Dell - Phoenix/EFI Manual Mod Thread

Discussion in 'BIOS Mod Requests. Post Requests Only' started by ssvetec, Jul 31, 2009.

  1. Kremit

    Kremit MDL Novice

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    I can confirm that the flash update (run as administrator) worked like a charm in Windows Vista x64 for my Dimension E520, and remains activated after flashing. Please be sure to turn off your bios password antivirus before attempting to run the flash. Symantec Endpoint Protection 11 kept the program from running, and my bios password kept the program from completing the flash. I hope this information helps for anyone else that had trouble flashing.

    Shakey and BBSC, thank you very much for your hard work on this flash. I really appreciate your time and effort.

    Kremit.
     
  2. Myrrh

    Myrrh MDL Expert

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  3. unpossible

    unpossible MDL Novice

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    Hey guys, I see that the M1530 has a dos and windows installer listed. Has the windows installer been tested yet? I noticed that the Dos bios.gz and the windows installer bios.gz differ in byte size.

    Has someone tested and confirmed either yet?

    Thanks
     
  4. magilla

    magilla MDL Novice

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    THANK YOU SHAKEY!!!!


    I have the Dimension E520 and it flashed right away. Just run the exe and then wait about 2-3 minutes and the pc will restart. When it restarted, it showed Attempting to Flash BIOS.... then FLASH successful. I am going to try and activate my pc, and will let you guys know how it went.
     
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  5. mnbvccn

    mnbvccn MDL Novice

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    shakeyplace, you are the hero.:)

    Thank you very much.
     
  6. derausgewanderte

    derausgewanderte MDL Senior Member

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    I highly recommend to flash in Dos. Did you try to run the winflash in compatibility mode and as admin?
     
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  7. EclipseSin

    EclipseSin MDL Member

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    Successfully modded my A16 BIOS for 1525 (feel safer doing it myself, no offence! ). Thanks for the info :D Just gotta reinstall windows. Can't get damn activation status to show up anymore with mod or wow7. (stopped on wow7 first) I think i messed permissions up lol. I used ubuntu to flash though :D
     
  8. Puhu

    Puhu MDL Novice

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    I thought so too on my 1730.

    But suddenly an automatic reboot, et voila, a new bios.
     
  9. magilla

    magilla MDL Novice

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  10. ssvetec

    ssvetec MDL Novice

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    yo shakey,
    The D620 mod you did for me man...so far, flashing worked fine...albeit with 1 small exception (at this stage)...

    At the DELL splash screen, the progress bar seems to take about 30 seconds to a minute to finish before Windows boot up starts.

    As soon as I get around to installing Ultimate x64 - I'll let you know the activation results.

    Good work bro. Getting the D610 with a SLIC 2.1 would be phenominal.

    Cheers
     
  11. Myrrh

    Myrrh MDL Expert

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    Why do people insist on downloading and running a cr**k which has a button "slic already exists in bios" - are they too lazy to use slmgr -ilc and slmgr -ipk ??? - wow.

    does the cr**k provide some benefit I'm missing out on?
     
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  12. magilla

    magilla MDL Novice

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    actually, I already tried that method, BUT, it was before i modded the BIOS. I just took a shot and tried it with lo*der ver. 1.2 since it seems like the easiest one to use. WORKED! thats all i care about:cool:
     
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