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    After updating the BIOS

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by qwireyss, Dec 31, 2008.

  1. qwireyss

    qwireyss Notebook Enthusiast

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    After I updated the BIOS on M1210 the laptop doesn't start again. The power light start for seconds then goes off, I cannot hear the hard disk movement or any hardware except the power light....any help experts? :(
     
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    sounds like a bad BIOS flash. download the BIOS again, burn it to a NON-rewritable disc at a slow burning speed (x4 or x8), make sure the battery of the laptop is fully charged and the AC cable is inserted, and then flash the BIOS again.
     
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    how I can run it again since the Laptop totally dead?
     
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    Guys....

    Please heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeelp....
     
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    qwireyss, a few things to consider.

    1. Did you have the computer plugged in when flashing.
    2. Did you hit any, and I mean any buttons or move/hit the machine while flashing.
    3. Does the bios logo pop up at all?
    4. The LED light on the power button can turn off on some models after you press it.
    5. Have you tried with the compute off, take out the battery, unplug and hold the power button for 5 seconds, then let it sit for 5 minutes and try again.
     
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    1. Did you have the computer plugged in when flashing. the power was plugged in
    2. Did you hit any, and I mean any buttons or move/hit the machine while flashing. NO
    3. Does the bios logo pop up at all? YES
    4. The LED light on the power button can turn off on some models after you press it. it turn off by it self
    5. Have you tried with the compute off, take out the battery, unplug and hold the power button for 5 seconds, then let it sit for 5 minutes and try again. NO I will try now
     
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    after you try the power, if you can access the bios, you may just be able to set the CD drive as the first boot device and reflash the bios
     
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    ahhhhh,

    no luck,

    once i press the power boutton i stay on for five seconds then i went off by it self. is there any jumber can be removed that would help?
     
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    can you access the bios, forget about windows at the moment
     
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    No i can not. what do you think?
     
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    Unfortunately, if the bios is fried so much you can not access any menus you need to contact dell to replace the entire motherboard.
     
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    That bad news. do think if we remove a jumber from mother board can help
     
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    no, any changing of physical properties of the machine can remove dell from any type of responsibility for that problem.
     
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    Many thanks Salty
     
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    No problem. I do this professionally, and I find that companies need to do the job right. Work smart or work hard, dell has the second down pact.
     
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    Happy new year Salty,
    If I plan to buy new Laptop since this will cost me a lot to fix it; what do you recommand.
     
    qwireyss, Jan 1, 2009
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    Hi Salty,

    I contaced dell dealar to obatain a motherborad as spare part, they mention no more support for the model except the new models. Also i can not find the spare part out of dell dealer, please guide me what i have to do.
     
    qwireyss, Jan 3, 2009
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    I am not sure about that, if you have warranty, contact them over that. If not, I would say post a message on the dell support page under unresloved issues. Tell them that a BIOS update (recommended) caused your computer to stop working.
     
    Salty85, Jan 3, 2009
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