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m17x wont post during bios, sometimes..

post #1 of 6
11/17/09 at 1:09am
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when i received my m17x it had AO1 bios installed and i never had any issues or glitches during startup with this bios.. I recently flashed the bios to AO2 and sometimes not always but intermittently the bios will not post.. when i push the power button the laptop turns on, leds and keyboard light up and the fans kick on but i get no bios screen or the alien head display but the computer continues to run but will not boot into windows.. i have to do a hard shut down and start again and then it will post and everything works fine.. do you think i could have had a bad flash and should i reflash back to AO1?? dont know what to do... could i have a mobo issue???
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post #2 of 6
11/17/09 at 1:56am
You may have a bad flash - you can try to revert to A01 and see what happens

it should help confirm that there is nothing wrong with the system board
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post #3 of 6
11/17/09 at 7:35am
This happens to me every once in a while also and it happened with my first M17x. I always attributed it to the OC'ing I was doing with the system. Heck my Thinkpad does it also but less frequently.
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post #4 of 6
11/17/09 at 11:43pm
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you know but you maybe right.. i dont recall it happening when the cpu was at its default speed but i did have it overclocked for some time at 3.5ghz when running the T9600 at 1333mhz FSB. boy that cpu screamed at that speed but i know longer run it like that due to more than likely stability issues.. i'm lucky i didnt smoke the cpu..
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post #5 of 6
11/18/09 at 6:38am
Just for curiosity, how about running the comp without battery for a while and see any differences? I remember in the past that after OC-ing on my comps, doing this (running without battery) helped the system starting up and shutting down without hiccup.

cheers ...
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post #6 of 6
11/18/09 at 7:43am
CPU won't smoke with the BIOS OC but it probably won't live as long. Now if we could add more voltage then we could really see sparks.
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