coolitic Posted June 23, 2014 Share Posted June 23, 2014 I was told by some people that I would more likely find an answer by asking for someone named "SVL7" on this forum. I accidentally did bad vbios flash on my AW17x R3 on my newly bought gtx 765m (I learned not to mix up clevo and dell gpu's) and now starting with peg gives 8-beep no post (I assume no-post since blind flash doesn't work). Unfortunately, even before the bad vbios flash, booting in switchable graphics with the card in (works fine if it's out) causes the bios to freeze. Will work if I boot with igfx, but bios will not detect my discrete card and neither will windows/nvflash.As a separate question, is my a12 bios EFI?Original Thread: http://forum.notebookreview.com/alienware-17-m17x/755635-need-help-fixing-gpu.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomJGX Posted June 26, 2014 Share Posted June 26, 2014 I was told by some people that I would more likely find an answer by asking for someone named "SVL7" on this forum. I accidentally did bad vbios flash on my AW17x R3 on my newly bought gtx 765m (I learned not to mix up clevo and dell gpu's) and now starting with peg gives 8-beep no post (I assume no-post since blind flash doesn't work). Unfortunately, even before the bad vbios flash, booting in switchable graphics with the card in (works fine if it's out) causes the bios to freeze. Will work if I boot with igfx, but bios will not detect my card and neither will windows/nvflash.As a separate question, is my a12 bios EFI?Original Thread: Need Help Fixing GPUYou can try PMing him but I think you have soft bricked it... The only way might be to send the card to someone who has 18x R2 who can flash the proper vBIOS.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coolitic Posted June 26, 2014 Author Share Posted June 26, 2014 So, no one knows how to fix the switchable graphics freeze so I can reflash my vbios?EDIT: Nvm, just saw your post tom. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coolitic Posted June 29, 2014 Author Share Posted June 29, 2014 I don't think I need to send it to someone if I can get it to work with both peg and igfx right?Has anyone encountered this SG bios freeze before?EDIT: I also tried pm'ing SVL7, but I doesn't seem to have worked yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coolitic Posted July 1, 2014 Author Share Posted July 1, 2014 Why are there few replies?Doesn't anyone know how to help or did I post in the wrong place? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khenglish Posted July 2, 2014 Share Posted July 2, 2014 After booting with igfx trying doing sleep/resume to see if the 765m wakes up. If not I'm out of ideas besides flashing in another laptop or removing and separately flashing the vBIOS chip. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coolitic Posted July 2, 2014 Author Share Posted July 2, 2014 Nope that didn't work. Does anyone know why I haven't had a reply from SVL7 yet? Does he not look at messages or is he on vacation?Im a bit surprised that no one has even heard of this SG bios freeze. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coolitic Posted July 4, 2014 Author Share Posted July 4, 2014 Ok unless someone can figure out a way to fix my switchable graphics (so I can boot on IGP and flash the dedicated card), is there anyone I can send my card to so that they can flash it? (anywhere in the USA) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
netomx Posted July 7, 2014 Share Posted July 7, 2014 Well, clear the BIOS? It should reset to factory defaults, and will enable IGP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
netomx Posted July 7, 2014 Share Posted July 7, 2014 Ok unless someone can figure out a way to fix my switchable graphics (so I can boot on IGP and flash the dedicated card), is there anyone I can send my card to so that they can flash it? (anywhere in the USA)Well, I'm in Mexico, and FedEx shipping should be cheap. I am repairing now a R2, so I can stick it to the slave port and flash it there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
svl7 Posted July 12, 2014 Share Posted July 12, 2014 Ask @johnksss. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coolitic Posted July 15, 2014 Author Share Posted July 15, 2014 Ok Khenglish fixed my card for me and apparently he was able to boot in switchable graphics mode (unlike me) to flash it. I really would like to fix my switchable graphics so I can have a fail-safe to flash another vbios. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
netomx Posted July 15, 2014 Share Posted July 15, 2014 Ok Khenglish fixed my card for me and apparently he was able to boot in switchable graphics mode (unlike me) to flash it. I really would like to fix my switchable graphics so I can have a fail-safe to flash another vbios.again, have you tried to clear the cmos? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coolitic Posted July 15, 2014 Author Share Posted July 15, 2014 If you mean by removing that little battery for a few minutes, then yes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coolitic Posted July 23, 2014 Author Share Posted July 23, 2014 So I guess that's it then? No one knows how to fix the switchable graphics problem? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devilhunter Posted August 24, 2014 Share Posted August 24, 2014 So I guess that's it then? No one knows how to fix the switchable graphics problem?I dont understand your problem, your card was initially flashed as clevo and you bricked it, after that, someone fixed it for you but you cant use intel's gpu? if this is the case, you have to download dell display driver, or on display something like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rstein Posted August 24, 2014 Share Posted August 24, 2014 I dont understand your problem, your card was initially flashed as clevo and you bricked it, after that, someone fixed it for you but you cant use intel's gpu? if this is the case, you have to download dell display driver, or on display something like that.Or use a modded .inf? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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