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Download new 5690 Bios here

post #1 of 43
10/7/04 at 5:33pm
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I made a mirror for the new 5690 bios that fixes video playback issues. So don't bother emailing Sager tech support for it. I have no bandwidth limit.

Download here

The official "instructions" I received is....

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unzip the files in windows to a clean floppy diskette,
then clean boot to the drive A run autoexec.bat update the bios.
You need make a bootable disk from win98.
Please delete all the files on the boot disk except the IO.SYS, the MSDOS.SYS and the COMMAND.COM.
Use AC power to process the BIOS update, after finish the BIOS update, boot into BIOS and laod the default setting.

AFTER UPDATE THE BIOS, NEED COLD BOOT THE NOTEBOOK, AND GO INTO THE BIOS, LOAD THE DEFAULT SETTING.
you're welcome
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post #2 of 43
10/7/04 at 7:24pm
im probally too stupid to do this and screw up my lappy
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post #3 of 43
10/7/04 at 10:43pm
Thanks Amir
Everything seems to be working fine so far with the latest omegas
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post #4 of 43
10/8/04 at 12:10am
Thanks Amir. Just curious, does anyone know if I need to talk to Sager about this first to keep my warranty intact? I know some companies (Alienware for one), you need to call first before update.

Anyone know about Sager???
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post #5 of 43
10/8/04 at 9:28am
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Lurking... I HIGHLY doubt it
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post #6 of 43
10/8/04 at 5:54pm
Thanks!!!
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post #7 of 43
10/9/04 at 11:26pm
can someone put the directions into more...stupider terms for me?...i'm kinda afraid of screwing this up...
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post #8 of 43
10/10/04 at 12:29am
Make a win98 bootdisk.

Delete everything except for IO.SYS, MSDOS.SYS and COMMAND.COM. (If you can't see these files, you need to go to tools->folder options->views in windows explorer, and uncheck "Hide protected operating system files (Recommended)").

Extract contents of archive to bootdisk.

Boot computer with bootdisk.

Follow on screen instructions. (i.e. press a key to continue....)

Shut down after it is done.

On first boot after, enter the BIOS setup (press F2 at bios screen) and load the default settings.

After that... have fun?
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post #9 of 43
10/10/04 at 12:43am
What are the changes of the new bios?

Manuel
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post #10 of 43
10/10/04 at 10:51am
will this fix my freezing when ever i play a movie??i have the 2.5.90 omegas
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post #11 of 43
10/10/04 at 12:18pm
It should. I'm using the 2.5.90's as well and everything's fine here in terms of video playback.
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post #12 of 43
10/10/04 at 1:57pm
have a linky to the win98 boot disk?
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post #13 of 43
10/10/04 at 2:21pm
i got it...updated my bios yay
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post #14 of 43
10/10/04 at 7:02pm
my video playback was screwed up too.

Didn't think it was a hardware issue. interesting.

thought my windows just needed a typical rebuild.

Xp pro
non sp2
Latest omegas.

I can watch video, I just need to turn off DX acceleration in the video properties. Pain in the arse.

Unfortunately, no floppy at the moment in my dorm. Argh!

-mike
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post #15 of 43
10/10/04 at 9:46pm
I don't have win98 have XP pro and no floppy disk. Can I do this on a CD?
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post #16 of 43
10/10/04 at 9:48pm
can someone tell me if this new bios is good for my friend's 5670? or only the 5690
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post #17 of 43
10/10/04 at 10:02pm
onyl on the 5690 i beileve. it says a big warning "You must only have the model NP5690" so im not very sure
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post #18 of 43
10/10/04 at 11:04pm
Yeah, the video-bug. I have it too, only the Omega driver based on the Cat3.6 works on mine. Anyone tested this with the new bios?

Ah yeah, I´ve installed WinXP Pro & Sp1...

Manuel
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post #19 of 43
10/10/04 at 11:09pm
I made a boot disk and when I ran the bios it stopped and said it can't continue if I have a memory manager program ie himem on my system. What is it talking about? Thanks
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post #20 of 43
10/10/04 at 11:55pm
is there a 5680 update as well?
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