P78_BIOS_IMV3564_9C.17.00_x64

It's making me want to invest in a P9700, I'll say that much.

 

So how bad does it mess with the audio driver? Do you have to install it again or what happens? I remember in a few of the other bioses it would totally mess it up is it like that?

 

No audio issues here after flash.

 

No problems so far after i flashed, lets hope it stays that way.

 

When i flashed, the audio didnt work at boot, but was quickly identified by Windows, which fixed the issue.

 

Flashed without any issues or none that I'm seeing at the moment.

 

Hello all,

Has anyone managed to updated a P-7805u from 9C.11.00 to 9C.17.00 without problems?

I bought this laptop about a month ago and its the best, but im thinking that my bios 9C.11.00 version is a hacked one because the seller told me that that it has the registration code for vista built into the bios. Is he talking crap?

 

No that is true.

The P-7805u BIOS contains a SLIC v2.0 table which will have Gateway's Vista registration details. This paired with the Gateway certification and OEM key which is built into the ISO will pre-register your copy of Vista upon installation.

 

Trouble is when I got a "home-made" copy of Vista Ultimate from the ebay seller of my p7805u, the maxmium allocated memory was locked to 3GB for some odd reason. The remaining 1GB was allocated to graphics so my 9800m GTS ended with 1GB system memory + 1GB dedicated graphics memory.

There was nothing i could do about it, short of purchasing a retail OEM Vista DVD (+ Windows 7 upgrade natch!) to fix the issue.

 

I got my refurb 7805 with this bios pre-installed already.

 

Thank you for the information.

I too got a "home-made" copy of vista ultimate when i bought this laptop from ebay. But i use Windows 7 RC which works perfectly.

I just wish gateway provide some documents as to what the 9C.17.00 changes. Some people say the bios makes their systems snappier.

Maybe worth a shot

 

Technically this BIOS should enable quad-core support on 7811s, but without the heatpipe assembly with the larger contact plate, it's not advised to try.

 

This Bios and 78xx cooling system can handle the quad core. The mobo is whats different. The 7808 has the same cooling system and bios but different mobo.

 

Actually - the 7811's cooling system, except for a few later-made 2887 and 2888 models, has a smaller CPU plate on the heatpipe that doesn't cover 40% of a Q8/9xxx mobile CPU.

 

You mean that eSata stopped working? Thats bas, because i use it all the time.

 

Does the new Bio's have any affect on other CPU's like if i were to get a t9900

 

Works perfectly fine with my T9900

 

I think the bios is fine for quad support as it is the version used on the machines that have the q9000 inside. I think it is a mainboard issue with our pressent systems. The ones with the quads most likely have a revision or even a total upgrade.

I would love to have quad support, and also extreme support as well. It would be great to have a quad core qx9300 running at 3 Ghz or better. At that hardware level with eventually 8 Gigs of ram and a TB raid I could use this as a DTR for quite some time.

 

TAN, do you know if the 7805 MB supports the quad X9100 with the .17 bios? I saw that you do not have the quad.

 

Can anyone else confirm there is mouse lag using an external mouse after flashing a stock 7811 from .5 to .17 ?

 

I have no mouse lag with my external logitech G5.

 

None here - using a Logitech G5v2.

 

hmmm I wonder if its my gfx driver

 

no lag here on my 7805u with a razer mamba mouse

do you mean the quad qx9300? as far as i know the only x9100 is a dual core cpu but yeah an x9100 works on a 7805u. if you mean the qx9300 then no i dont think it does. (im pretty sure someone already tried on their machine. it might of been a regular quad but so far no quads work on a 7805)

 

Well .17 screwed up my boot order and gave me a bit of panic, but i'm up and running now!!! so far don't notice a change, but then i'm hardly stock and with the ssd, i havn't heard my fan in forever

 

Thanks. I swear I saw somebody with a 7805, .17 bios and a Q9000. I meant the Core 2 Quad Q9000 or the Q9100, "Penryn QC" (standard-voltage, 45 nm)

You are right I did not mean the Core 2 Extreme X9000.

Are you sure that the MB of the 7805 would not support a Q9000?

 

I accidentally updated my laptop from .11 to .17 when I opened up the executable it immediately started flashing rather than allowing me to click start flash!!!

So now that it did that in Windows...I've been getting a bit of a lag/delay whenever I try to move windows or scroll really fast (which I tend to do when multi-tasking). Its as if the powered down features of the PCI-E/CPU is being powered down then having the delay on the power up mode causing the lag as it only happens if i'm not using the computer heavily for a few moments then want to again which smooths are providing al ot of input for a few seconds.

