The Notebook Review forums were hosted by TechTarget, who shut down them down on January 31, 2022. This static read-only archive was pulled by NBR forum users between January 20 and January 31, 2022, in an effort to make sure that the valuable technical information that had been posted on the forums is preserved. For current discussions, many NBR forum users moved over to NotebookTalk.net after the shutdown.
Problems? See this thread at archive.org.

    vBIOS recovery possible?

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by Puddleduck, Oct 19, 2010.

  1. Puddleduck

    Puddleduck Notebook Geek

    Reputations:
    20
    Messages:
    84
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    15
    Well I've almost proved the old adage that if it ain't broke don't fix it! (It was half broke I suppose).

    I got frustrated that my HD 3650 wouldn't run the display on my 9920G. After finding no way to fix it I thought I'll try the vBIOS from an 8600M GT and you guessed it didn't work

    But it also now won't work at all even though I've blind flashed it back to the original Ati vBIOS.

    Any ideas if I have a chance to resurrect the HD3650 or will I have to keep using my baked 8600M GT This works and runs the screen but accelleration is dead on it.
     
    Puddleduck, Oct 19, 2010
    #1
  2. moral hazard

    moral hazard Notebook Nobel Laureate

    Reputations:
    2,779
    Messages:
    7,957
    Likes Received:
    87
    Trophy Points:
    216
    What you might want to do is lookout for a dead 3650 on ebay, buy one (if you can find it), then take the vBIOS eeprom and swap it with the one on your 3650.
     
    moral hazard, Oct 19, 2010
    #2
  3. shakennstirred

    shakennstirred Notebook Evangelist

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    647
    Likes Received:
    1
    Trophy Points:
    30
    cant believe you even tried
    the HD3650 is from ATI and the 8600m GT is from Nvidia 2 totally different cards manufacturers and GPU chips
     
    shakennstirred, Oct 19, 2010
    #3
  4. Puddleduck

    Puddleduck Notebook Geek

    Reputations:
    20
    Messages:
    84
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    15
    I was feeling frustrated and daring which when mixed together make stupidity!

    Thanks for your help moral hazard.
     
    Puddleduck, Oct 19, 2010
    #4
  5. min2209

    min2209 Notebook Deity

    Reputations:
    346
    Messages:
    1,565
    Likes Received:
    3
    Trophy Points:
    56
    Wow.
    If that worked, NVIDIA and ATI would be getting sued for unfair monopolistic practice for secretly being the same company.

    But yeah, like Moral said, maybe try getting another one of the same chip. Or maybe do some research and see if you can just get an upgrade while you're at it.
     
    min2209, Oct 19, 2010
    #5
  6. moral hazard

    moral hazard Notebook Nobel Laureate

    Reputations:
    2,779
    Messages:
    7,957
    Likes Received:
    87
    Trophy Points:
    216
    I wouldn't give up on blind flashing, might take a few more attempts to bring it back to life.
     
    moral hazard, Oct 19, 2010
    #6