Zepto Znote 6625WD - BIOS z15N011

I meant the cooling settings of 008 as it gets my CPU to idle under 50 and game around 60
SLFM is self-activated when CPU usage is low/idle

 

Aha! I'm officially back on the curve... tack!

 

Mine idles at 43-44, but then when gaming it reaches 75! How do you manage to keep it around 60? You place your notebook on top op a freezer?

 

I have to confirm this still but I think it was around 60

 

Ok 60 was a bit optimistic

The real temps are (max)
CPU 69C
GPU 89C

 

Well with a little luck and a lot of trial and error with bios' and coolers,
we'll get you (all of us) that 60! Merry merry all!

 

I have a huge problem. After I installed the z15n011 bios, my 6625 won't boot from the hd. The bios can find the harddrive and it's the first one in boot order, but when i try bootin from it, it just gives me a blank screen with a small white line blinking in the top left corner after the usual mem checks etc. It still will boot from the cd tough, but when i tryed to install xp again, it still didn't boot from the hd in the middle of the install. I rolled back to 008, but it doesn't help with the problem. Anyone had any similar difficulties?

Btw, the retailers customer service really sucs in Finland.

 

So how's it going with the new BIOS? We still hope for a January release!

 

Regardin my problem i just posted, could somebody please send me the z15n004 bios, so I could try to get my laptop to work with it. It seems impossible to find it anywhere (or i'm just terrible at googling). I'm starting to get a bit desperate, 'cause all of my unfinished schoolworks are on the laptob and the deadlines are closing in fast. So I would be grateful if u could email it to me at the following address: lefa_lempiainen(at)hotmail.com

 

ftp.zepto.dk

 

Use this link:

ftp://ftp.zepto.dk/Znote6625WD/BIOS/6625_z15N004.iso

Use ISO recorder to burn image on disc, then boot from cd pressing F10 during boot screen

 

Thank you. I don't know what happened, but that wasn't there earlier this day . And thank you for your advice, but i know how to flash the bios. My only problem is to get it to work properly I hope my problem will be solved with this one. Thank you again.

 

The reason why it's there is because I uploaded it today because of a high demand from the users.

 

LOL, I posted 15:29, and the BIOS was posted on the ftp 15:19, guess I was lucky
Lucky for you I didn't see your post too soon!

 

True . Sadly it didn't solve the problem. Still not booting. I think it has something to do with the PXE (Preboot eXecution Environment) and Broadcom NetExtreme Ethernet Boot Agent (if they are not the same thing). I'm not sure if it's in my head, but I think those came with the -011 bios update, but they are still there even if i roll back to 004 or 008. Do u have any idea could PXE have this kind of effect to my znotes boot, or how to fix it?

 

You have to ask Rene about that one Sorry I can't help you. But he's a Zepto employee, and he'll be able to answer your question

Btw I've been rolling back and forward between the BIOS versions whitout any problems

 

Yeah, let's hope that he knows. I'm kind of scrued otherwise..

I don't have any problem rolling back or forward either. My problem started when i updated to the 011 for the first time and rolling back or forward doesn't have any effect what so ever. I have a friend whos a lot more knowledgeable than me in these matter but he too hasn't got a clue about what's going on.

Something in the 011 just totally ****ed up the booting system and it seems that it's somewhat beyond the bios...

 

You shure you havent got anything enabled wich you didnt have before (=no drivers installed)

 

My 6024W originally tried to boot off the network which slowed everything (it would eventually time out and move to the next device). More recent BIOS versions put it further down the list.

You can change the boot order in the BIOS (boot menu) I recommend putting the HDD at the top then using F10 at the BIOS splash screen to select a different boot device.

If the network boot is already below the HDD and ODD and the computer is trying to boot off the network then it means that it is not finding these devices,which would suggest a problem with the IDE settings. For example, the BIOS, by default will have AHCI disabled.

John

 

Well the problem started immediately after I flashed the bios, so no I haven't installed any different drivers.

I have had the HDD at the top of the boot order and last and anything in between . I have tried to boot after removing all other devices than the HDD from the boot menu. I have tried to boot by pressing F10 and choosing HDD from the menu. I have also tried with or without the AHCI. I have tried various combinations that I think would have helped. This isn't my first time I'm tweakin a bios, but it's my first time trying to get one to work and I'm not all that assured that the problem lies in the bios anymore.

I am aware of the possibility that the bios somehow can't find or recognize the HDD. But still it finds it on the main tab and in the bootorder menu. It still will boot from the CD-rom, but not if it isn't at the top of the bootorder. I have checked the HDD with partition magic pro and it says it's OK.

There still might be the possibility that the update fried something... Not likely tough, but I think it's possible.

