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    video card flash gone bad, doh!

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by RanCorX2, Feb 12, 2011.

  1. RanCorX2

    RanCorX2 Notebook Evangelist

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    I messed up on a flash and now when the machine boots all I get is 3 beeps and a blank screen, I tried to blind flash but on rebooting still 3 beeps, so I guess I bricked the card right?

    I tried nvflash -4 -5 -6 -a- y bios.rom I get the 3 beeps shortly after typing that. Guess I'll be off to get a replacement...
     
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  2. moral hazard

    moral hazard Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Are you sure it gets past POST?

    Because if it doesn't, that would explain why you can't blind flash.

    There might be a key-combo that will ignore the GPU and let the notebook POST so you can blind flash.

    BTW after you type nvflash -4 -5 -6 bios.rom, you have to press Y a few times.
     
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  3. RanCorX2

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    yeee for me, I unbricked it! my bios was corrupt. Luckly I had several backups, phew!
     
    RanCorX2, Feb 12, 2011
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    For the future, I learned about a hardmod recently to make sure you can blind flash. If it were to come to that.
     
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    a hardmod? please explain.
     
    RanCorX2, Feb 14, 2011
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    You can link 2 pins on the EEPROM to override something or another and it lets you blind flash no matter what. Its could be different pins for different EEPROMs though.
    ? Dead Nvidia 8600M GT GPU VBIOS Flash Needed?
    ...OR you can desolder the EEPROM and 1. solder one from a dead card with a compatible/good VBIOS on it or 2. hook up your EEPROM to a programming tool and flash it.
    ? Programming a MXM graphics module bios (by performing a hard flash).

    Speaking of which, off topic but if anyone has dead cards I would really like to get a hold of some if only to salvage the eeprom.
     
    niffcreature, Feb 14, 2011
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