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    Toshiba Equium A200-196 - BIOS Recovery

    Discussion in 'Toshiba' started by Watersnapper, Aug 4, 2011.

  1. Watersnapper

    Watersnapper Guest

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    Hi All,

    I have a Toshiba Equium A200-196 - PSAE2E-00D007AV which whilst in the middle of a BIOS updated decide to crash and power off the laptop.

    Now when i turn the laptop on i get the power light/battery light and i asume the CPU fun and nothing else. No output on the screen at all.

    I have read there could be a way of recovering the BIOS?

    i can confirm that pressing Fn+B before plugging the laptop in to the mains and switching it on, puts the laptop into the BIOS recovery Mode as the usually blue power light turns pink and it tries to read a floppy disc in the USB floppy drive i have attached to USB port 1 (bottom right hand corner of the Laptop)

    Is there anywhere i can get the original BIOS firmware that was shipped with the laptop to try?

    Has anyone ever successfully recovered a failed BIOS firmware upgrade for this model and how did they do it?

    Any suggestions would be great or anything i could try.

    I have tried the Phoenix recovery program but not sure if i'm doing it right as i don't get any beeping when the laptop is reading the floppy disc.
     
    Watersnapper, Aug 4, 2011
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  2. eynestyne

    eynestyne Newbie

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    hey i'm trying to recover my bios too (a205). You can get the bios from toshiba's web site.

    Have you had any luck with it?
     
    eynestyne, Aug 5, 2011
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    alexUW Notebook Virtuoso

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  4. Watersnapper

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    Hi There,

    The only luck i have had is using this crisis disk
    by copying the files to your bootable floppy disc and replacing the BIOS.WPH with your BIOS.ROM (rename to BIOS.WPH)

    When i try the recovery sequence it reads the Floppy drive for a longer period of time but did not have a sucess. Worth a try on your laptop though.

    To use the disc insert a USB floppy drive into the USB 1 drive on the laptop (mine was bottom right hand corner closest to me)

    With the power cord out press fn+B and whilst holding them down plug the power cord back in and then press the power button. Your power button light should change colour then the floppy drive will start reading the boot disc that you have created.

    Hopefully it works for you, let me know how you get on?

    I think i need to try and find a older verison of my bios files or find out who manufactured the motherboard and go from there.

    I'm also convince that i need to extract the .WPH file out of the .ROM file that is included as part of the bios download from toshiba's website but have no idea how to do that?
     
    Watersnapper, Aug 8, 2011
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