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    Failed Bios flashing on a W870CU, pleaase Help!

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by mackk1e, Mar 31, 2013.

  1. mackk1e

    mackk1e Notebook Enthusiast

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    I decided to downgrade the bios to an earlier version 1.00.10 ( because of new ram compatibility issue) but I ended with my GC no more recognized and laptop turn off automaticity after 2 minutes or less , then I decided to reflash the bios with the latest 1.00.18 version thinking the flashing procedure would be done before the laptop turns off automatically and while flashing the laptop turned off in the middle of flashing procedure, now every time turn on the laptop I have a blank screen after some seconds three leds flash and GPU fan starts to work at 100% and the laptop turns off again.
    What do I need to make a crisis disk and what are the hot keys to start this operation?

    I have the following configuration :

    Clevo W870CU //i5-460M // 2 x 2 Go 1333 mhz // NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460M 1,5 Go // SSD Samsung 470 series 256 Go // HDD 500 Go 7200 rpm
     
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    Prema Your Freedom, Your Choice

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    Prema, Mar 31, 2013
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    mackk1e Notebook Enthusiast

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    Thanks for the quick reply, I've already red the post you linked but I need to confirm some informations should I also replace my CPU as I have an i5-460M I don't know if it is compatible with the bios version 1.00.10,if it is I'll leave the CPU alone and I'll focus more on replacing the gpu Gtx 460m with one compatible with bios ver 1.00.10 and from there I can reflash to bios ver 1.00.18.
    But the problem here (in Morocco :( ) is that I don't think I will find any spare GC to use for this operation, isn't there a bios recovery option I can try as I have a phoenix Bios ?
     
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    Can anyone at least tell me what are the hot keys for the crisis disk ? Or how can I do a blind flash ?
     
    mackk1e, Apr 1, 2013
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