Undocumented INSYDE BIOS recovery method.-Use andy's tool to obtain possible names.

Discussion in 'BIOS Mods' started by levonisyas, Nov 24, 2009.

  1. Siliwangi

    Siliwangi MDL Member

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    I think this must be a sticky thread :)

    useful info
     
  2. phrunt

    phrunt MDL Addicted

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    3602.BIN or 3603.BIN <<<for DV5 model>>> ???

    you dont mean dv5000 model do you? i've got a bricked one of them I wouldn't mind recovering. Although I thought all dv5 models were phoenix
     
  3. levonisyas

    levonisyas MDL Novice

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    #23 levonisyas, Dec 1, 2009
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  4. Yen

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    Here is the corresponding GUID:
    #define EFI_PEI_RECOVERY_MODULE_PPI \
    {0xFB6D9542, 0x612D, 0x4f45, 0x87, 0x2F, 0x5C, 0xFF, 0x52, 0xE9, 0x3D, 0xCF}

    Will have a look at it later...
     
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  5. ozzyboy

    ozzyboy MDL Member

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    THX all!!

    Maybe soon will be BIOS recovery Request, for those who, can't understand, this procedure.
    Thx, Yen, levonisyas, Busykid508!!
     
  6. saty1296

    saty1296 MDL Novice

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    When you say Acer 7720 or Acer 7720G, which model are you talking about Acer Travelmate 7720G or Acer Aspire 7720G?

    Please confirm as I own Acer Travelmate 7720G and I am trying to find out it this Modded BIOS will also work perfectly fine on Acer Travelmate 7720G. Thanks.

    Cheers :)
     
  7. oatja

    oatja MDL Novice

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    Does not work on vaio p
    I try to rename to

    R2060U3.ROM
    R2060U.ROM
    R2060.ROM
    R206.ROM

    R2060U3.fd
    R2060U.fd
    R2060.fd
    R206.fd

    R2060U3.bin
    R2060U.bin
    R2060.bin
    R206.bin

    and i try to use your procedure
    both of win + b or esc + fn it look like no response from vaio

    it press power with above key it didn't seem to access my flashdrive yet

    anybody please help me!!
     
  8. Siliwangi

    Siliwangi MDL Member

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    what series of Vaio do you use..?
     
  9. oatja

    oatja MDL Novice

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    The Vaio P

    Model is VGN-P530H
     
  10. vietapps.com

    vietapps.com MDL Novice

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    my HP DV3T-2000 CTO got the same issue. I flashed wrong version (F.21 while old version is F.07). I downloaded wrong SoftPad file on HP website. I tried to do as instruction in these posts of topic. But when the led turn on. It has no activity seems that the USB stick is being read. Anyone can help me?

    PS: I use Windows + B key combination to turn on BIOS Recovery mode. I also have a original BIOS file of this laptop now. I backed up by WinFlash tools from other laptop which is the same series.

    Thank you.
     
  11. Mik3yZ

    Mik3yZ MDL Novice

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    Hi everyone.

    I have an Acer Aspire 5320 to which i flashed the incorrect BIOS.
    The problem now is that i can't seem to recover from this, because the laptop doesn't respond anymore to the power button.

    when i just plug in the powercord without battery i don't see any led's on.

    when i put in the battery and the powercord, the battery light is on - color orange. after a while it begins to blink (on off on off)...

    i tried the fn-esc and wind-b keys but nothing happens, the system won't power on...

    Any ideas?

    Thanks!
     
  12. vietapps.com

    vietapps.com MDL Novice

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    I have the same issue. I also try a external HDD, not USB stick as other member suggest but it's no different. That's bad. I think I should take it to HP care :(

     
  13. billy66bare

    billy66bare MDL Novice

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    Awesome!!
    Had a Compaq C770US get a bad flash, and this saved the day. Just used the C700 name on the first page.

    Thanks again!!
     
  14. heavengee

    heavengee MDL Novice

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    hy all

    I'm haveing the same problem with a HP pavilion dv5 1178er laptop--> failed bios update.
    I tried all the ways described, but I just can't get it fixed. It doesn't even tries to read the files from the usb pen drive.

    Any ideeas? Please help.
     
  15. bvtv48b

    bvtv48b MDL Novice

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    Please recovery bios for Compaq presario C700-702TU

    My laptop have got bad flash bios. Please tell me the way recovery my bios Compaq presario C700-702TU
     
  16. Blek

    Blek MDL Novice

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    Acer with bricked bios

    Had the same problem last month on an SAcer 7720G, bricked laptop due to incorrect bios flashing, no leds at all. Repair through Acer will result in mainboard replacement against high costs.
    Found a company flashbios.org. They were able to repair my notebook within a week against a very reasonable cost, ~125 Euro. This was well worthe the investment.

    Regards, Blek
     
  17. dadi26

    dadi26 MDL Novice

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    hi i'm here for the first time and i need to ask you how do i flash the bios on my TOSHIBA A135 S2276 all i can see that here no one is talking about toshiba..they all were talking about the acers..so can someone here help me for flashing the bad bios on my computer to give me some instructions..i downloaded a bios tools from this site...and i was reading the instructions..and i still don't get it where it says this... 3. Rename your BIOS file to bios.wph and copy it to your: Flopy, USB Stick, USB Flopy.
    what is that meaning..is that means to go to toshiba site and to get the bios file from that site and to renamed or what..can somebody give me step by step here..thanks
     
  18. Apokrif

    Apokrif MDL Addicted

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    Speaking about Dell notebooks, flash recovery module is the part of the updatable BIOS.
    I.e. if completely different BIOS is flashed – it won’t be any recovery available.
    I’m not going to discuss, why recovery block is in fact part of the very same BIOS we are trying to recover and therefore can be damaged as well - there are reasons behind it.
    I guess, no other OEM is different.