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    Travelmate 6413 lmi BIOS death.

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by dazzer95, Oct 21, 2008.

  1. dazzer95

    dazzer95 Newbie

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    Hi first post here :eek:

    Anyhoo, I updated the BIOS from ACERS own website and got the latest version and in the middle of isntallation everything froze up, I had to remove all power supplys, but now when I try to boot up absolutely nothing happens, I have been fumbling around with Crisis Disk by Pheonix but Im not to sure what to do even after reading a shed load on the WIMBIOS site, so could anyone help, also would removing the CMOS battery help? and if so where could I get a service manual.

    Thanks ever so much for any help :)
     
    dazzer95, Oct 21, 2008
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  2. TeeJay 44

    TeeJay 44 Notebook Deity

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    Bad BIOS flash is normally fatal on a lappy. No sockets for the chip.

    And, who told you to mess with the BIOS anyway?

    Oh boy. SOSA.

    BIOS flash is normally a last resort. And most times does very little to sort the original problem properly anyway.....

    Proud member of the SOSA club

    Cheers,
    Theo
     
    TeeJay 44, Oct 21, 2008
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  3. dazzer95

    dazzer95 Newbie

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    I flashed the BIOS because Acer reccomended it to me because of some errors I was getting, and via the wimbios forums I thought someone here may have some more suggestions like, would removing the cmos battery have any effect?

    Cheers :)
     
    dazzer95, Oct 21, 2008
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