sorry @pcfr33k. I am trying and trying same method.
press f2 to t=~20 secs
t=~23 secs, keyboard light comes up
t=~35 secs, I press right key 8 times, down key 6 times, enter -> enter, up key 6 times, enter -> enter

system stays powered on, keyboard lights stay on. I power off->on manually, no display yet.

query:
* when I do bios reset via battery + cmos disconnection, I can see keyboard blinking twice indicating bios failsafe switching is happening. but still, no display

Thanks tons for helping me out !

Zitat von geekasm im Beitrag #256

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sorry @pcfr33k. I am trying and trying same method.
press f2 to t=~20 secs
t=~23 secs, keyboard light comes up
t=~35 secs, I press right key 8 times, down key 6 times, enter -> enter, up key 6 times, enter -> enter

system stays powered on, keyboard lights stay on. I power off->on manually, no display yet.

query:
* when I do bios reset via battery + cmos disconnection, I can see keyboard blinking twice indicating bios failsafe switching is happening. but still, no display

Thanks tons for helping me out !

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ok. on it. ll update this post again.

update:

@pcfr33k
did as you suggested, tried the procedure many times. no luck still

pressed 'f2' at ~2-5 seconds. wait for keyboard light. after ~10 secs, right 8 down 6 enter enter up 6 enter enter.

this thing doesnt move :)

Zitat von geekasm im Beitrag #258

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ok. on it. ll update this post again.

update:

@pcfr33k
did as you suggested, tried the procedure many times. no luck still

pressed 'f2' at ~2-5 seconds. wait for keyboard light. after ~10 secs, right 8 down 6 enter enter up 6 enter enter.

this thing doesnt move :)

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Skip Scanning of External GFX Card [Enabled]
Primary Display [iGFX]
Select PCIE Card [Elk Creek 4, IIRC, whatever sets the dGFX to ActiveLow is the correct one)
Internal Graphics [Enabled]

Out of the above steps, I did all except "primary display [igfx]". After that, display didnt come up.

Zitat von geekasm im Beitrag #260

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Skip Scanning of External GFX Card [Enabled]
Primary Display [iGFX]
Select PCIE Card [Elk Creek 4, IIRC, whatever sets the dGFX to ActiveLow is the correct one)
Internal Graphics [Enabled]

Out of the above steps, I did all except "primary display [igfx]". After that, display didnt come up.

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Zitat von pcfr33k im Beitrag #261

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Zitat von geekasm im Beitrag #260

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Skip Scanning of External GFX Card [Enabled]
Primary Display [iGFX]
Select PCIE Card [Elk Creek 4, IIRC, whatever sets the dGFX to ActiveLow is the correct one)
Internal Graphics [Enabled]

Out of the above steps, I did all except "primary display [igfx]". After that, display didnt come up.

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The Skip Scanning of External GFX Card Enabled may have been the issue. I am looking in my bios now to see if Reset which is what you are doing with my steps, do in fact reset those settings back to default or not.

Give me about 5 minutes.

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I understand @pcfr33k
cant thank you enough for persisting along with me. I shall do a few variations of your steps and update.
However, if you/@nimaim or anyone could tell me why bios is not resetting by plugging out battery/cmos, it would be big help.

Also, apart from above, other option would be via programmer ?

Thanks,

Zitat von geekasm im Beitrag #263

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I understand @pcfr33k
cant thank you enough for persisting along with me. I shall do a few variations of your steps and update.
However, if you/@nimaim or anyone could tell me why bios is not resetting by plugging out battery/cmos, it would be big help.

Also, apart from above, other option would be via programmer ?

Thanks,

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@pcfr33k

btw, I had set the bios boot in password as well :(
is it nothing working because of this ?

Zitat von geekasm im Beitrag #265

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@pcfr33k

btw, I had set the bios boot in password as well :(
is it nothing working because of this ?

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OMG, display comes back ! you were right all this time.
I thought bios reset would also imply bios password reset. however, I was googling and bios password reset doesnt happen.
I tried your `blind` instructions with password and it worked !!
Thanks so so much @pcfr33k
It was scary f u n :)

Zitat von geekasm im Beitrag #267

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OMG, display comes back ! you were right all this time.
I thought bios reset would also imply bios password reset. however, I was googling and bios password reset doesnt happen.
I tried your `blind` instructions with password and it worked !!
Thanks so so much @pcfr33k
It was scary f u n :)

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@zill - please add new link, to the complete system BIOS from each model, and the 3 vBIOS you mentioned, I will check all this out for you. As of now, the google link you provided is a document about bank account issue.
unsigned vBIOS can possibly be gone around, you'll have to ask about that one in the vBIOS/GOP thread here, we have some real pro's here that could look at the BIOS for you and tell you how to remove or replace signature after edit I'm sure.
People edit NVIDIA vBIOS often, with many various tools, so I'm sure it's probably possible.

BTW, my mention of Intel BMP was in regards to the onboard vBIOS within the BIOS, I didn't realize you were having problem with NVIDIA BIOS.
But since these are muxelss systems anyway and onboard GFX and it's vBIOS always loaded this may still apply and may be part of the problem with your current changes, and may also be part of the solution to fix as I originally mentioned, since this vBIOS may be the last one to enable/disable which outputs are used/enabled.

@nimaim - You're welcome, and thanks again to you and @pcfr33k too! Do you think I made it easy enough for everyone to follow, the first part I mean? Do you see anything I need to add/improve/change?
Pass around the thread link to notebookreview and any other forums too if you want, thanks!

@geekasm - all you need to do is clear CMOS fully and it will remove the bad settings you applied and should reset BIOS to let you back in. (Sorry, wrote that out before I read you added password, this will remain even after clearing CMOS so will need entered until removed)
Sometimes this might take an hour or so, unless you can find a clear CMOS position on the board to short, if not leave all power removed, including both batteries, overnight while you sleep or all day while you're out at work etc.
Glad you finally got back in! Don't set BIOS password, who is using your system that knows how to enter the BIOS that shouldn't? Kick their butt and tell them to stay out of the BIOS instead of a password!

sure @pcfr33k and LNB. Thanks for sharing suggestions. I ll definitely do the testing defensively. such that I can always recover system back.
All part of learning. Thanks again, for your help, knowledge and time.