I have the Nvdia one, so I unpacked the file from NV.cab. I have tried with 68DVD.bin and 68DVD.sig both on the drive, but I don't remember if I tried Rom.bin + Rom.sig (I will try now...)
Thanks, did not know about the SMC.BIN! I just tried, it didn't work. BUT the stick is not accessed at all when I start with WIN+B, although it does check the floppy when it's here... strange... I was wondering if it would work from the hard drive directly, I could try to take out my HDD put in another laptop and re-create that partition... "In order to initiate this BIOS recovery, "Window Key + B" must be pressed during powering on the system. BIOS recovery can be manually forced by pressing and holding the 4 arrow keys and pressing the power button." Also, I am not sure to understand that four arrow keys things - everywhere it's mentioned with WIN+B... is it something to do after WIN+B? or is it just a possible method LIKE WIN+B?
Yes I was looking into that option, but I'd still prefer to avoid it - not to take any risk of damaging the motherboard...
Well after trying many things I decided to try to flash the chip myself and un-solder it from the motherboard... This was an epic fail, I damaged the MB pins and the chip I think there is still hope if I order a replacement BIOS, but I will try to find a specialist to do the soldering part and fix my mistakes...