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post #181 of 219
1/28/09 at 7:40pm
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Also, you may want to take a look here because they would be more knowledgeable about MXM upgrades than me: http://www.laptopvideo2go.com/forum/...howtopic=20579
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post #182 of 219
4/9/09 at 7:21am
could you help me using barts boot cd instructions i am unable to make the iso/image using the comman prompt using bcd. really need to blind flash please help
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post #183 of 219
4/9/09 at 11:54am
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If you have a flash drive, it would be easier to use that method.

At any rate, I read your other thread and I don't think a blind flash is going to help you. Blind flashing typically helps when you flash a corrupt rom to your card. However, in your thread, you never said that you flashed your card. Also, do you have a "safe" rom that you are trying to flash onto the card because if not, then you won't be able to blind flash.

Provided you have some kind of working rom to flash the card with, I can assist you with BCD (if you cant use the flash drive method). However, I am in Linux now and probably won't go into windows until later this afternoon.
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post #184 of 219
4/11/09 at 4:29pm
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If you have a flash drive, it would be easier to use that method. At any rate, I read your other thread and I don't think a blind flash is going to help you. Blind flashing typically helps when you flash a corrupt rom to your card. However, in your thread, you never said that you flashed your card. Also, do you have a "safe" rom that you are trying to flash onto the card because if not, then you won't be able to blind flash. Provided you have some kind of working rom to flash the card with, I can assist you with BCD (if you cant use the flash drive method). However, I am in Linux now and probably won't go into windows until later this afternoon.
Sorry for the late reply, Well i've created the image and burn it to a cd-rw unforntunately i do not have a orginal bios due to the fact that in the process nibitor could not read my bios, did make a back-up (bin file) using gpu-z but nibitor showed a yellow color for the bios so i deleted it. Yes i have never flashed my card before but i have done research about my notebook and found it was unavoidable (happened to alot of owners and toshiba said if it did not it would eventually wtf same as, if you did not update the mobo bios it would password lock-up and become unusable, yet they never made an effort to make a new bios for the card or even a new driver for that matter (YEEEAAH REP FOR TOSHIBA NOT! WHAT A WAY TO LOOSE $3100. My spec's are: Toshiba Satellite P100-ST9612 Ram: 2G Processor: Intel Core Duo T2500 @ 2.0ghz NO O/C Video Card: Nvidia Geforce Go 7900 GTX 512MB NO O/C (3D: Core 500 Mem 600) (Low 3D: Core 300 Mem 300) (2D: Core 100 Mem 100) (BIOS version 5.71.22.08.A7) can't even fine this version on the web! (Device ID 10DE -0299) (nv4 - disp 6.14.10.84, Forceware 84.00 yeah ooolllddd!) (16 - PCI-E x 16 @ x 16) (SLI: Disabled) OS: Windows XP SP2. I have had it only about 2yrs 5 or 6 months. If u know were i could get the original bios for my card that would be outstanding, i really need to get my sys up again. Thanks for any and every help!
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post #185 of 219
4/11/09 at 7:50pm
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I just checked a few places and I didn't see that rom up either. My guess is that you are going to have to request the rom from fellow toshiba users.

Still, I'm not quite sure how this is going to fix the problem. If you have never flashed the card before, then the original rom is still on the card. I don't see how reflashing the original rom will help anything. The only way I can see this method being fruitful is if toshiba somehow shipped GPU's with corrupt roms on them and there is another (working) rom out there.
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post #186 of 219
4/12/09 at 4:06am
HHMMM, Point taken. If i did managed to get the original it would eventually happen again guess i have to do things the fun way (old fashion trial and error) untill i fine a rom that can fix the prob, thanks again. By the way do u know any say trusted or recommended sites i can get NVIDIA geforce GO 7900 GTX bios. Need as much to try, at least one must be out there some where. Much help needed
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post #187 of 219
4/12/09 at 5:37am
http://www.techpowerup.com/vgabios/i...ace=&memSize=0
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post #188 of 219
4/12/09 at 10:35am
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HHMMM, Point taken. If i did managed to get the original it would eventually happen again guess i have to do things the fun way (old fashion trial and error) untill i fine a rom that can fix the prob, thanks again. By the way do u know any say trusted or recommended sites i can get NVIDIA geforce GO 7900 GTX bios. Need as much to try, at least one must be out there some where. Much help needed
You may be able to use that last rom in the above post. The one that says Manufacturer: Nvidia. However, do not go around flashing just anything to the GPU. Its tempting but doing so could completely kill the card and it might still be salvagable at this point. Just make a point of not flashing any Dell roms to it. And also, you'd want to use the force flashing switches (-4 -5 -6) as little as possible. Of course I say this but you will have to use the force flashing switches for that aformentione nvidia rom to work.
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post #189 of 219
4/13/09 at 1:43am
Thank u both matchbox 2022 and zzpulp for the site and advice. I'll flash tomorrow and relay my progress. Quick question about force blind flash, saying more about the following, which can be used or is best for blind flashing would be spectacular.

