I make this thread here, because there are no WARNING messages with bios update ROMpags (Windows only) in download areas.
So, I am owner of NX9105 laptop.
3 days ago I kill my laptop with Winphlash.
I looked around and see that HP have some kind
of recovery boot disk for bios-dead laptops.
After few days of study I found out that
all laptops with newer PHOENIX bios have
possibility to reflash bios with special
boot disk - Crisis Recovery Disk.
This is wondreful what can be found in Internet.
I found some Phoenix bios documentations
and some utilities from IBM and make my own
bios crisis recovery disk.
READ THIS.
If You have bios dead laptop You can use my
made diskimage(see attachment)
Of cause you MUST REPLACE BIOS.WPH with
bios file of yours laptop model.Rename it bios.wph and copy over to floppy you just made.
Laptops with no floppy - I dont know is this
floppy image works in cd.
I used usb-floppy drive.
After you make floppy remove battery from yours
laptop and holding down FN and B keys or WIN and B keys push power on. This triggers on
special Phoenix bios recovery mode.
I see floppy disk light goes on about minute.
The bios image is reading.
After that there is no activity of any kind
about 20 seconds.DO NOTHIHG - WAIT.Bios image is writing.
And then - all lights goes on when laptop
reboots itself.
There is some so kalled parrallel port trigger
if key pressing not help (or swith in motherboard).
And of cause read all docs of yours laptop
what you found.
USE AT YOUR OWN RISC.
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In my opinion all models with phoenix bios must work. You can found out is yours laptop compatible with "fn"+"b" key pressing. 1.Take out battery 2.pull out ac power cord 3. press fn and B key togewer 4.holding keys pressed put in ac power cord. 5.holding keys pressed (fn+B) press power button. After that yours computer boots in special recovery mode - there is no video - only disk drives + protsessor cooling works. 6.if you dont wont reflash yours laptop bios, then power off, ac cord out, ac cord in.
I have tried all sorts of Fn+B, Win+B etc etc but cannot get the laptop to read the floppy. have you any idea of how I can force the laptop to read the floppy, or how to put it onto a flash drive so I can try from the USB port.
I did not realsie that you had to be a memebr of the profile to down load.
Hi, Eddie What model of laptop do you have? In my case laptop is NX9105. Crisis Recovery Disk is for laptops with Phoenix bios. If You have compatible laptop, then: 0.put crisis recovery disk in floppy-drive 1.take out battery 2.take out ac power-adaptor cord 3.press fn and b key togewer or win and b key. 4.holding keys pressed put in ac power cord. 5.holding keys pressed (fn+b or win+b) press power button. After that yours computer boots in special recovery mode - there is no video - only disk drives + protsessor cooling works. I did it with usb-floppy drive, I dont know is it works with internal floppy. Good luck.
Thanks to lff and the members of this forum - i've managed to recover my nx9010 from the dead using this method A couple of things to note 1) I had to use a boot block jumper on the parallel port as per service manual 2) the ROM to replace BIOS.WPH must be the one from the corresponding WINFLASH download not DOS boot download for the machine i.e. not BIOS.ROM @ 512 in size, but BIOS.WPH which is 515 in size.
I dont know why HP wont supply the crisis disks - most of the other manufacturers seem provide them from looking at their websites.
I've got Presario 2100 (model 2107AP to be precise), and I had the same situation. But, thanks to this forum and HP service manual, I've recovered it. I've made that boot block jumper by myself using only five metal staples.
Just put the ends of a staple into holes in LPT port as it shown in service manual and remember that image should be reversed (pin one is on the right of the port). And of course, staples should not touch each other. After that, insert floppy with your BIOS (use crisis recovery disc made by lff and dont forget to replace bios.wph with YOUR bios.wph) and plug in power cord.
When computer stops reading floppy, don't forget to remove all these staples BEFORE automatic reboot.
Hi folks, I have a Presario 2500 (2570US) that also fell viction to the failed Bios update process. I have tried the FN+B solution and the Win+B solution, and it does nothing. Should the LED indication the AC power is plugged in be on? This thing isn't doing a thing. Now what?
I have made a boot block jumper, made the crisis recovery disk and the laptop reads the floppy, but then does nothing. I have a NX9010, I presume I will bneed the bios.wph file for this NX9010 laptop, can anyone help with the file or where to find it.
Hello everybody... I'm in the same position! I have a compaq presario 2100(2120EU exactely) and I have downloaded the special files in order to create a M160.BIN named file and renamed bios.wph :
I haven't noise in the floppy disk drive... I have plug the boot block jumper and I have unplugged AC power, without battery, Fn+B(and Win+B) since 1 minute, plug AC power, press power(but AC Power restore is enabled) holding Fn(or Win)+B and wait floppy drive noise...................................................................... If you can do a video, it will be very good!!! If you want I can do a video in order to see me in action lol
Hi Nake, Sorry about long delay to answer. You didnt need some .bin file(and rename it) What You need is winflash utility made by HP. for Yours laptop. I assume that You allready downloaded attached file in first post in this thread and made this floppy.Now You must extract sp27643 - thats Yours file (winflash utility and bios.wph file) Next step is copy bios.wph to floppy - copyower the oldone in floppy. Where You find that parallel port diagram to trigger recovery mode on presario laptop - I cant find it. I think when You use parralel port mode, You do not have to press buttons(win+b or fn+b) Its like second variant if keyboard not launch recovery mode. If Aleksander did it, I think You can do it too. I try to make some video or pictures how I did it in my NX9105. Good luck.
Where You find that parallel port diagram to trigger recovery mode on presario laptop - I cant find it. => p133
Ok i have extract the bios.wph, copy on the floppy disk, i do this step: - unplug all - Fn+B hold - plug boot block jumper - insert disk which contains : - bios.wph - minidos.sys - phlash16.exe - plug AC power (Computer power on automaticly) - release Fn+B
And then my computer shutdown... as usual !
I want to know => Fn + B but B like baby or break(esc)
I've had the same problem. Was enough to upgrade the bios and now the laptop is dead.
I've checked to see if it would do that emergency bootup and it does, but I need the bootdisk for it.
I've looked all over but can't find it.
Could somebody please email it to me, or post a link to where it is and the required bios file for a nx9010.
Hi KEK and NaKe In my laptop there is no lights at all in recovery mode. Only processor cooling vents working and usb floppy disk drive. If the bios boot block is damaged then recovery disk is not working, chip must be replaced.
Hi all, Where I can find the bios file (bios.wph) for my NX9010? I downloaded the utility from http://h18007.www1.hp.com/support/files/hpcpqnk/us/download/22710.html and I created the floppy DOS Bootable Diskette but there is no bios.wph file?? lff wrote:"Of course you MUST REPLACE BIOS.WPH with bios file of yours laptop model.Rename it bios.wph and copy over to floppy you just made." Please help me. Thank you
I followed the steps but the floppy drive light was off.The 3 top lights are on and the fans are working! I don't have an external USB floppy drive but I have an USB memory stick. How can I burn the crisis disk to my USB memory?
If the crisis disk solution is not working I will try to desolder the bios.The chip is soldered to the socket?!?(I don't think so). Is it possible just to remove (detach)the bios chip from the socket and re-progamm it?
Thank you all Does anyone have a picture with the bios chip on the motherboard?
Hi everybody! Where can i get the WinFlash utility (that contains bios.wph) for HP Omnibook 6000? There is only BIOS (that contains bios.rom) for this model on the HP website. Thank you.
Hi, I ha¡ve tried the recovery disk with my nx9010 and with the paralel jumper. My notebook died with the winplash. When i use the recovery disk the notebook read the hole diskette about 1 minute and then nothing. I downloaded the bios from the support page. What can i do with this?? help!!
I have the same problem as Mae Mae, see response of 27 January. It appears that the bios.wph file is the wrong one. Where can we get a selection of these files to try them out. We can read the floppy, but after a short while nothing happens, presumably as we have the wrong file. I also have an NX9010.
All we need is the right recovery disk and or files. the one listed above does not work for us.
you were right. The problem was in my side. Now i have the right file. But i have the same problem the notebook reads the hole dikskette and then nothing happens. What do you recomend me? To buy another motherboard? is it posible? or there is other thing i can do. There is in the forum postit than says there are some providers by web that desold the wrong bios and solde a socket with a new one and programe it. But in my case, i don´t know if the problem i had when flashed the bios for updgrade broke the bios only or other component in the motherboar, cause when i conect the paralel jump and insert the diskette the hard disk led turn on 1 second and then nothing else. The coolers doesn´t work only the diskette works with the jumper. My notebook model is a nx9010. I hope your news. Best regards Mae
Mae, Is your computer tries to reboot after reading the whole diskette? If not, you have the wrong version of BIOS or wrong file format.
For everybody: If your computer after plugging in the boot block jumper tries to read the diskette, than the recovery mode works, and the only reason why nothing is happen later is because of bad BIOS version or wrong file format. Use only BIOS.WPH which you've extracted from Winflash utility. If the green light on the floppy doesn't even blink than maybe something wrong with the boot block jumper. Pin 1 should be on the right side when looking at the connector from the back. Make sure that contacts is good. You can also use an old printer cable with LPT connector, than you have to connect the wires in the cable.
Alexadr, thanks for your answer, but i have tried with the 2 versions that i can download from the support page, from 2004 and 2005 dates. And in the two cases the notebook reads the hole diskette and then nothing. I don´t know where can i get other version of bios for my notebook nx9010 with part number DJ275S#ABE.
Dumb question, I killed the bios on my HP ze4610 laptop and am trying to recover it(right now my laptop won't even start-up, just starts for a second and the shuts down). I have the manual showing the wiring for the parallel boot-block jumper, but where do I get this device? Do you make it? I can't seem to find one so i'm coonfused. Thanks for any help!!
Need help upgrading my Armada v300 hard drive from 4.3gb. I want to get at least a 10 to 20. I also noticed that the hard drives look different i.e. the pins at the top etc.
Mina, sorry, but IMHO what you say here does not match the topic discussed in this thread at all. Pls be so kind as to open your own thread (with a significant subject) and ask there. There ain't no use in jumping on an existing thread with a discussion on a totally different issue. I have no idea what a new drive for your V300 might have to do with corrupt BIOSs.
Hello everybody. lff, special thanks for starting this thread. I have the nx9010 laptop that went dead after a winphlash. I tried the crisis recovery with boot-block from lff and the result was the same as for mae mae and Eddie, the diskette is read all the way but then nothing happens. That's because an error (we don't know which one because there is no video) stops the phlash16 program to do it's job. I found some infos on other sites and made another crisis recovery disk with a bios file for DOS (it's attached) that flashed the BIOS succesfully but to a very old version KH.F.08. After that I upgraded the bios just fine at the latest version KH.F.25 but from DOS (Don't use the windows version). I think it will also work with llf disk if phlash16 is used with the option to ignore all errors and to continue flashing, but c:\>phlash16.exe /? does not say anything about such option (As far as I could see, the /mode=3 option makes phlash16 to continue flashing when DMI string error to large appears). The upbios.exe (a wrapper for phlash.exe) has such option to ignore all errors but I did not try it because for me it worked with the attached disk.
Use winimage or some other software to write the attached image on a floppy, put the floppy in the laptop, put the bootblock jumper on the parallel port, and plug the AC in. It should start to read the diskette. Wait at least a couple of minutes. If everything worked, the laptop will automatically restart and will start to read the diskette again. Don't allow that, eject the floppy and power off, remove the boot block jumper and then power on the laptop. PS: the disk should also work for some Presario 2500 and Pavilion ze5300, ze5400 (Windows XP only) models.
Thanks Mihai I am a bit slow with computers, but have managed to get all this way now and am determined to win. Please help me with how I make the winimage file, as I tried to copy your file to a stiffy, but it will not fit. Sorry to be so dumb. Eddie van der Heiden
Eddie, you need to download the latest version of Winimage from www.winimage.com, install it, open the image file I attached in my previous post with it, go to "Disk", check "Use floppy A:" if it's not already checked, and then "Format and write disk"
Thanks Mihai, I now have a computer back after many months. I am not sure about updating the BIOS as I am scared I will revert to where I was. Please can you give me more details of exactly how to do it.
Screen dimmed during BIOS flash (using Windows utility). Hung there. I let it sit for ALMOST 2 hours in hopes that something would happen. Nothing did. Machine would not power off without unplugging it and removing the battery. Did that--would not power back on at all. No LEDs anywhere. Found this thread, but NONE of the options works--FN+B, WIN+B--w/parallel port jumper and w/out parallel port jumper.
In the last two months I have seen nothing but problems--and HP support is no help whatsoever.
I'm writing this machine off. You may see it on eBay for parts.
Don't be so negative. If at first you don't succeed, try and try again. It took me from December 12 to get success, and now thanks to this forum, and especially Mihai Genescu I am now able to write this message on the laptop that crashed. Thanks again to him and Iff for starting the forum.
68halfcab, your lappie is completely dead? ...I mean if you put a CD in the drive or a floppy in the unit and plug the AC in does not spin it or there are not any signs at all? There is a possibility that in those two hours you kept the laptop on some part of it cooked up if cooling stoped working, one can only guess, but a failed bios upgrade could not physically damage a motherboard. It can, in the worse situation, damage the BootBlock in which case you will not be able to recover no matter if you use special floppy disks or boot block jumpers. In this case you need to go to a specialized service to flash the bios with an external tool or to desolder your chip and flash it separately and then solder it back. You may want to go to a third party service...in my case the authorized service that hp send me to told me the only way to repair my laptop was to change my motherboard (about 400 euros) because they don`t unsolder chips. They did not even told me that is a possibility to recover if the bootblock of the BIOS is in one piece (which was in my case)...and if you think about it, is not even our fault that the flashing went wrong in the first place. Well, at least HP is hosting this forum for us :) Eddie, did you manage to upgrade your bios to the latest?...if not you need to download the latest ROMPaq exactly for your laptop model, in your case nx9010 DOS Bootable Diskette version KH.F.25 from here http://h18007.www1.hp.com/support/files/hpcpqnk/us/download/22710.html , and follow the instructions on that same page under "How to use". I know is always a risk in updating a bios, but there are lots of issues fixed from what you have now KH.F.08 to the latest. see the revision history here http://h18007.www1.hp.com/support/files/hpcpqnk/us/revision/7643.html
Thanks for the thoughts, yes I was able to updtae to bios KHF25 and my machine is running really well with no apparent problems. Even my DVD drive is more stable than it used to be and reads disks I was not able to read before.
I can confirm that the Crisis Disk works with Compaq Evo n620c. I couldn't boot my notebook because I had lost the BIOS password. I had tried everything to retrieve it with no luck! I was just about to order a replacement eprom as a last resort when I came accross this post. I created a bootable CD-Rom from the Crisis image above and added the correct Bios for my laptop. I then placed the cd-rom in the notebook drive, dissconected the battery, removed the power cable then held down Fn + B, re-connected the power cable, the system auto powered on and after a few seconds "Remove Crisis Disk And Press Any Key" appeared on the display. I removed CD and rebooted.
BIOS unlocked!
Thanks people you saved me a lot of time and money!
Thanks Leroy-merlin for your replay. In my case I don´t know if it's late cos during this time i try to upload into the notebook diferents bios files by the crisis recovery disk. In one case the notebook was reset byself and diferents leds blink and then turn on, but the problem is that after this moment the notebook continued with the problem i mean i can turn on and the display is black the leds turn on and nothing else and now the diskette with the paralel jumper doesn´t start. Are there any way else to start the recovery disk? I mean: is it posible to start with a external usb floppy or a crisys cd? Or is it posible that the paralel jumper fail after i have used it alog time? Please help
Hi all, could anyone please answer my question on the parallel boot block jumper? I wondering if there is actually a device to plug into the parallel port or do I just put wires or paper clips into the parallel port according to the diagram in the manual? I have a ze4610 laptop.
I have Compaq nx9030 which is only 18 months old. It has just died completely, and I need to recover the data in the hard drive. If I try the Crisis Recovery Disk - Graham Parkinson - please respond as you appear to have this one sorted - will I lose all my data in my hard drive? I have no system response at all - the screen comes on but is very dim, and then shuts down. Please help!
Jane, what from did your computer die? Was it also flashing the BIOS (what this thread is about)???
Your problem with getting at the data on your HDD is a totally different one than what is discussed in here. The "Crisis Recovery Disk" has absolutely nothing to do with that. I would suggest to open a new thread with a significant subject.
This said: If the HDD was not crashed when the computer crashed (this may happen on rare occasions), then it's pretty easy to get at your data.
a) Buy a USB case for a 2.5" HDD (a few $$$ on eBay). Take the HDD out of the notebook and put into the case. You can then connect the the USB cable to any computer with a USB port and save your data.
This construction would also come fine should you have to buy a new computer. You could then just use your USB-drive for additional storage and/or backups.
b) An alternative would be to buy an IDE adapter to connect the notebook drive to a PC. This would require some computer knowledge.
In case your notebook cannot be revived, you may use the HDD in a new one (if the model is not too different just as is).
Thank you Rainald. No, the BIOS was not flashing when it "died". But thank you for explaining how to get at the Hard Drive. At least I can salvage my data!!.
tpop79, you can use wires but make sure their unisolated parts do not touch. mae mae, I`m no expert, but as far as I can see you flashed the laptop with a bios file for a different model and it overwrited the boot block, because if you have your boot block jumper correctly on the parallel port and the boot block of the BIOS (where the instructions for starting the recovery procedure are) is still intact, the lappy should be forced into accessing the diskette. If it does not try to read the floppy the boot block portion on the BIOS is altered and you won`t be able to start the recovery disk, no matter if it is on a CD, usb floppy or normal floppy drive. You could still repair your laptop by going to a service centre, please read more above in this thread. Do you still have the diskette that worked for the last time to find out for what laptop model the BIOS on it was? If you want to try making a bootable CD, here are some links for how to do one: http://www.bootdisk.com/nero.htm http://www.bay-wolf.com/bootcd.htm http://nightowl.radified.com/bootcd/bootcdintro.html
I saw Edward Chancey ask if this works on a Presario 2500, I can confirm it worked on my 2552US. Since I may be tweaking my BIOS in the near future I wanted to be sure I could recover if I screw up. So I made a disk with the image supplied by Iff (thank you very much) and put my current BIOS on it. Bingo it worked from a CompUSA USB floppy drive which I bought just for the occasion.
The steps:
1. With PC shutoff (of course) remove the battery and external power. 2. Connect the USB floppy drive. 3. Hold the Win & B keys down and connect external power. 4. While still holing the Win & B keys down press the power button. 5. When PC starts to beep you can release the Win & B keys. 6. Wait, for all the loud incessant beeping to stop & the power lite to go out. 7. Replace battery and boot.
Now, the only reason why I connected power after holding the Win & B keys down is I read somewhere else to do that, so I did, don't know if that is really necessary or not. If I have to do this again for real I will test that.
I did have one problem afterward, Windoze couldn't find the driver for one PCI device, 1002:43something, something audio related. But, I think that was my fault, I used the F13 BIOS and as soon as I used the F23 BIOS everything was fine.
Thans leroy for your post. I have tried to make a bootable cd but when i make the image from the diskette then i see no file on the bootable burned cd. is it normal? or i could see the files like phlash.exe on the cd?
This is Shahzad from Karachi-Pakistan and facing same problem when I tried to update my bios of HPN410C.
Already tried removing RTC battery and other stuff but no luck.
Now system is starting when doing fn+B and then giving tick.tick sound for cdrom read continously. When tried to open cdrom, it is locked and not opening at all.
