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    Bad BIOS flash - Need help

    Discussion in 'Other Manufacturers' started by hd1080, Jun 16, 2007.

  1. hd1080

    hd1080 Newbie

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    I'm going to call the place where I bought the laptop from, but I figured I could check here on this... So I went to flash my HEL80 to the latest BIOS, I believe 119b. Followed all the steps in the sticky post for dummies. Ran the file and it loaded BIOS to block E I believe. Could have been a few more, or a few less. Then it seemed to start doing the exact same thing as it had before - Started at 0 and got up to 3 or 4. Then the screen and laptop went dead. No beeps. Nothing. Now it won't start up. Does anyone know how I can recover this?
     
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    hd1080 Newbie

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    Ok, I guess it's a false alarm. I had the poo scared out of me -- I wouldn't boot back up before, but now it is... Hopefully all is ok.
     
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    Fusionburn Notebook Consultant

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    Yeah, scared the crap out of me too, especially after the first reboot only gave me a blank screen.
     
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    iza Notebook Evangelist

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    Same thing happened on my HGL30.
    Shuts off without warning, first reboot the screen stayed blank, but after a second boot it was normal.
    It's pretty terrifying.
     
    iza, Jun 16, 2007
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  5. barspi

    barspi Notebook Consultant

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    The first time I flashed my bios (from 105 to 110, I think) it was going fine and then it shut down in an instant. No message saying "process complete" or anything like that. Also, it looked like it hadn't gone to the end of the blocks because it was so fast. Yes, I was scared.
    But both times it booted on the first try. Bios flashing is weird like that :)

    (another example of weirdness in computing: you install windows *exactly the same* on the *same machine*, but each time something will be installed differently....)
     
    barspi, Jun 17, 2007
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