(1) nvflash -4 -5 -6 -A -y romname.rom

(2) nvflash -4 -5 -6 --auto -y romname.rom

(3) nvflash -j -4 -5 -6 romname.rom

(4) nvflash -4 -5 -6 -j romname.rom

(5) nvflash -j -4 -5 -6 -A -y romname.rom

(6) nvflash -4 -5 -6 -j -A -y romname.rom

Advice needed as i have never flashed before so i do not want to kill my card. So the best auto flash and restart if successful is required. Thanks again
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post #190 of 219
4/13/09 at 2:14am
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1 = 2 = best
The other 4 commands are syntactically correct but don't really offer you any benefit unless you find a pinout of the card and ground the subvendor pin (which no one has been able to even find the pin as far as I know).

Be sure to use the version of nvflash I attached in my first post if you want this to be completely automated (if you put it in an autoexec). If you use a later version of nvflash then it will force you to press y to confirm the flash at some point but you wont be able to see the screen. Its not a big deal as the press y screen just stays there until you press y (even though you cant see it), I just prefer the completely automated route.
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post #191 of 219
4/14/09 at 6:40pm
Well unfortunately that nvidia 7900 gtx go rom is actually a 7950 gtx go rom and no it did not work do u thinks it would be possible to buy a 7950 gtx go card from toshiba to replace my lemond card those pricks sold me. And also my mother board is a 32bit do u know of a 64bit board that would fit in my p100 and finally if so whick core 2 duo or quad core or extreme 2 proccessor would be best. thanks again.
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post #192 of 219
4/15/09 at 12:40am
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Sorry, I cannot answer any of those questions as it all relates to either Toshiba or MXM, two subjects I really don't know too well. If your machine ever supported the 7950GTX then you should be able to use it with the latest system BIOS installed. Also, typically motherboard replacements aren't feasible. Lastly, C2D @ 2.5 GHz or higher is good, same with the quad.

You should either check out the Toshiba section here or the MXM section at LV2G: http://www.laptopvideo2go.com/forum/...p?showforum=67
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post #193 of 219
4/15/09 at 4:57pm
Well i called toshiba center and the nearest repair depo and there weren't much help guess i have now choice but to buy a new card. Also i called toshiba spear parts and they said the 7900 gtx go replacement card would cost 700 dollars W T F o well guess i'll be putting 700 bucks in to toshiba leading lemon innovations pocket. Never buy a toshiba that's all i can say they even said they don't flash graphics card. TOSHIBA SUCKS!!!!!!!!!! if u get a link to my bios please let me know. Thanks
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post #194 of 219
4/15/09 at 11:53pm
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Well pretty much any notebook manufacturer is not gonna flash the graphics card. They obtain preflashed graphics cards and just hand them out in their machines. Also, don't spend $700 on a graphics card man. That's just plain ridiculous. Dell charges similar prices for GPU's. You could practically get an equivalent used laptop for that.
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post #195 of 219
4/19/09 at 4:55am
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Originally Posted by zzpulp View Post
Well pretty much any notebook manufacturer is not gonna flash the graphics card. They obtain preflashed graphics cards and just hand them out in their machines. Also, don't spend $700 on a graphics card man. That's just plain ridiculous. Dell charges similar prices for GPU's. You could practically get an equivalent used laptop for that.
OK there are bad news and there are good news. Good news my graphics card is not totally dead and thus proves toshiba they shipped my notebook with a corrupt bios due to the fact that when i connect a vga monitor it shows and boots completely. Bad news my EEPROM is not support/ unknown so flashing my card with nvflash 5.72 is impossible. It would be outstanding if you could give me a list with both recommended and not recommended programmes i could use to flash my card before it is completely ruined. Reason being i am not able to play any games as there are a few artifacts. Please help as i spend quite alot o money making a custom cooling plateform for my p100 for propper cooling so any help would be outstanding. Thanks Again
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post #196 of 219
4/19/09 at 12:23pm
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I have only used nvflash for successful flashes. If nvflash --list doesn't show your card then you're pretty much screwed. I've tried another program on a card that nvflash no longer recognized and it didn't work. I can't remember the name right now, but I doubt its still maintained which means even a functioning card probably wouldnt be supported.
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post #197 of 219
5/11/09 at 4:34pm

