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    SFlash64 /patch /cvar: The solution to many problems

    Discussion in 'Samsung' started by useless guru, Aug 13, 2015.

  1. useless guru

    useless guru Notebook Enthusiast

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    I own a 900x3d with Win10.

    During various updates / patches / fiddling around I lost the following functionality:

    a) No more F10 boot menu
    b) No more F4 to enter recovery (MBR was OK!)
    c) No more resume from sleep when opening the lid

    Running sflash64 /patch /cvar fixed all these issues.
     
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    John Ratsey Moderately inquisitive Super Moderator

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    Useful info, but where do people find sflash64?

    John
     
    John Ratsey, Aug 13, 2015
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    http://forum.notebookreview.com/thr...-series-5-ultra-np530u3c.683727/#post-9455595

    The setup file temporarily unpacks all BIOS files to
    C:\Users\<myuser>\AppData\Local\Temp\__Samsung_Update
    Unfortunately they get removed immediately. So you need to temporarily remove all 'Delete' permissions on this folder (you may have to take ownership first).
     
    Last edited: Aug 14, 2015
    useless guru, Aug 14, 2015
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