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how to extract content of Dell exe bios file

Posted: Sat Mar 27, 2010 4:34 am
by ayman4u
Hello all

I am new user here just registered yesterday and i am pleased to find a good site like that to help me in my work

since 3 days i am trying to find a way to extract bios file from EXE files like this one

ftp://ftp.us.dell.com/bios/1555_A08.exe


tried with uni extract , 7-zip but i failed , and i would like to know how to do it because sometimes i get laptops that has no data or no power and everything seems to be ok so i suspect a bios problem and try to flash it manually by disassembling the laptop and flash the chip itself on a universal programer

this way works most of the time but i couldn't do it with 3 dell laptops because i couldn't extract the contents of the .exe file

please help me with this matter and show me how to extract it
thanks in advance
Ayman

Re: how to extract content of Dell exe bios file

Posted: Fri Apr 02, 2010 1:31 am
by gabiz_ro
tested and works.
use /writeromfile
pay attention is not like older -writeromfile.
1555_A08.exe /writeromfile
After that you have 1555_A08.ROM in same folder.

Re: how to extract content of Dell exe bios file

Posted: Fri Apr 02, 2010 5:31 pm
by ayman4u
Thank you for your reply

i opened start tnen run then i typed cmd and in the dos windows i tried like what you said but i got a message that says make ROM error or where do you type this order 1555_A08.exe /writeromfile if not in the command menu

Re: how to extract content of Dell exe bios file

Posted: Sun Apr 04, 2010 9:26 am
by gabiz_ro
seems I can't reproduce positive result,same make rom error now everytime. but believe me once worked. http://www.4shared.com/file/256568199/6 ... 5_A08.html here is uploaded rom when /writeromfile was working for me,try it.

Re: how to extract content of Dell exe bios file

Posted: Mon Apr 05, 2010 7:46 pm
by ayman4u
the file that you need to extract must be 2MB size not 1MB so this probably not it , thank you for your help anyway , any other suggestions would be appreciated
thanks in advance

Re: how to extract content of Dell exe bios file

Posted: Tue May 18, 2010 9:40 pm
by kizwan
You can extract the new release, 1555_A11, with /writeromfile parameter.