My sudden problem

Hi zzpulp and everyone,

I have an Asus C90s, i dont play PC games, usually only internet games and so, and im not an overclocker altough i did overclock my card and reverted back to originals over a year ago, i had my Nvidia card working perfectly until 2 days ago, i was navigating the internet and suddenly bam, strikked colors all over the LCD, i tried to flash the VBIOS with nvflash and Nibitor to reduce the bootclock speeds but didnt work, i continued to have garbled characters.

Then i tried another VBIOS rom but apparently from an 8600M GT 256MB DDR3 whereas mine is 8600M GT 512MB DDR2. And here it got worse...

My notebook would not POST correctly anymore, the LCD showed some very fainted signs of striked lines as tough he was trying tu turn on but couldn't. The numlock led turned on but after 10 seconds the whole system crashed, looping the striked lines on the LCD, the only option was turning off.

So i removed the card ( because the notebook could POST this way) and tryes hot pluging the card to see if NVflash would detect it and it didnt.

Now, after the hot plugin, the card doesnt even work anymore (no signs of video output whatsoever) , but the notebook does post properly all the time now ( which makes me wonder if i blown the card with the hotplugin or the motherboard, but i can boot from USB so i suspect everything on the motherboard side to be ok).

But when i try to do a BLIND FLASH with a bootable USB ion these circumstances, NVFLASH says it can't detect the card anymore.

So i guess the only thing that is left for me to try is the -j option and the grounding of the STRAP_SUB_VENDOR pin but i dont know where to go from here...

Now, i dont want to spend a lot of money fixing this, even if i have to buy a new MXM card, but a hardware repair sure is tempting.

BTW Thank you very much for all your threads and dedication zzpulp
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post #198 of 219
5/12/09 at 2:27am
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Yeah the only route you could take is hardware now since nvflash no longer recognizes your card. Unfortunately, I don't have the whitesheets for any card so I don't know where the subvendor pin is or how to locate it. Apparently, someone sent their EEPROM to be reprogrammed but I have never reprogrammed a chip so I can't help there either. Anyway, sounds like your card went dead (vertical bars and problems at post) and not even a proper BIOS flash would have saved it. Sorry man, but I think you're just gonna have to get a new GPU.
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post #199 of 219
5/13/09 at 2:38pm
Hi zzpulp and everyone, i endep setting up an RMA, i feel any hardware attemps i may perform may broke something else. Hope the warranty will cover it all as it is clearly a design flaw from the graphics card, sudden corruption of the video while doing simple tasks and reset doesnt help is a sign of burned memory modules ( probably used already when they were placed on the card), so even if i would succeed with the strap subvendor pin i would have to fix the memory modules which is wayy out of my hands. Thank you for your cooperation, and if anyone else has the same problem, this is related to corrupted memory modules, so reflashing wont help. Thanks again
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post #200 of 219
9/23/09 at 3:07pm
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Sorry for the bump. Guide will receive final update soon. This is just a reminder to me.

nvflash 5.15 hotflash (unconfigured)
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