[MinnowBoard] Working blind - no display

[John "Warthog9" Hawley]

On November 26, 2014 2:18:50 PM CST, cjfdaniels <cjfdaniels at zoho.com> wrote:
>Okay I'm having a little trouble with a bios setting I accidentally
>switched
>and and this mistake was catastrophic. I accidentally switched the "IGD
>Boot
>type" to VGA and I haven't had any display since, and in my blind key
>presses I must have reset the boot settings. So I've been trying to
>flash
>the firmware with no luck as I can not get it to connect to serial for
>whatever reason and I can't seem to get it to connect remotely via
>putty and
>xming. Does anyone have any suggestions or who can walk me though some
>diagnosing?
>
>Thanks!
>-Corey  
>
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You're best bet, shy of reflashing the board with a dediprog is to use an FTDI cable and manipulate the bios from the serial console. That our rely on the wiki documentation to navigate the firmware blind...

- John "Warthog9" Hawley