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    Qosmio X500-14h Failed Bios Update

    Discussion in 'Toshiba' started by yaelt, Jul 17, 2011.

  1. yaelt

    yaelt Newbie

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    I recently bought a Toshiba Qosmio X500-14H, and updated the BIOS as Tempro said. Unfortunately it failed. After searching the net for days I tried the Crisis Recovery Disk method which didn't work. I downloaded the latest BIOS update from Toshiba (v2.9) which is too large (2mb) to fit on a floppy.
    I would really appreciate any help, I'm desperate, I have all my work database on it, and paid a lot for it.. I really need my Qosmio back.. :'(
     
    yaelt, Jul 17, 2011
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    PROJ3CTBM Notebook Enthusiast

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    i thought the BIOS updates from Toshiba run under Winphlash, hmm, my Qosmio X505 is running the 2.9 BIOS update, however i didnt have any problems updating, i just followed the instructions, which i believe were
    1. plug laptop into power source
    2. run the update
    3. DON'T TOUCH ANYTHING *LITERALLY*
    4. laptop will restart a few times
    5. check to make sure BIOS updated successfully by going into BIOS and checking for the new version e.g. mine being 2.9
     
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    alexUW Notebook Virtuoso

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    yaelt Newbie

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    Well I followed the instructions, but after the screen freezed for more than an hour I restarted it :/ ... Can someone submit a link where I can find an older BIOS update that can fit on a floppy disk?
     
    yaelt, Jul 17, 2011
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