Then I tried using Crisis Recovery Disk using my floppy drive but no luck.
First of all pleae explain from where I can get wph file of my model. I downloaded WinFlash of my model from hp site but it has just these two files.
I just got my Compaq Presario 2500 back from the shop after going through this. On mine I had flashed in the new bios but it didn't take, and mine would not do anything no matter what buttons were pushed. After fiddling fruitlessly for almost three months, I found an outfit on the web to fix it. I shipped it out and less than a week later it was home again, total cost with shipping about $195. The put in the new bios chip and fixed the CMOS battery holder I broke while trying a simplistic solution. Anyway, it beats out of buying a new laptop, which is what the local Compag service rep suggested. The company is: AQS Computer Services, 2572 Sheridan Drive, Tonawanda, NY 14150 They are on the web at: http://www.aqstech.com
I used an old printer cable and traced the wires using a multi meter.
My wires were:-
Red to Black white White to light Green Yellow to very light green pink to orange brown to red/white Insulated and cut off the bare parts of the other wires.
After, several tries with the recovery disk i decided to buy a new motherboard without the cpu (P4 3.06 GHz), for my nx9010. Yesterday, i recived it and after i replace the old one, my notebook continues dead, i mean i turn on the notebook and the cooler start the lights go on, and the cd turn on and the hdd led blink but nothing else. The display is black and the notebook doesn,t start. What can I do? Can the CPU be out of order, when the flash BIOS was interrupted? In that case can i buy another CPU, (P4 3.06 GHz) for my nx9010? What model of P4 i must buy, D or M (cose in the service manual i don´t look for? Please Help me. Thanks!
Ok, my first post was basically to let people know that your laptop may be dead, so this solution may not ACTUALLY work if that is the case.
THIS post is to state that I (evidently) successfully used the crisis recovery disk on an Evo N1015v.
The machine did not reboot itself automatically after inserting the disk and pressing Fn + B + power. I let it sit for roughly 5 minutes (there is no floppy LED on this machine and it appeared that absolutely nothing was happening although upon power on, I could hear/feel floppy drive activity) and then powered down and back up. The machine booted normally. Good luck to all.
Succesfuly revive my presario 2182us, i have to construct the boot lock, because the fn+b or win+b not work in my lap, i use a floppy usb and it works. sorry english is not my native language BUT IT WORKS. Thanks
*sigh* Well, I fell victim to the ole' winflash bios upgrade as well. I have a Presario 2100 that I was reformatting for a friend after his HD died. I noticed that none of the LED's worked or the internal WIFI, so I thought maybe a bios upgrade would solve the problem. LOL...well at least all the LED's are working now! nfortunately, thats all thats working. The ROM update started and then it told me it was rebooting after step 1, and then it never came back. I let it sit there for a good 6 hours before finally turning off the power (because the only instructions HP gives you is to not touch anything, basically) So I've made the boot disk and tried to concoct a bootblock (though I have no idea if I've done it right). Here's what happens: The computer turns on. The LED's light up, the CD rom spins and even reads for about 20 seconds, then it stops. Before attempting this it would then just shut off after about 30 seconds. Now it just stays on and sits there. There is no floppy drive but I tried connecting a USB floppy from my laptop but it doesn't recognize it at all. I really don't want to tell my friend that I fried his computer. I would really appreciate if someone out there could help. I think the fact that the computer boots and reads the CD is at least a little bit promising. Thanks, Josh
does this works with cd? does this works with toshiba laptops? With keys fn and b my laptop powers on, with extranal monitor i can see there toshiba logo, but with cd it doesn´t flash. Do i have to use floppy or boot block jumper or the boot block is missing?
hope you are still around and still can read this message !
i have a problem with my Hp compaq nx9010,it was working fine before until i decided to flash the bios with the software provided by Hp
sudenly the upgrade went wrong, the laptop was somehow turned off, and i just can't turn it on no matter what !
i've been looking for a way to solve this matter without luck until i came across this forum
i downloaded the attached file provided in the first message of this forum and replaced my the original bios file with the one comaptible with my nx9010, unfortunately my laptop doesn't respond to Fn+b only so i had to construct the boot-block jumper just as described in the laptop manual !
finaly the laptop starts after pluging in the charger and pressing Fn+B, i can hear it reading from the floppy for about 15 seconds, then Nothing, after a while i will hear the fan noise !
i waited for ages but the laptop just doean't restart itself, even after 30min, so restarted it after this long wait, removed the boot-block jumber but the problem is still there !
I tried the this same process over and over again, but still nothing !
Can anyone help me with my problem here,is there anything that i'm doing wrong????
Thank you very much for your post. One year after my 2528EA was shot by a hp patch, I succeed in rescue with your solution. I was conviced by changing my mother board ... by buying a used one on ebay.
It did'nt work immediatly, i had to pass an old bios relase (KH.F 8) with a custom dongle on parallel port, then next, after reboot, pass the KH.F 25. Even with the KH.F 22 provided by the previous WinFlash utility, it didn't work.
It may happen that with a previous release (or compatible) of the bios, it doesn't work. That was my case with the KH.F 22. Both my and your computer have the same bios. So, try with the bios file attached with this message. It worked with my notebook.
If it does'nt work, and your hear nothink, it mays mean that your jumper is not good.
Thank you so, with you help my laptop is back from the dead, i wouldn't have done it without you, thnaks !
i still have one problem though, i can't access the bios it's asking me for a password
everything works fine apart from the bios password!
i know it's probably not the right forum to ask this question but i was wondering whether there is anyone here who might have an idea of how to remove it or how to get by it !
i tried some bios password crackers but that didn't work !
reminder: my laptop is a HP compaq Nx9010 with bios Phoenix 4.0 release 6.0
This is Shahzad from Karachi-Pakistan and facing same problem when I tried to update my bios of HPN410C.
Already tried removing RTC battery and other stuff but no luck.
Pleae help.....
Now system is starting when doing fn+B and then giving tick.tick sound for cdrom read continously. When tried to open cdrom, it is locked and not opening at all.
Then I tried using Crisis Recovery Disk using my floppy drive but no luck.
First of all pleae explain from where I can get wph file of my model. I downloaded WinFlash of my model from hp site but it has just these two files.
1. Rom.bin 2. Rom.sig
Should I replace this .bin file with .wph file.
I have some other model winflash utility and it has wph file but not for my model n410c.
Here are the contents snapshot of file extract from winflash utility.
1. CPQFlash.exe 2. CPQPswd.exe 3. Readme.txt 4. rom.cab (It has Rom.bin and Rom.sig) 5. SP25282.txt 6. WSSP25282.txt
I have a eurocom notebook d470v impressa. When it boots 2 green lights flash (caps lock and num lock) indication that something is amiss. Bios was wiped. Tried fun b and win b but still not working. any ideas? Do I need a boot block jumper? If so what is it? And how do I make 1?
Hello. I had the same proble with the first attached disk so i'll try with your's but I have a doubt,... ¿What do I have to include in the diskete? ¿Only your attached?
I have a presario 2565ea, ¿do you think it'll work? ¿or do I have to do something more?
UNBELIEVABLE!!!!! IT WORKED!!!! I got the service manual, got the Boot Block Jumper Diagram, used some small gauge wire to make it. Made the recovery disk with the BHF file from the windows BIOS version. Used FN+B, and sure as shi*! It booted up fine! It seemed to recover fine without the disk even needed just by using that? Then I pressed F2, it went into BIOS setup. I restarted, then it recognized the disk, so I reflashed to be sure. All working now!
Didn't have to buy motherboard, pay for new chip! Thanks for everyone's help!!!
Hi Everyone: This looks a potential solution to my ZE5170 problem. I've tried most of the above but I'm not sure if I am doing this properly. When I make the boot blocker, my laptop beeps about 20 times in a row then the beeps start over. The internal floppy lights up but it won't read the floppy. The external USB floppy reacts like my cd and hard drive...it spins for 2 seconds then stops. Would someone have the correct pin settings for the parallel boot blocker? I'm using a service manual for the 5200/4200/4100 so maybe this is slightly different than the ze5170?? Also, I read somewhere that if you block the pins in the parallel port, that you have to reverse the image. i.e. page 2-37 of the doc shows pin 1 to be the top pin on the left. Do I block the pins as shown or do I reverse the image which would make pin 1 the top pin on the right (this is hard to explain!!). If I don't reverse the image, I don't get any beeping. If I block as shown, I don't get any beeps. Could someone guide me through this process? Thanks!
Hello! I have same problem as many of you. I was "claver" boy and I killed my HP compaq nx9005 by flashing from Windows.After reading all your posts and I've tried everything u said.Made boot-blok jumper,boot diskette with .WHP for my laptop( from HP site) but nothing.Only I can get is that led diods goes ON (power button,three led diods right of power button,touch pad led,wireless antena led) and thats all. Cooler fun not working,floppy wont read,.. after 20 min NOTHING!Have anyone ideas what to do? My friend have ROM programmator, we can disolve bios chip but what to "put" inside? WHP file is larger then 512. Have anyone BIOS BIN file for HPcompaq nx9005? Thanks
Eddie: When I make the boot block jumper, my PC beeps about 20 times, pauses for a second, beeps about 20 times, etc, etc. The external USB floppy isn't read. The internal floppy lights up and spins but doesn't read the disk. The keyboard LED's and fans remain on. I let the PC beep for over 10 minutes but nothing good happened. Do you have any other suggestion? THANKS!
I appreciate your frustrations. It took me an awful long time to sort my 9010 out. All I can suggest is to make the jumper as I did, and read the responses aroud March and try and try again. 20 beeps sounds like something is wrong.
Eddie: Can 1 try 1 more question? I built the boot blocker with paper clips, and received the numerous beeps as per my previous message. This time, I built the blocker with a parallel cable as per prior instructions, but now I don't get any beeps. My questions is re the green wires. Did you use the green with a white stipe and/or the green with a black stripe in any of your joins? The greens all look very much alike. A pdf of the suggested boot blocker for the laptop is attached. I'm guessing that all parallel ports are wired the same.... i.e. a boot blocker for your Compaq should work on my HP with the same wires joined? Thanks Eddie.
Hey There, been trying to fix my evo n1020v that crashed yesterday. have been trying all your tips but too no good :(
Fn+b , Win+B. I even made a Boot cable of an old printercable. but to no avail.
I hear that the computer wakes up. noise comes from the floppy and hard drive. and the fans starts turning but after that nothing. What should i try next ? im gonna try to boot with paper clips instead of cable now and see how if it works.
Janne: My HP does the same thing. When I use the paper clips, the laptops beeps constantly. The internal floppy spins (funny because the floppy has been broken for a year) but it won't read the recovery disk nor will the external usb drive work. If you have any success, let us know. Mike
I also have a question with the green wires?? There is only green, green/white and light green.
What is light green and very light green? I get absolutely no activity from the local floppy drive, just the power lights and fans.
Any suggestions, will a external floppy USB work better. I have tried jumper wires with diagram and flipped from diagram. Now I am trying printer cable. Always no activity on the floppy. Any help? thanks
I cannot comment as I have no further use for the boot block jumper and I cannot find it. Just use the diagram and a multi meter and work through it slowly. Maybe different makes of cables are different with the wire colours
I found a link that has given me some help it is http://www.rechner.org/b1800.html This seemed to bring my notebook out of the worst of it. still some way to go
Can someone tell me if this works with Compaq Evo N1015v?
I have one at home that powers on with black screen and no POST. If it can be done on my model I might aswell give it a go before I try and get hold of a new motherboard.
I thought I would contribute to this thread - even if it seems dead.
I have a R3000 AMD based laptop (same internals as the NX9105). The machine went dead after a bad bios flash update. LED would lights up but nothing on screen (no boot ,etc). I tried the Win-B key trick with different version of the disk supplied here. The disk would be read completely but the result would always be the same (dead). I made a boot block cable and it also worked on making the system read the whole disk. Still dead. Tried so many times. I had to unsolder the BIOS chip and re-programme it outside of the system board with an eprom programmer. Solder a PLCC32 socket on the system board, put the BIOS chip back and it finally worked.
I forgot to mention that the original bad flashing of the chip was cause by me - I made some modificatio to the BIOS that was (apparently) uncalled for. So, some advise: if you (really) need to update the bios: * Unplug all external device first (USB, Parallele, etc). * Put the machine in desktop energy setting mode (so there is no CPU speed fluctuation during BIOS flashing). * Cross-finger and burn.
I killed my wifes Presario 2100us with a botched BIOS flash. It was nothing I did during the flash, it completed and just went to reboot and came back to blank screen with the 3 leds lit up next to the power switch.
I made a bootable CD with Nero and used the appropriate ROM file for the laptop. It will spin it up for about 20 seconds, but that's it. I've tried the FN+B/Win+B method with no success. I guess I'll try the boot block jumper before buying a USB floppy, unless anyone can suggest how I might be screwing up the bootable CD. All I put on it was the ROM file from this DOS BIOS download for her laptop - http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/softwareDownloadIndex?softwareitem=ob-31049-1&lc=en&cc=us&dlc=en&product=375243&os=228&lang=en
OK. Here is my problem. I have a Compaq NX9010 and when I tried flashing my bios, the screen turned off, and the I/O light begain flashing (usually means standby) I was like 'WTF?' so I let it sit... it did nothing. So I then preceded to hold down the power button, it didn't shut off. I had to remove battery, and AC adapter. I then plugged back in my AC adapter, pushed power button.... and nothing happened. I couldn't get a 1 light to light up on this machine. I then began to take it apart in hopes that I could Hot Flash the Bios chip from a friends comp, its the exact same laptop as mine, until I came across this forum. I made the boot block, and I managed to get the HD light to come on. nothing more. I repeated this and kept tying, to no avail. :( It will not even start the fans, and no lights on the floppy drive come on. The HD light stays on and just sits there for as long as I let it plugged in. Can someone please help me? Or am I forced to Hot Flash the bios from my friends comp. If I need to do that, which chip is the bios chip. I was looking for one in a socked, that I could just pop out, but It doesn't look like Its gunna be that easy :(. Please help. Thank you. -RidDleZ
could somebody who had repaired his laptop by this Crisis Disk method, to tell me is there any signs of activity (e.g lighting LEDs,beeps,fans and drives noise)after failed BIOS updating in your case?
In my case there is no beeps, leds, noises - nothing. It seems absolutely dead :(
It seems that none of you have read through the whole of this thread. If you take the time, which I am sure you are willing to do to save you laptop, you will succeed. I took the time and succeeded even though I thought it was the end of my lap top.
Try and try again, but please read the whole thread.
Eddie is right, take your time and read through for the answers. I was able to make a boot block jumper for the parallel port and boot from USB floppy with my wifes Presario. Alas, it was completed toasted and wouldn't take any BIOS version I tried, but reading through did help me determine all of that, opposed to paying way too much for a service to tell me the same thing.
Hey, I've got a ZV6000 that crashed in the middle of a BIOS flash. I've read this thread multiple times and have made a Crisis Recovery Disk, but for some reason I can't get it to work. I've tried 5 or 6 different BIOSes from support.hp.com for my laptop, one a .ROM and the others .WPH, but nothing works. I can get it to see the floppy, and it reads it and beeps for a couple minutes before doing nothing. I can leave it for hours, and it won't reset. If I turn it off, it refuses to turn back on unless I hold Win+B to reflash the BIOS.
I also have an hp zv6000 series laptop ( zv6107wm ) which reads floppy and changes to a lower beep during reading bios file I assume. But after that nothing it sits there until I turn it off, then only way to turn it back on is to use WIN+B to start it in recovery. Maybe someone has the solution to help both of us.
The zv6100 series is unrecoverable after a bad flash. You must send it off to have the chip replaced or replace it yourself. I sent mine off to AQS and they have completed the repair in less then a day and are sending it out today. I ordered a second chip just so I can hack on the bios again to try and for whitelist stuff.
can anyone help me with a zd7168cl? I did the same update , all went well, and I shut down the computer and restarted it... Nothing but fans on , then off. On , then off. I do get lights, and the cd will spin up for a second or two and then all resets again, and keeps recycling on and off again. I have a usb Floppy Drive, but have no clue what to load onto it or where to get the files. ' I should have left the reflash alone. The computer was working fine. Now I have nothing, and I really need it to work!! Any help would be appreciated! Thanks..
Before you ask for help, read all of the comments made, and if you are not succeful ask for help. We have sorted out most bad flashes so you will win if you follow all the steps methodically and PERSERVERE.
I didn't see one reference to my particular model. Therefore I asked for help. I also did a search to the best of my ability on the forums here and online. I put in my time to no avail. I thought I could count on those who are knowledgeable about these things. Not to be chided for my "apparent" laziness..
YES!! My good old nx9010 is back to life!! Thank you all very very much, especially lff and leroy-merlin!! A new motherboard for this machine would have been way too expensive for a finnish college student!
Hi Gang, I have a dv9000 that i tried to flash the bios off the HP Vista upgrade disk and got the bluescreen of death. My comp restarted but now theres no screen. I dont have a floppy drive and cant seem to download the recovery disk (its a .img file?) Can anyone help? Thanks!
K i got the recovery disk but i cant find the Bios.wph.. I download my comps Winflash file from HP but its just a .exe file Windows Bios flashing program.. is there a way to extract it?
Hello, I have an HP Pavilion dv2050us laptop. I recently went to HP.com to update my drivers and software. When I got down to the Bios (WinFlash for HP Notebook System BIOS (for Notebooks with Intel Processors - Microsoft Windows/Vista-Based version F.25), I downloaded it and installed it, when it got time to restart itself, my power turned off at my house and cut the power to the laptop. My laptop turned off. After a minute when the power came back on I manually turned on my laptop. But all that happens is my laptop just keeps restarting itself. It loads up to the "Windows loading" screen, it will then flash a blue screen and restart all over again. HP said it was a failed Bios update. My OS is Windows XP. I have tried what said, and I let my laptop sit for 10 min. on a blank screen. When I restarted, the problem is still there. How can I find out if I need to do a parallel port diagram to trigger recovery mode? Thanks
if you can get to "windows loading" you might not need the recovery mode... just a USB floppy and the usb floppy flash bios image from hp drivers site....
just make the bootable floppy... and try to boot...
My DV2205EA blue screened during a bios flash so I did some digging as i was not satisified with the fact that my laptop was an expensive paper weight. I tried all the Crisis Revovery stuff and it didn't work. I downloaded the latest bios for my DV2205ea and opened it with a version of Pheonix Bios Editor I found on the Intel website (Google intel Biosedit21000). This version was newer than the BEdemo.zip version thats flying about and it unpacked my bios without the usual errors. I then went to the Multiboot III tab and noticed the tab for Boot Fail Recovery was deselected. I think this means that HP ships its bioses for the intel DV2000 series with no ability to use Pheonix Crisis Recovery. Work for an IT supplier so managed to get a second hand main board and replace mine. I then opened the f.34 version of the dv2000 bios and selected Boot Fail Recovery option then repacked the bios. I crossed my fingers and flashed this to my newly repaired dv2205ea and to my amazement it booted. After windows loaded I shut back down and removed the battery. I held Windows-B and pluged in the ac. I pressed the power button and to my amazement my usb FDD sprang into life and my HP started beeping really loudly.
This in short means HP SHIP THE DV2000 BIOS WITH NO ABILITY TO USE PHEONIX CRISIS RECOVERY.
hi, i have a problem with my compaq presario 2118ea. i have downloaded the bios update that use a windows utility to update it. During writing of bios the notebook has been extinguished by the bios flash software. Now if i turn on the notebook the led are only ignited and after little it is extinguished. I have tried all the possibility, fn+b, win+b, i have also builded the boot-block jumper but never. It doesn't read the floppy.
