Bricked my P775TM1?

[Akusi]

Hello there,

i think I made a big mistake..

I was trying to update my bios using the official clevo update https://my.hidrive.com/share/yze8mg-wf8#$/BIOS and EC Firmware/CLEVO/P_Series/P7xx_Series/P7xxTMx/P7xxTM1(G)

 

ec worked fine but the bios flashing gave me an error - rom id not matching. So after a lot of google research I decided to edit the flashme.nsh with a /x command that would tell the Afuefi to not check for rom id. After that I was able to flash the bios, with the information that it would be a forced update and it is recommended to not continue.. well smart me decided to do it anyways. I was so smart thinking well if it fails I just reset cmos and I’m back to normal… not realizing cmos would be the new version then.. 

 

end of story I have a black screen now, pc starts, fans spinning but black screen. Tried everything, with/without cmos battery, ram, graphics card. Nothing happens… it starts and after 30 seconds goes into a loop of restarting over and over.

 

i can take some roasts but would be nice if some expert could also give me 1-2 tips (if there is anything to try left).. thanks!

[MiRaGe]

Hardware programmer. You are just out of other options. You have to flash the original bios on the bios chip directly with programmer. 

[Akusi]

1 hour ago, MiRaGe said:

Hardware programmer. You are just out of other options. You have to flash the original bios on the bios chip directly with programmer. 

Yes, I already ordered one. Should arrive within the next 3 days. Is there anything I can do now?

 

oh I read it wrong.. only option I see..

 

weird part is that the clevo support told me that the bios version was the right one 

[Developer79]

6 hours ago, MiRaGe said:

Hardware programmer. You are just out of other options. You have to flash the original bios on the bios chip directly with programmer. 

I have to agree with him there!
That with the programmer you must also consider certain things. But just try it out!

[Akusi]

28 minutes ago, Developer79 said:

I have to agree with him there!
That with the programmer you must also consider certain things. But just try it out!

Is on the way.. I only have to find the old working bios version then.

 

FN + B (recovery mode) doesn’t work? Also it has 2 bios chips, isn’t one suppose to be the backup bios for such cases?

[srs2236]

4 hours ago, Akusi said:

Is on the way.. I only have to find the old working bios version then.

 

FN + B (recovery mode) doesn’t work? Also it has 2 bios chips, isn’t one suppose to be the backup bios for such cases?

It doesn't have two bios chips. It might have a recovery BIOS flashing available though, but I am not sure. Try looking for some BIOS related stuff in the service manual. Perhaps there is some info regarding this.

[Akusi]

1 hour ago, srs2236 said:

It doesn't have two bios chips. It might have a recovery BIOS flashing available though, but I am not sure. Try looking for some BIOS related stuff in the service manual. Perhaps there is some info regarding this.

I have one 64mb rom bios chip as well as 2 EC chips