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    NP9262 BIOS options?

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by dvfedele, Nov 20, 2008.

  1. dvfedele

    dvfedele Notebook Guru

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    About to get a NP9262...first wanted to know what options are available in the BIOS? Can current owner's be kind enough to post some screenshots of the menus/options! Thanks!! :)
     
    dvfedele, Nov 20, 2008
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  2. Gophn

    Gophn NBR Resident Assistant

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    you can find the menus of the BIOS in the user manual.

    go to Sager, Pro-Star, Eurocom, or ]any other Clevo vendor to download the user's manual.
     
    Gophn, Nov 20, 2008
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    dvfedele Notebook Guru

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    ok thanks a lot! I did downlod the manuals but they seemed a bit outdated and wanted to know/see if bios options had changed.
     
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    Gophn NBR Resident Assistant

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    nope, the Clevo BIOS's are quite locked down. So there are no changes in the D901C BIOS.
     
    Gophn, Nov 20, 2008
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    IKAS V Notebook Prophet

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    Does anyone now how to unlock it? :confused:
     
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    Gophn NBR Resident Assistant

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    cannot unlock it really.

    Clevo makes the custom BIOS for their systems, the options are very specialized for the particular system... especially since its a desktop platform on a notebook.

    So trying to use desktop BIOS's or notebook BIOS's will not work.

    I know, I have tried with my D900K... and almost bricked it trying to use Phoenix BIOS Editor to slipstream a desktop motherboard's BIOS options to the Clevo one... no go.
     
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    Shyster1 Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    @Gophn:

    What basic BIOS is the Clevo BIOS built on top of - one of the Phoenix flavors, I'm guessing, right?
     
    Shyster1, Nov 21, 2008
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    these Clevo notebooks are using custom Phoenix BIOS's.
     
    Gophn, Nov 21, 2008
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    I assumed that; my understanding is that Phoenix provides what amounts to several variations of a template, with a set of modules that can be added on or removed, and that each individual ODM/OEM then uses Phoenix' editing IDE to construct the BIOS they want. That sound anything like being close to reality?
     
    Shyster1, Nov 21, 2008
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