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    P650se and CH341a programmer

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by bryneb, Feb 13, 2019.

  1. bryneb

    bryneb Notebook Consultant

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    Good day all,

    I bricked my Eurocom M5 Pro (650se) that had an unlocked bios on it by trying to put the original bios back on. I had a gent on the forums that was going to guide me through the process or flashing it using a CH341a programmer but it seems he is no longer a member of the forums.

    Is there anyone here that can give me any guidance? I have the programmer and clip, now I just need the expertise :)
     
    bryneb, Feb 13, 2019
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    Meaker@Sager Company Representative

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    You need a full copy of the BIOS (most files are just updates) to be able to fully rewrite it.
     
    Meaker@Sager, Feb 13, 2019
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    bryneb Notebook Consultant

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    How do I know if it's a full copy or just an update?

    Wonder if getting a preprogrammed bios and physically replacing it would be better.
    I do have a friend that is huge into electronics and has a pretty nice (according to him) soldering station.
     
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    jaybee83 Biotech-Doc

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    Ha! I have the exact same programmer and brought my gpu back to life from a faulty vbios flash brick just yesterday, was also my first time :D
     
    jaybee83, Feb 13, 2019
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    Vasudev Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    You're a Pro. I had to use it 10 or more times to taste my first success.
     
    Vasudev, Feb 14, 2019
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    Ideally if you could get someone with a tool to do a full dump you would have a full file.
     
    Meaker@Sager, Feb 14, 2019
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    admittedly, ive had to reconnect the cable to the EEPROM chip several times until i was finally able to properly read and write from/to it. aaaaand i was instructed on the HowTos by a real Pro haha. I'm barely starting on my programmer journey :)
     
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    I ended up with a nice set of parts, the only thing I had to contend with was the first hex value being set to 00.
     
    Meaker@Sager, Feb 15, 2019
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    hi guys i have problem when i connect by bios chip to the programmer its power light goes off any reason
     
    Baqir, Jan 10, 2020
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    Usually you are shorting the connector the wrong way round or similar.
     
    Meaker@Sager, Jan 11, 2020
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    I have the smae notebook and need the dump files as well. Did you manage to get it ?
     
    Dridzz, Apr 12, 2020
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