Hi All, I will detail all problems then we can see if anyone can help once they have the full story. I have a GA-8i915PM Rev 2.0 from a Packard Bell machine. The BIOS was corrupt and would not POST. Hangs at logo flash screen. I searched in vain for a packard bell BIOS the board, contact support at PB (Via Phone and Support Request), still no BIOS I established that Gigabyte also made an OEM board for Fujitsu Siemens, the GA-8i915PM-FS, identical looking board etc.
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After frustration with Packard Bell, and legacy support, I decided to flash via bootblock recovery using the fujitsu siemens BIOS, it didn't flash at first. Then I used the /WB switch, and the flash was succesfull, for both ROM and boot block. However the machine still would not boot, and hangs at the same place this time a FS logo Flash Screen. So, then Packard Bell support finally come back to me with the latest BIOS version they had, I thought great now I can just flash with the correct BIOS. Before I issued the /WB to AWDFLASH, the boot block would boot to a command prompt, from a DOS startup disk, and I could issue any command I wanted by typing it. Now the boot block automatically checks the floppy and hdd, and if it does not find a Fujitsu BIOS it states no BIOS file is found to perform recovery. I have tried the lame stuff like renaming file, changing the BIOS slightly in different ways with MODBIN.
All this to no avail. Now I'm stuck with a boot block that is performing some check of the file on the floppy before allowing the boot block to commence recovery. The machine does not post, so I cannot boot to USB/CD to get to DOS. I only have the boot block to work with. Is there any code within the boot block that is performing this check? Can I amend the good BIOS from Packard Bell with a HEX Editor to mimic the Fujitsu bios. I have no option available to me other than establish what the boot block is checking, and spoofing the good packard bell bios to appear like a fujitsu BIOS so the boot block will write it to the ROM.
I'm confident enough to do whatever is needed, I just don't want to throw the board away, if I have a chance of fixing. Can anyone with detailed experience of the BIOS and boot block, please get in touch.
Kind regards Tricky. Trickygibbo wrote:Hi All, I will detail all problems then we can see if anyone can help once they have the full story. I have a GA-8i915PM Rev 2.0 from a Packard Bell machine. The BIOS was corrupt and would not POST. Hangs at logo flash screen.
I searched in vain for a packard bell BIOS the board, contact support at PB (Via Phone and Support Request), still no BIOS I established that Gigabyte also made an OEM board for Fujitsu Siemens, the GA-8i915PM-FS, identical looking board etc. After frustration with Packard Bell, and legacy support, I decided to flash via bootblock recovery using the fujitsu siemens BIOS, it didn't flash at first. Then I used the /WB switch, and the flash was succesfull, for both ROM and boot block. However the machine still would not boot, and hangs at the same place this time a FS logo Flash Screen. So, then Packard Bell support finally come back to me with the latest BIOS version they had, I thought great now I can just flash with the correct BIOS. Before I issued the /WB to AWDFLASH, the boot block would boot to a command prompt, from a DOS startup disk, and I could issue any command I wanted by typing it.
Now the boot block automatically checks the floppy and hdd, and if it does not find a Fujitsu BIOS it states no BIOS file is found to perform recovery. I have tried the lame stuff like renaming file, changing the BIOS slightly in different ways with MODBIN. Billing Program Amicus Attorney Reviews. All this to no avail. Now I'm stuck with a boot block that is performing some check of the file on the floppy before allowing the boot block to commence recovery. The machine does not post, so I cannot boot to USB/CD to get to DOS. I only have the boot block to work with. Is there any code within the boot block that is performing this check?
Can I amend the good BIOS from Packard Bell with a HEX Editor to mimic the Fujitsu bios. I have no option available to me other than establish what the boot block is checking, and spoofing the good packard bell bios to appear like a fujitsu BIOS so the boot block will write it to the ROM. I'm confident enough to do whatever is needed, I just don't want to throw the board away, if I have a chance of fixing.
Can anyone with detailed experience of the BIOS and boot block, please get in touch. Kind regards Tricky.