers more options in the bios ?

 

Ok i have answer to my own questions except 0)

1) Yes
2) That amounts to priacy and is not allowed on NBR, i have warned others before you were a member so i will warn you now. Mentioning of bypasses to program/OS security measures are forbidden and if i see it again i will take action

Kamin_Majere

It seems that it's impossible to modify phoenix BIOS in order to add "hidden stuff".
Only people from Winston or Gateway can do this

 

Yep. got the same issue after updating the bios to 9c.17(IatAa) from original 9c.05. Increased boottime, slow windows 7 x64. My dell inspiron 640m(....) boots faster with win 7 x32 and is far more responsive. Weird though as there don't seem too many users having this problem. Any advice or recommendations concerning this issue is well appreciated.

 

Guys, this bios, .17, fixes the cooler issue for 7805u?

 

Total noob here.
I got a 7809 and haven't even touched the BIOs
What are the benefits of updating it? Is it worth it?

 

Boysssssssssssss, write, please, what is the best bios for the p-7811fx? i would to install t9900

 

I don't know what others think but to me the 9C.17.00 bios from Gateway seems to make my 7805U snappier. I just up-graded to the T9900 and to me it has made my laptop into a really nice fast experience. It's the processor this thing should have came with in the first place.

 

The 9c.17.00 users wth 6meg L2 cpu's seem to report a more snappy system, those with stock CPU's do not seem to report the same......

 

I have to agree with this. Since I upgraded to 9c.17.00 and a new T9900 cpu, everything seems very quick and responsive.

 

Razor Jones how did you manage to oc @ 3.2Ghz????

 

I don't know why, butasfter you upgrade to a T9900 with the 9C.17.00, it seems to automatically overclock the cpu by 4%. Mine also runs at 3200mhz. Have it set constant high performance in the power section.

 

how much did you guys get the T9900 for?

 

I've a bug too, the bus in everest is 266mhz + 4% (272 mhz something like that)
But the true bus value is always 266mhz.

Because some software does not know the halfmultiplier (11x instead of 11.5x), they increase the bus value for get the same ghz.

3.2ghz is:
1) A bug
2) The "half" IDA activated (3.06 ghz + 133 mhz => 3.2 Ghz). So your windows or the bios ??? does not know half multiplier (12x 266 mhz).

 

Noticed that this notebook doesn't do half multipliers, guess they cut some more corners and we benefit from it (makes little sense).

 

hi guys, can u all use the raid function for ur 78 series? I think raid 0 is supported on the ICH9M-E but I cant find raid options in my bios settings.Do I have to use the unlocked bios or sth else?

 

Do you have 2 drives installed? I believe the raid options only show up when you have 2 drives installed.