eMachines el1200

[cisco]

hi,

I'm looking for a unlocked bios for a emachines el1200
motherboard MCP61

bios: http://rapidshare.com/files/429221072/BI..._R01A3.zip


I want to upgrade the video board with a pciex1 nvidia 8400GS, I can't disable the onboard video or choice the init display first on the bios.
the pc boot but don't recognize/see the pcie card (blank screen)...



thanks

[MrTangoWhisky]

Have you seen this???
I believe that your machine is an MCP61PM-SM isn't it?
eMachines in fact is Acer and they used several versions of this ECS-retail-board...

[TheWiz]

In which case if the Info MrTangoWishky provided you then you can use our unlocked retail BIOS for the MCP61 related boards.

TheWiz

[MrTangoWhisky]

My research gave me either "Boxer 61 DA061L" wich is an AM2-MCP61-mainboard subversion with nvidia 6100 or "ECS wmcp61m" wich is I think a cutoff version of the Acer T180-mainboard with nvidia 6150...
These boards do not have a soldered PCIex 16x slot but the support and the pinout are there so you normally just need to take one bank from an acer ax1200 for example wich you can purchase!
There is no PCI and only 2 RAM-sockets!!

As far as I can see there would be no problem in flashing our "tuning-BIOS"...

[cisco]

hi , thank you for the reply

in fact this is an emachine (acer ) el1200 based on the el1300 motherboard
with bios version r01-A3 _ it seems there are many bios version for this card ...


you're right this is an am2_wmcp61m with one pci 1x slot

awdflash with your unlocked bios p01A1 didn't worked_ (it doesn't want install _ may be there is an option in awdflash to force the install... )

i did n't make the test with the M613Z_19.BIN because it seem there are the same

i have found an updated version for this bios on the emachine website and it works , now the computer detect the 2 graphic cards _ the onboard 6150 se and the new card : nvidia 8400 gs

what kind of softwares are you using to crack those binaries files ( are you using I.D.A ???)

[MrTangoWhisky]

This specific binary is an AWARD-BIOS wich is clearly defined in its internal structure. So we can surely use a tool called cbrom and some web-wide knowledge how to do it. There are a few other tools I don't really know, some of the mods/admins in here are even developing little tools to manipulate BIOS.

Back to topic:
This board is slightly the same as the the AX1300 and you can get these PCIex-slot as a spare part and solder it onto your board and then use an fully compliant PCIex-graphic card!
If you still want to test our BIOS M613Z_19.BIN, the commandline switch for awdflash is /f to force it...
But beware, don't do it if you are not sure how to recover in case of any damage!

[cisco]

This specific binary is an AWARD-BIOS wich is clearly defined in its internal structure. So we can surely use a tool called cbrom and some web-wide knowledge how to do it. There are a few other tools I don't really know, some of the mods/admins in here are even developing little tools to manipulate BIOS.

Back to topic:
This board is slightly the same as the the AX1300 and you can get these PCIex-slot as a spare part and solder it onto your board and then use an fully compliant PCIex-graphic card!
If you still want to test our BIOS M613Z_19.BIN, the commandline switch for awdflash is /f to force it...
But beware, don't do it if you are not sure how to recover in case of any damage!

i still want to test your BIOS M613Z_19.BIN and solder the pci x16 slot _ i 'll test it on another el 1200 mainboard and let the results here thank you very much !

[MrTangoWhisky]

THX man and good luck!

[cisco]

finaly i 've tested the BIOS M613Z_19.BIN , after reset , computer don't restart _ keyboard and screen are down ( nothing on the screen and no leds on the keyboard) ... i reset the cmos with the bettery jumper and nothing appen ...

may be there is a solution to reprogram the bios chip with a specific chip programer ... (?) may be you've links were to buy that ?

i changed the mainboard DAO61L ( acer emachine el1200 with nvidia 6150 graphic controler without pci express 16 x slot ) by a DAO78L ( acer Ax1200 with nvidia 8200 graphic controler _ this time with a pci express 16x slot and with HDMI support )

and now the computer works great ( it seem i can now upgrade my processor)

for information :
the acer bios revision for the EL1200 are R01A2 and R01A3
the acer bios revision for the Ax1200 is R01B0

it seem also ( this is for information ) that a "better acer computer" , the aspire x3200 use the same board (DAO78L).


even if it didn't work for me thank you for your great board bios-mod.com , it's very usefull !

[upiter77]

i changed the mainboard DAO61L ( acer emachine el1200 with nvidia 6150 graphic controler without pci express 16 x slot ) by a DAO78L ( acer Ax1200 with nvidia 8200 graphic controler _ this time with a pci express 16x slot and with HDMI support )

and now the computer works great ( it seem i can now upgrade my processor)

I'm thinking about to exchange DAO61L in my EL1200 (emachines) with DAO78L (acer Ax1200).
How robust is it DAO78L motherboard?