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A part of my BIOS got corrupted that controls my laptops backlights. Other methods like the Gary Key fix did not work for me because I do not get any light up during post. i followed this guide  that says I need to extract and use the 6MB portion of an 8MB bios dump, only AFUWIN tells me "Error, ROM file size does not match existing BIOS size which is because my laptop BIOS size is only 5.87MB.  I don't need to flash the whole BIOS, I only need to flash a portion of it. 

 

I've searched everywhere online for a dump of my laptop model but non exist that I know of.

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25 minutes ago, Zoarilamb said:

A part of my BIOS got corrupted that controls my laptops backlights. Other methods like the Gary Key fix did not work for me because I do not get any light up during post. i followed this guide  that says I need to extract and use the 6MB portion of an 8MB bios dump, only AFUWIN tells me "Error, ROM file size does not match existing BIOS size which is because my laptop BIOS size is only 5.87MB.  I don't need to flash the whole BIOS, I only need to flash a portion of it. 

 

I've searched everywhere online for a dump of my laptop model but non exist that I know of.

Try this procedure:

 

Download and extract AFUWIN v3.05.04 (in attachment).

Download and extract archive GL502VT.rar (in attachment).

Step 1. Run AFUWIN (AFUWINGUI) and go to "Open" and locate the bios file GL502VT.bin

Step 2. On the Setup tab of AFUWIN, check only these boxes: "Do Not Check ROM ID" and "Non Critical Block 2". Uncheck all others boxes. Then click on "Flash".

Step 3. Once the process has completed successfully, simply close AFUWIN and restart your system.
Done, now your KB backlights should work again.

 

https://files.fm/u/43ab6han

 

https://files.fm/u/e74ktz33

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15 minutes ago, Klem said:

Try this procedure:

 

Download and extract AFUWIN v3.05.04 (in attachment).

Download and extract archive GL502VT.rar (in attachment).

Step 1. Run AFUWIN (AFUWINGUI) and go to "Open" and locate the bios file GL502VT.bin

Step 2. On the Setup tab of AFUWIN, check only these boxes: "Do Not Check ROM ID" and "Non Critical Block 2". Uncheck all others boxes. Then click on "Flash".

Step 3. Once the process has completed successfully, simply close AFUWIN and restart your system.
Done, now your KB backlights should work again.

 

https://files.fm/u/43ab6han

 

https://files.fm/u/e74ktz33

thanks for taking the time out of your day to respond. Unfortunately (again), this didn't work.  Is this a bios pulled from the manufacture website? or a dump you got somewhere? From my understanding, the bios files on the website do not have the required sectors to flash and it needs to be a dump from the same model. If its the former then I guess i need to keep looking. if its the latter then I guess im screwed. 

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1 hour ago, Zoarilamb said:

thanks for taking the time out of your day to respond. Unfortunately (again), this didn't work.  Is this a bios pulled from the manufacture website? or a dump you got somewhere? From my understanding, the bios files on the website do not have the required sectors to flash and it needs to be a dump from the same model. If its the former then I guess i need to keep looking. if its the latter then I guess im screwed. 

Ok. Try to use this bios dump:  https://files.fm/u/gkqunrbr

 

Download and extract archive GL502VT_2.rar (in attachment).

Step 1. Run AFUWIN (AFUWINGUI) and go to "Open" and locate the bios file GL502VT_2.bin

Step 2. On the Setup tab of AFUWIN, check only these boxes: "Do Not Check ROM ID" and "Non Critical Block 2". Uncheck all others boxes. Then click on "Flash".

Step 3. Once the process has completed successfully, simply close AFUWIN and restart your system.
Done, now your KB backlights should work again.

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13 minutes ago, Klem said:

Ok. Try to use this bios dump:  https://files.fm/u/gkqunrbr

 

Download and extract archive GL502VT_2.rar (in attachment).

Step 1. Run AFUWIN (AFUWINGUI) and go to "Open" and locate the bios file GL502VT_2.bin

Step 2. On the Setup tab of AFUWIN, check only these boxes: "Do Not Check ROM ID" and "Non Critical Block 2". Uncheck all others boxes. Then click on "Flash".

Step 3. Once the process has completed successfully, simply close AFUWIN and restart your system.
Done, now your KB backlights should work again.

talk bout timing. At the exact same time (8 mins ago) I managed to find someone on Reddit with my model and they managed to give me a dump of their bios. Although, theirs was also 6MB. Im wondering why theirs worked and not anything else i've tried. 

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