Please can we help me to adjust my notebook? what I can make in order to restore it?
I have same problem of Lauren Panzino, my notebook is a pavilion dv2050 and after update bios (using winflash), windows shows a blue screen and reboots. I can boot from usb pen drive, can I use a DOS program to update bios again ?
I was unable to repair badflashed bios with "Crisis Recovery Diskette", so I download bootable diskette from hp support and software download page ("ROMPaq for HP Notebook System BIOS (68DTD) â FreeDOS Bootable Diskette"). And guess what? I HAVE SUCCESS! , I did the same as author of this thread described, only - I haven't "Crisis recovery diskette" writed on my floppy, but HP's "ROMPaq for HP Notebook System BIOS (68DTD) â FreeDOS Bootable Diskette". I hope this will help.
Does any one know if this will work on a Presario m700? I was doing a bios update when the power went down with a bead battery on the laptop and you know it did not finish the update. Now when you turn on, all I see are a couple of the light goes on but nothing come up on the screen! Any help?
Rick, really bad luck. Did you not follow the basic rule to never run a BIOS flash when not connected to AC?
AFAICS there is no such beast as a "Presario m700". The M700 was an *Armada* which is a completely different product line.
Should you have a *Presario*, pls specify which one.
If you have an Armada M700: Although knowing the Armada M700 pretty well, unfortunately (or should I better say "fortunately"?) I know nothing at all on the "Crisis Recovery Disk" methods as discussed in here.
However, we had quite a number of threads where a BIOS-reset did solve even the problem of BIOS-flashing gone wrong. So you might the recipe attached. It might work if the BIOS is not really corrupt.
Yes youâre right; it is the Armada M700 1000GHz PIII
Any way I tried step 1 & 2 and no result same condition on the laptop, when I connect the power supply the 3 light to the right go green solid, plus the CPU fan runs, other then that nothing else happens you canât hear any HD activity or display.
Right now I am going for step 3 will see on 72 hrs if any result happens then.
It does not sound too good <siiigh>. Step 3 will not help. It's in my paper for other situations only. In your case (BIOS-flashing gone wrong) it will not help.
Yes, things are really sad as sad can be. The M700 was one one of the very best notebooks ever built by COMPAQ and yours is the high-end model. I would not trade mine for many of the later series ...
As said, I have no idea on if and how the "Crisis Recovery Disk" method might work. Perhaps finding some specialist who might replace the BIOS chip might be a solution. But pleeease don't ask me on how to find one.
You might check on eBay for a motherboard. But the ones with the 1Ghz CPU are rather seldom to be found :-( :-(
Hello, I have read through this thread and have made some progress repairing a notebook from HP 6100 series. zv6107wm I have paid especially close attention to the posts by Jory Pratt and Matthew M Warren from March 2, 2007. They both state that they have the .rom or .wph files they needed to make the Crisis Recovery Disk. I was not able to locate either file! Now when I visit support.hp.com and go to downloads, the only file they are offering is a Winphlash .exe file. I attempted to contact HP support, but of course, they just wanted to sell me a $400 motherboard. Will someone (Matt or Jory?) please post the necessary files to save this notebook? I know Jory sent his notebook to AQS for the repair, but I may purchase the necessary equipment to reprogram the chip myself because I have soldering experience. (See Nake Nake's post from Feb 4, 2006.) I also have some other dead motherboards where this equipment will come in handy in the future, so it's worth it for me. But without those bios.rom or .wph files, the equipment will be not useful! Thanks in advance!
-Tim
hi guys i have a c500 laptop that i tried flashing and had it go bad, i have tried the recovery using the usb floppy,the laptop starts reads from floppy but after that nothing happens , i tried the march 13th image, as well as the 268076.exe attached in the first post, any ideas
I have problem with my laptop Compaq presario v5210us(v5000 series with amd turion processor). During updating modified bios (I've made it like on web ....) my computer hanged.Since then, after plugging power my computer is powering up automatically without pressing power button. I've tried to revive it pressing win+b and using normal "crisis recovery"(phlash16.exe) with my backup bios and also new one from hp site maaaany times.Always laptop is reading whole floppy for over minute and then ... nothing.Computer is dead no matter how long I'm waiting after led on fdd swichs off.about two seconds after led on fdd goes off is single beep. Of course every time I'm renaming file to bios.wph. I've read whole that topic and I've found another crisis recovery with phlash.exe, but it needs bios in *.rom version.
How to convert bios.wph(516kb) into bios.rom(512kb) or how to force phlash16.exe to flash bios.wph? Have you heard about another dos flasher which can use bios in wph version? I've found uniflash but it needs also rom/bin :(
best regards
Richard
sorry for my grammar mistakes, English isn't my native language
Hello everyone, sorry to be beating a dead laptop, but I too have a possible bad bios flash. I have a Compaq Evo N600c and have read many time through this entire post and even other posts and the web but have not found specific information for my laptop. While reading earlier on another post http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/bizsupport/questionanswer.do?threadId=1157860 I thought I was reading about my laptop except it was working fine but would not boot after it was shut down for the night after a failed bios update. Does anyone know how to make a boot block jumper and know where to get the correct bios for my N600c? The fn+b and win+b does not seem to work. I have tried a usb floppy drive, cd and thumbdrive with no new activity from the unit. Any help is appreciated. Thanks
hi, can someone plz tell me where is position of batery on nx9105? I am not able to find it... pic would be nice if someone is willing :) thx in advance.
Hi all, that seems to be usefull I am still trying to do the same with my nc6000 but no changes, no video only power led is on, can hear the CD is working and cooler works quietly... no USB floppy read and self rebooting... have the rescue disk inserted in floppy and one burned to CD inside CD-ROM.. boot block jumper doesn't help as well.. would be thankful to any idea, is it different with nc6000??? sorry for poor english as it not my native, kind regards, Parviz
I've tried to flash my HP ZV5000 bios without any reason. I've downloaded the flash utility from here http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/softwar...;product=385148 I've run it and at the third step the pc shut down and never rebooted. Now when I press the power button the first fan start running, the leds switch on and nothing more happends...
I opened it and unsolded the cmos battery for a while and the I tried again, but the problem is still there. Actually i only unsolded one side of the battery, but it should be enough, shouldn't it?
Now I'm searching on the net desperately and I really didn't found any specific solution for my problem. I found solution for the same problem but for different pc the more intresting seems to be this one:
and on this page http://www.biosman.com/downloads.html I found a tool that would clear cmos, but I don't now if it can be autoexecuted from a floppy connected via usb.
Any suggestion? Should I try the crisis recovery disk? Should I dump my lap?
WELL IT WORKED!!!! I TELL YOU WHAT HAPPENED, CUZ MAYBE SOMEONE COULD FIND THIS INFO USEFUL.
THANKS TO EVERYONE
BYE
So... I misflashed my ZV5000 bios using the winflash utility downloaded from the HP center. The pc shut down when it was still running and never restarted. When I power on it now the first fan start running and the leds blink, but nothing more.
I've downloaded the rompaq for my lap from the HP page, extracted it, created the floppy and tried the crisis recovery disk procedure.
It seems to work, because the the floppy starts reading when I power on the pc holding down the keys win+b, the led on the floppy blink and it works form 2 minutes more or less, but then the pc doesn't reboot as I've read in all the forums discussing this argument.
So i've tried to repeatr it, I've tried older rompacks, I also was trying to edit the bios with the phoenix bios editor, but finally the solution was quite simple: WAIT!
I've repeated the procedure for the last time and I left it working for... I don't know... 30-40 minutes and...FINALLY IT REBOOTED!!!
So be patient, wait, don't force it and you'll will see your lap resurrect.
I put the CRISIS RECOVERY DISK FOR HP PAVILION ZV500 (bios version f35) and the WINCRIS.exe tool here if you need it.
I would just like to say Thank You to everyone on this thread. After having an issue with my V6065 laptop (namely the wireless card not working - yet another HP problem!) I was recommended tp update the BIOS, so I did and it crashed and burned.
After reading this thread, you have enabled me to bring my laptop back to life. :)
Just to confirm what I did to bring it back, if anyone has any problems, and haven't figured out what to do by the end of this thread.
- Download the attachment in the first post - Create a bootable floppy (or plug in your external USB one) to write to disk - Download HP BIOS file, extract file, then extract again (to get a bunch of files) - With the older versions of the BIOS they aren't named BIOS.WPH, but might be named 34080.WPH or similar, just rename the file to be BIOS.WPH so that it works. Copy across to disk, so you have 3 files! - Windows Key + B hold and connect AC power - Release when your laptop beeps - Wait for it to run and shutdown - Remove floppy (drive) and turn on - Should boot as normal now! :)
NOTE: I tried the 2 latest versions of the BIOS update, only to have the program hang, the only one I had any luck with was the November 2006 version.
Therefore, if your computer boots and reads, but then hangs - TRY a different BIOS version, as it is very likely to be that.
I have HP Pavillion DV 5000. I got my BIOS corrupted while updating it online. Now when I power on my notebook the screen remains blank. I have tried the solution provided here but nothing is working. I downloaded the crisis diskette and copied my bios.wph file. with win + b the disk was read and laptop beeped few seconds and thereafter nothing. Waited for 30 min. I am not sure if my bios.wph file is correct. I have downloaded from rompaq. Tried F24, F17, F02. Any one having any idea what could be wrong.
Hi frienddd... Thx for your tips. I have solved!!! But is necessary a different version of crisdisk. My bios file is 1MB and not 512kb.
The phlash utility is different. Necessary version phlash 1.6.5.4
I have a Hp dv9003ea.
This is procedure: 1)download a firmware on hp support. 2)Extract file with winrar 3)rename *.wph file into BIOS.WPH 4)Download a file on this post or http://www.mediafire.com/?3ccb9m0kv0m 5)extract file, insert floppy disk and click on CRISDISK.BAT 6)Read a instruction and create a floppy. 7)Move your BIOS.WPH into floppy and overwrite. 8)remove the battery from the dead laptop and remove the power cord from the dead laptop. 9)press fn+b or win+b (was win+b for me) 10)while keeping the key pressed, plug the power cord and power on 11)The external floppy drive usb run 12)wait 4-5 min. the system run beep. 13) ENJOY!!!!
Just used this technique on a dv6119us. Created the floppy and copied the latest bios to the floppy as indicated. Used a usb floppy drive. The one confusion part of the process was when win+b was held during the power-up procedure, as the floppy was being read, the laptop would beep between each read from the floppy. At the beginning of the floppy read, you can release the win+b keys. The computer will seem to power-off then back on again. Be patient. Eventually, the laptop will power off, all lights off. Remove the usb floppy drive and power back on. You should see a bios boot on the screen and be ready to go.
Does this work when windows doesnt start
it shows options
1.delete restoration data and proceed to system boot menu
2.continue with system restart
my NB just doesnt start up
note I have nx6325
i have a dv6000 pavilion it is dead after updating it form hp online i hav the crisis floppy but i cant find any where an older bios version to fix it i tryed the new update but nothin works can you help me PLEASE!!!!
hy i do not now if any one could be able to help me or eaven read this post. so i have a hp dv4000 pavilion and during the winflash it died. i have carefuly read all the replyes in this post and tried everything, eaven making bootable cd's. nothing worked. the laptop starts but none of the fn+b, win+B, ctrl+esc, fn+esc worked. i loked on internet but didn't find any other combination that could trigger the boot block. please if anyone had this problem or know how i could fix my laptop i would be gratfull for any info. i have to mention that every time the laptop starts even if i don't press any key combo it tries to read the optical drive, and after 20 second it stops and nothing else happens, also if this helps it does not charge the battery at all. thanks
Does anybody know if this works on Toshiba Satellite P100? I either must be doing something wrong or the motherboard is toasted more than I expected. In my case, I've followed the procedure carefully, but my laptop doesn't want to enter crisis recovery mode at all. It doesn't even try to access/boot USB floppy drive. I have just tested it with my wife's A100 and all drives (HD, DVD and FDD) light their LEDs right after powering up the laptop, so the floppy drive is working fine. When I press power button on my P100, fans start to rotate, hard drive spins up (and chipset heatsink becomes warm after a while), but pressing Fn+B or Win+B as described in CR procedure doesn't produce a slightest change in laptop's behaviour. Floppy drive is Toshiba branded, so there should be no compatibility problem. Power is supplied to all USB ports, but somehow my P100 refuses to access FDD on start-up. Any help?
Apologies as I've not read this whole thread, quite lengthy, but thought I'd add:
Many new BIOSes can also use this method from USB flashdrives, simply copy the same files from the floppy to the USB, if I remember correctly, as long as you have the correct BIOS file, and give it the correct name, then that one file on the drive will work.
Just a shame it doesn't work on notebooks that drink too much coffee, or my NX7000 would still be working 100%! lol
Thanks to everyone who has inputed in this thread, it has bought back my two HP Pavilion DV2036EA Notebooks back to life!!!
This is what I did:
1. Downloaded the Crisis Recovery Disk tool (CRDT) at the top of this thread (thanks ifff)
2. Opened the CRDT and unticked: Write to Floppy and ticked: File extraction.
3. Clicked browse and extracted to a folder of my choice ( I made one saying Crisis Recovery Disk)
4. Downloaded the latest BIOS WinFlash File from HP and extracted the files using WinRAR.
5. Renamed the BIOS WPH file to BIOS.WPH, you will probably have something like: 34453.WPH, and then copied it over to my Crisis Recovery Disk Folder.
5. Got my USB Flash Drive, opened it up and copied over the CONTENTS of my Crisis Recovery Folder.
6. Took out the battery on my laptop, disconnected the A/C cable, held down Fn + b, plugged the A/C cable back in, and still holding down Fn + b turn the laptop on.
7. After about 5 secs both laptops were displaying the HP logo and asking me if I wanted to enter setup or press F1 to continue.
You should here a beep before you see the HP logo....
Before I did all this the laptops were turning on, but there was no activity from the screen, not even the backlight was powering up, and onlt the fan was spinning.
So there you go, its worth a shot, and I nearly threw both machines away!!!
Hello folks, I have killed my HP dv8327cl with a F24 BIOS update 2 nights ago, and since have been trying to get it running.
Here is what I have so far: a non working laptop :( all LEDs light up an stay on as soon as power is plugged in, fan is quetly running, no other signs of life bought a USB floppy drive ($60) found 2 different crisis recovery images downloaded and extracted F24 and F15 bios versions (I got the bios.wph files out of the archives) made 2 crisis floppies from the 2 sources I found, replacing the bios.wph for my model
Here is what I do: With battery and AC out, I connect the USB floppy drive and insert the diskette. Holding down Win+B (correct for my model) I plug in AC. It does not power on. I press the power button, it beeps (1 long 4 short), then starts reading the diskette. Both crisis versions I have take about a minute to read the diskette. One of them makes several beeps when done reading, the other does not. Then the system just sits there, with all LEDs lit up and fan running at max. After 15 minutes still nothing. I can turn it off with the power button but not back on. When I pull AC out and plug it back in, I'm back to no boot, all LEDs lit up, fan quetly running. I tried both F24, the latest, and F15, the one I had before the update. Both produce the same result. What am I doing wrong here? Help? Please help... Vlad
PS I called HP and they said the service would cost $298 which of course won't happen. They also told me that there is no such thing as Crisis Recovery disk... Which they so colorfully describe in a text file found on their site. I couldn't get the truth out of them even after speaking with the supervisor.
Well I'm not giving up so easily. I cracked mine open (opened it) and looked around the board till I found a chip with a sticker with a label on it, with "F.15" in bold. Thats the original version of BIOS that the system shipped with, a dead giveaway. Took a picture of the label and then carefully removed it by soaking it in alcohol. Once I removed the sticker under it I found SST39VF080 chip, which is really... Not a BIOS chip. Its just a multi-purpose flash chip with 8 Mbit capacity (1 Mbyte). Nothing like what we used to see in the old days, when Award and AMI would have a purpose specific chip. Thats bad news. I don't have a device or a computer that would take such a chip so sending it in to have it reprogrammed is the last resort. Biosman offers a $20 reprogramming service, so I'll give them a call tomorrow to see if they work with this sort of chip. Desoldering it will be fun. Its only 20 pins but you can imagine how tiny they are... I like this laptop way too much to just give up on it. If someone finally confesses about how they got their machine to finish flashing and reboot by itself its not too late - there is many of us out there who still have $1000 paperweights.
OK well i have a pavilion dv5220us (dv5000) intel. i go through the steps in all the numerous posts on this forum and i take the battery out, hold win+b (Fn+b does nothing) my laptop reads my floppy usb and does so for about a minute or so. then it just stops..i wait for a while thinking that is flashing the actual wph file to my bios chip...i wait about 5-10 min. it doesnt reboot by it self so i un-plug the cord. try to power it up and the same thing happens..nothing. i tried with the F23 bios file & the F24 bios file and it still does the same thing. i first used the attachment on the first post...then i saw the updated version in the middle of the post, then i saw a version located at http://www.rechner.org/b1800.html. all come back with the same results..
Arron, Start looking for a place that will flash your BIOS. I would take a look inside the laptop to see the model of the chip. Depending on the chip type, find an appropriate place to have your chip reflashed. I have found only one place on the North American continent that does 40 pin TSOP chips. So far it looks like its going to cost me $30. If you have a 512 kbyte chip you most likely have a 32 pin chip. Since I am having mine done, I am also buying a socket for it because I am going to keep fiddling with it. I am also going to buy a couple more of these chips, so I will never be left without a BIOS. Flashing dead BIOS chips by pulling out has worked for me in the past. Vlad
yea, i have looked into that & actually looked on the motherboard for the chip but it isn't marked very well, and i didn't spy any sockets so it must be soldered to the board sadly. after having done that i bought a replacement motherboard from ebay, i haven't dropped it in yet because i just ran across this thread today and it seems more logical than switching out my whole motherboard so i'm really wanting THIS method to work.
I've been watching this thread for the last 5 months. I'm still very interested in the subject of BIOS Crisis Recovery. Since I did not receive a response to my question in time, I have since resolved my issue by replacing the motherboard in that particular laptop. (see my post above if you're interested)
@aaron -I suggest you use the motherboard you purchased since you already have it in your possession. The Crisis Recovery method doesn't seem to be working for you and it would be more difficult (and you would incur more costs) by attempting to desolder and reprogram the existing chip. I'm guessing the only reason you haven't tried replacing the board already is because you're afraid you'll damage something? Just take your time, be methodical, and don't forget to use thermal paste when remounting the CPU. If you're uncomfortable doing this, perhaps there is a local tech you could find to do it for you. I hope this helps.
Tim,
Do you have the ability to reprogram a 40 pin TSOP?
Just curious, because I have already successfully desoldered the chip without damaging anything.
Its an 8 mbit (1 mbyte) chip in my case.
I found a place(biosxp.net) that will program it for $30 with shipping.
To those who are still sitting with no BIOS:
MERITEC makes nice TSOP sockets ($7) that fit my chip for example. I am definitely going with that.
This is a good solution to those like me that cannot buy a board on eBay because it is so rare. In my case low dough is also a factor.
I will report back with results when I install the socket and get my chip back. I also hope I can make duplicate chips by hot swapping like I've always done on socketed boards. Good to have a duplicate chip if you are going to take on the wireless device whitelist modification inside the BIOS and so on.
