To anyone who owns this notebook, I have a huge favor to ask: if you have a bios version lower than 76.16 (e.g. 76.12 or 76.10) could you back it up using the Phoenix flash utility and email it to me?
I tried flashing to 76.19 (the latest) from who-knows-what version and now the device won't boot from anything (though it does post and can enter the bios setup!) I reflashed the eeprom to 76.16 by oddly the exact same problem. Gateway refuses to send me previous versions of the bios for some reason, so now I'm desperately looking for anyone with the same laptop who hasn't updated their bios and who might be able to send me their bios version (which should save as a rom file). Otherwise I've just made a $1400 brick--very frightening.
Thanks!
p.s. send to niburu1@hotmail.com. I will reward your kindness!
I tried flashing to 76.19 (the latest) from who-knows-what version and now the device won't boot from anything (though it does post and can enter the bios setup!) I reflashed the eeprom to 76.16 by oddly the exact same problem. Gateway refuses to send me previous versions of the bios for some reason, so now I'm desperately looking for anyone with the same laptop who hasn't updated their bios and who might be able to send me their bios version (which should save as a rom file). Otherwise I've just made a $1400 brick--very frightening.
Thanks!
p.s. send to niburu1@hotmail.com. I will reward your kindness!