UNSOLVED

james.mcarthur

updated

23 years ago

Closed

0

11885

January 22nd, 2004 14:00

Wrong BIOS flashed

I have a Inspiron 8200 note book with a Latitude C840 bios vA06.  I am not sure what happened but one day I was hooked up to a switch box and working.  I went on leave for two weeks and came back and the monitor had a message stating (power manager) settings out of range.  The monitor itself would not come on.  I asked around and, of course, nobody touched the system.  When I took the notebook off of the switch box it worked just fine.  I looked at the video adapter and it said C840.  Before it was a Nvidia GForce4 440 Go.  I went to the Dell site and downloaded the flash bios for Inspiron 8200 vA11 and flashed my bios.  After booting back up a message came up stating that the computer needs to be removed from the docking station or it will shutdown.  I removed it and rebooted it.  As it was rebooting I went into setup and looked at the options for docking stations and it was disabled without the option to enable it.  So I knew I messed up I downloaded the flash bios for the Latitude C840 and tried to flash the bios again with that.  As it was booting up a message came up stating "Error! This utility does not support this system."  How could I either flash the bios with the C840 vA06 utility or fix the docking station problem?  Please advise.
  • johnallg

    2 Intern

    •

    7280 Posts

    719

    0

    Posted January 22nd, 2004 18:00

    I'm not totally clear on what you have - when you left did that 8200 have the 8200 BIOS or the C800 BIOS on it?  And are you docking to an APR or a C-Dock?  And was it left on for the two week leave?
  • 719

    0

    Posted January 23rd, 2004 15:00

    I am docked to a C dock docking station, the display adapter before leave was  a Nvidia GeForce4 440 Go, and a C840 after I returned from leave.  My machine was not left on which means on of the other administrators had to access the box, or SMS could have loaded the wrong updates/patches.  I did find a way to get the Bios back to what it was (Latitude C840 v12).  I had to order resource disk to get the display adapter back to Nvidia Geforce4.  Thanks for your help/concern.
  • johnallg

    2 Intern

    •

    7280 Posts

    719

    0

    Posted January 26th, 2004 01:00

    All driver support is under the Downloads tab above.  You would need the C840 BIOS to use the C-Dock.
  • MichaelTR

    34 Posts

    719

    0

    Posted January 28th, 2004 05:00

    Hi James You Are Going To Have To Do a Factory Default Bios Upgrade Which Will Restore Your Inspiron 8200 Back To Bios A00 ,Just Turn On Your Inspiron 8200 When Splash Screen Is Up And Showing,Press Alt + F While Going Though POST Splash Screen. Then Press The Esc key. Then Press The Enter Key To Save Changes. After That Is Done Download The Latest "INSPIRON 8200 BIOS" And You Good To Go. Email Me If This Worked At Michaelreyes7@msn.com .Thank You.-Mike

    Message Edited by MichaelTR on 01-28-2004 02:15 AM

  • johnallg

    2 Intern

    •

    7280 Posts

    719

    0

    Posted January 28th, 2004 17:00

    That is not correct.  Use the Downloads tab above and tell it you are a C840, get the a12 BIOS, and use the /forceit switch to get it to take.  http://www.bay-wolf.com/bios.htm#5  You have to be a Latitude to use a C-Dock.
  • 719

    0

    Posted January 28th, 2004 17:00

    MichaelTR,

     

    Thanks for the response...it did work.  I found out that the bios for the video adapter was changed due to a patch that was installed on my system.  Not only did it change my video adapter but it changed a lot of my registry settings.  I went through H.E.L.L. trying to get it fixed.  But, I finally got it working.  The first thing I did after getting my system up and running is create an ERD.  Again I am up and running and I am very appreciative of all of the responses.

  • MichaelTR

    34 Posts

    719

    0

    Posted January 28th, 2004 19:00

    Thank You And Any Time You Need My Help Let me Know Just Email Me at michaelreyes7@msn.com. Thank You For Your Time Once Again I Have Done What I Can Do Today.-Michael
  • tip13

    2 Posts

    719

    0

    Posted February 22nd, 2004 20:00

    could you let me know how you flashed your bios to the c840 latitude, I have a c dock but can not dock it because I can not flash the bios to c840 bios