@Vlad -I assume you read my first post to this thread here in August way up the page where I said "I know Jory sent his notebook to AQS for the repair, but I may purchase the necessary equipment to reprogram the chip myself." As of this time I still have not purchased the reprogrammer, so I unfortunately can't help you right now. I would recommend biosman.com. I was impressed with their service when I ordered from them in August. They will sell you a socket and a chip pre-programmed for your laptop, so all you'll have to do is solder on the socket and pop in the chip. You must be better at soldering than I am because I damaged several pads when I attempted to remove my SMT chip. :P :( Good Luck.
I just wanted to share my success in bringing back a dead HP Pavilion DV9207US Entertainment Laptop. Itâs the DV9000t intel family. My laptop froze during my flash update of the bios to version F.29 within Vista. After I powered it back on I would get a series of LOUD beeps and nothing else.
I followed user âfabio84â post and downloaded his crisis disk since my bios file was 1MB as well. Also he said he had a dv9003ea which I thought might be similar to my dv9000t.
Just a couple of things, I used WIN+B to access the USB drive. Also the laptop will continue to BEEP very loudly but in a different pattern of beeps. Just be patient and wait until the laptop powers off. Leave the room or cover your ears. It will take several minutes. Power back on and youâre back up. THANKS everyone.
After bringing back to life my DV2000 notebooks I nowhave a problem with a DV6000!
I have tried the crisis recovery procedure I did on my DV2000 notebooks but it doesnt work...
I purchased a USB floppy drive, as I couldnt get the USB flash drive to work, but the notebook wont read the floppy drive when i power up holding down win+b.... No lights light up on the floppy drive at all... The floppy drive does work as I used it to make the crisis recovery disk with.
Any ideas people??
The win+b combination is the windows logo button isnt it??
When I power up the notebook all the lights light up, cdrom drive tries to read, and the card reader light is illuminated.
Julian, Win+B is the windows logo button AND the letter B simultaneously. Connect the floppy prior to powering up. Remove the battery. Press and hold Win+B combination as you insert the AC power adapter. Press the power button and your system should start reading the USB floppy. There will be nothing on the screen. If after a few minutes your laptop reboots, you are lucky. Otherwise your laptop is a brick and you would need BIOS chip reprogrammed or replaced or purchase a new motherboard, whichever suits you better. Vlad
I tried it but the notebook wont load the floppy, no activity at all, just the power lights, quick play lights, card reader light and the cd drive will seek... thats it....
I tried it but the notebook wont load the floppy, no activity at all, just the power lights, quick play lights, card reader light and the cd drive will seek... thats it....
I have a DV9590ea that i flashed reset and then it did not boot just hung with lights on, cpu fan ,etc , no display.
So i got the software Crsisdisk.Zip unpacked it wrote the floppy, then changed bios.wph file for my own F23.A renaming it.
Held Win+B key Put in AC adaptor Powered on It beeped, then i released win+b It started reading the Floppy disk and beeping Then it stopped after a min, 20 secs nothing then it just beeped for 30 secs, 10 secs later it powered itself off. I left it for a min powered on AND YES IT POSTED and continued to boot Vista,
Important note my bios is a 1MB file, tried with older phflash did not work, needs that phflash for 1mb bios files to work on newer models.
Just thought i would let ppl know of my success and it may help someone else.
I think the board is toast.... Maybe the VGA chip has gone, who knows....
It just wont read off the floppy, no activity at all, left it for 4 hours today and nothing....
Also I get no beeps at all, but if I dont do the win+b combo and turn it on the notebook will power cycle every 15-20 secs....
If I do the win+b combo and power it on the notebook will stay on, so it is `looking` for something, but the floppy light never comes on, also tried USB flash drive like with my DV2000`s that worked and nothing, also tried putting the crisis disk onto a CD so it would seek through the CD drive, although dont know if the CD i used was bootable, will that make a difference?
I have also tried an SD card through the card reader, but the blue light is always on with or without using the win+b combo....
I have a Presario C500 ( C500EA ) My flash on my C500 fail. I have tried the Crisis Recovery Disk using the USB floppy. When I start With FN + B. The laptop starts reads from floppy And load for 1 minute or 2 but after that nothing happens.
My procedure:
I remove the batterie. I plug USB floppy. I press fn + b. I plug the power. I press power on. I release fn+b The laptop boot with no vga. The laptop read floppy and load for 1 minute. After. The laptop does nothing.
What is the procedure for this ? It must create an autoexec.bat ?
-Hello to everyone.I have a HP Pavilion DV6174cl notebook and I experience the same problem-bios flash failed. Notebook starts, the fan is spinning 3 times, all leds are on and nothing appears on the screen. I've tried with Crisis but the USB floppy is not accesed by pressing Fn+B or Win+B. How can I force the notebook boot from floppy in ohter way (i don't have a parralel port). Are there other combination keys to do that?
Any new information about this. I have an HP V5000 notebook that failed a BIOs update under Vista now it won't boot. I can access the floppy drive and it reads it and beeps while its readying but then when its done reading it does nothing.
Guys a newbie here, I was just dropin' by and here's my case I hope you guys can help me out. I recently replaced my deffective motherboard and it worked but I noticed that instead of HP logo appeared upon boot up its a compaq logo showing up (I know in some cases HP mboards can be used in Compaq mobos) Like in my case ZV6000 is the same with R4000. I also want to input my serial number and product nummber to its cmos. I've been looking for a utility to use but I found nothing.
Anyway my unit is Pavilion ZV6000 (kinda old but still it's a heck of a machine).
2.) Remove battery and AC adaptor, plug in USB floppy drive 3.) Hold down winkey-B (fn-B does nothing, while winkey-B starts the fans going like its ``looking'') 4.) Plug in the AC power and power on
At this point the fans start at full blast, but the floppy isn't read from. I thought maybe because I'm using such an old drive (its actually working through a USB-SCSI cable) it may not work, so I tried what Julian did with the USB flash drive, and that did not work either. I even thought that maybe my copy of phlash16 was too old, so I updated it, and it still did not work.
Has anyone had any success with the DV2125? Can I only use a USB floppy drive? How should I be doing this?
Dear Users! I'm using HP Compaq 6910p laptop. Got problem with windows. Think to re-install it. But after formatting Drive C the Windows XP Setup says " NO HDD found" WHat should I do now ? Lost the recovery CD. Is there is any write protection ? Please help. Thanks in advance.
- Disable the SATA Native Suport from Bios and try again. It will work.If it doesn't, use nLITE software, make a bootable XP CD with the SATA driver for your notebook and burn the image on a cd.It will surely work. And in the future,try to write yours questions on another topic, this is just for bios flash failed problems.
i called the technical support of HP .. they told me that the 2 series DV6000 and DV9000 had a problem and HP took my postal adress ..
After 2 days, HP send to me by UPS an empty box .. i put my Laptop there .. and i call UPS to take the box (all that for free).
After 6 days UPS give me my Laptop .. with a new System Board and also wirless card ..
Youpiiiiiiiiii ..
And HP give me a new warranty .. for more information .. i bought my laptop October, 2006 !!!
So don't wast time .. Call HP ..
for details :
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Like everyone else I made a blunder to upgrade BIOS and right in the process something went wrong and now I have a notebook which does not boot. By turning power ON, all LEDs including mute on the side come ON and stay ON.
I have read every word of this thread and applied every trick unsuccessfully. I can't make notebook to read USB Floppy drive. Fn + B, Jumper on serial port, nothing works. I am very tempted to perform surgery on the machine, but I am reading everywhere that my notebook Pavalion ze4800 has a soldered chip, which is not worth messing with. The price of new MB is around 300 bucks and that is what HP want to charge me. Funny is that they are selling much better HP & Compac notebooks for 400 bucks. Machine is otherwise in such a good shape, just don't wanna toss it away.
Any ideas, suggestions to make this baby hum again will be highly appreciated.
Reply to Jonathon Sulley: You DID leave the battery out, didnt you? Only reading your post it sounds like you put it back in. I dont think it works that way. (I might be wrong though). I have a dead R3000 that I am going to try this on, It looks like the WIN+B option is the one that works for this model. I am just waiting for the USB floppy drive to be delivered. Good luck with yours. If you are using a boot block jumper, I would suggest also that you double check your connections as it is very easy to get them wrong.
OK. No response to my request and I tried everything. May be there is no other way. NOT... I am typing this message on once dead Note book.
What I did, I am not sure it is adviseable to be done by just anyone. Some electronics knowledge is required, some soldering exprience is helpful. Understand that static kills electronics before you know it and take precautions.
So this is what I did.
Disassembled the whole laptop by using HP service manual which is available thru a link on this thread. Pulled motherboard out. Used a scapal to cut BIOS chip legs, one side at a time. You have to be very slow and patient here. Use a thin hard plastic to make mask which fit around the chip so if scapal slips, will not damage other components and circuit board. Once chip is removed. Took me 2 days to cut all four sides. This board had 32pin PLCC chip soldered.
Use a 15 watt Radio shack soldering iron ($9) to remove remaining legs. This board is soldered with low temp solder wave. So a slight touch of hot tip was taking legs off. Took 5 minutes. By the way before you go desoldering, ensue all debris from cutting previous chip are removed.
Take a new surface mount 32 pin PLCC socket and break the backing out gently. Ensure all pins are straight. Braze and put slight layer of solder on pins. Place socket where BIOS chip was once. Take your time and align all four sides perfection. There is enough solder already present where once chip was. So just a slight touch will solder the socket pin. Now you will realize that removing the back had made soldering so easy. Finish all pins, don't do two in the row. Alternate soldering.
Go to Ebay and order a new BIOS chip for your notebook ($15 with shipping). Install new programmed chip and check everything is normal and clean. Power up the board, board should start post. If not, take the power away and check your soldered joints, fix those which are not connected. I had to do this at least 3 times.
When all is well, remove power, start assembling this baby back. Just be careful, do it slow. Take as much as time you can. Pay special attention to die cast hinges, that are very poor quality. I broke my left hand hinge to the display, luckily someone has upper cover on ebay for $24 so I had to replace left side hinge as well. Left hand had broken probably initial assembly since the broken was 80% old and dirty, while fresh broke 20% wa shiny.
Well, my notebook is working and I am happy that after some hard work it is worthwhile and total cost is very low. Not counting my time, which otherwise I would be watching TV since there is tons of snow outside.
I do not take any responsibility, if anyone attempts to repair their notebook and fry the destroy it. This post is just for lesson learned.
My lesson, DON'T UPDATE BIOS IF IT IS WORKING FINE.
Thanks to Iff who started this thread and HP who hosted it.
If you do decide to replace chip, do enough research on the web and DO IT ON YOUR OWN RISK.
I just want to add my gratitude to this thread because it saved me "who-knows-how-long" in the warranty process.
To start off, it worked just as people described. However, there were a few parts that were not so clear, and had to be researched further.
The first one was where to get the .wph file that is required. The .wph file is a bios file format that is made by phoenix. Locating this file independently is probably nearly impossible. Instead, if you have an HP computer, located the sp#####.exe file (sp means soft pack) from HP's support section. Just do a search for your exact computer model (for me it was dv9260nr), and it should come up with a bunch of different drivers and a section for a BIOS flash. My sp#####.exe file was sp38537.exe and the bios version was F.2B. Once you have located this sp#####.exe file, download it on to your desktop. Once its on your desktop, extract the file with winzip or winrar into its own folder. It should extract the exact same way as a .zip file. Inside the newly created folder will be a .wph file. My was called 30BBF2B.WPH. Rename this file to BIOS.WPH, then copy it on to the floppy that was created by the Crisis Recovery Disc. The process of creating that disc was described just fine in my experience.
Everything else worked just the same as the other HP users mentioned. In my case I used Win-B to begin to process of reading from the floppy drive.
This is turning out to be a book, but its important. The only other problem I encountered was where to get a floppy usb drive! Who uses these any more? Well luckily circuity city and best buy both stock them in store for $39.99.
Good luck to everyone who screwed up flashing their bios when they did not need to.
The reason my flash failed was because I flashed my intel based computer with a flash that was for AMD. Dumb of me for sure. Anyway, hope it works for everyone else.
Hello to everybody. I am of Spain, then excuses by my bad expressions. I am using a translator...;)
I have a dv9019ea Pavilion laptop. I made flash of BIOS from Windows and it left a blue screen to me. Since then it let work.
When igniting it they ignite the LED's and they make noises the units (HD and DVD) and also ignites the ventilator, but the screen is black and it does not take the Windows.
I have obtained, with a USB floppy disk, to rewrite to the BIOS following all the steps described here, but it follows without working.
The steps that I have followed are these:
1.Take out battery 2.pull out ac power cord 3. press Win and B key togewer 4.holding keys pressed put in ac power cord. 5.holding keys pressed (fn+B) press power button. Here the Beep's is 1 - 2.
It makes all the process normal, reads 1 min of floppy disk and soon in extinguishing itself takes about 18 seg. But when returning to replace battery and igniting laptop follows without doing nothing.
I have read that way that can have also been erased information of the BIOS of the VGA (Nvidia Geforce Go 7600). There is way to rewrite the BIOS of the VGA?
Hello, i have the same problem with my HP Compaq nc8000, but when i downloaded the bios flash files from HP (tried both dos and windows) there is no .WPH file inside these files, i just found a 1024K .BIN file, what should I do, should I try extracting it. Please help me with this. I think that the system is not dead because i hear the fans and other devices working and the hdd looks like is booting, but still nothing on screen.
got a bricked dv2700t - does anyone know if it has this functionality?
i made a bootable CD /w nero, but can't get it to work - cd-drive spins / reads for 20s, then all is silent. and as the screen is black, i've no way of knowing if anything useful just happened. tried plugging in an external VGA as well, that's black, too. is the CD supposed to autorun the PHLASH16.EXE, or does it need user intervention?
(btw - what are these people thinking providing utilities that require a floppy drive!?)
i have downloaded the crisis_recovery. and then i have downloaded my bios from acer because i have a acer aspire 1650.but wst one is the bios???can any1 give me the name or can help me with this thank you all
To the poster asking about WHY are people posting about FLOPPY disk drives. Because some of the machines will accept a USB Floppy drive at start-up, AND read the data from it to restore the BIOS information.
YOU Can buy a USB floppy, at most Best Buys or Circuit Cities, etc..
i appreciate your sarcasm. to clarify - by "people" i meant the software engineers at phoenix/hp who have failed to update these utilities to the optical-only era that we live in. the fact that microsoft does the same with their F6 driver insertion scenario is no justification.
i suspect it would take about half an hour for an engineer to provide a downloadable .ISO instead of a floppy image; whereas it takes countless hours for each of us end-users to deal with it; not to mention the $ and the additional error margin that comes with it.
HERE'S SOMETHING NEW WHICH I M NOT SURE HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE TRIED.
I CALLED UP HP SUPPORT AND THE MAN GAVE ME SUCH A SIMPLE TIP AND MY LAPTOP IS WORKING NOW. WHEN U SWITCH ON YOUR LAPTOP HIT F10 AND IT WILL TAKE YOU TO THE BIOS SETTINGS. DISABLE THE SATA SETTINGS AND AND SAVE IT. RESTART IT AND IT WILL WORK ABSOLUTELY FINE. WELL THIS IS APPLICABLE TO MY SERIES (C500). NOT SURE ABOUT OTHERS.
BackGroung: I downgraded the bios instead of upgrading to intsall xp on my new laptop "Hp Pavilion Dv2775ee" Its bios was f.26 and I downgraed to f.13.
Problem: It completed without any error and restarted.But After restart It hangs on 1st boot screen of logo an options.But u Hit any key F10 for Bios setup or anyother options It just stuck there.
After that I thought that I should sent it to Hp.But for knowledge I seached net for solution.and I came to this forum after a lot of search.I readevery word of forum.After that I used fabio84 instructions.
Steps; 1.downloaded the utility 2.downloaded the current bios from hp for my model 3.Made the floppy with utility 4. Take battery out and power cord. 5.Connected the Usb flopy without power cord. 6.Press win+b . 7.Put the power on & Press power button 8.Pc started reading flopy .and beeps started. after a while beeps started a gain after a pause. 9.Pc shut down automatically and yhaoooooo I turned on and it was working fine.
thnx 4 your post - this confirms to me that dv2700t DOES have this functionality. which is good, the usb-floppy that i newEgged just arrived. i trust i can now unBrick my lap.
also - please write a letter to michael hurd, HP, requesting XP support for the penryn chipped laps; likely they already have the xp-compatible bios we need but have "made a business decision not to support xp," so they've not made it available.
i got no such luck - the lap reads the floppy, but doesn't beep, and once the read is finished, nothing happens; screen is dark & the quick-launch buttons glow their blue. so far i've waited at least 15 minutes a few times...
(once, when i'd forgotten to rename the .WPH file appropriately it did beep a bit, but aborted and didn't read the bios data.)
I have dv6772eg (6700 series with windows vista home premium-german) with Phoenix bios too. I think my problem is also with "the bios cannot recognize DVD recovery". The message appeared when I tried to reinstall the windows was Dieser PC wird von den Systemwiederherstellungs-Discs nicht unterstützt. Mit diesen Discs können Sie nich mit der Wiederherstellung des System fortfahren ("This PC is not supported with these System Restore discs. With these discs, you cannot continue with the system restoration"). Any one with the same model can help me? I have no floopy disk built in. Thanks beforehand
The same terrible thing happened to my dv6447om laptop. Like others have reported--> I had a dead video screen and it would have 1 long beep + 2 short beeps .. forever ..
HP Customer support solution was to return laptop for warranty repair... Their guess was a damaged motherboard.
I then tried the solution posted by Marty Lewis(Feb 2, 2008 18:21:25) with a slightly older BIOS but it failed.
I then tried it with the latest BIOS (the one that messed up everything to begin with). And it worked perfectly just as Marty had reported.
A lot of people have been trying older BIOS versions but maybe the latest BIOS is fine but something gets messed up when updating the BIOS from Windows Vista.
If you have failed with older versions do not give up until you have at least tried the latest version of BIOS using Marty's method. :)
After extracting bios file downloaded from hp.com, I get 2 *.WPH file with similar size (30CFF2CA.WPH and 30CFF2CB.WPH). Which one should I choose and rename it as BIOS.WPH. Please help me!
Information for anyone with an HP Compaq NX9010 and probably other NX Series such as NX9005.
If you are trying to remove the BIOS password then updating the BIOS will not work to reset it.
I've successfully followed the above instructions using the Boot-block lead and a floppy disc to update it. Successful in changing bios but not removing password.
The only way I know is to get HP or one of the rare few persons online to derive the Master password from the "system hash code" retrievable from pressing F12 on the password request screen.
Hope this helps save some people some time. Personally i'm still searching for someone to help derive my own code 10338 some if anyone figures it our please oh please let me know!!!
my laptop is broken, it's a dv8315nr. When i plug the ac it turns on. i have a failed bios update. I've tried the crisis recovery method but nothing. I put the diskette with the files, it starts reading making a lot of beeps and then it stops reading. After 2 seconds it stops reading makes another single beep. Then nothing happens, no reboot, all lights still on. If i press the power button for about 5 secs it does turn off. What the hell could be wrong????.
Frank Narvaez, Try the solution posted by Marty Lewis(Feb 2, 2008 18:21:25) with the very same Bios that started this mess.
When first starting I found that releasing the win + b key as soon as floppy drive light first comes on helps (I think) Also after a lot of beeps it will become very quiet for a long period of time and then some beeps return and it completes. I recommend you wait at least 2 minutes before trying to turn power off.
