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  • icetech
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    • Jul 2020
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    Alienware 17 r4 bios chip location?

    Hope this is in the right spot, i'm not asking for bios files just some help figuring things out

    So. i have an alienware 17 r4 in with motherboard la-d751p bap10.. Dell released bios for it that bricks it and thats what happened, bad enough that bios recovery doesn't work. Laptop worked perfect until this bios upgrade..

    I ordered a programmer and am reading/watching videos on how to flash it, my main question is, has anyone here done one of these and if so do you know the location of the bios chip? (I haven't pulled the board out yet but am trying to get my ducks in a row beforehand..)

    Second, i haven't done chip programming before but it looks simple enough except.. should i just be able to extract the rom out of the dell bios file with -writerom (or whatever the command is) and just flash it? or do i need to do something else special?

    Thanks a ton guys.. i hate to give up on a $2k laptop over something this dumb..
    Last edited by icetech; 07-04-2020, 09:38 AM.
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    • Duranitron
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      • Jul 2014
      • 543
      • Philippines
      #2
      Re: Alienware 17 r4 bios chip location?

      Originally posted by icetech
      Hope this is in the right spot, i'm not asking for bios files just some help figuring things out

      So. i have an alienware 17 r4 in with motherboard la-d751p bap10.. Dell released bios for it that bricks it and thats what happened, bad enough that bios recovery doesn't work. Laptop worked perfect until this bios upgrade..

      I ordered a programmer and am reading/watching videos on how to flash it, my main question is, has anyone here done one of these and if so do you know the location of the bios chip? (I haven't pulled the board out yet but am trying to get my ducks in a row beforehand..)

      Second, i haven't done chip programming before but it looks simple enough except.. should i just be able to extract the rom out of the dell bios file with -writerom (or whatever the command is) and just flash it? or do i need to do something else special?

      Thanks a ton guys.. i hate to give up on a $2k laptop over something this dumb..
      here is the location of the bios ic
      Attached Files
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        • Duranitron
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          • Jul 2014
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          #3
          Re: Alienware 17 r4 bios chip location?

          in programming the bios always save the original bios data


          Badcap bios dunp for M17 r4
          https://www.badcaps.net/forum/attach...9&d=1514565945
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            • icetech
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              • Jul 2020
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              #4
              Re: Alienware 17 r4 bios chip location?

              Thank you sooo much! I feel much better about this now .. i searched everywhere trying to find pics of where the bios is on that board.. came up empty.

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                • Duranitron
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                  • Jul 2014
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                  #5
                  Re: Alienware 17 r4 bios chip location?

                  you are always welcome...
                  Never stop LEARNING because life never stops TEACHING!

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                    • icetech
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                      • Jul 2020
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                      #6
                      Re: Alienware 17 r4 bios chip location?

                      Programmer showed up, tried the file above but no post, no beeping at least, but the power LED is showing unknown CPU..

                      They made this laptop with a kaby and skylake cpus.. think i need to find a different bios file.

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                        • Duranitron
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                          • Jul 2014
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                          Re: Alienware 17 r4 bios chip location?

                          try to find another bios dump make sure its the same with your motherboard model # then search it here
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                            • Duranitron
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                              Re: Alienware 17 r4 bios chip location?

                              try all these bios dump https://www.badcaps.net/forum/showth...51p+bap10+bios
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                                • Duranitron
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                                  Re: Alienware 17 r4 bios chip location?

                                  or if you like you can request the forum for proven working bios dump for la-d751p bap10
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                                    • icetech
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                                      • Jul 2020
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                                      #10
                                      Re: Alienware 17 r4 bios chip location?

                                      Thanks Dura, yeah all of those are for the 128 chip where this is a 80, must have made multiple versions of this mobo.. will keep looking. and made a request in the request section thanks a ton.

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                                        • piernov
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                                          • Jan 2016
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                                          #11
                                          Re: Alienware 17 r4 bios chip location?

                                          SPI ROM for main BIOS is located near PCH.
                                          OpenBoardView — https://github.com/OpenBoardView/OpenBoardView

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                                            • icetech
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                                              Re: Alienware 17 r4 bios chip location?

                                              yeah, found it this morning.. got it sorted thanks! seems flashing the wrong chip didn't do much.

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                                                • SMDFlea
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                                                  Re: Alienware 17 r4 bios chip location?

                                                  Solved, apart from F12 boot . https://www.badcaps.net/forum/showthread.php?t=85876
                                                  Last edited by SMDFlea; 07-07-2020, 01:49 PM.
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                                                    • icetech
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                                                      Re: Alienware 17 r4 bios chip location?

                                                      yeah.. close enough honestly at least it's not dead. thanks again!

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