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Dell BIOS hack and/or mod
O.K. Dell's BIOS is a tough nut to crack but I'm handy w/ a soldering iron. ;)
Has anyone ever heard of replacing the offending chip/chips(EEPROM's) with the standard(in my case, Intel) EEPROM available for the retail version motherboard ????
Finding a "proper" BIOS from Phoenix? would be next.
Is my thinking all wrong? If so, why?
It really gripes me that I cannot tweak my PAID FOR, OUT of WARRANTY system the way I see fit!
I'm fairly certain there must be others out there who feel the same way
Has anyone ever heard of replacing the offending chip/chips(EEPROM's) with the standard(in my case, Intel) EEPROM available for the retail version motherboard ????
Finding a "proper" BIOS from Phoenix? would be next.
Is my thinking all wrong? If so, why?
It really gripes me that I cannot tweak my PAID FOR, OUT of WARRANTY system the way I see fit!
I'm fairly certain there must be others out there who feel the same way
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August 17th, 2006 14:00
FraggsforYou
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August 18th, 2006 06:00
Totally forgot about this post. I've been spending most of my time in the gaming section.
NemesisDB thanks for the reply.
I originally posted this question in the gaming section. Don't ask me why? I am rethinking that now, I guess I'm just new.
If you want a good laugh, search out some/all of my posts in the gaming forum, especially the "BIOS hack/mod" post.
I've been strugglin' to say the least....
Anyway, I KNOW it's a crazy idea, but I've had a wild hair...you know where, to try a hardware work around to the Dell BIOS limitations.
I can't be alone in this, but despited endless searching I've come up with nothing.
Flashing is totally ineffective.
The reason is because of a "boot block" portion of the EEPROM itself.
This boot block runs first and is NOT updateable by flashing.
This code verifies that the rest of the BIOS is intact before jumping to it.
Ingenius huh, at least DELL really thinks so LOL hahaha
Just thinking about this again gets me all worked up.
I'm tellin' ya. I'm close, and w/ a little more time.....
Message Edited by FraggsforYou on 08-18-200603:31 AM
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August 18th, 2006 13:00
something else to keep in mind is that if you reinstall your dell OS after the modification it will not activate without a call to MS.
edit: what computer are you trying to do this on?
Message Edited by NemesisDB on 08-18-200610:38 AM
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August 18th, 2006 22:00
model 0U7077 mobo
haven't opened it up and looked at the chips yet.
If I don't go out of town this weekend, I plan on installing new Raptors in RAID 0.
Will take a closer look then.
Any ideas?
*edit* Well aware of the BIOS/OS validation check upon bootup. got that covered ;)
Message Edited by FraggsforYou on 08-18-200606:45 PM
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August 19th, 2006 02:00
I'm not wasting time w/ you going round n' round about the Raptor, RAID thing.
jees, you just tryin' to pull my chain? Did you read my other posts?
I can waste my money as I see fit.
How does that last wise crack help w/ the topic of this tread?
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by: FraggsforYou
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2. Above does not imply gifted, or even above average reading ability.
3. Re-reading an original poster's question, before replying, would alleviate much wasted effort
and needless exchanges w/ the usual consequence of hurting someone's feelings.
4. System specifications should always be given if seeking answers for your particular computer.
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