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    Vaio VGN-NR385E

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by oni8245, Apr 13, 2012.

  1. oni8245

    oni8245 Newbie

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    Long post but this is my last resort,

    I have a sony VGN-NR385E I bought a new battery and it required a bios update But it was not 64bit so i got the UBCD windows ver and loaded that up and was able to run the program to update the bios how ever in the middle of it the computer shut off for no reason, and now wont come back on. I'm assuming it bricked the bios ... so is there any secret way to recover the bios?
    Thanks,
     
    oni8245, Apr 13, 2012
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  2. urgiv

    urgiv Notebook Consultant

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    why you did some chinness update of BIOS

    Basic
    Input
    Ouput
    System

    this few program lines wake up your comp

    now is MBX death

    only exchange of MBX is not chance to reburn BIOS if no POST
     
    urgiv, Apr 14, 2012
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  3. ngvuanh

    ngvuanh Notebook Deity

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    Basically, your motherboard is dead now since it shut off during bios is flashing. I am not sure if your laptop was plugged to Ac outlet or just run on battery.
    You can find a shop who can remove the bios chip to reflash it (of course for a reasonable charge).
     
    ngvuanh, Apr 14, 2012
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    urgiv Notebook Consultant

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    sorry removed
     
    urgiv, Apr 14, 2012
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    oni8245 Newbie

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    first of urgiv that's a very insulting first statement guess not all forums are nice places. It was plugged in to a/c and not sure what happened but it just turned off. thanks ngvuanh that is what i figured but never hurts to ask
     
    oni8245, Apr 14, 2012
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    ngvuanh Notebook Deity

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    @oni,
    I don't know where you live. If you are in the states, I can also HELP you to reflash the bios.
    Everyone in micropctalk forum know who I am.
     
    ngvuanh, Apr 14, 2012
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    sorry me appologize - removed
     
    urgiv, Apr 15, 2012
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    urgiv Notebook Consultant

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    can you please share your skils how you repair MBX if is BAD BIOS.

    do you removing BIOS chip from MBX and reprogramming?

    And please where is located this CHIP?

    Because all time I only replacing MBX if is this type of problems

    THX
     
    urgiv, Apr 15, 2012
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