I've been trying everything all afternoon but nothing, i have just tried Marty's method but i see that my bios is a 500K one. Actually i've tried everything. I don't know what to do... after it finishes reading it send another beep and then nothing. can the bios chip being broken or something??? Another way to recover this laptop? :(
I'v been reading this thread carefully 100 of times.
Well, I have a Pavilion dv5278ea. Bios update went wrong and my computer wont display anything.
I've tried the USB floppy crisis recovery with no help. I've managed to make the FDD reads the bios for about 3 min but then it doesnt restart nor beeps. I believe that my laptop is able to do this recovery procedure but HP has blocked to write on bios without maybe jumper or removed this feature from bios (F.15 to F.24) (i've decompiled bioses using phoenix bios editor and it's not activated) :(
I opened my notebook, removed bios by hot air. It's a flash TSOP 40-pin SST39VF080. I hate this chip coz I culdnt find a 40-pin adaptor/kit to program it!! I wonder why most laptop manufactures are opting this rare pin configuration. I've found an adaptor online for $500! another one on Meritic for $8 !
After numerous trials to use crisis method/re-flash bios I'll give up. Because i'm in the tight spot here and i really need my laptop back. HP offered me a motherboard replacement in exchange with my old one for $333 (i'm living in Egypt)
My Conclusion (which i hope it may help)
1. If ur laptop beeps (1 long 2 short) after pressing Win+B then it's entering bios recovery mode. 2. You are half way now, either ur bios will accept to be written or u'll end up failing 3. To determine which type of bios u have, decompile it with phoenix bios editor v.2 4. Try different combinations of Phlash32.exe with ur bios. 5. The best bios version to use is the one in ur notebook HDD (remove it and search for BIOS.BAK under ur winphlash folder) rename it to BIOS.WPH (this was 100% working bios backup) 6. The best Phlash32.exe to use is one which reads 1024 kb bioses. 7. Don't give up trying the crisis recovery method if ur notebook enters it till u make sure that ur bios is being read but never writes then.. I'm sorry _______________________
For Programing/Bios Flashing
1. Remove the SST39VF080 chip using hot air 2. Get 40-pin TSOP adaptor 3. download the datasheep for pin configuration (available on SST website) for usage with ur burner kit. __________________________
I can say, dv5000 bios cant be recovered using Phoenix crisis recovery tool. If any1 managed to do it.. let me know plz.
Hello all you computer geeks out here in tech land. I have read this entire thread and tried to understand what all the jargon, cables, and such are about. Its really quite simple. My post only refers to the HP ZD7000 and ZD8000 series of laptops. As far as I know only one person had asked a question relating to one of these models and they were never given a reply. I assume it will work on all HP's, but what have you got to lose any right? Your laptop's a doorstop right now anyway right? I'd suggest reading all the threads also, just so it can give you some insight into all this jargon. The original post all the way at the top has made it quite simple actually but it doesn't sound that way because he's from another country and the speech is a bit messed up. You will have to obtain a bootable USB floppy disk drive in order to complete this process. Go to the top of this thread. In the top right hand corner is a small paperclip symbol, click on it and make sure you have a formatted 3.5 inch floppy diskette (old school I know, but it works). Download the file to the A:\ drive or the floppy drive when windows asks you to. Open up the file and there should be 3 files inside. Delete the one named BIOS.WPH
Copy and paste the link shown above to your web browser and download the file. Open the file and inside you will find several files with .WPH after them. These files are the bios images all of us are looking for. Start with the F03 file and work your way up until you get to one that works with your system. I've found the easiest way is just to start at the beginning and work your way up. Move the F03 file to your floppy disk where you deleted the BIOS.WPH file earlier. Now that you have 3 files on the floppy again, go ahead and rename the FO3 file to BIOS.WPH There you go, a little piece of heaven right inside that old school floppy usb drive. Take the floppy drive (with the disk you just created still in it) over to your laptop and plug it in to the usb port on the laptop. Disconnect the battery and the ac adapter. Hold your windows + B buttons down and do not let go even for a millisecond. You'll have to work with one hand but it will be worth it. Install the battery and the ac adapter plug and power the laptop on while still holding down the windows + B keys. You'll hear several loud beeps and the light on the floppy drive will go on (let your fingers off the windows + B key when the floppy starts to read) and read for about a minute or so and then nothing. Don't touch it. When its done reprogramming the bios, it will power off and then restart. When it does restart, pull the floppy disk out of the drive before it gets a chance to boot from the floppy again and you'll see something magical begin to happen. BAM! Your laptop is resurrected from the dead. If the F03 file doesn't work and you don't get this result, delete the BIOS.WPH file you created on the rescue disk and try the next .WPH file that you downloaded from the link I posted above, the same way until you get to one that works. I promise, one of these files will work on your laptop. Be patient and you will prevail. This information is surefire and I have used it to recover the bios in a HP ZD7040US. If you try my method and it works, leave a post for me to read. I always like to hear praise...
I have been directed onto this thread after a post in the Lenovo Community forum and have been lurking for a number of weeks. This following a bad BIOS flash (a supposedly critical update!) which prevented the system from booting up.
Having purchased a USB floppy drive, I commenced with copying the attachment in the first post, but not being particularly au-fait with some of the terms, some of which were in broken English, I was struggling to say the least.
I read each of the posts in this thread, none of which were clear enough to understand for someone like myself with just a basic knowlege of computers/components.
A great thanks to the extremely clear previous post from Russell Bauridel which I followed step by step and Bingo! up and running again after 3 weeks wondering whether or not to trash the laptop!
The only difference in the process being that the buttons pressed on my machine were Fn and B rather than the Windows button and B.
By the way the size of the .WHP file on my (Lenovo) system was double the size of the HP files being 1029 rather than 515 but it still worked!
Ray, which of the many files do you want to download?
I checked all of the links. They all worked of for me (Vista, IE7) except: - posting of Feb 17, 2006, 272355.zip - posting of Dec 12, 2007, 296807.zip.
What makes we wonder that both are ZIP files. I'm not sure whether there might some setting in IE which prevents a proper download.
Hi everyone, I am a newbie and I have not much experience with this problem, please help me. I have tried many method as mentioned in this topic with my HP DV5000 CTO run on AMD CPU but when the floppy stop reading a few moments, my lappy shut down itself and when I turned it on again, nothing changed, all LEDs light up and the CPU fan ran with highest spped. I am now very confused, please help me.I used phoenix crisis recovery for BIOS file larger than 1 MB version although my BIOS file is 517KB(*.WPH).Thank you.
I have a Presario DV9260nr (Vista 64) and the hp healthcheck prompted me to update several items. Having built systems in the past, I usually delete all packaged software from programs and hardware. Since this is a laptop and the Widows version is OEM, I figured I would let the manufacturers software do its thing, after all HP is looking out for their customers, right? Well the BIOS update was a part of a long list of items to be updated and upon completing its rom flash, the system shut down and restarted with a POST code error of one long and two short beeps. I have been EVERYWHERE (HP Chat, HP phone, this site and the warranty is 5 months past!) to try to fix this thing to no avail. I have made two types of floppy crisis discs and the USB FDD (plugged into the port nearest the Optical drive)recognizes the disc and then seems to read it but the lappy never shuts down on its own and when I restart it either sits blank or starts with the post code error beep. (the code for 1 long and two short is: (98h 1-2 Search for option ROMs. One long, two short beeps on checksum failure) according to phoenixBIOS.
I am using the latest F.2C WPH file for the crisis disc. I have tried the F.2B and same results. I have also tried the recovery DVD and I tried to make a bootable CD with winphlash64 all to no avail. Any advice would be appreciated.
You are reading too much into it. Try concentrating a little less on being the grand poobah of laptop repair, and read my post a bit more. You will prevail if you follow my steps. Remember, even if you load on the wrong bios, at least its a bios and then you can load the right one after its up and running. Good Luck!
Russell, You did not address me, but I am the last to reply in this thread so I have good reason to think you are responding to my call for help. My apologies for causing you to feel insecure. I am trying hard to find a solution. I have read your thread and followed it closely with no success. Please respond with helpful input.
For others having trouble: I have gotten the lappy to reboot on its own by unplugging the CMOS battery for 5 mins., holding the power button down for 30 sec., removing the ram, reinstalling the ram, pluggin in the Battery and then following the plug in procedures while holding win + B. Not posting yet, but at least making progress!
Yes, I was referring to your post. Your laptop is reading the floppy so its responding to this process. What you need is the right wph file. Keep poking around on the internet and you will find the wph file that you need. Try one, try all, just keep trying. It WILL work eventually. Trust me.
Tried all known BIOS WPH files for this model (downloaded from hp site) and the list of BIOS files in Russels post. No BIOS! I get one long beep and two short beeps. I have gotten it to make a fuzzy noise and then two beeps. No boot at all. Very frustrating. Any help on what I could be doing wrong is greatly appreciated. The floppy seems to read the disk and recognize the BIOS flasher, it just won't POST.
As many others have mentioned above, I too have a shiny paperweight in my hands. I have read through the threads and have not seen a mention to this model, it is a Tablet PC tx 1110us, and of coarse the bios too have been corrupted.
First and Foremost: A: When I try to download original attachment all I get is a "getattachment.do" file. Is this what everybody else is getting becuase it doesn't sound like it?
B: My laptop has no parallel port so does it mean I need no boot block jumper?
I was able to download the crisdisk files like some of the entries showed and have downloaded all .WPH files from HP (all over 1MB).
When I make my floppy with the three files and boot via a usb fdd, I get the beep, longer beep, then 2 short beeps. Depending on which combination of phlash16 and .wph files I use, somethimes after these beeps the computer stays inactive for an hour. Other times it reboots and nothing happens. At one point I alse heard the fuzzy noise as Sunwlker describes with the two beeps but never a lot of beeps throughout like some of you mention. A co-worker has the same model and I have gotten his .wph but still to no avail.
Hi I am trying to rescue an Omnibook 4150B, PIII/500 (F1649NT). It was already a doorstop when I got it so I don't know what caused it to get into this state but I suspect a failed BIOS upgrade.
I have downloaded the service manual and followed the instructions to use the rescue disc but it didn't even try to access the built-in floppy drive. I have tried with boot-blocker in and out, with and without memory, with and without battery, with and without a hard drive in.
If I hold down the fn-b and connect the power unit, the fan starts up at full speed and the power light shows amber and green. The machine "pulses" the floppy/DVD in the module bay and spins the hard drive but doesn't seem to be trying to read from any of them. Nothing else happens.
I see the manual only covers the early PII versions of the OB4150B. I wonder if there are small differences with the PIII OB4150Bs.
Should I be using a USB floppy drive, or one connected to the parallel port?
Has anybody had any experience rescuing these machines?
I think the BIOS is Phoenix 4 v6. Can anyone confirm this?
How are you doing? I'm glad everybody's helping each other here. I have the same problem too. I really do need help anyone please?
After I upgraded/updated my BIOS for a wireless mini PCI card and reboot it. It turned out not booting on floppy drive but it goes brooomm fan, then all the LEDs blink alternately, then stop and all LEDs off, then go brooommm fan again and all LEDs blink alternately and then repeatedly goes on and on.
My laptop is HP Compaq NC4000, it's a superlite weight, it doesn't have floppy drives and CD/DVD drives and it doesn't have parallel and serial port. There is only some ports. But I have the Replicator docking station and its got all the drives and all the ports.
My point here is, since my NC4000 doesn't have parallel port, I couldn't use boot block jumper in able for me to do the "fn + b or windowskey + b" (while pressing hold down) then plug the AC/DC power supply chord then press the power button. But since I'm new to this, I don't even know how does it look like the boot block jumper and I don't have and where to get it, please let me know. Any idea?
I downloaded lff's attachment disk image crisis bootable disk that is BIOS.wph (515 size). I tried to test it even though I don't have parallel port. But it didn't work. There is no responded in USB external floppy drive.
I just install brand new hard drive, new fresh installation of Windows XP and USB floppy drive when my NC4000 was working well until a month ago, I decided to upgrade my wireless mini pci card's BIOS, then now went dead after upgraded the BIOS.
Anyone please, I needed help. I greatly appreciate it.
I need help anyone please? My laptop NC4000 went dead after I upgraded the BIOS. I do not know what is the next best step and idea to recover the BIOS. Please I need help, anyone? Deep in my heart, I appreciate your help so much and will do the same thing to help others too, like what you do helping each other when you have time. Please, simplify it in any detailed remedy procedure. I will be waiting for your reply. Please anyone?
I've got same problema s many on this thread ie: flashed Bios on ZD7000 from f.35 to f.34, then no more laptop ie, powers on nicely but that's it.. tried all the crisis recovery tricks including boot block jumper, BUT, cannot get machine to read the USB floppy. Interestingly, it tries to read the CD-Rom so I'm wondering if there's a way to make either a boot CD or even just a cd with the pflash and BIOS.WPH files and then make an autoecex bat file to run pflash automatically and flsh the bios.. anyone else go similar dilemma where their ZD7000 or NX9500 cannot enter bios recovery mode?? Cheers, Dave
Dave, You must follow my directions to the letter. I promise it will work. Don't read too much into it. Don't do the boot block jumper thing. It'll only confuse the hell out of you... Keep it simple and you will prevail...
Russell, thx 4 the quick reply, I did follow not only your instructions but many others.. Trust me, none of them worked. The only thing to prevail was useage of time. Hence my seeking advice on the CD idea as it is the only device which seems to be reading. Any/all constructive thoughts greatly appreciated. The boot block jumper was a piece of cake, not sure why U thought it would confuse me.. Regards, Dave
Hi I've had a dead Compaq v5105us laptop for about a year now and recently found this forum and hoped that I could get it back up and running. I downloaded the wrong BIOS when it killed it and since then its been a paperweight. Today I bought a USB Floppy Drive in hopes of restoring my laptop but I've run into some problems.
I was wondering which file I should use to rename the BIOS.wph? I've tried the first two but my laptop does not restart. I let it sit for over an hour both times and it did not reboot/shut down. I did get it to boot up and read from the floppy (using Windows-B keys) but after doing that and beeping for about a minute it sits there and you can hear the fan running but it will not reboot/shut down.
If anyone could point me in the right direction(s) that would be great! Thanks in advance.
Joe Borda, Follow my directions and you will prevail. You're more on the right track than the others though. What you want to do is rename the .wph file to bios.wph and place it in with the rest of the files from the download at the top of this blog. Good Luck!
Hey there Russell, what suggestions when the lappy doesn't want to get into Bios Recovery mode? Besides buying a new mobo or replacing Bios chip that is..there's gotta be a way I reckon.. David
I've tried both WPH files in there and neither worked, I let them sit for an hour each and they didn't restart or reboot, they just sit there with the fan running. Did yours take that long to reboot or should I Just look for different bios versions?
Joe, Try one or all of the wph files from the download I posted in my original post. Even if you get a wrong bios up and running, at least its a bios and you can reflash from there.
David, One of the methods for entering bios crisis recovery should work. If your laptop is not an HP, try searching for crisis bios recovery on google for your brand, although they should all follow a similar path to recover the bios. Hope this helps.
The problem I have is that my computer never restarts. Ever WPH file I've tried it just sits there for at least an hour and I have to shut it off. How long should I be waiting for my laptop to restart, as of now it never restarted on anything I've tried.
Thanks to info from this forum...I was able to resurrect my laptops (dv6661se) bios from a bad flash!!!
I tried the methods in this forum many times but did not have any success. I was about to have HP repair it until I found a user manual from PhoenixBios and read that:
"You can only supply a volume label after the Crisis Recover Diskette has been formatted and the necessary files copied because MINIDOS.sys must occupy the first directory entry for the diskette to boot properly"
I then arranged the files on the floppy so that they were:
minidos.sys phlash16.exe bios.wph
and to my surprise this worked! The laptop read the disk (with beeps), stopped beeping, and then started beeping again followed by an automatic shutdown.
The exact steps I followed:
1) Get an external usb floppy drive! 2) Extract CRISDISKdv6661se.7z file (attached) 3) Run wincris.exe,select minidos option, do a full format of disk (with no label), let program copy files. Make sure order is correct. 4) Replace the bios.wph file (on the floppy) with one for your machine if it is not a dv6661se 5) hold win+b while plugging in and pressing power button 6) keep holding win+b until beeping starts and floppy is being read 7) let the program do the rest (you should hear beeps as the disk is read, a pause break in the beeps, and then more beeps as the bios is flashed) 8) reboot! retry if it does not work...it took me four or five times.
ATTENTION EVERYONE PLEASE. Read Carefully, This is how things are really are.
1.Every phoenix bios supports tons of features that are either turned on/off depending on its version, oem requirements, model..etc.
2.There is a feature called "Bios Fail Recovery" in other words, the ability of the bios to be recovered using the phoenix recovery tool.
3.Certain Bios versions got this feature turned off. You'll never be able to recover ur bios.
4.How can we know? So simple, decompile the .wph bios image with Phoenix bios editor v.2.201
5.Under a tab called "Multiboot III" u may see (*) besides the string "Bios Fail Recovery" which means you are lucky. If it's absent, donât bother urself trying.
6.I'm wondering why HP ships some of its notebooks with such feature turned off? It's there by default, so they ask Phoenix to deactivate it! I'm disappointed.
7.To prove what I've wrote, attached is a screenshot for a decompiled bios with such feature turned off _________________________ I recommend volunteering for testing every bios version on hp website. This way we can make a list of "lucky notebooks".
As a start, I've tested all the Pavilion dv5000. unfortunately the donât support bios recovery. Thanks for reading. I hope everything is clear now.
I have a HP Pavilion DV8000t, and I killed my bios trying to change allowed PCI-E Wireless, I followed everything as instructions but it seems Phoenix Bios cant compile fine, thats why this happened to me, I tried the Crisis Disk, it beeped for 1 or 2 minutes then it tries to boot but nothing..., this bios comes by default off on the recovery settings (confirmed with Phoenix bios editor, have not the *), so thats why, I may try the BIOS chip desoldering, programming, does anyone knows wich type of chip does this motherboard uses?, so I can confirm after many many tries, Recovery disc on DV8000 does not work... compiling a new version with the feature enabled may solve the problem? or a h/w bootstrap enabler or something???
The bios chip is TSOP 40-pin type. it's model no. SST39VF080.
It's very easy to remove it by hot air. BUT, u'll have very hard time finding a 40-pin parallel adaptor/kit to program it since its shape isn't standart (it has 20 pins on two sides of the square, rather than 10 pins for every side). I've found an adaptor online used on ebay for about $10. the orignal one from Meritic (used for SST) is around $500!.
I have pictures if u want.
Good luck.
And i'm glad that finally sum1 followed my theory and started to understand the situation right.
I have hot gun and soldering and electronic skills, but useless if i have not that programmer, I only have a PLCC programmer, my xbox 1 have a TSOP memory, hope 1mbit and that kind of memory, and I can sacrifice it flashing the pavilion DV8000t firmware on it, then take it off and solder it to the lap mainboard, can you send information about the adaptor including pictores of the chip location etc? that may be helpful, what about RS232 Serial to TTL temporary firmware upload or JTAG?
Jorge, If you're going to replace the BIOS chip, you do not need a programmer. There is a man on E-Bay using the name BIOSMAN that sells pre programmed chips so all you have to do is remove the old and replace it with the new. You're going about it the wrong way though. Follow my directions and you will prevail.
Now the tricky part, consider a similar 40-pin chip (SST also but the square ones) which u've got its programmer/burner kit. re assign the appropriate pins from ur chip to the burner using its datasheet. please note that, the burner kit/software should be compatible with SST, it should be able to support 1024KB. You'll only have to make sure to re-orient the parallel 40-pins pattern into the square pattern.
