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    Elitebook 8710p Quadro fx 1600m VBIOS wanted!

    Discussion in 'HP Business Class Notebooks' started by niffcreature, Nov 11, 2010.

  1. niffcreature

    niffcreature ex computer dyke

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    Anybody have this VBIOS?

    Furthermore anybody flashed their card?

    Thanks.
     
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    moral hazard Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Does HP package the vbios with the bios for the notebook?
    I think I read that somewhere..

    If it's true, might be worth checking the HP download site for the bios and see if the vbios is there.
     
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    niffcreature ex computer dyke

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    I looked in the 8710 system bios download, it wasn't there. You probably read that in a thread about 3800m like i did a few minutes ago :p

    Unless by package you mean literally, while the notebook is running... which is how it works.
    For all I know the 8710p 1600m doesn't have any EEPROM at all. :(
     
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    moral hazard Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Yes I read it about the FX 3800m.
     
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    Unrelated:
    I bought what was supposed to be a lenovo 3800m for 190$, and it turned out to be a 3700m totally different from what they pictured.

    Needless to say that was awfully disappointing. The stock clocks are ridiculously high and I've never ever seen one benched/overclocked.
     
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    User Retired 2 Notebook Nobel Laureate NBR Reviewer

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    Just download the 8710p system bios from HP's website and use ADDCCV3 to decompress it. One of the output files will be the vbios.
     
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    niffcreature ex computer dyke

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    I tried that, maybe I didn't do it right.

    What do you need ADDCCV3 for?

    I've decompressed with the installer which gives me rom.cab, sp39178.cva, wssp39178.rtf and hpqflash.exe

    Then I decompressed rom.cab to give me rom.bin, rom.sig, ver.sig and ver.txt

    In any case I think I can figure it out soon with Nvflash, I have several of the actual cards, they just really do not work on clevos at all as far as vbios and bios support.
     
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    rom.bin is compressed. Need ADDCCV3 to decompress it into it's various components. You'll get over 17 separate files including: logo, DSDT table, vbios, F10-setup, bootblock, etc.
     
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