820-3462 No picture after Catalina upgrade

overshoot

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That's at least what the customer is telling us.
No sign of liquid damage though the board doesn't look great.

I am focusing on the Bios for now. I believe it could become corrupted after a failed upgrade or something.
Symptoms are we can't do a PRAM reset nor access the EFI boot menu.
Screen stays black though we have backlight.

Can someone share a Clean dump of a 820-3462 bios please?
 

overshoot

Member
Thanks!

Actually trying a donor board Bios (old bios), I am now getting a picture on her screen and our test screen.

I am wondering if it could be an EDID ban of her screen. I will try your Bios anyway just to confirm.

Is there a list of banned EDID screen codes somewhere to compare please?
 

overshoot

Member
Machine was turning on, CPU was getting voltage but it was brain dead after the Catalina upgrade.
We're now getting it to boot with your Bios file.

Thanks!
 
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