dv6500t BIOS recovery?

I've been following the thread below, but so far have not found the key to recovering from a failed BIOS update on my dv6500t laptop:

http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=304332

I can press Windows-B upon bootup and I hear a single beep followed by the USB floppy spinning up briefly. Note that if I turn on the computer without pressing those keys there is no activity or sound, so I think I'm on the right path towards a BIOS recovery.

The problem is (I believe), I don't know what filename the recovery process is looking for.

I've tried: BIOS.BIN, BIOS.ROM, BIOS.WPF
Also: 30CC.WPH, 30CC.BIN, 30CC.ROM, as well as 30CCF58.WPH.

I've tried this process with a USB flash drive and an SD card, but only the USB floppy drive gives me the feedback that file activity is actually happening (this means that I don't have enough disk space to try 50 copies of the same file with different name combinations).

Any help would be appreciated before I have to send in the laptop on monday.

Thanks!

 

bios.wph perhaps as in the PHLASH.INI file

 

The link you gave is for an Insyde BIOS, IINM you have a Phoenix BIOS which may need a bootable floppy for recovery. See http://forums.mydigitallife.info/showpost.php?p=26249&postcount=1

scnscn's suggestion of BIOS.WPH seems about right.

 

Thanks for your help. I still haven't fixed it.

By the way, I did try BIOS.WPH -- it was late when I typed BIOS.WPF on this forum ;-)

I've also tried 30CC.BIN to 30E0.BIN (another dv6500t laptop showed that its board version was 30D2).

 

Unfortunately, I couldn't fix it and had to send it in. Your suggestion did lead to my floppy disk churning more upon bootup, so I was probably on the right track...