It's very easy to know how pins are going to be re-allocated. but the harder part is soldering/connecting them. It took me almost 2 days.
About the xbox, sorry i cant help, havent tried this.
But, a friend of mine, did sth brave, he hot swap his laptop bios (actually her removed the bios while the PC was on, swaped it with the defective one, flashed the bios then removed it once again) he actually didnt sacrifice anything! just take extra care while doing this coz u might end up burning near chips.
As for pics, i'll attach them as soon as i find them.
I found the same type of tsop on one of my old dvd burners, I can flash it that way too, but maybe i will take the BIOSMAN on ebay way, easier, I couldnt find that guy, can you please send me some info about him? Thanks
just copy this ^ to the extracted crisdisk folder together with minidos.sys, phlash16.exe and bios.wph, now you have 4 files.
before this my laptop just froze after the last beep and floppy drive light went out and/or turns the fan to the max then hangs or shut down. goodluck.
Guys I am trying to recover my dv9575ep.. I've downloaded the crisis recover tool,made a floppy and the copy the files to my usb pendrive (as I don't have any usb floppy drive). It beeps 1 time when I hold win+b but doesn't do nothing..any tips? I have tried with bios f58 and f54..is there any bios that I should try?
The usb flash drives do not work (trust me, I tried and tried) you HAVE to get a usb floppy drive. Also, the bios on yours may not have the recovery option.
I checked every bios for dv9500 that Hp has and no one had * in the " boot fail recovery" so don't think I have an "impossible to recover bios"... I'll try getting an usb floppy asap... Other thing...if it is important... My pc is "this way" because I "modded" the vga bios (oprom2,see overclocking for hp 8600gs above 169.04 in google). Although I think I didn't do anything "wrong"..just changed the 3d clocks to a little higher...not too much..and tested it...
One thing I would definitely suggest is to make sure you're using a usb floppy, OR, if you aren't, use the HP bootable drivekey software that emulates a floppy on a usb drive. You'll most likely need an image of windows 98 or ms dos, which you can get from a variety of places on the net (look for allbootdisks.com I believe, and grab an .img file).
The one thing I've noticed throughout the various flash recoveries I've had to do is.. to hold down the winkey+b for a fairly good amount of time. If I hold it until the first beep, usually it doesn't take. If I hold it for a few beeps, then it seems to work fine.
If it doesn't work the first few times, just keep at it. I took a normal floppy, unformatted, created a mini-dos disk, had the files copy over, replaced the bios.wph with my bios.wph from my particular model.
Compu Source,I've ordered a usb floppy,but it takes 1 or 2 days :S With a usb pendrive even holding win+b for a long time it just beeps one time... i'll try the combo of hp usb key with bootdisk+ crisis...
Hello to everyone, congratulations to all who have successfully recovered their machines. I can only imagine your joy as I cannot seem to get mine recovered. I have spent Christmas Eve and Christmas trying to recover my machine... great, I just realized I've also spent yesterday, and now going on to today, trying to recover this thing. I am physically depressed.
I am a skilled IT professional, have worked with computers for over 20 years, I CAN make mods / repairs at a component level, etc, etc, so NOT being able to fix this, and by this time, is frustrating, disparaging, and as I already mentioned, depressing.
Thank you for letting me vent; that has actually helped more than my efforts to resurrect this machine.
Now for the teching:
I have an HP Pavilion dv9000t CTO
- (P/N: ez379av) - (Machine fully HP patched)
- Intel T7200 Core 2 Duo @ 2.0GHz
- nVidia GeForce Go 7600 w/ 512MB RAM
- 1680 x 1050 screen (if that info is even needed)
- Windows Vista Ultimate x64 (Fully patched)
How did I brick my computer? By trying to do a BIOS flash. I have flashed the BIOS on this machine MANY times without problems; in fact, I have flashed BIOS' on machines countless times in my life and never have I turned one into a brick.
I have read EVERY posting in this thread, some many times. I understand everything I have read, but can still not recover this machine.
- I am using the 1MB version of WinCris.exe (dated Sep 13, 2004, 237,568 bytes), which I got from the file, B1800_crisis_recovery_disk. Is there a newer or different version I should try?
- I have downloaded ALL of the BIOS files for my machine from HP's site; I have tried many, but not all; I will continue to try all if needed.
Here is my progress:
- Most of the time, when I try the procedure, the disk is read from for about 45 seconds to a minute, stops, and that's it. The lights are on but nobody's home. No fans spinning, no reboot.
- Yesterday I HAD made some progress: Some how I got it to a point where it WAS restarting, the fans came on, I actually got excited, but then never got any video. At this point, I am back to the first progress entry.
I will be eternally grateful for your help, especially if you can help me resurrect my machine from the grave.
Ok, I regained some ground just now with the following procedure:
- Try F.02, Win-b (hold until 2nd disk access) no batt, RTC batt removed, (1) 1GB SODIMM, moved USB floppy drive from back right USB port to front left USB port. ! Result: full read of disk, low "bad" tone when done (after disk read stopped), then a reboot. Upon restart, one long beep, two short beeps.
I think what made the difference was moving to the other USB port, but not confirmed.
Ok everyone, I think I know what is going on, at least in my case:
I think I HAVE successfully restored my BIOS, and have done so several times. Then why isn't my machine working? Because, I fear, the nVidia video controller has failed. : (
Why do I think this? Because 1 long and 2 short beeps usually means bad video card.
fact is that Crisis Recovery Mode doesnt start.... fn+b, w+b, alt+f2, ctrlesc....
no combination seems to activate the C.R.M.
but i hear that the cd-rom drive spins a lot, and i tried with the HP recovery CD-Rom but i think it doesnt help for bios recovey, just for O.System....
Just to be clear, we are talking about the "Windows Key" (between the left Ctrl and Alt keys), with the Microsoft flag on it, and NOT the "W" key.
Floppy drive brand shouldn't matter, so long as it works.
Did you "copy" files to the CR disk or did you run the program that creates it?
The USB floppy drive "may" have to be in a particular USB port; try them all if all else seems to fail.
If you are in the unfortunate situation I was in, where your nVidia video card is actually dead, then you will never get any video display EVER. The recovery will complete, but you will never easily be able to confirm it.
i know that "W" is Window Key, thanks for the lesson bud
is there any difference if i format the floppy and than copy files on it? or i make the floppy straight with the software, and then substitute the file?
PS the problem is that
1) dunno exactly which is my MoBo (notebook HP Pavilion dv4356ea) 2) dunno if the CRM starts (how can i know if it starts...) 3) dunno which is the right combination (i'll try Win+B again) 4) why cd-rom is running? i put a bootable cd into it, and now it spins for few seconds... and than stops... should try with a bootable-cd?
Is there any difference if i format the floppy and than copy files on it? or i make the floppy straight with the software, and then substitute the file?
It's ok to format the disk, but the WinCris.exe MUST be usded to create the disk. Then, as you know, you swap out the BIOS file for your machine.
PS the problem is that
1) dunno exactly which is my MoBo (notebook HP Pavilion dv4356ea)
- I have also heard that some machines need all 4 cursor error keys to be held down at once instead of Win or Fn keys; you could try that.
2) dunno if the CRM starts (how can i know if it starts...)
Easy: You will see by its light (and hear) the disk accessing for about a minute.
3) dunno which is the right combination (i'll try Win+B again)
Try the cursor keys
4) why cd-rom is running? i put a bootable cd into it, and now it spins for few seconds... and than stops... should try with a bootable-cd?
Why are you putting in a CD? No CD at this point. You have an OS on your drive, right? So you want to boot back to that once the BIOS issue is solved.
Are there any "beep" codes you can hear from your machine at any time?
I can check that for you using pheonix bios editor. just attach the bios files (all of them) that you are using to your reply. I will let you know as soon as i get them.
Unfortunately, yours does not support the recovery feature as you can see in the screen shot. There needs to be a star by the boot fail recovery for it to work.
Antonio, Since your board is one of the few that you cannot use this proces on, there is another fairly cheap option for you to do. There is a person by the name of BIOSDEPOT on E-Bay that sells chips that have been specifically programmed for your machine with the latest bios version for about $15.00. You will need to be handy with a soldering iron and have some patience but it is much cheaper than a new notebook and a new board. Hope this helps. By the way, does anyone know where I can find a bios for a Compaq SR2011WM desktop? The website does not offer one. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Justin is that the BIOS installed on my HP notebook? i dont know which version is... i didnt found on internet which version is installed, and customer care didnt reply to my question
Russell do i have to solder? is not "plug&play"? is it soldered? on the mobo?
sorry guys, but i'm really nubie to this, but now i'm a little skilled about this
:(
i have a usb floppy... christmas present for some one :)
Antonio, Yes it must be soldered onto the motherboard after you remove the old bios chip. If you are not comfortable doing this, I do offer it as a service.
Yes, it is your bios. I just put in your computer model on HP's site and the bios was available for download in the drivers section. At this point, your best bet is to get a new chip and have someone solder it for you (as Russel offered)
this is the reply of BIOSMAN to my request for the chip:
Hi Antonio,
Unfortunately HP boards have become nearly impossible for us to fulfill. HP's downloads on their website are to be run from the HP system alone, they will now not allow the extraction of the .BIN or .ROM BIOS files that we require to flash a chip. Do you happen to have the BIOS file you need? If not, we simply are unable to obtain HP BIOS filesâ¦
If you do have the file, a standard programmed chip is $27.00.
I have an DV6768SE Vista 64 installed and downloaded lastest BIOS from HP.com, it was F.31 and had F.30 installed. Everything went fine, battery fully charged and A/C plugged. Only difference this time was that it ran WinPlhash64 instead and not the sWinFlash Segure Flashing stuff, I thought it was only because I was using x64 Vista version so to run the flashing tool wizzard choose that automatcly. Could that be the reason of system crashed? Well, now its what I got on crisis recover:
1 - win+b without usb floppy it keeps beeping forever 2 - win+b with usb floppy it beeps one time than starts reading floppy for about 30 secs than another beep and keep reading floppy for more 30 segs and after that I wait for 10 min and not reboot by itselft, so I unplug the power cord and power back on and same thing. Seems that recover mode is working but flashing not ok, could be anything with BIOS on disk or plhash16.exe version?
just to make it clear... is Winphlash64 and SWinFlash created for same purpose? Because one ask for administrators right (64) also one says secure flash and BIOS ROM(32) and 64 doesnt, just ROM stuff. I just ran file download from HP and it ran the 64 by itself. think its because i m on x64 vista of course, so there should be no problem, im frustrated
Crisis Disk with phlash 1.6.5.4 and bios.bak from dead notebook sata hdd, renamed to bios.wph and everything worked like a charm, after some beeps and FAN running at full speed system shutdown and turn back on, and WOW! its was BACK on!!!! HP told me to buy new mobo cause was defective, chat support told it was VGA defective and private technitian told me DV6000 usual problem.. what can I say them? lol if anyone has problem with dv6867se or compatible i can provide disk image i used!
yes, mine beeping forever when you get in recover mode w/o floppy.. i think if you enter the mode with floppy connect but w/o disk in it, keeps beeping too
did you try fn+b and winkey+b? unplug battery and a/c press power for 30 secs with all disconnected hold winkey/fn + b for 3 secs plug in a/c power on machine
try on both win and fn key + b just to make sure, do you have an usb floppy? may your computer wont give no beeps but read floppy
Hi, has anyone got a copy of the f.35 BIOS file from their working laptop in the ZD7000 series that they could email to me? Can't seem to find it on HP website. Long story short, fried my bios with F.34 version, replaced chip and burnt it with F.38 file but doesn't work. (B4 anyone suggests, win+B and all other recovery methods have proved futile. Believe me, I've spent much too much time trying them....lol). Hope to re-burn with F.35 and get lappy back.. Cheers, David.
I need your help. Iâm going through a pain, as most of you here have once experienced. My laptop Pavilion dv 9548 ca, nVidia 8600 GS with Vista Ultimate 64 collapsed after a BIOS flash.
After installing several Widows updates online, including nVidia, Iâve updated my BIOS version F.58A to latest F.59A. After installing, the computer shut down. I wasnât able to restart it. All I see is the standard black screen.
1. AC, battery flashes, fan, DVD drive all work and have been checked. I have reseated memory modules, with no success.
2. A random IT specialist arrived & has tried this method:
âNow you have BOOT floppy with phlash 1.6.5.4 and your BIOS file.
1. Take out bartery.
2. Unplug power cable.
3. Plug In floppy drive.
4. Insert floppy disc.
5. Now hold Win+B/FnB keks and insert power cable and push power button while holding down Win+B/Fn+B keys.
6. After 3 sec let go buttons.
Floppy drive should start working. Not less than 30 sec. It indicates that flashing has begun. Or if your BIOS makes sound then you can observe flashing by sound.
Give it time to flash, better to wait ~10 min.â
Please note, the it specialist included in the rescue disk the BIOS.wph from F.57 version.
1 try: with USB floppy on right-front USB port with fn+B keys,
2 try: with USB floppy on left-front USB port with Win+B keys,
3 try: CD ROM drive.
All failed. Because I have flashed my BIOS with success few times before. He suspects that BIOS chip will probably have to be replaced and that itâs surface mounted on the Quanta 30C motherboard.
As an amateur with some basic knowledge, I find all the rescue methods confusing. For example, Iâve read that some added Vgabios.exe, BIOS.bak copied from the SATA drive to rescue image disk, others used different devices and files to flash, and others different procedures. I feel that someone who started-up the same model or one with same hardware can help. However, because of my basic knowledge I would appreciate precise instructions and a proven image of a rescue disk.
This is my only hope, before you all know what. Please help.
Did you try using the bios.bak from notebook hdd on the crisis recovery disk? (of course, renaming to bios.whp or something like this) Mine didnt' work with versions I have downloaded from HP.com, just with old working BIOS from backup.
When you try entering recovery mode the notebook beeps or tries reading the usb floppy? Just to make sure your notebook suports and its working.... will be something good already.
Try diferents version of phlash16
**** I think there is a problem with the WinPlhash64, times when I used WinFlash (32 bits version) never had problem, first time on 64 bits version crashed
âDid you try using the bios.bak from notebook hdd on the crisis recovery disk? (of course, renaming to bios.whp or something like this) Mine didnt' work with versions I have downloaded from HP.com, just with old working BIOS from backup.â
Only used files from crisis disk and BIOS from HP. Celio I did not do a BIOS backup before flashing.
âWhen you try entering recovery mode the notebook beeps or tries reading the usb floppy? Just to make sure your notebook suports and its working.... will be something good already.â
My system never gave sonunds during startups. When recovering with the floppy, it moved only once and then no sounds. We waited for 10 minutes.
âTry diferents version of phlash16â
Any link to all versions? Iâm waiting for someone who used the right version with success for my model.
â**** I think there is a problem with the WinPlhash64, times when I used WinFlash (32 bits version) never had problem, first time on 64 bits version crashedâ
Do you mean I should use files from WinFlash32 and not the ones from WinPlhash64??
the bios.bak is in the c:\swsetup\xxxxx where xxxx is the name of the file you downloaded for that very BIOS upgrade(mine was sp42141)... since you ran WinPlash64 so check inside that folder for bios.bak (ex: c:\swsetup\sp42141\Winphlash64\bios.bak)...I'm uploading the disk image I used to recover my notebook. You must use rawwritewin.exe (inside rar file) to write image to diskette and then overwrite BIOS.WHP with your notebook BIOS file
The folder and the file bios.bak you describe, I presume is on the hard disk of my dead laptop. I do not have access to it. I only unpacked the bios exe from the HP support. In these folders there is no bios.bak file after unpacking. Before I use your disk image(thank you) I have to get this file somehow. Do I have to use an USB floppy(the one we used was the specialists')? I only have a USB card reader and a memory card from my camera. I will buy one if it is necessary. Do I need files like Vgabios.exe which was used by Ton Ton in this post. Others use in addition autoexec file.
why you cannot access your notebook hdd? if its sata you can just plug it in on your desktop with no problem like I did, though I am not sure about notebook IDE hdd on desktops, never tried. I could not find working BIOS files on exe from HP, none worked. You sure need an usb floppy diskete drive, that's the only thing the crisis mode can read because its very basic, mini code... so no need to try cd-rom, pendrives or sd cards.
Celio, I will try to access my HDD. However, during the flashing of BIOS version F.59A I chose the same folder to install the files, as for the BIOS F.58A (different location than C:/swsetup). If the F.58A was renamed to oldbios.bak then it is there. If the flashing of F.59A has overwritten the file BIOS.bak of F.58A then it is lost. The only chance in this case is if I use a file from an earlier BIOS version(will this work?) from the last properly functioning version F.58A, located in the C:/swsetup . If this will not work, I could only ask for the file on the forum from the same model laptop owner â could this file be used?
Is the BIOS.bak the only file I have to take out from my laptop HDD?
In case phlash from your original image does not work, do I have to try the different phlash files you have uploaded by overwriting such a file on the rescue floppy I will create from your image disk?
Does it matter which USB port I use to plug the floppy?
doest really matter which usb port you use, for your consideration, i used the left side one on the bottom...
as i know all flash version from hp.com uses differents locations for their unpacking inside swsetup folder, usually their filename as folder, so you might not got it overwritten, didnt get all you mean with that...
you can just overwrite versions of phlash16 on disk, just keep name as it is...
good idea is find someone who has a working bios for your very model, would sure help you out!
Celio, What I tried to explain is that when I flashed my last working bios F.58A, instead of saving files to location C:/swsetup/xxxx/xxx,I saved them to an altenative C:/system/bios. When I flashed the last bios F.59A I also saved it to folder C:/system/bios. I am not sure if the bios.bak of F.58A bios was overwritten(this is the file of bios you suggested to use). Does it matter which earlier version of bios file to use? Will the original F.08 version work?
Which version of phlash suppports 1 mb bios files from the ones you uploaded? As I have read elsewhere, this is the one I need.
I have a Compaq Presario V5000 Series Laptop (V5303NR) with a corrupt bios. Been trying the Phoenix Crisis Recovery Disk deal for 2 days now. No luck so far. Let's see, 9 different versions of phlash16.exe X 6 different versions of BIOS downloaded from HP = 54 different combinations to try in order to find one combination that may work. 1 hour per attempt......I am going to be at this for awhile unless someone already knows which combination will work and can let me know.
Also PHLASH1A.EXE thru PHLASH1D.EXE (versions 1.3.4.7 ~ 1.4.5.9a) beep many times when the bootloader access the floppy for awhile. PHLASH1F.EXE thru PHLASH1I.EXE (versions 1.6.0.2 ~ 1.6.7.0) do not beep during a much shorter disk access time.
Other than that, I can't tell what the frack is going on.
HELP!!!!
PS, Is the BIOS chip socketed, or soldered on the V5000 series motherboard? I have the Maintenance and Service Guide, but it does not reference BIOS chip replacement, only how to disassemble the beast. Which is a major job, but one that I can do without much issue.
I recommend you using a 100% working BIOS from someone who can provice you or bios.bak from WinFlash. If it flash sucessfully, sure have a BIOS backup. I saying this cause I've used all combination of BIOS.WPH on those .exe files from HP.com and none worked but bios.bak. In my case they provide two .whp files, one ending with A and other with B, both 1 MB file, dont know how they work when winflash doing its thing.
I was able to use the instructions in this thread to restore the BIOS on my HP Pavilion zx5180us back to F12 after the recommended BIOS update to F43 failed--for no reason I can discern.
I had to pay $20 for a USB floppy drive, but it was well worth the money.
