[MinnowBoard] Working blind - no display

[John 'Warthog9' Hawley]

On 11/26/2014 07:21 PM, cjfdaniels wrote:
> 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.

I'll try and add some pictures, but I suspect by the time those are up
you'll have your FTDI cable.  Give me a shout if you have any troubles
with the cable!

- John 'Warthog9' Hawley