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    corrup bios in toshiba donwload page?

    Discussion in 'Toshiba' started by diezjackdaniels, Jul 2, 2008.

  1. diezjackdaniels

    diezjackdaniels Notebook Enthusiast

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    well, yesterday i downloaded the last bios vista x64 2.40 for my toshiba satellite A200 PSAE3E, after try to flash bios i cant, and winphlash give me an error, this is a copy of part of log:
    Start flashing block by block
    Number of Blocks : 16

    DataSize : 100000
    Skip block 16 since it is write protected.

    DataSize : f0000
    Block index : 15 Block Size : 10000
    Erase Block 15 ... Erase Block 15, ok!
    program Block 15 ...
    offset : 0 Size : 1000 Retry Count = 1
    offset : 1000 Size : 1000 Retry Count = 1
    offset : 2000 Size : 1000 Retry Count = 1
    offset : 3000 Size : 1000 Retry Count = 1
    offset : 4000 Size : 1000 Retry Count = 1
    offset : 5000 Size : 1000 Retry Count = 1
    offset : 6000 Size : 1000 Retry Count = 1
    offset : 7000 Size : 1000 Retry Count = 1
    offset : 8000 Size : 1000 Retry Count = 1
    offset : 9000 Size : 1000 Retry Count = 1
    offset : a000 Size : 1000 Retry Count = 1
    offset : b000 Size : 1000 Retry Count = 1
    offset : c000 Size : 1000 Retry Count = 1
    offset : d000 Size : 1000 Retry Count = 1
    offset : e000 Size : 1000 Retry Count = 1
    offset : f000 Size : 1000 Retry Count = 1
    program Block 15, ok!
    verify Block 15 ...
    offset : 0 Size : 1000 Retry Count = 1 Retry Count = 2 Retry Count = 3 Verify failed!

    Error code : -200(0xFFFFFF38)
    Description:
    Error code: -200
    Calling driver to END flash
    Stage completed

    i dont undertand anything because y donwloaded and flashed 5 or 6 times bios and everything ok, but this time i can do nothing.
    Somebody can help me?
    is possible that the bios is corrupted in toshiba download page.
    Thanks.