I recently updated my bios on my presario 2517A1 (2500) notebook using the flashing program found in the manufacturer's website. Midway, my notebook shut down and I cannot boot it up now. Please somebody help?
2007-03-16 16:09:53 · 5 answers · asked by esoj 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Laptops & Notebooks
HAHA! Ur skr3wd
Not really,
Boot a linux live cd
goto the mfg website and retry
E-mail me for linux questions
2007-03-16 16:12:47 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Depends on the motherboard.
If the BIOS chip is soldered in place, there is always a jumper on the board to reset it.
If it is a replaceable BIOS chip, you are replacing that chip.
Recovering from this requires the following steps. A minimum of a power supply, a speaker, and a floppy drive configured as drive A should be attached to the motherboard for this procedure to work.
1.Change the flash recovery jumper to the recovery mode position. Virtually all Intel motherboards and many third-party motherboards have a jumper or switch for BIOS recovery, which is normally labeled Recover/Normal.
2.Install the bootable BIOS upgrade disk that you previously created to perform the flash upgrade into drive A, and reboot the system.
3.Because of the small amount of code available in the unerasable flash boot block area, no video prompts are available to direct the procedure. In other words, you will see nothing onscreen. In fact, it is not even necessary for a video card to be connected for this procedure to work. The procedure can be monitored by listening to the speaker and looking at the floppy drive LED. When the system beeps and the floppy drive LED is lit, the system is copying the BIOS recovery code into the flash device.
4.As soon as the drive LED goes off, the recovery should be complete. Power off the system.
5.Change the flash recovery jumper back to the default position for normal operation.
If you feel uncomfortable with this ...definitely take it to a repair shop.
2007-03-16 16:16:29 · answer #2 · answered by ? 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Hi. That's nasty. You can buy a new BIOS EPROM from several sites, but it is usually a bit pricey. But better than a new mobo.
2007-03-16 16:12:58 · answer #3 · answered by Cirric 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I tried this:
http://www.biosman.com/biosrecovery.html
and it was succesfully
2007-03-20 03:03:32 · answer #4 · answered by Septi 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
go back to the old driver.
2007-03-16 16:12:38 · answer #5 · answered by roy_marzoed 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