Al Co Hol

Hi! I've just joined the forum because I've bricked my new 7720 with i7-3630QM with the modded BIOS.

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Olehkh, after reading the forum I think that your BIOS is becoming a plague for newer 7720 Dells! I'm not saying it is your fault since it works on your end and it seemed to work on my laptop as well (until I removed the battery), but I think you should either try to help mitigate the problem, remove the bios from the public forum or create a disclaimer which would state it will totally brick some laptops.

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As for my case, I need the laptop for work and I thought that the unlocked ROM will enable the Wake on LAN settings on the laptop, but instead it just powers on and lights the three keys from left to right. Also, the bios-overwrite procedure (pressing END while plugging the AC) doesn't work - it starts the laptop with full fan speed, but apart from that it's the same as the normal start. I've tried putting the USB with BIOS.cap (from the official update) and UEFI boot files as well as your DOS-bootable files with your rom into all 4 USB sockets and I used 4 different USB sticks (32MB noname, 512MB Kingston, 512 MB PQI and a new 16 GB) . I have tested the CD and DVD with the same files and as a long shot also the DVD they gave me with the laptop with the OS and I'm really going out of options. I'm open to suggestions and I would appreciate any help. Thanks!

the only fix for mine has been to replace the motherboard. twice it's happened on different occasions. and it seems to be the fix it all thing to do... when in doubt replace motherboard.

7720 with 3610qm cpu won't brick with the vbios mod, but 3630 will.

I was wondering if someone here could make a vbios mod for the 7720s with 3630qm CPU..... I will donate once it have done

I will donate even more as well. someone's gotta figure it out sooner or later I hope.

i5 should be fine with the sl7 bios.

it's us with the newest i7's that have problems

tried warning you... my post was right above yours...

THIS BIOS WILL BRICK ANY 3630QM CPU 7720's...

ask me how I know... it doesn't immediately do it, and will run fine until you do a cold boot. seems to be fine for 3600 i7's though... idk if there will ever be a fix... been watching the forums for it and haven't seen much.

Ok i tried to flash, but it am getting this error:

Press any key to continue . . .

C:\Flash_Tool>fptw64.exe -f BIOS.ROM -bios

Intel ® Flash Programming Tool. Version: 8.0.10.1464

Copyright © 2007 - 2012, Intel Corporation. All rights reserved.

PMXUtil: Error during PMX Call: idrvdll.dll!IDRVInit(): Failed VerAddVersion() c

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Error 284: Fail to load driver (PCI access for Windows).

Tool needs to run with an administrator priviledge account.

I am running the cmd.exe as administrator, and even flagged the fptw64.exe to run with administrative privileges...

I am running this on Windows 8 Pro x64... why am i getting this?

Yeah, there is. Will post it when I get back.

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@sl7

any word on the windows8 crap? it's kind of bothersome that I can't OC my GPU nor can I revert to the A01 bios because of whatever dell monkeyed with.

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FIXED, run in windows 7 compatibility mode. seems to work... tested and working fine. Thanks!