[MinnowBoard] Working blind - no display

[cjfdaniels]

John "Warthog9" Hawley <warthog9 at ...> writes:

> 
> On November 26, 2014 2:18:50 PM CST, cjfdaniels <cjfdaniels at ...> 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 
> 

Haha yeah I tried navigating it blind and made things worse... I just
ordered an FTDI cable I'll try that next. I have looked into digiprog but
the equipment is heavy on the pocket, and flyswatter doesn't have an 8 pin
adapter to my knowledge. It'd be awesome if I could find pictures of the
bios rather than text....text is just harder to navigate blindly.

Thanks!