1. I have raw written to a pre-formatted floppy disk, the image disk uploaded by Celio.
2. Replaced the bios.wph with the bios that worked with the last version, before the bad bios flash version.
3. I put a HP USB floppy with disk to right back USB port. I've read in the manual that this is the more integrated port with the motherboard (I figured it will be more readable), the front port is only on a cable.
4. I drained power for at least 30 s.
5. I pressed simultaneously win+B keys.
6. AC in, then power on.
7. After a few beeps, I let go of keys.
8. Reading with numerous beeps and sounds, 3-5 minutes.
9. Computer shot off. I unplugged floppy and AC cord.
10. Plugged AC, turned on power and it booted with success into Vista 64.
It worked with first try.
Thank you to all of you. Especially, to Celio Motta for his guidance.
I have a similar problem with a hp dv2000 series laptop. I am almost sure that it is BIOS related. When i insert AC adapter, all the LEDs light up and fan start to spin. Problem is that no matter that i press Fn +B or windows+B, the laptop isn't reading the USB floppy drive, it seems to try to read the optical drive instead. I tried to write a CD with BIOS.WPH, but no luck. ANy ideas how could i revive my laptop?
Can you send me the disk image of your recovery disk that worked? I can't seem to get plash16.exe to do the job, even though the floppy boots. I have my bios.bak recovered from the laptop's hard drive.
Hey... great read with success for some. I would almost bet that the R4000 bios cannot be reflashed with the above methods, as I have tried them all, keep flashing and good luck to all..
i tried many times, diffrent phash,with diffrent bio, nothing work, best change i got is, the fan is running after read the disket, or with some other phase is 1 long beep, and 2-3 short beeping, and i let it go , nothing more happen, doest shut down, i tried to turn it on, it appear nothing, i contact HP, my garanti went, so i have to pay 200bucks... whice is too expensive for me.
i saw some dude here name Andre Faria went sucess with hes hp dv 9575es, i did a same mistake as him with, tried to OC bio to run OC the 8600m gs, and he never told anyone how he did it, and i dont know how to contact this dude. any1 want ever to help out?
Hi! I had the same problem than Celio...notebook is DV9585el I installed WInVista 64 bit and upgraded all drivers... so i downloaded latest bios (F59A) and tried tu upgrade the bios from F58A version. All seemed right but when I re-booted the notebook the pc frezed on HP logo... The fan seems to work and all light are switched-on. I created the floppy with the Celio utility and replaced the bios.wph with my bios.bak (renamed to bios.wph) Using an usb floppy drive holing win+b the pc seems to read the floppy but after 2 minutis it stpos to read floppy and it does not reboot. What I shoould do other than pry?
I had the same situation, with the same bios files as you did.
"Using an usb floppy drive holing win+b the pc seems to read the floppy but after 2 minutis it stpos to read floppy and it does not reboot. What I shoould do other than pry?"
Read my instructions and Celio's carefully, do not panic and be patient(I have done all my studying for two weeks, and it successfully rebooted).
I used the bios file and renamed it, from the F.58A bios version from HP and therefore did not use the bios.bak from HDD, as Celio did. I only used Celio's image disk and his rawwrite program to save on floppy disk, uploaded by Celio.
I used a HP brand floppy drive, which I luckily bought on an auction. It complies with Canadian standards, as my laptop does.
Try using the right-back USB port to plug-in and hold the keys longer(even 10 sec.). I had beeps for 3-5 minutes. Computer shot off. Then I unplugged AC and on(see instructions). I powered on normally and it rebooted normally into Vista 64.
Someone went through the trouble of explaining the Crisis Recovery system in great detail. Very useful information.
A couple of tips on creating your recovery disk. Yes, you do need a bios.wph file, but (in my limited experience) any appropriate bios file can be renamed to bios.wph.
- Download the bios from HP, unzip it but DON'T use winphlash to update the bios, especially on the wrong computer. - Find the bios file. For me it was any one of 3 files in the HP download. All 3 were identical (exact same size, exact same gibberish when opened in notepad), but named differently. The file WON'T have an extension of .dll, .exe, .ini, .log, etc. Mine DID have extensions of either .m9x, .m10, or .uma. - Download the Crisis Recovery Disk creation tool from the website linked above. - Rename your bios file and replace the bios.wph file in the Crisis Recovery Disk creation tool folder. - Run the Crisis Recovery Disk creation tool to make a crisis disk with your bios. - Follow the steps in the page linked above to resurrect your previously dead laptop.
This process should work on any Phoenix based bios, most people just have some trial and error to get through.
I have read some success stories here but i still cannot flash my dv2415nr. Whatever i try, the laptop doesn't read the floppy. I tried 2 different brands of usb floppy, many different versions of phlash16.exe but no disk activity at all. Any ideas, what else i could try?
Hi, I have a DV6809WM. I've tried various versions of phlash16.exe with the tool that writes to floppy. I'm using a USB floppy drive. I can get the computer to boot into floppy and it(depending on phlash16.exe version) will go to where it beeps constantly for about 4 minutes while reading floppy and then does nothing. This is however, with using extracted bios from HP winflash exe's.
Does anyone have a bios.bak from a DV6000/6700 series laptop? I'm getting pretty desperate here. I've tried just about every bios available from HP with crisis on every version of phlash16 I can find and the bios never seems to over-write.(I know this cause the current bad flash on there does POST to some extent, but nothing else. Shows F.28 version)
I give up. I tried everything I could download and even though the floppy drive is read, no flashing occurs. Laptop is still a doorstop. I decided to replace the bios chip with one I got from biosman.com. It won't be fun replacing a surface mounted chip, but it is the only option I have left.
Dale Fargo, if you already have the chip, this is the ebst solution. It requires oustanding skills and a hot air soldering station but is a valid solution. Please keep us updated if it solves your problem. I am still not sure if me similar problem is only BIOS related or not...maybe is a hardware failure. If ic an send my laptop to US, HP will repair it for free, but i still have to solve that.
Hi i have the same problem. I think that my notebook not support boot from usb so i can't use the usb floppy, the only option is to use the boot-cd. Can some one plz help me to build one. I have the new bios and the crisis disk if that help Thanks a lot i'm dead with out my pc and i ca't buy a new one....
hi people. I have a dv6426us, and i done all that you said in the post. Downloaded de crisis recovery, created a disk and put the correct bios. When i boot the pc with de win+b pressed it starts reading the disk (usb disk) and after some time it shutdown (sometimes it make a hi noise and two beeps). When i turn on the pc again it still does not work, with black screen only leds on. I tried many combinatios of versios of PHLASH16.EXE and versions of bios (including de bkp one). Any one know whats happening? I realy apreciate any help. Guilherme.
Hi, I have a HP Pavillion dv9500t with Vista 64-bit. I did a very stupid thing of trying to update my BIOS from HP. The WinFlash from HP said that the update was successful. When I restart the laptop it does not boot anymore. I tried everything I knew and found online and does not work. I am pretty sure my BIOS got corrupt. I do not have a floppy drive. Does this Crisis Recovery Disk work for my model of the laptop. I think its a Intel Motherboard. Any help is deeply appreciated.
Listen up everyone, I'am seeing a rash of the newer model notebooks like the DV2000, DV6000, DV9000, DV4000, DV5000, and DV8000 series come in for bios flash problems. I have an explicit, detailed description of how to do the crisis recovery earlier in this post. I heard someone say that some of the notebooks would not work with crisis recovery. Thats nonsense. It works for all models. I did forget to mention one tiny (VERY IMPORTANT) piece of information about the usb floppy drive though. Not all floppy usb drives are alike. Some will work in bios (legacy)mode and others will not. In other words, when you go to E-Bay to buy a usb floppy drive, make sure you buy one that is readable in bios mode as well as windows mode. If the seller does not specify, ask, because its the difference between it not working for you, and it working to resurrect your dead doorstop. Capish??? Anyone who does not understand my plain english and to the point explanation on how to recover your dead lappys, please go to Lowes, buy the biggest tackhammer you can find, and repeatedly hit yourself in the head with it because you are a moron. (Don't try this method in real life) LMAO
How about this novel idea. Will somebody who SUCESSFULLY used a USB Floppy Crisis Recovery Disk PLEASE specify the BRAND and MODEL NUMBER of a USB Floppy Drive that WORKS? None of the specifications for any of the USB Floppy Drives I have looked at specify if it works in BIOS (Legacy Mode). I suspect the brain dead sales people at most of the online retailers would have no idea either and will just say it does in order to make a sale.
I got a Sony USB floppy drive and I tried as specified by holding the Wn+B key and my HP Pavillion dv9500t system does appear to boot in the recovery mode. The floppy is read for a while and then the CPU fans starts spinning and keeps spinning :(. It does not automatically shutdown. I even left it for an hour. When I turn off and start again same problem. I was looking at http://crd.y1.cc/ and they suggest that there are multiple PHASH versions that must be tried. Does anyone have an idea as to what version works with 9000 series?
Hi there guys ive read all this spend hours im posotive my laptop supports this
its a presario v6500 v6642em
i can only get the lights to come on no fan no nothing im sure im doing it all right i have tried 4 different usb floppy drives ect im so confused can anyone help and had anyone with this model had this problem chees guys
I never could get the Crisis Recovery Disk to work on my V5000 series notebook. I tried all available copies of phlash16.exe with 5 different version of bios. I even tried 2 different usb floppy drives, the 2nd one supported usb 1.0 and bios access. Nothing worked. So I disassembled the laptop, identified the bios chip manufacturer and chip number and ordered a new chip from biosman.com. I sent them the bios.wph file for the highest version of bios for my system and they burned it on the chip and sent it to me. It took a bit of CAREFUL work, but using a heat gun I removed the old chip. I then soldered a socket to the board in it's place and popped in the new chip. EVERYTHING WORKS NOW. If you attempt this type of fix, I highly recommend you Google "How to desolder solder surface mounted chips" There are some very good videos out there to watch first.
Hello well i got an Hp G60-117US same as 120 us and same as CQ 50 and CQ60 i downloaded the F.35 update for my laptop and it crashed mu notebook , as a result i turn off my notebook so when i was about to power on the notebook it just started the fan, the cd was spinning and the wi fi light but theres no dos or hp logo and no boot just the black screen, so what should i do?? it was something curious when i was flashing , my keyboard and my synapstic tochpad wasnt working and i think is not working yet...so please help what shold i do to revive my laptop?? y would appreciate any help pleaas :(
Thanks for starting this thread. It at least gave me something to try and restore my PC.
I have a DV-9000 (9925nr) that bricked when I attempted to update the BIOS (following HP's instructions to the letter.
I have read most of this thread and have tried to restore the PC with the following steps:
1. Buy external USB floppy drive 2. Download the current (and previous) version of the BIOS software 3. Download the attachment to this thread 4. Write the files to the floppy, renaming the BIOS file to BIOS.wph 5. Attach floppy to the PC 6. Remove battery from PC 7. Hold down Windows+B, insert power cord 8. Press power button, while still holding down the Windows+B keys 9. Release Windows+B
The PC first starts reading the floppy for about 5 to 10 seconds, then starts beeping for about 30 seconds in different patterns, while the floppy drive still reads (the green floppy light is interrupted every time the PC beeps).
Then the beeps stop, the floopy stops reading.
Then... nothing. The PC sits there, with the blue keyboard lights on. I waited 30 minutes, but it never reboots. I unplugged, and restarted, still nothing.
I tried the older version of the BIOS software (the one I was running before the update (AFAIK), same results.
BTW, when I download the BIOS software, it contains an 'A' and a 'B' version of the software that are identical in size. I tried both, renaming them to BIOS.wph, but no luck.
Hello All, thank you for this, it has been a great help with the great wealth of information here for learning.
Celio, if you are still around and have a copy of yours to send me it would be a great help. I have both the DV6000 and the DV9000, once I upgraded to the 64 bit of vista and did the recommended BIOS Update <Never Again> it failed and the computer died. Though the 32 bit BIOS Upgrade worked beautiful... Seems HP has a 64 Bit problem and refuses to Help its loyal customers. Spent a week of 40 some emails, and 15 or so telephone calls, and was told so many different things, but one truth.... 300 to repair the mistake HP Caused. Was also informed that when ever you do a recommended upgraded with the HP Care Software, you are suppose to make a telephone call before you excute... Is this a loophole???
Again, thank you for this fourm and any response would be grand. Cheers!
Have an HP Pavillion ze4300US, no built-in floppy.
Thought I was upgrading the graphics drivers, then the Winflash program unzipped and ran automatically. (HP, can't you rename the download files to BIOSxxxx instead of 436436.exe?).
Half way through the flash process, which I didn't dare interrupt, the PC beeps a few times and turned off.
Now when it turns on, the BIOS doesn't come up. All the lights come on for a few seconds, then turn off.
I tried everything here (fn-b, parallel port boot block jumper, etc.), but my HP doesn't even light up the USB floppy drive. This drive works as a boot drive with my other PCs. Model SFD-321U/HP (Samsung).
ok. here is my deal. i have the compaq pre. 2500. used latest listed bios on hp site. winphlash flashed it. now when it turns on the compaq logo comes up with a pentium 4 logo in the bootom corner. wasnt there before. i have tried all of your methods posted. no help at all. not saying your not helpful or anyhitng just saying in my case it does not work for me.. but the thing is i havent seen anyone elses postings mention that they had on screen display.
info:
unsure of orig. firmware.
used latest version of winp for my model (2585us)
now boots to compaq logo screen and sits there.
currently have boot block jumper on it and it still boots to that screen. tried key shortcuts. no help
am i just totally screwed here?, seeing that they do not have the proper bios on the website for my machine, yet it says that it is.
also, i have the amd video chipset.
anyone who can help me sucessfully recover my bios. if i dont fix this, i have to give up my new toshiba running vista ultimate x64, and i dont think its fair. savior please help me wherever you are!
I am having a Evo N620C laptop. Two days before I faced a problem, whenerve I am booting the laptop, it starts windows home page appears and then agin restart and son on. Since my internal CD ROM is not working, I attached a USB CD ROM and tried to run Quick Restore CD using external CD drive and I also changed the boot sequence, but as soon as i restart the computer, it says that USB CD ROM not identified and hange up there itself.
Can you please check and guide me to restore my system.
I'm assuming no one is going to help me, based on the fact I didn't get a response.
I've also determined that the flash memory in some of these BIOS chips is just bad. It doesn't matter if you use the Crisis Recovery Method, your PC is never booting again unless you get the BIOS chip replaced. But it doesn't hurt to try.
My notebook is too old for that, so all I can do is toss it and not buy an HP notebook in the future.
Kapil, your situation is a sad one. But it has *absolutely *NOTHING* at all to do with the topics discussed in this thread.
Obviously you have to re-install the OS (Windows) and at present are using a USB-drive which is not compatible.
Pls be so kind as to open a new therad with a significant subject. Apart form not disturbing this therad furthermore, your chances to receive responses will be ways higher than with the current situation of your problem - being totally off topic - buried deep down in this endless therad.
Update: Since May 3 I had about 43 emails and 22 phone calls to HP about the BIOS update that made my Laptop a doorstop. I didn't understand why HP Software told me I had a critical update which I did and then the update killed my laptop, then HP wanted to charge me over 300.00 to repair it. I was assigned 3 different managers, and did get them to cut the repair cost to 140.00. Still, I kept calling, and decided to call the corp. office, which kept re-directing my calls back to my case manager. I then decided to ask for legal department to handle my case, since I was sure HP was responsable for this error.. Then a voice of an angel came on the phone and told me that my laptop would be fixed at no cost, free next day shipping both ways. Please, if you are sure you did exactly what you were told, and still the update killed your laptop, do not give up with HP, The BIOS update is the one that is killing the laptops, and they should not only fix the update, but should fix the laptops that do not work after the update. Best of Luck to those that decide to keep calling HP to fix what they know is wrong.
For those who have not had success in the bios update with Crisis Recovery disk on laptop hp DV2000 series will give a hint on how to gain success.
I used all the processes of sequence of keys and versions of bios and nothing happens. Decided to seek another crisis disk creator and found 2 different versions on the Internet.
crisis-recovery-disk-creator.zip CRISDISK.zip
The file that worked was the CRISDISK.rar I found on google.
The process I used was: connect the laptop holding the key win + B and hear the beeps then Floppy disk starts to flash, during the process you do not hear the beeps, then you wait until the laptop shut down normally.
This was the procedure I used, if your recovery disk does not work try this too.
Download your BIOS from HP, download WINRAR if you don't already have it and use it to pull the BIOS file from the .exe, rename the #######.wph file to BIOS.wph and then follow George's directions using a usb floppy...
As for my laptop, I was told that the BIOS could not be written once it was KILLED by HP's Update!!! So the motherboard needed to be replaced.. I am not sure, as many here have updated and recovered their computer using George's directions..
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ATTENTION EVERYONE PLEASE. Read Carefully, This is how things are really are.
1.Every phoenix bios supports tons of features that are either turned on/off depending on its version, oem requirements, model..etc.
2.There is a feature called "Bios Fail Recovery" in other words, the ability of the bios to be recovered using the phoenix recovery tool.
3.Certain Bios versions got this feature turned off. You'll NEVER be able to recover ur bios.
4.How can we know? So simple, decompile the .wph bios image with Phoenix bios editor v.2.201
5.Under a tab called "Multiboot III" u may see (*) besides the string "Bios Fail Recovery" which means you are lucky. If it's absent, donâÂÂt bother urself trying.
6.I'm wondering why HP ships some of its notebooks with such feature turned off? It's there by default, so they ask Phoenix to deactivate it! I'm disappointed.
7.To prove what I've wrote, attached is a screenshot for a decompiled bios with such feature turned off (please find it in my original earlier) _________________________ I recommend volunteering for testing every bios version on hp website. This way we can make a list of "lucky notebooks".
As a start, I've tested all the Pavilion dv5000 series unfortunately the don't support bios recovery.
Thanks for reading. I hope everything is clear now.
Do not give up, do not buy new motherboard or bios chips. If you hear beeps while the recovery procedure, so you can save your laptop.
Try different floppy disks. Try format it as normal, do not quick format. Try different bios version of your machine, older, current or latest one. Try the atthached file in my early reply. Try do not give up...
But if you can not do the procedure and/or hear beeps or similar is because you realy have a dead laptop.
Fianlly I am very gald to find this thread, although I have a Toshiba machine. I think I can get suggestions from you guys.
As most of you, I have a corrupt BIOS after bios update. I have tried Crisis Recovery Disk method with different combination of different PHLASH and BIOS.WPH versions. The computer just read the external floppy disk a few seconds and then stop to do anything. I have no idea for the next step. Could you please give me some advices? Many thanks!
I noticed some friends use bios.bak from dead HDD with winflash. Unfortunately, I don't know how to do this method. I can access to my dead HDD, but I never backup my BIOS before it broke. Is "winflash" a software?
OH ! A MILLION THANKS TO YOU! YOU ARE A LIFE SAVER FOR POSTING ALL OF THIS! I HAD A PAVILION BEFORE THE PAVILION I'M USING NOW AND IT DIED JUST A FEW WEEKS BEFORE THE WARRANTY WAS UP AND I HAD TO SEND IT IN TO HP ONLY TO WAIT TWO MONTHS BEFORE CONTACTING THEM AND THEY TOLD ME THAT MY LAPTOP WAS AT A REPAIR FACILITY THAT WAS "IN A MUD SLIDE" SO THEY SENT ME A "NEW" LAPTOP AND YESTERDAY IT DIED ON ME. 46 DAYS AFTER THE WARRANTY EXPIRED. AFTER FEELING LIKE LIFE WAS OVER I SEARCHED AND FOUND YOUR THREAD. AFTER FOLLOWING EVERY STEP MY HP PAVILION DV2700 IS UP AND RUNNING AGAIN! MUCH BETTER THAN THEM REFERRING ME TO THE OVER PRICED JOKE "GEEK SQUAD" AT BEST BUY. OR PAYING FOR EXPENSIVE PC REPAIR! CHEERS CHEERS CHEERS!
