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    Can someone with a Studio 1555 and 256MB HD4570 do me a favor?

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by Trottel, Aug 21, 2009.

  1. Trottel

    Trottel Notebook Virtuoso

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    Trottel, Aug 21, 2009
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    Fragilexx Get'cha head in the game

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    You trying to flash your 4330 to think it's a 4570?
     
    Fragilexx, Aug 21, 2009
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    No, I don't think that would work. The 4330's bios, whether intentionally or not, does not want to play nice. The 4570 does however. I want to compare the bioses and try to form a solution. They should be quite similar considering they use the same chip, the same memory configuration, and originate from the same manufacturer. If I could also get the bios from a Dell 4530 that would make it much easier.
     
    Trottel, Aug 21, 2009
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  4. Mastershroom

    Mastershroom wat

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    I have the 256MB 4570. How do I go about extracting my BIOS?
     
    Mastershroom, Aug 22, 2009
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    SomeFormOFhuman has the dumbest username.

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    Fire up GPUz, then beside the "BIOS Version" field, there's a black chip-like designed icon with a green arrow above it. Click on it then select "Save to file", then just hit the save. It should be a .bin extension.
     
    SomeFormOFhuman, Aug 22, 2009
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    Mastershroom wat

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    It just says "BIOS reading not supported on this device". It says that when I try to submit it to an online database as well. If it's any help, the BIOS Version in the box is VER011.021.000.007.032787

    I don't really trust GPU-Z to be accurate about this card, though. For instance, it claims the bus width is 128-bit when it's actually 64-bit, it says the card has no shaders, and 0MB video memory. :p
     
    Mastershroom, Aug 22, 2009
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    LOL. Yeah I tried that on my friend's 1555 today too. Yeah that's the sucky thing about GPUz - They have yet to update their database of the new GPUs unfortunately as yet. I don't know what seems to be wrong with Guru3D.
     
    SomeFormOFhuman, Aug 22, 2009
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