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    HP laptop bricked after disabling Hyperthreading in BIOS

    Discussion in 'HP' started by MacHater, Sep 17, 2011.

  1. MacHater

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    I have an HP TM2. I did not need to mod the BIOS to unlock advanced menu. I just had to press "A" upon pressing F10 to enter BIOS (Insyde UEFI).

    I tried to disable hyperthreading in Power -> Advanced CPU Control. That's all I changed.

    And now my machine won't POST. So I tried to reset CMOS by doing the hold down power trick (without battery and A/C).

    I've also tried disconnecting RTC (CMOS) battery for 30 minutes. Still no boot.

    Please help me! Any ideas?

    (My original thread is here: TM2-2100 bricked again... (tried to disable Hyperthreading) , but it seems to be an inactive section)
     
    MacHater, Sep 17, 2011
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  2. metril

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    It's not enough to just remove the CMOS battery. You have to clear the CMOS. There is a button for that. It should be in the maintenance guide for your notebook.
     
    metril, Sep 17, 2011
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    Tell me where do you see a CMOS clear button mentioned:
    http://h10032.www1.hp.com/ctg/Manual/c02613455.pdf
     
    MacHater, Sep 17, 2011
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