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by gorazd.paljaruci

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I have new notebook:Gericom X5 Force MSW, 14,1'' TFT, P4 2000, 384 MB, 40 GB, Nvidia graphics.
I wished to update the BIOS of the notebook.From Gericom ftp site I have downloaded the BIOS.zip file (761 kb, date 19.12.2002).I have created the bootable CD(that works like a DOS diskette since X5 has no diskette drive)and extracted the
contents of BIOS.zip file to CD.I have then checked the CD on a desktop computer and was fine - all necessary files were there.Then I have inserted this CD in a notebook and selected the first device to boot from to be a CD.All went fine.I have flashed the BIOS of a motherboard and BIOS of graphics card (since there must be done two flashes:first for MB then for graphics).All went fine.Then I rebooted.Then DISASTER happened.Notebook started, but there is NOTHING on the display! Please assist - thanks.

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by smullster

Ouch! Sounds like the upgrade on the Graphics Card did not take. Have you tried to flashing the graphics card again?

Sounds like a call to Gericom tech support might be in order.

by zlitocook

Did you try to connect an external monitor to it? Even though its new the display could have gone bad. Is the bootable cd your idea or was it suggested from gericom, because I have flashed many bios on both laptop and desktop and have always been told floppy has to be used because it is accessed by the bios and should be used first.

by donmars

go back into bios setup and you may have to set the graphics parameters again. Did u check the graphics setup in bios? Sometimes after flashing the bios it is recommended to reset the bios (clear bios memory) and reboot, manually seting everything back. The following debug routine will clear CMOS, BIOS, Passwords, Settings, Viruses, and other items residing in the CMOS. During this process you may get returned characters which are an indication that the string has gone in, if you by chance get ERROR ensure that you have typed the line in correctly, if not retype. Ensure that you do not skip any lines, that it is ALL typed in correctly to help prevent problems. Before running this Debug routine also ensure that you have read the above disclaimer.

After typing debug you will get "-" which is were you can begin by typing A and pressing enter.

A
MOV AX,0
MOV AX,CX
OUT 70,AL
MOV AX,0
OUT 71,AL
INC CX
CMP CX,100
JB 103
INT 20
Note: Nothing is typed on this line
G By pressing G this will execute the above script, ensure you have read and agree to the above disclaimer.
Q

Then reboot and you will get a Setup Checksum Error. Go into setup, correct all the incorrect values, time, date...

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