 

Lemppu, the problems you are having suggest that the hard drive in the machine is defective. As the failure has occurred at the same time as the BIOS update sounds like a coincidence. I don't think the two things have anything in common. It would be the first time ever we've heard about a BIOS update frying the hard drive.
Which model hard drive do you have in your machine?

 

Also, take a look inside the lappy and re-fit the hdd, if it has somehow got loose from its fitting

 

The HDD must be connected OK since the computer can see it. The problem seems to be when the computer tries to read (or write) it. My recollection (may be wrong) is that trying to boot from HDD without a boot sector will get an "operating system not found" message.

It seems that the computer is able to read the HDD info stored in a chip on the disk but is not able to read the disk itself. One way to check would be to slot the HDD into a USB enclosure (with SATA interface) and try to read it on another computer.

John

 

True. But I have checked the hardrive with Partition Magic pro, and it didn't complain a thing. It just said that the HDD was ok.

Also I think that the coincidence of the HDD malfunctioning exactly the same time i flash my bios is a bit far fetched.

And still what gets me is that even after I have removed the network booting from the bootorder completely, it still seem to be trying to boot from the network. It's like it doesn't even try to boot from the HDD.

But I'll aknowledge the fact that there could be something wrong with the HDD, so I'll try to get a program with wich I could look into it. It just needs to support NTFS and SATA...

And I have the Hitachi 100GB 7200rp HDD.

 

For the definitive opinion on the health of the HDD, get Drive Fitness Test from Hitachi, create a bootable CD and run it.

John

 

I couldn't get DFT to work. Tried two different version, but the one I got from your link didn't load properly and the other one didn't go far enough for testing.

Instead I got a version of dos with NTFS support and accessed with it my HDD without any problems, so it seems my HDD is just fine. I'm currently downloading a version of xp that u can use from a cd and with it verfying that the hd is fully operational, so I think we can somewhat eliminate that it's not the problem here...

BTW. The first reason why i updated to 011 was because my 6625 had heat issues which caused my laptop to shutdown occasionally (few times in a week, sometimes few times in a day), which were caused by the coolingfan stopping (which started to work again if i tilted the laptop to a certain angle). Now when I switched to the 011 it still shuts down, even when I'm in the middle of my testing. Do you have any advice how to fix this or does your 6625 do the same? Or is there perhaps something wrong with the znote i got?

 

Don't know if it depended on the heat or how the problem can be solved but my 6625 also had random freezes when running 011. No problem what so ever on 008.

 

It sounds like you have a problem with your fan. What is the thermometer saying?
Also, random freezes in 011: You have RMClock running? It migh try to activate something wich isnt supported by the BIOS

 

Well can't access any thermometer now that it's tilted, but i can feel the surface with my hand. It gets quite hot.

And yes, i had the RMClock running, but I have now disabled it. Let's see if that helps. I have to roll back to 011 to test it 'cause it wasn't stable when I last tested it so I rolled to 008.

About the HDD. I think it's ok, 'cause I accessed it with miniPE and all of my files seem to be allright. I just need to backup them now. Still haven't found a way to boot to the HDD tough...

By random freezes, du you mean that the laptop suddenly loses power and can't be turned on before the battery has been taken out for a while?

 

YES! I finally got it to work!

After i had backupped my important files with miniPE to a Lacie, I formatted the HDD and tried to Install Xp. Didn't work. So I decided to to empty the HDD completely if i was to send it to the maintenance. To do this I used a diskErasor-program to completely wipe my HDD clean to it's raw state.

After that when I booted I got the "no operation system found"-message which showed that now it did try to boot from the HDD. It seems that it wasn't enough that I formatted the HDD. So I tried to install XP and it was successful. So it's working. It just seems that flashing the 011 messed up my HDD. A mystery to me

I have now 011 installed and I turned the RMClock off which it seems has prevented it from freezing. I haven't tested it enough to know if the heat problems have been eliminated. To be certain of it may take a week, maybe even more.

Many, many thanks to all people here. You have been extremely helpful.

 

Thanks for the update: Good news. It must have been something to do with the boot files on the HDD.

Regarding RMClock, I deselected the IDA speed option in the profiles a couple of weeks ago and haven't had a malfunction since. Since IDA only seems to cut in very occasionally it is not a big loss while 0.9V @ 1.2GHz is a useful gain.

John

 

Well not sure about the bootfiles either. I tough about it, and tried to fix it with mbrfix from the system recovery console. Didn't change a thing. Might be that it was messed beyond repair tough...

 

Looks like some problems persist. I'm still experiencing heat problems and had already one shutdown because of it. It seems the fan won't blow properly when I'm holding my znote on my lap or moving it a bit. The temperatures of the CPU went over 80 degrees of celcius. Once I placed it on a firm surface the fan kicked in and the temps lowered to ~50. Now when I'm typing this and holding it in my lap it seems stable and the temps are around 50 to 60 so it seems a bit random.

