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    Bad bios flash

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by franciscoramoslopez, Jul 10, 2011.

  1. franciscoramoslopez

    franciscoramoslopez Newbie

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    Hi !; I have a SONY VGN-CR360F, i´ve tried to perform an upgrade in the flash, but the laptop doesn´t show the bios page and also the begin operative system image.

    So, if anyone could help me to do the reinstalation of bios in the laptop, i´ve very grateful.
     
    franciscoramoslopez, Jul 10, 2011
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  2. ota-con

    ota-con Notebook Deity

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    What do you see when you press the power button?
     
    ota-con, Jul 11, 2011
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  3. miki69

    miki69 Notebook Evangelist

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    did you try from cmd prompt (Dos) to install last valid Bios configuration that will override current one?
    You can also try booting in Safe mode and then re-applying valid Bios.
    If you cannot access Safe mode, try booting from DVD and get command prompt....

    I don't really recall, but I've had same issue (bad BIOS flash) with my old SZ, one of the options above solved my problem.

    Let us know the outcome.

    EDIT: can you access Bios by pressing "F2" upon start?

    Cheers,
    Miki
     
    miki69, Jul 11, 2011
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