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    DV9700 Bios restore

    Discussion in 'HP' started by solid11, May 4, 2009.

  1. solid11

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    Hey all. There was an update for F.58 bios on hp's driver site. It was F.59.A
    Well I used the win flash utility and the program verified my bios and went with the update. All good until the pc shut off. The quick lauch row of buttons along with the power button were on, the fan going full speed and the little light next to the caps lock button was flashing on and off. I gave it about 5 min and noticed nothing was progressing. So I tried holding down the power button to force it off and all it did was reset the lights and came right back on. I couldn't even get it to shut down without removing the battery.

    So I tried the suggestion of pulling the battery out, holding the power button down for 30 sec and plug everything back it....nope. soon as I put the battery in it automatically turns the pc on, don't even have to push the start button.

    I'm guessing this had something to do with a bad bios update and if so is there another way to get it back to default bios. I talked to HP chat.....what a nightmare....and it took me 30 min to tell who ever that i couldnt shut down the pc or get into setup when the guy kept repeating "Once you see hp logo hit F10...." um ....I can't get to that rtard that's what i've been telling you as you read you card in front of you. Then told me it would be 400 bucks to have it picked up and fixed...ya right for a bad update caused by hp in the first place. Ok enough ranting hehe. If anyone knows a fix plz let me know.
     
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    Thanks for the info but it did not work. I have all the symptoms of the other guy but the usb device doesnt even blink to show it even tries to read from it. Also without the battery in it wont even power on, I just get a clicking noise and the power button light blinks on and off. pushing it does nothing. Amazing a bad bios update can affect the power on of the laptop. Any other hints?

    Is this only doable with usb floppy drive or has anyone had luck with a flash drive with this model or close to it?
     
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    Anyone have any further tips on this particular model HP with the crisis recovery disk?
     
    solid11, May 6, 2009
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