Also I'm constantly loosing wireless network when on battery, even tough I'm right next to the wireless switch.

Are these common problems with this model or just my piece?

 

The fan is your lappy, but you might want to check your power saving settings for your WiFI

 

Just a quick off-topic question:
Where can I find the new version of RMClock? The Beta2 expired, and now using the one on the download page, wich doesnt allow .8500 volt and SLFM. I want it back

 

http://cpu.rightmark.org/download/rmclock_235_bin_beta2_update.rar

this one doesn't expire untill February 29th

 

Sorry, I don't quite understand. What do you mean by "the fan is your lappy"?

And another stupid question. How do I access my WIFI power saving options in xp. They don't show in the normal power options nor in the wifi or network setting... I'm really starting to feel stupid here

And whats the most frustrating thing is that all these malfunctions seem a bit random. I've had 3 overheating shutdowns today which all happened when I was in the middle of playing. After the second one when I restarted the machine the fan didn't kick in and the cpu temp went over 90 degrees..

Edit:

Now my temps are constantly over 80 or 90 and the fan is off almost the whole time..

 

I can't fully answer the wireless-XP question but you can go into Device Manager and set the wireless power management so it can't be switched off to save power.

Your fan should be coming on when the temperature reaches about 55C. It may be worthwhile resetting the BIOS to the default values to see if that fixes the problem. Otherwise the fan itself must be suspected although they rarely fail. They usually get noisy.

John

 

I meant its particulary you who have this problem, its not a common one.

And 80-90C all the time is quite , I reach max 70 when gaming

 

Thanks. I found the wireless power management options and I think it will solve the problems. Didn't have a clue that the setting were there. Never configured a device from there before .

It's (just shutted down in the middle of this reply) not that the fan isn't working, but that it's working only occasionally. One minute it's blowing and the temps are ~50, the other minute it's not and the temps go over 80 and it shuts down. The BIOS is mainly on the factory default settings. Only changed one thing 'cause with it on my znote crashed in 3-10 minutes (well not that it's doing so well even now with the temp problems and all).

There's something seriously wrong with my Znote. I think I'll have to send it to maintenance anyway, even if i got the whole bios-flashing-boot-messing -stuff figured out .

 

I'm going to install BIOS upgrade on 4G Ram 6625WD for the first time.
I've downloaded 6625_z15N011.iso. How do you actually install it? ( Is there a help file some where? For first time DIYers).

My reason is
0232 Extended Ram failed at address line 22 error
I get this error every now and then (F1 to fix). Its about time I fixed it.
Laptop currently has installed Z15P004

 

You burn the .iso file onto an optical disk and then boot from the optical drive.

Google for a free ISO burning software if you don't have one. There are several around that are mentioned in threads in this forum about BIOS upgrades (maybe this one, for example).

John

 

Thanks I'll do that today/tomorrow.

I'm one of those who think Zepto should post proper processes (PDF or whatever) on their web site.

That's what Dell (yes, I was once foolish enough to buy) and ACER (nothing wrong with their kit) do.

 

It's all there (I think) in a file called ISO_braending_DK.PDF. Unfortunately, we need one called ISO_burning_EN.PDF.

Zepto need a multi-lingual translator, or give out Danish to English (or whatever is the customers' language) dictionary with each notebook.

John

 

There is this one in Eng. ftp://ftp.zepto.dk/Znote6024W/BIOS/Update_BIOS_6xx4-6xx5_EN.pdf
It doesn't really explain how exactly you burn it, since that depends on what software you use.

 

I use IMGBurn and its really easy to use, you just select the .iso and press burn, and it does the rest. You just have to remember to close the tray the first time it opens or it will not complete the burning (i think).

 

I use a freeware burner called InfraRecorder for all my burning.

http://infrarecorder.sourceforge.net/

After installing in the main window click on

actions ---> burn image

choose your bios image and it will start burning (doesnt matter if its burnt on cd or dvd)

reboot and boot from cd, make sure your power cord is connected.



Also I reckon you should get yourself a CD and DVD rewriteable since its much easier with those if you stuff up

 

I use and recommend IsoRecorder. When it's installed just right click on the .iso file --> Open with.. --> IsoRecorder

 

Are those burner apps good? I've always used IMGBurn. Also works so I only have to click on the .iso

 

Been through the process of installing BIOS z15N011

DVD RW light flashed and it made reading sounds

Using on boot F2 to view Sytem Utilities
Before BIOS Version Z15P004
After BIOS Version Z15P004

Does not appear to be installed?
How do you check that it's installed?