Need Help- MSI WhiteBook BioS

[DILLIGAFF]

Hi I tried searching the forum but did not find the answer under "msi whitebook bios" or similar searches. I also took a look at the msi faq but this was not answered.

the basic question is how do you upgrade bios on an MSI whitebook ?

Specifically i am considering picking up a 937-165641-005 (gx640 whitebook equivalent)
MSI Notebook Product Specifications

i am wondering if i need to, can i can flash using the gx640 bios from here MSI Global ? Computer, Laptop, Notebook, Desktop, Mainboard, Graphics and more

i see all sorts of warnings on msi pages about "retail bios incompatible with whitebooks" and am wondering what is the technical feasibility here (does it actually flash successfully, never mind support or warranty)...

Do the bios not work, and just can;t be used to flash a whitebook ?
OR
Do the bios allow to flash but break your stuff if it's a whitebook?
Or
do the bios work fine and are just unsupported/void yer warranty by msi ?
or
something else?

Has anyone succesfully or unsuccessfully flashed the whitebook version of the gx640 ?

i am interested in the whitebook but fear if there are bios bugs or incompatibilities, and no way to flash bios, i could get stuck....


thanks

D

[Septimus_DSX]

I own the same whitebook and I am going to call MSI to get the BIOS/VBIOS. Were you able to register your whtebook?

[DILLIGAFF]

i do not own one yet, so i have not registered or tried yet.
please let us know what you find out from your call with msi

i was wondering about this, because i am considering purchasing this whitebook.

on the same subject i understand this whitebook uses a mxm 3 5850. whats peoples take on being able to upgrade this to a 6850 or similar in the future? do you think this will be possible? does msi use custom format mxm 3 in this notebook? could a 5870/6870 potentially fit as well ?

thanks

D

[Marecki_clf]

I own an MS-1727 Whitebook (GX740 equivalent). No problems with registration on MSI's Website. No problems with updating the BIOS, no problems with updating the vBIOS.

MXM 3.0 is PCI-Express 2.0 compliant. With PCI-Express 3.0 specification ready, there is a chance that soon we will have a next generation of MXM standard. It is possible, that Mobility 6000 series cards will be made using both new standards. These are only my speculations, there is no way to tell anything for sure. All we can do is wait and see .

[Septimus_DSX]

i do not own one yet, so i have not registered or tried yet.
please let us know what you find out from your call with msi

i was wondering about this, because i am considering purchasing this whitebook.

on the same subject i understand this whitebook uses a mxm 3 5850. whats peoples take on being able to upgrade this to a 6850 or similar in the future? do you think this will be possible? does msi use custom format mxm 3 in this notebook? could a 5870/6870 potentially fit as well ?

thanks

D

As for upgrades, it may be possible, but I'm certain you would need another BIOS update to do it. I was hoping MSI would at the very least include something in the BIOS that unlocks RAID features...

[Marecki_clf]

This page:
MSI Notebook Product Specifications
says that MSI GX640 BIOS is NOT compatible with the MSI barebone, so I wouldn't risk trying to flash it.

Edit:
I just noticed that the above page is already linked in the thread by the OP, so my post can be disregarded .

[moral hazard]

Wonder why they say it's not compatible?

The hardware is the same right?

[Septimus_DSX]

The latest whitebook Video BIOS can be downloaded here. It turned out that I already had that VGA BIOS.

1656 VBIOS_BR36533.006.7z

[Dead2th3world]

Whitebook/Barebones or whatever it's called nowadays can easily be flashed using the Bios/vBios supplied by MSI. They are pretty the same thing .. same hardware etc etc

[Septimus_DSX]

Latest Whitebook BIOS--> E1656IG6.10E.RAR