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Hi,

I hve this notebook with the lcd screen broken!!
it`s an Oliboock 500 series (kind of a generic/barebone renamed as Olivetti)

could find this info
BIOS Type: Phoenix
BIOS Date: February 15th 2008
BIOS ID: Ver 1.00PARTTBLR-None
BIOS OEM: 1.11
Chipset: SiS 671 rev 0
SuperIO: Unknown
Manufacturer: OEM
Motherboard: U40SI

As the screen is broken Idon`t care about loosing it, but I whant to connect the vga output to a LCD TV
Its native resolution is 1920x1080 60Hz I know hardware won`t give me that but 1280x768 will do the job or any 16:9 matrix.

about the monitor .ini file.. I don`t have any (it`s a TV!!) so is there any .ini that I can use or modify to use?

ESC download page is empty (today at least)
so here is the BIOS from the actual vendor (u40.rar 529Kb)



http://72.29.68.168/~elmetalc/sicsa/des ... &Itemid=60

Thanks

What exact model is it? 510/520/530... This is a customized Phoenix bios which is quite difficult to modify if at all possible. Olivetti in the past did have the habit of completely locking their bioses...

edwin wrote:What exact model is it? 510/520/530... This is a customized Phoenix bios which is quite difficult to modify if at all possible. Olivetti in the past did have the habit of completely locking their bioses...

humm I don´t know..
it only says 500 series
at the download page the BIOS is the same for 510/520/530
how can I find out which model is This?

Thanks!!!

There's no sticker at the bottom?

edwin wrote:There's no sticker at the bottom?

yes

click to enlarge.

I ve seen other brands with te same model name, At ECS web page I think there is the original, but there are no link to download a bios there.

Have you checked the BIOS I posted?
I couldnt open it, but I am not an expert....

Thank you for helping me..

http://www.uniwill.com/UserDownload/u40si1/u40si1.php

I didn't know Uniwill was taken over by ECS but indeed, there's no bios for download. I'll have a look but still, no promises...

edwin wrote:http://www.uniwill.com/UserDownload/u40si1/u40si1.php

I didn't know Uniwill was taken over by ECS but indeed, there's no bios for download. I'll have a look but still, no promises...

I ve made some reserch,,
This machine was sold as olidata in chile but no luck with a bios link
also as Advent 1015 Nordic / Advent 1315 / Gericom Phantom A4 Superlight 53120 (this has a download page but Bios/ is also empty (!?) http://download.gericom.com/NOTEBOOK/Ph ... 0si-U50si/

Also as HASEE
http://www.mmnt.net/db/0/0/60.190.30.11 ... ASEE/U40SI (three BIOS here)
Someone posted This worked on an oliboock 520 with some chinesse characters at post and boting up with the wifi on (this is good)

hummm, link to HASEE Bios point to nowhere (sorry I didn´t check)
but it seems you have seen this before
http://www.wimsbios.com/forum/topic12469.html

any luck there?

I will see if I can make the HASEE bios links work somehow as right now it seems to be blocked by the proxy-server here.

Ok, here's the story. The version 1.14 bios file inside that file from your supplier has a SiS 6330 version 3.72.02 video bios inside it that is supporting 1440x900 resolution. Most likely that is already on your system. You need to install the proper driver set available on our download page in Windows. Make sure to completely uninstall the previous drivers.

edwin wrote:Ok, here's the story. The version 1.14 bios file inside that file from your supplier has a SiS 6330 version 3.72.02 video bios inside it that is supporting 1440x900 resolution. Most likely that is already on your system. You need to install the proper driver set available on our download page in Windows. Make sure to completely uninstall the previous drivers.

well, this should be good news but I stil have problems.
I udated BIOS version and uninstallede / rebooted /reinstaled drivers but I still can't go further 1024x768.
I think is de. inf missing.

what brand/model is your tv? Maybe it's possible to make a generic monitor.inf file to force the 1440x900 resolution.

edwin wrote:what brand/model is your tv? Maybe it's possible to make a generic monitor.inf file to force the 1440x900 resolution.

H1,
it´s a Samsung LN40C550J
http://www.samsung.com/es/support/model ... -downloads

I extracted this from the manual :
, hope this will help...

Thank you

Yes, I think it is detected being a generic TV. What you should do is UNcheck "hide modes this monitor cannot display", and then set it for 1440x900. If you did install the univga drivers from the download page at wimsbios.com this should work.

edwin wrote:Yes, I think it is detected being a generic TV. What you should do is UNcheck "hide modes this monitor cannot display", and then set it for 1440x900. If you did install the univga drivers from the download page at wimsbios.com this should work.

humm, it´s not working
I´ve reinstaled the system, formated the disk and made a new windows 7 setup.
installed last dirvers from SiS download page (this is where wimsbios download page poit to)

Tv is (not) recognized as generic no pnp monitor (translation may not be the same)
I did change it to varios LCD panel with 16:9 layouts and to generic tv with alwais the same result (1024x768)
Hide modes this monitor... is grayed out
the SiS menu in CRT lists res from 640x480 to 1024x768, the only wide screen bein 960x600 that is not supported by the lcdtv

Properties windows sais
sis 672
mirage 3+
Bios inf 3.72.02

Driver date 15/12/2010
Driver version 7.14.10.5290