Screwed Bios ??

JaymeUK · April 6th, 2007

It worked once for me and now all i get is a white screen , followed by a black one for 5 seconds then i get a blue gradiented screen with lighter blue on the left and darker blue on the right,

is this just becuase i screwed up my bios or the flash file ?

KanedA · April 6th, 2007

try to dump it one more time

JaymeUK · April 6th, 2007

i dint dump it from my console i downloaded it, bcoz i dint wanna pay the price for the cable to do it and plus my console is sumwhere round my dads if he still got it

Alphagod · April 6th, 2007

Then you downloaded a bad dump. This is probably the greatest threat to downloading the BIOS and it's better to just dump them much easier, if it doesn't work just dump it again. Besides downloading the BIOS is illegal.

JaymeUK · April 6th, 2007

the dump was fine bcoz i used it with chanka b4, even after hacking it into a European dump it worked fine by changing 3 characters in the programming ta dah i got a blue spiral and the ability to play PAL games,

no its not illegal if you own the original version of the file (e.g in this case the dreamcast motherboard/Bios) then your perfectly entitled to download it,

"fair use law" might only apply in america and the UK though

sorry about the text typing , its a habit

JKKDARK · April 6th, 2007

Download copyrighted material, even if you own it, is illegal. And it's not supported on these forums.

Alphagod · April 6th, 2007

As far as I know dumping the bios from your console is not illegal. However distributing and downloading it is. I'm not to good at all at laws so I might be wrong. You could just try looking for another dump. Maybe something corrupted your bios.

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Originally Posted by JKKDARK

Download copyrighted material, even if you own it, is illegal. And it's not supported on these forums.

Thanks for clearing it up. Now I know for sure.

April 6th, 2007	#1 (permalink)
JaymeUK Registered User Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Essex Posts: 10	Screwed Bios ?? It worked once for me and now all i get is a white screen , followed by a black one for 5 seconds then i get a blue gradiented screen with lighter blue on the left and darker blue on the right, is this just becuase i screwed up my bios or the flash file ?

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KanedA PS2 PAL[v9] Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: PolanD Posts: 5,287	try to dump it one more time __________________

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Alphagod Registered User Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Romania Posts: 80	Then you downloaded a bad dump. This is probably the greatest threat to downloading the BIOS and it's better to just dump them much easier, if it doesn't work just dump it again. Besides downloading the BIOS is illegal. __________________ Both Heaven and Hell can't contain Me!!

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JaymeUK Registered User Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Essex Posts: 10	the dump was fine bcoz i used it with chanka b4, even after hacking it into a European dump it worked fine by changing 3 characters in the programming ta dah i got a blue spiral and the ability to play PAL games, no its not illegal if you own the original version of the file (e.g in this case the dreamcast motherboard/Bios) then your perfectly entitled to download it, "fair use law" might only apply in america and the UK though sorry about the text typing , its a habit Last edited by JaymeUK; April 6th, 2007 at 22:00. Reason: Automerged Doublepost

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April 6th, 2007	#3 (permalink)
JaymeUK Registered User Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Essex Posts: 10	i dint dump it from my console i downloaded it, bcoz i dint wanna pay the price for the cable to do it and plus my console is sumwhere round my dads if he still got it

April 6th, 2007	#6 (permalink)
JKKDARK Banned Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Munich, Germany Posts: 6,349	Download copyrighted material, even if you own it, is illegal. And it's not supported on these forums.