[GTALUG] Dell Latitude E6400 -- free

[phiscock at ee.ryerson.ca]

Is there any way to get the bios files without having a working Dell
Latitude?

Peter

> On Thu, Aug 13, 2015 at 11:02:49AM -0400,  wrote:
>> On Thu, Aug 13, 2015 at 12:37:32AM -0400, William Park wrote:
>> > I can't even get to BIOS.  Power LED comes on and few other keyboard
>> > related LEDs.  Then, it turns off.
>>
>> Some people have managed to get it to reflash the failed update to A34
>> by putting the bios on a 2GB or smaller USB key and holding down END
>> key while turning it on.  You have to put the HDR and ROM files on the
>> USB key.
>>
>> Apparently failling while updating to A34 has happened quite a bit.
>
>>From what I have seen the procedure is:
>
> Extract the bios files:
>
> E6400A34.EXE -writehdrfile
>
> This even works with wine:
> # wine E6400A34.exe -writehdrfile
>
> resulting in:
> $ file E64*
> E6400A34.exe: MS-DOS executable
> E6400A34.hdr: Dell system BIOS version A34
>
> Then place the resulting file on a usb key that is no more than 2GB
> (probably needs to be FAT16 is my guess).
>
> Unplug battery and power, then insert usb key, hold END key, and plug
> in power (leave battery out apparently), battery light should go red,
> release END key, and it should reflash the bios again.  At least as far
> as I understand the instructions.
>
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