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    6809 BIOS upgrade

    Discussion in 'eMachines' started by gmenfan, Oct 9, 2004.

  1. gmenfan

    gmenfan Notebook Enthusiast

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    Does the 6809 need the BIOS upgrade to the 6811 version for Win Xp SP2 to work properly?????
     
    gmenfan, Oct 9, 2004
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    It did for me. After I installed SP2, the Fn keys (such as brightness control) would freeze up the computer. I flashed the BIOS and had no problems after that.
     
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    Where do you download the bios upgrades for these machines? I have the 6810.

    Wilson
     
    wilson7, Oct 10, 2004
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    gmenfan Notebook Enthusiast

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    Thanks for the hindsight. The BIOS upgrades aren't official but work well. Someone uploaded their BIOS from their 6811 and it seems to backwards compatible with the entire 68xx series.

    BIOS from 6811
    http://www.rmecc.com/~v2/em/index.html
     
    gmenfan, Oct 10, 2004
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    mecdave Notebook Guru

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    <blockquote id='quote'> quote:<hr height='1' noshade id='quote'>Originally posted by adm58
     
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    mecdave, Oct 11, 2004
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