AHHH is this happening to anyone else? I tried reinstalling the CPU/Chipset/GPU drivers but none of that helps

I'm thinking I would drop back to down .11 if anyone has the BIOS...or at least reformat maybe that might..just maybe help but I'm doubting it would .

 

Jedi,

I had this exact same problem on my system when I installed .17

My only guess was that Speed Step was somehow less responsive to loads. It didn't affect gaming performance, but the general windows operations were laggy until the CPU was kicked up.

I turned down to .12 but I kept getting the same problem. I had .10 to start with so perhaps this was an issue that appeared after .10. However, I recently installed Win 7 and I don't seem to have these issues anymore. I did a clean install and it's been running very smoothly. I doubt it fixed the speed step issues. I would imagine it's just because the OS is more streamlined than Vista and runs fine even at the lower CPU multipliers.

 

Just flashed from 8 to 17
Using XP 32-bit ( http://www.mediafire.com/file/2nvzzw1iqn3/P78_BIOS_IMV3532_9C.17.00_x32.zip)
Bios settings were reset, that's the only change I've noticed so far.

 

Hi guys.
I have updated my BIOS to .17 last night, but my esata still doesn't work. Does any of the older BIOS versions enable it?

If there is one that does, I don't really care about the minor .17 performance gain - I have just the default p8400 anyway

 

Are you sure its the BIOS causing an issue with your eSATA port? It's more likely than not a driver issue.

 

Well, driver issue... I have the latest drivers on all of my operating systems installed (Vista x86, Win7 x64, Ubuntu 9.10 x86) and the esata port doesn't react on any of them

 

have you tried more then one esata cable? the esata port on our lappy is kinda recessed so i can imagine that on some esata cable that the protective molding could keep the cable from being fully inserted

 

I tried so far every combination of the two esata cables and external casings I have.

BTW, seems tallan has the same issue...

 

I am willing to bet your eSATA port is fine and that the cable you have is not compatible.

Gateway designed the chassis/port crappily. You have to literally take a knife to your cable and expose the male plug more (think of it as a circumcision ). Seriously, if you pay attention (look very closely) when you're trying to plug what you have in now, I am absolutely positive that you'll see the plug's sheathing hitting the plastic around the port not allowing it to go all the way in.

 

Okay Could you please show us a picture of how the esata cable should be *circumcised*? I have only 2 cables and one of them has thin ends but even that doesn't work, so I am interested how far should I go with cutting it...

 

Unfortunately I don't have one with me right now, and I won't be home until this weekend.

That said, I'm pretty sure someone else here has done it. I'll look around. I will for sure post pics friday night.

EDIT: Here we go, this is exactly where I got the idea from when I was having eSATA troubles... http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=349960&highlight=esata+cut

 

Wow, I'm impressed... just used my knife around the cable a bit and now it really works. Are you up for a beer?

 

Just one of those things. Who knew?

 

I have a 7811fx with 9C.05.00 bios...up till now I hadn't thought much about flashing it. I have recently upgraded to T9900 CPU and from this thread it seems like some notice better performance with CPUs having 6mb cache. Besides this and the better fan control others have noticed, what are the other good reasons to update to 9C.17.00 x64?

 

This bios only for 7811 and up? Or could it work with my 6860FX? Seems like they havnt updated the bios for my laptop in a while

 

*Still wondering if the QX9300 will work in my p7808u*

 

if you already have the Q9000 then the QX9300 should work but with no overclocking ability............

 

After the BIOS refresh the win7 rating of the 9800m gts (p7811-fx) changed to 6.7 from 6.5... any explanations?

 

Wait, someone got a q9000 to work in a 7805u?

 

The P7808-u is the factory Q9000 machine, not the P7805-u............

 

Darn! TENTEN

 

I feel your pain, I would have loved to have QX9300 goodness. I really can't complain too much. Since I've got my Asus U81-a I haven't even turned on the P7805 in two weeks. I have no more real need. I keep it as my DTR attatched to a 25" 1080P. I will even eventually use it for photo and video editing but I rarely touch the cameras lately.

I am even thinking of getting an Acer 1820PT or gateway equivelant once out. For even greater portability and tablet functionality. Then my daughter will inherit the U81-a and my future son in law the LT3103-u

 

It is possible to write an email to gateway or someone else to ask them to unlock the xtreme processor series ?

It's so stupid to can not use the features of this processor

 

Sure you can write an email, getting them to do something is a different story. About the only way they'd do it is to actually get a suit going. Since they state it can be done in the manual you could sue for false advertisement. Other options are to cantact the BBB and/or your states Attorney General............