Hi again Potted Meat.
Sorry, the procedure above is wrong.
I found the boot CD I used to rescue a Gateway Solo 9500 from a bad flash (wrong BIOS was used).
Please try the following to rescue the BIOS for your NX570X:
- Download the BIOS file from Gateway.com. It is an SEA called 7712.exe, about 3MB in size.
- Extract the contents of 7712.exe.
- Create an ASCII text file and save it as autoexec.bat. Copy the following command line into the .bat file then save and close it:
7712.EXE
- Create a bootable floppy disk. From Windows 2000 or XP, use Windows Explorer, right click on the A: drive, left click on format then select create an MS-DOS startup disk.
- Copy the autoexec.bat file made above to the boot floppy. Overwrite the existing autoexec.bat file on the floppy if prompted.
- Copy the file C:\cabs\7712\7712.exe to the boot floppy.
* 7712.exe is the BIOS integrated with the DOS flash utility as an .exe file.
- Boot from the floppy or use it to burn a bootable CD. Use the boot floppy with the autoexec.bat file as the source for the boot image.
- Open the optical drive built into the NX570X.
- Insert the boot CD.
- Close the drive tray.
- Plug in the power adapter for the Gateway laptop.
- Power up the Gateway notebook.
- Allow a few minutes for the computer to flash the BIOS.
- Once complete, remove the CD then re-start.
The BIOS/flash file will be run by autoexec.bat, installing a good image and allowing you to boot.
Upon request I can provide you with a .iso to burn the bootable CD, including the correct BIOS file and the flash util.
One problem you may run into is not enough room on the boot floppy for file 7712.exe (not the SEA you downloaded from Gateway). You will then have to use a smaller version of DOS. Try
http://www.bootdisk.com/ for more DOS boot floppy choices.
Sorry for the mix up.