Dell Vostro 3500 (Intel - nVidia) (BIOS)

BIOS .rar 1.90 MB Shared

BIOS image for the Dell Vostro 3500 laptop in its Intel processor and nVidia discrete graphics configuration, packed as a 1.90 MB RAR archive. The graphics variant matters, because a dump from an integrated-only board may not suit a model with the nVidia GPU. Technicians write such files to the SPI flash with a programmer to revive a board stuck with no POST or a corrupted BIOS. Read and keep a backup of the original chip, and compare the image size with the flash capacity before programming.</description

The button opens the matching file on RM Schematics, or a source page if it is not catalogued there yet. The original attachment is from @biosarchive. Enginerys does not host this file.

How to open a .rar file

Compressed archive — the usual wrapper for a schematic + boardview pair or a BIOS + EC set.

7-ZipWinRARThe Unarchiver (macOS)

More about .rar files

Back up your own chip before writing any dump, and match the full board number and revision. Flashing guide →

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