*HP HDX 9000 DRAGON Owners Lounge, Part 2*

[no-tech]

Intel routinely increases voltage on some CPUs to maintain stability. So this phenomenon isn't to do with the chipset but rather the CPU itself. The T9300 that can hold a lower voltage is the better chip. Unusually, the are both shown in hwinfo32 as stepping C0.

zerg32's HPUnpack

Here it is, courtesy of sebus at mydigitallife: Download HPUnpack.7z from Sendspace.com - send big files the easy way. Means can get busy replacing the 8800GTS vbios with a GTX280M vbios in the HDX9000 system bios

Great! Let's pack it
BTW technically with this mod would be possible installing an Nvidia card on the old HDX motherboard with ATI, what do you think?

[Dominick_7]

Intel routinely increases voltage on some CPUs to maintain stability. So this phenomenon isn't to do with the chipset but rather the CPU itself. The T9300 that can hold a lower voltage is the better chip. Unusually, the are both shown in hwinfo32 as stepping C0.

zerg32's HPUnpack

Here it is, courtesy of sebus at mydigitallife: Download HPUnpack.7z from Sendspace.com - send big files the easy way. Means can get busy replacing the 8800GTS vbios with a GTX280M vbios in the HDX9000 system bios

YOU are the man Nando!

[no-tech]

I have extracted hdx bios and found 4 nvidia related files two of them are identical

C0000_G8E_.bin 48K
C0000_G8E_.dec.bin 59K

C0000_VIDE.bin 48K
C0000_VIDE.dec.bin 59K

someone know why?

[Burke]

Great! Let's pack it
BTW technically with this mod would be possible installing an Nvidia card on the old HDX motherboard with ATI, what do you think?

Doesn't the ATI mobo have a smaller number of slots for the pins? The 8800 has more pins than the ATI.

[AlphaHeX]

I have extracted hdx bios and found 4 nvidia related files two of them are identical

C0000_G8E_.bin 48K
C0000_G8E_.dec.bin 59K

C0000_VIDE.bin 48K
C0000_VIDE.dec.bin 59K

someone know why?

you have 4 files because video bios is stored twice in bios file and hpunpack is creating original .bin file and 2nd decoded one dec.bin.

I will prepare for you new bios file to be tested but you need USB floppy to recover in case of a bad mod.

[no-tech]

you have 4 files because video bios is stored twice in bios file and hpunpack is creating original .bin file and 2nd decoded one dec.bin.

I will prepare for you new bios file to be tested but you need USB floppy to recover in case of a bad mod.

I dont have an usb floppy drive at the momemt but lets test, in case I will buy one..

[MobileArtist]

notech:

Alphahex's point about the usb floppy is vital in order to protect your BIOS. Borrow one, or they can be gotten very inexpensively. I wouldn't test the mod without it.

And many thanks for all your hard work on this project!

Hail notech!

[Digitalwindow]

I have extracted hdx bios and found 4 nvidia related files two of them are identical

C0000_G8E_.bin 48K
C0000_G8E_.dec.bin 59K

C0000_VIDE.bin 48K
C0000_VIDE.dec.bin 59K

someone know why?

Ah, if I could just, ahem, hug you! But really, this is breathtaking. The little dragon just may get to breathe more fire! CompTrekkie?

2.0?? (as crickets sing to his desk)

Nando4, I'm purchasing shares in your name

Repeat: Hail Nando4! Hail Sebus! Hail Zerg32!

no-tech and AlphaHex, (no words) May the incumbent bios fall to you!!


MobileArtist, two toasts to you

[no-tech]

Doesn't the ATI mobo have a smaller number of slots for the pins? The 8800 has more pins than the ATI.

I don't know! Can any one confirm?
I know Ati card does have less pins but does MXM slot is different than next gen motherboard?

[no-tech]

Ah, if I could just, ahem, hug you! But really, this is breathtaking. The little dragon just may get to breathe more fire! CompTrekkie?

2.0?? (as crickets sing to his desk)

Nando4, I'm purchasing shares in your name

Repeat: Hail Nando4! Hail Sebus! Hail Zerg32!

no-tech and AlphaHex, (no words) May the incumbent bios fall to you!!


MobileArtist, two toasts to you

First time I've read "May the incumbent bios fail to you!!"

I need new glasses!