[GTALUG] Dell Latitude E6400 -- free

[Lennart Sorensen]

On Thu, Aug 13, 2015 at 02:26:59PM -0400, phiscock at ee.ryerson.ca wrote:
> Is there any way to get the bios files without having a working Dell
> Latitude?

As I said, I managed to extract it with wine on a linux box.

-- 
Len Sorensen

> 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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> Peter Hiscocks
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