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    Alienware 15 r1 gtx 970m unable to flash default vbios

    Discussion in '2015+ Alienware 13 / 15 / 17' started by suyash691, Jun 6, 2016.

  1. suyash691

    suyash691 Notebook Consultant

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    As the topic states i get a weird error saying something command something failed. Help please :/
    this same error
    Edit: fixed it ... booted into safe mode :p
     

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    When you say fixed it, did you just use the same commands but in safe mode? Or did you perform a force flash?
     
    Heatshiver, Jun 8, 2016
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    Did you disable the card in device manager?
    Are you 100% sure that you are using the correct vBIOS file?
     
    DeeX, Jun 8, 2016
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    Yes , just used the same command in safe mode. Most likely the active driver wasn't allowing flash to occur.
    On a side note, i don't know how but after going back to stock vbios my power throttling issues automatically resolved for the CPU with -60mv undervolt :)
     
    suyash691, Jun 8, 2016
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