@BrickedAlien - Good to hear your system is still alive! Sorry to hear about the programmer/repair situation
You should have ordered new programmer and waited, it would have been cheaper than sending in for repair. Where did you send, Dell/Alienware, or elsewhere?
Yes, hopefully we can fix BaronMike's system! There's been a few users I could not help get fixed, maybe due to EC FW chip being erased or corrupted etc. Hopefully that's not the case this time around!

@Lost_N_BIOS thanks for the fast response. I used 1.18 to make the dump so it should have worked. About the bios version, unfortunately I didn’t really pay attention, it showed up under the Dell/Alienware Update Tool so I just went with it... I think it was the most recent one (1.10.0) that was recommended.

@BaronMike - You're welcome! Thanks for the info. Don't use 1.18 to write back BIOS, and really, it would be best if you made dump with ASProgrammer 1.41, or Colibri for now too, so we can compare to be sure your 1.18 read was OK on this board/case too before we do anything here.
What is the above attached file? Same one as file attached at post #102? if yes, you can remove one of them, or tell me to, it's just taking up server space if it's same file

👍ok, I removed the first file. but I made a very foolish decision... I already wiped the chip clean, thought I could do some preparatory work, well... now I can only hope for the 1.18 dump to be Ok

@BaronMike - What did you "Remove"?? Please put it back, if you meant some previous file you posted here, I may not have not downloaded it yet.
I see you edited 102+107, what file was in 107 before, and what file is there now, what was removed?

Yes, we will never know now if 1.18 dump is OK, when you write something to chip and it fails we wont know if it's due to edit/mod or failed source from 1.18 dump
I think maybe I did download some file from you already, and was thinking we'd try ME FW Fix first, since ME FW was corrupted (if it's the file I was thinking about here)

I only removed the file from #102 because it was the same one as 107 (this is the original first dump made with 1.18)

@BaronMike - OK, thanks for clarifying what was going on there, and sorry, I think I told you to remove that initially anyway, sorry for my confusion later
What CPU do you have?

🙂 i7-7700HQ

@BaronMike - First, please test this stock BIOS I made for brunorsa @ post #97 -Alienware 15 r3 dead after bios update (7)
Before I put in a lot of time rebuilding you a set of BIOS files for no reason, that may not work, in case your EC FW or other chips are messed up.

And, be sure to use one of the software/versions I mentioned are confirmed working for this chip, otherwise you wont know if failed BIOS or failed write from programmer
Unless you do the following directly after a write, without powering on system, close program, open program, read, verify, save and then compare in hex w/ what you wrote, if 100% match then write is OK
This would manually confirm whatever write method you use, and would only be needed to be checked one time and you'll know if whatever software/version or ID you choose works or not.

** Due to ME FW change (downgrade in this case), after programming BIOS, remove programmer clip, unplug PSU from system if you have it connected, press and hold power on button for 1+ minute to drain all power from board.
Let sit for 1+ Minute like that with no power, this resets the ME FW state

If this BIOS boots OK, I will make you fixed BIOS based on this with ME FW updated to latest, and then put back your system details etc.

@Lost_N_bIOS

Hi, I Need Some Help!

My Alienware 15 R3 is dead, and, after reading this Post, i grab one programer from ebay, and extracted bios: http : // s000.tinyupload.com / index.php?file_id=09377748940170113902

If you can assist on a fix, i will appreciate, the notebook only blinks 2xred 1xblue.

MB is BAP10 LA-D751P ( rev 1.0 )

Unfortunately it didn’t work out, did everything according to your instructions, the keyboard and side lights did reset but the black screen with backlight on remains... At the beginning it did restart a couple of times… also gave me a led code 3x red 1x Blue but now it’s like before

@MMM - What is your BIOS chip ID? And what software/version did you use to make the dump with?
What caused your brick initially? What CPU model do you have?

@BaronMike - I was afraid I'd hear that back
Find the W25Q80 chip and dump and send to me so I can try to see if I can tell what version is there.

HI, @Lost_N_BIOS !


Bios Chipt ID: Winbond 25Q128FVSG
Dumped Bios with Colibri_program-1.0.1.61-CH341A ( from one of your posts )
Cause repaste: maybe static, removal of battery, just no clue ( or some bios update, but made by the system itself )
CPU: I7-6700HQ


Thanks in advance for any help !

Ok @Lost_N_BIOS
made the dump with colibri
thanks for trying to figure this one out

@Lost_N_BIOS just wanted to ask if you managed to find a way... or is this a lost cause