Blank screen after Ami Aptio bios flash.. How to recover?
Posted: Mon Jan 03, 2011 9:31 pm
Hi,
I own a WeTab tablet, which i decided needed a new bios because WeTab had disabled certain options which would make it more useful. (Keyboard not recognized at boot unless shut down and booted up while pressing a hotkey, disabled BBS)
So, got my hands on the ExoPC bios (besides a better SSD and screen, the same device). Flashed without problems, and booted as i wanted.
Then i updated the bios to the latest version, and it looked like it took, because it went trough the whole erasing and flashing proces.
But, after the reboot: just a blank screen, no indication it was alive whatsoever. Except the lit up powerbutton on the back.
And if i connect a USB stick, it seems to access that and look for something (i'm guessing a recovery file)..
But whatever i try (tried all Ami recovery options), nothing works..
Anyone knows how to revive it? Maybe there are new tools or a new way to recover Ami Aptio (UEFI) bioses?
Thanks,
Allegro
WeTab Meego Slate
Bios Information:
BIOS Vendor: American Megatrends
Core Version: 4.6.4.0
Compliency: UEFI 2.0
BIOS Version: Lucid-MWE-0125
Build Date and Time: 09/03/2010 18.17
EC Version: 000915
Working generic bios for all Pegatron MasterPad variants -WeTab, ExoPC, Zoostorm SL8, etc- ): http://exopc.com/backstage/download/BIOS_133.zip
I own a WeTab tablet, which i decided needed a new bios because WeTab had disabled certain options which would make it more useful. (Keyboard not recognized at boot unless shut down and booted up while pressing a hotkey, disabled BBS)
So, got my hands on the ExoPC bios (besides a better SSD and screen, the same device). Flashed without problems, and booted as i wanted.
Then i updated the bios to the latest version, and it looked like it took, because it went trough the whole erasing and flashing proces.
But, after the reboot: just a blank screen, no indication it was alive whatsoever. Except the lit up powerbutton on the back.
And if i connect a USB stick, it seems to access that and look for something (i'm guessing a recovery file)..
But whatever i try (tried all Ami recovery options), nothing works..
Anyone knows how to revive it? Maybe there are new tools or a new way to recover Ami Aptio (UEFI) bioses?
Thanks,
Allegro
WeTab Meego Slate
Bios Information:
BIOS Vendor: American Megatrends
Core Version: 4.6.4.0
Compliency: UEFI 2.0
BIOS Version: Lucid-MWE-0125
Build Date and Time: 09/03/2010 18.17
EC Version: 000915
Working generic bios for all Pegatron MasterPad variants -WeTab, ExoPC, Zoostorm SL8, etc- ): http://exopc.com/backstage/download/BIOS_133.zip