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    Fixing 1080 MXM

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by JCordero31, Sep 16, 2019.

  1. JCordero31

    JCordero31 Notebook Evangelist

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    Hi all

    I was trying to update my 1080 mxm bios and in the mist of i had a power failure in the house. The laptop still turns on with the card plugged in but its a blank screen. how could i update the bios without seeing anything on the screen? or fix it to get it back
     
    JCordero31, Sep 16, 2019
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    hans12321 Notebook Consultant

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    Use a hardware flasher as seen in the pascal bios editor thread.

    Gesendet von meinem SM-G973F mit Tapatalk
     
    hans12321, Sep 16, 2019
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  3. Chastity

    Chastity Company Representative

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    This illustrates the importance of using a UPS when doing sensitive firmware updating.
     
    Chastity, Sep 16, 2019
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  4. Meaker@Sager

    Meaker@Sager Company Representative

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    Was the battery not in the machine?
     
    Meaker@Sager, Sep 16, 2019
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  5. jc_denton

    jc_denton BGA? What a shame.

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    This.
     
    jc_denton, Sep 16, 2019
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    Notebookbackbreaker and Papusan like this.
  6. Meaker@Sager

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    Always flash with the battery in, not doing so is tempting fate, the skypro programmer is the most popular hardware flasher.
     
    Meaker@Sager, Sep 17, 2019
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