look at your bios model identifier . .. sometimes its the video card model changes. i think i have that file with whitelist disabled. (checking editing soon) found this HP-Pavilion_dv9830eg_Entertainment_Notebook_PC-HP-F.32_sp42853.exe-HP_SLIC21_HP_SLP.rar at rapidshare
Yeah, I found that one a little earlier, but didn't want to risk flashing a different BIOS. I tried the version A modded BIOS, and it gets all the way to block 8, verifies it after flashing, and then shuts off immediately. I manually power the laptop back on, and now, Device Manager shows it needs two (2) Base System Device drivers, and one (1) Coprocessor driver. The laptop now runs unusually slow, and and lags terribly. The nVidia display glitches up HEAVILY at random, but will usually straighten itself out after opening and closing a window. I'm going to try updating the drivers to possibly neer versions off HP's site, and see what happens. Also, the SLIC status shows 2.1 in David's toolkit, and since I already had the key and cert installed beforehand, it showed successful activation status with slmgr.vbs -ato.
sounds like u flashed wrong way.. it automaticaly picks in windows.. u did in dos?.. try B ? what i do is i mod both files and name them original and i flash with the UAC (user access control of vista/ win 7 OFF then reboot.. then turn off antivirus then flash) right click run as admin insydeflash (if its 64 bit windows obviously the x64 .exe)
I am using PHLASH17, and I have the bootable USB key set up perfectly. I've used the same setup mutiple times on different BIOSes. Upon booting into COMMAND.COM on the flash drive, I've got the following files: PH161700.EXE and BIOS.WPH (Version A) I used the command PH161700 /X /FORCE /O /C /S BIOS.WPH Version B won't allow me to flash; PHLASH tells me that it's the incorrect update. I verified beforehand that the A-type WPH is the correct one I need, by checking the byte-for-byte size of the WPH file in the manufacturer's update with the unmodified WPH, and they were identical. So I tested that one first. Upon reinstallating the nVidia driver under Vista SP2 compat. mode, the coprocessor issue went away, and now the laptop seems to be running okay. I'll be reinstalling the audio driver (since it's kind of glitchy upon startup), and I'll also be reinstalling the SD card reader driver; by finding out what driver I need by matching hardware IDs, I can probably just do some minor driver updates, and all will be well. I'll update this post when I'm finished updating the drivers.
sounds like its having the loose nvidia chipset (heat due to dirty heatsink and fan) issue .. reflow time! heat gun 2 minutes carefully.. let it cool 5 min. however the nforce mcp## smbus driver usually helps.
Yeah, I thought about giving it a good cleaning, but only a reflow if it needs it. :/ I've got more experience with PS3s and 360s than I do with laptops. The previous owner didn't take very good care of it, and there was heavy dust build-up when I first got it. It's been about two years since then. The smbus driver was the one that solved the graphical issues.