Is your HDD dead, or the laptop Bios? If your HDD is good and you are just trying to get the BIOS.BAK from your system before you flashed it, then remove the HDD from the laptop, put it in an external HD USB enclosure and attache it to another system. You can get external HD USB enclosures for 2.5" laptop drive from many places on the net. They are not expensive. Just make sure you get the correct interface for your hard drive. Either SATA or IDE. Depends on the age of your laptop. Just check the drive first. There are a few enclosures that do both SATA and IDE. That's what I use.
Many thanks Dale for your detailed information. My BIOS was broken while my HDD is working. I did take it part from the laptop and connect it using a closure. The problem is that I couldn't find the BIOS.BAK. I didn't backup the BIOS before I upgraded it. This is maybe the reason. Or I don't know how to find the BIOS.BAK.
Look in the root of the hard drive. You should see 2 directories that were created by executing the bios patch file from HP that unpacked your patch. On mine they were SwSetup and W309BF54. W309BF54 was the directory for my bios patch to version F54. Yours will probably be a different folder name. Winflash should have automatically created a .BAK of your bios in one of those directory trees.
No.. Just copy and rename BIOS.BAK to BIOS.WPH. Which is what winflash and phlash16.exe will use. Then create the crisis recovery disk using that new copy of BIOS.WPH instead of the one that is included with most crisis recovery disk build kits. The challenge will be in finding a version of phlash16.exe that will work on your system. I ended up giving up on the crisis recovery disk and sending my BIOS.WPH to biosman.com and having them flash a new chip. I then replaced the chip in my laptop with the new one. Not an easy task, but it was the only way to get my laptop working again. I could not get the crisis recovery disk to work on my laptop.
As I said, my laptop is TOSHIBA, but I think I should find the similar file to use. How big is the BIOS.BAK? I know the BIOS.WPH downloaded from website is about 1MB. Thanks!
Hi Dong Dong try looking for the file on Temporary file from your system OS(XP or Vista)it should be there somewhere. if is not try to download all olders version of your laptop bios and try flashing again one by one, also reset your bios settings removing the laptop battery and motherboard battery first. Any luck let us know.
Helo, I have a HP-dv6258se pavilion notebook with AMD processor and vista 32 bit running on it. I was recently trying to update my BIOS as I was having problems with my SD card slot. I looked in HP.com and there was a note which requested customers to update BIOS to resolve this issue.
So I downloaded the BIOS software and tried to update when suddenly the screen went blank in the middle of the process. I waited for around 30mins and nothing happened . I tried to restart and after that there was no display. The LED lights on the notebook are on now but nothing else seems to work.
Will the method that is proposed here work, coz when I turn my laptop ON there is no display. I dont know if my laptop is booting.
Anyone working in HP know whether there's a block block jumper (using parallel port or others) for Pavilion Notebook zt3000 series model zt3030AP. I tried using critical recovery disk after BIOS updating failure, but didn't help.
The Notebook will have the Power LED and Battery(charge) LED flash once and go off when the power button is pressed with the battery pack in place or when the ac adapter power is plugged in (without battery pack).
I make this thread here, because there are no WARNING messages with bios update ROMpags (Windows only) in download areas.
So, I am owner of NX9105 laptop. 3 days ago I kill my laptop with Winphlash. I looked around and see that HP have some kind of recovery boot disk for bios-dead laptops. After few days of study I found out that all laptops with newer PHOENIX bios have possibility to reflash bios with special boot disk - Crisis Recovery Disk. This is wondreful what can be found in Internet. I found some Phoenix bios documentations and some utilities from IBM and make my own bios crisis recovery disk. READ THIS. If You have bios dead laptop You can use my made diskimage(see attachment) Of cause you MUST REPLACE BIOS.WPH with bios file of yours laptop model.Rename it bios.wph and copy over to floppy you just made. Laptops with no floppy - I dont know is this floppy image works in cd. I used usb-floppy drive. After you make floppy remove battery from yours laptop and holding down FN and B keys or WIN and B keys push power on. This triggers on special Phoenix bios recovery mode. I see floppy disk light goes on about minute. The bios image is reading. After that there is no activity of any kind about 20 seconds.DO NOTHIHG - WAIT.Bios image is writing. And then - all lights goes on when laptop reboots itself. There is some so kalled parrallel port trigger if key pressing not help (or swith in motherboard). And of cause read all docs of yours laptop what you found. USE AT YOUR OWN RISC.
Hi, So I've spend the past 3 days trying to recover from a failed bios update on a HP DV6244us. Here's how far I got....
When I press FN+B, it beeps, that means it's trying to find a device that has the bios files.
The first full day I would try to boot off a usb or a CD. it's NOT POSSIBLE, it just doesn't do it, I tried EVERY POSSIBLE METHOD, just skip that, you need a Floppy Drive!
So I went out and got my self an external usb floppy drive. Now when I put all the files on it, it would read of a second and then nothing. I would wait for 10 minutes and nothing.
Then I tried Justin Maslack's files he attached, and it worked!!!, sort of.
So now I'm at the point where, it Beeps 3 times, then fully reads the floppy drive, for almost a minute, then it sits there quietly for 20 seconds and then turns off. So it seems like it's working fine. But when I turn it back on, it won't boot, I get the same thing, all light, and nothing else.
I tried all the versions of the bios. Then I thought, maybe the motherboard was replaced at some point, but I looked up the motherboard, and still the same one. I even, took out the hard drive and plugged it into my pc, and I found the bios.bak file, the bios that was backed up before the new bios failed, and tried to rewrite that file, but that didnt work either. The original bios on the laptop was F.10, which HP doesnt even have on their website, but it still did NOT WORK!
SO it seems to update the bios, but it just won't work after I boot it back up, what now!
I think I'll try Justin's files but with different verion of phlash. Meanwhile, if anyone has any ideas, please let me know.
Follow up..... So I couldn't get it to work. The only phlash versions that would actually fully load from the floppy disk were the two newest versions v1.6.5.4 and v1.6.7.0. At first I thought that maybe I need a newer version. So after a lot of digging I found 1 newer version, v1.6.8.9, but with that version the disc wouldn't fully load. The file is attached anyway.
So the last thing I did was download Phoenix Bios Editor, and I looked at the firmware that the site was offering. Under "Multiboot III" there was no (*) besides the string "Bios Fail Recovery". I'm guessing that is my problem.
The weird thing is that when I tried to open version F.10, the original one from my laptop which was backed up before my laptop crashed, the bios editor would say "Invalid File Length" or something like that. Although, the file is the same size as all the newer versios.
So i'm sending my chip out to biosman and going to have it reprogrammed to the newest version for $20. This is my way of giving up (although it's not really giving up).
Antonio, Did your computer beep at all when you pressed win+b? If so, did it stop beeping after 3 beeps? If not, did you try pressing all 4 arrows down at the same time instead the win+b? What model do you have?
Nothing in here worked, concepts were sound but I eventually found that I had the wrong version of PHLASH16.EXE.
So I went on a hunt, and there are around 13 versions (which I found, there may be many more) and tried them all, until one worked.
I have attached a file with all of them in it, also with a batch file I made so you don't have to keep renaming stuff.
Just make sure you put your BIOS file in the same directory once its extracted and rename the BIOS file to 'BIOS.WPH' and MAKE SURE YOU READ THE INSTRUCTIONS! ...
anyways...
Good luck people, hope you get your stuff working like I did.
OH please halp me, I know this thread is a little bit old, but please, I have the same problem, and fn+b or fn+win didnt work... My laptop is a pavilion dv5-1143la... And I Cant find the BIOS file... thanks
Make sure you unplug everything, and take the battery out.... make sure the floppy drive is connected (if it is USB) and the disk is in created with my ZIP file or someone elses...
hold one of the combintion keys, whether it is 'Fn+B' or 'Win+B' or the 4 arrow keys or 'Fn+ESC' or 'Win+ESC' ... there are many, research your combination keys to make sure you are using the right one...
now as you are holding those keys, insert the power cable and keep holding the keys, then after a couple of seconds, press the power button, continuing to hold the keys, the machine should beep (it was one beep for me) .... once the machine beeps, it should start reading hte floppy drive, from here you can let go of the keys ...
if you dont know your key combination, keep trying, don't give up, a working computer is better than a doorstop ...
... I have 2 problems... 1st)I´m not sure the BIOS file I have is the one I need(So, if someone, would please help me find it (hp pavilion dv5-1143la))... ..And 2nd)I don´t have a floppy drive...(I´ll try to get one tomorrow..) so I´m trying with a CD because I hear, the computer is trying to read it... mmm... However I would appreciate if someone would help me with the BIOS file, or with another method, thanks...
Bo later friend. I'm not finding the correct files to rewrite the BIOS of my notebook dv6174cl Is it possible to rewrite the BIOS with the CD-ROM or a flash drive?
Hy I have the same problem with my notebook. (Interrupted Bios Flash). It's a Hp Pavilion dv5-1178er It's not sending any beep message or anything alse when swiching on. It just lights up all Quick Lauch button, reads the DVD rom, usb and Hdd for a while with a blank screen. The fun also starts. How could I restore the Bios? What do you think? The Crisis Recovery Disk method should work as well? Please help. thanks in advance
Good afternoon. I did everything you said but nothing worked. Extract the files, renamed, and nothing. What do I do now? None of the key combinations worked out, tried all that you sent. When the notebook is turned on, emits a BEEEEEP, beep, beep. and then starts reading the diskette, but after 5 seconds it for. Please help me. Perhaps I need to remove the BIOS chip to rewrite?
hello again, please somebody help me find the correct Bios for my pc it's a HP pavilion dv5-1143la because, on the hp site I only find an .exe file(and after extracting it there are several files)... I'm so desperate.. Please! thank you in advance
Manuel Paez, your HP does not apply to this thread. All our motherboards have a phoenix bios, you's does't, but let me help you anyway.... This is the bios your computer has: http://www.insydesw.com/ You can recover your bios by using a flash drive, you shouldn't have to format it a weird way like we do. Attached is a zip file which contains the 2 files you need to put on the flash drive. Start up the laptop like we do using Hold down <Fn> + <Esc> or <windows> key + <B>. Usually in ur case, you would have to rename the 2 .fd files attached, but when you look at the platform.ini file, inside there you will see that it says "model=", whatever comes after the equal sign is what your supposed to rename your file to, but since nothing is there, you dont need to rename it. Here's a thread that deals more with your problem in case you will need more help. http://forums.mydigitallife.info/showthread.php?t=13095 It seems that your bios is 2mb, which is why you have 2 files 1mb each, you can check buy checking ur bios chip model and looking up it's schematics.
Romulo Albuquerque, it seems that in your case you either aren't formating the floppy correctly (you're not writing the files in the correct order) or you are using the wrong version of phlash. For me only 2 versions would read the disc completely, and none of the others would, so I would make sure to try all the different versions. Also it is not possible for us to recover using a usb or cd rom, trust me I spend a couple days just trying that, and it got me nowhere. Use the floppy
TANKO IMRE ZOLTAN, You are in the same boat as Manuel, read what I just wrote to him, your laptop actually takes THE SAME bios as his laptop, so you can also use the files I attached to recover ur bios.
EDIT: I couldn't upload the file because it was too big (1mb limit). You can download the file here: http://d01.megashares.com/dl/d4235bf/dv5-11xx.zip All it is the two .fd files from when you extract sp45138.exe.
Andrzej D, Thank you very much!!! I'll try that way Anyway It's a great progress to know mine is an insyde Bios. So I'll look for it deeper and see if I can solve it! thank you
Yes Andrzej, Thanks a lot. At least it's a start. Anyway...meantime I took the laptop to a good friend in a service, but he said that the only thing he could do is to replace the bios chip. I asked him not to do it before I try the methods described by you and the forum you linked (thanks again for it) Anyway I'll come back with an amswear in a couple of days.
just a follow up on my progress and a fyi for all of you. My dv6 has a tsop bios chip, and biosman does not program those, I send them my chip and now they are sending it back to me! I'm going to try aqstech.com next, they said they program the chip ($20), we shall see.
I've tried the method and the files you've sent, but still nothing. the only thing which changed with WIN+B is that the Caps Lock and Num Lock Leds are now off. But it doesn't seem to read the USB pen drive. Just a few blinkings like before. If you have other ideeas please help. THX
Maciel, as stated above, you cant use a usb drive, hp bios too limited on drivers.
I just want to do a last follow-up on my status. I shipped my bios chip to aqstech.com They were able to program the chip and send it back to me. I put the chip back in the motherboard, and unexpectedly, IT WORKS! So for people out there that have or know someone that can remove/re-soldier the tsop chip, you have have it programmed by aqstech.com It cost me $23 with shipping, which is a great deal. Don't go to biosman, they can't program these chips.
I have a dv9500t that I flashed the bios on and now it has bricked on me. I have done this a ton of times and it seemed to go smoothly until now all I get is a black screen at boot.
I have tried to Crisis boot countless times but I can't get it to work. The problem I am having is that the floppy drive won't read when I try to boot.
I have used many BIOS (.59) images and PHLASH16.exe files but still have had no luck. Is there something special that is holding my drive back from booting. I read something about HP disabling Crisis boot but when I hold down windows and b and power up I hear a bunch of beeping which is making me think that Crisis boot will work if the floppy will read.
I have followed the conversation between Rafal Dyka and Celio Motta since Rafal has almost an identical system but I can not get my bios to boot.
If anyone has had the same problem of not getting the usb floppy drive to read and has fixed it I would really appreciate the input.
I have a HP dv9260nr, model RP250UA#ABA, SN CNF7082MDH, NVIDIA GeForce Go 7600 Video Graphics, MS Windows Vista Ultimate 64 bit OS and it is not on the list for a free repair.
It was purchased Aug 2007 (no extended warranty) for $1400 and became inoperable in Feb 2009 after a failed bios update that had been recommended by HP Health Check. The laptop powered down after the bios update but did not restart itself. After several minutes of waiting, I turned the power on and the laptop began the boot process. However, after approximately 2 seconds, it began emitting 1 long and 2 short beeps. Like everyone else, I have contacted HP for assistance but am told to send it in for repair at my expense. Unfortunately, I don't have that kind of money.
I have tried and am still in the process of trying to return the laptop to it's original bios configuration using the methods described in this forum. I've almost exhausted all bios and phlash16 versions with no success to date. Currently, I am trying to find a way to recover bios.bak from the sata HDD for my dead laptop.
I thought I would describe what I've done so far in hopes someone may see what I may be doing wrong.
Using my HP Desktop PC which has the Windows Vista Home Premium 32 bit OS, I have downloaded the recommended Crisis Recovery Zip files and all available bios versions for the dv9260nr. I deleted the BIOS.WPH, renamed my version bios to BIOS.WPH, and copied it to the crisis recovery folder.
I have used both the MS DOS command method to create the crisis recovery disk and the wincrisis method with no success so far. I have downloaded the VGABIOS.EXE file and added it to the crisis recovery disk with no success as yet.
The USB Floppy model I am using is the YD-8U10. Following the recommended instructions, I plug the floppy into the USB port adjacent to the AC Adapter power plug.
When I turn the power on and depress the power on button, the blue led lights come on and the computer starts reading the disk without me having to depress any additional keys. I have experimented by depressing the Win + B and Fn +B keys but it didn't make any difference.
The computer reads the disk for approximately 40 seconds. Then, there is a noise that comes from the laptop like the fan turning on and what appears to be some internal activity. However this only lasts for about 5-10 seconds and then the laptop powers down.
I wait for about 10 minutes and then depress the power on button. The blue led lights come on and I can hear internal activity that last for about 2 seconds and then the loud 1 long and 2 short beeps start.
I am continuing with the remainder of the bios and phlash versions but if anyone has some suggestions that may help, I would greatly appreciate it.
J.P. Watts, It seems that your problem is that you either aren't writing the files to the floppy disk in the correct order, or you didn't try all the versions for phlash. Is it not reading the floppy at all, or is it reading it for like 2 seconds and then stops? I believe when I was trying wrong versions or didn't write the files in the correct order, it would read the disk for a couple seconds and then stops (it been over a month now, so I don't remember it exactly).
James R Norton, Your laptop is doing the same thing what mine did. Everything SEEMS to work, it seems to read the bios off the floppy drive and install it and then turn off. But when you turn it back on you would expect it to work... but it doesn't. I just gave up and send my bios out to be programmed. I would suggest the same to you if you can't get it to work
If you don't know how to remove the tsop, you can probably mail your whole motherboard to aqstech and ask them to reprogram the tsop. They don't like it when people send them just a motherboard by itself to be fixed, but just say that you don't have the skills to remove the tsop yourself, and ask them to remove it, program it, and put it back in. Also tell them that they don't have to test the motherboard to see if it works. This is a cheap alternative to buying a new motherboard ($100+).
James R Norton, 1 last thing, you can recover the backup bios by simply pluggin in your sata drive into a pc (you don't need any adapters, it's a standard sata connection), but I did try that. I recovered the backed up bios and tried to write it back to the motherboard, but that didn't work.
In my honest opinion, I came to the conclusion that when the when the bios recovery is disabled (which it was in my bios), and you try to recover is that it goes through the procedure, but it doesn't overwrite the old data. So it looks like it's recovering, but its actually not, which is why so many of us are having this problem.
The disk just doesn't seem to be reading at all. No led lights up or anything and I can't feel or hear the drive. Crisis boot should be after holding windows and b and power up and should beep several times correct?
I have tried 4 different versions of flash that I found here and a couple in different places but I don't think that is the issue since I can't get the drive to have any sort of activity. How long does it take after the beeping for the drive to start reading?
J.P. Watts, Since it is not reading the disk at all, it's not the contents of the disk that's the problem, it's the disk drive. FOr some reason it doesn't like you're floppy drive. What should be happening is the computer should be beeping, and then the floppy should start reading the contents of the floppy to see what's on there. I would suggest getting a different floppy drive.
for days now i am trying to recover the bios but so far with no luck...
tried flashing with different phlash16 versions, with diff. bios ver., all usb ports on laptop, diff. key combintions, in windows and in dos...nothing...
my laptop does not beep at all.i can not turn it on since it died. with WIN+B it starts, LEDs flash short, the power LED stays on and the fan runs fast...
sometimes nothing happens, the floppy spins off and then stops...sometimes it reads/writes for a minute, stops again fo few seconds and starts reading again, stops for few seconds, and again,and again...nothing happens...
sometimes it reads the floppy for about a minute or more, stops and does nothing...
but, sometimes, the floppy reads for a minute, stopes and after maybe 20-30 seconds the laptop shuts down...
AC out, floppy out, battery in (or without), AC in, power button.......big nothing...
i am about to give up...any ideas?
MfG,
dElA
p.s. i forgot to say, one of the two usb ports soldered to the MOBO (3 ports total) is not "working", i mean, when i start i can hear a noise from the floppy, but nothing happens...
gffff gfgfgg, This thread has all the information you need, there not much more that anyone can say. You can try finding the old bios by taking out ur hard drive and putting that one on.
I think the biggest problem here is that the bios has Boot Fail Recovery disabled. As stated before, you can open your old bios in Bios Editor and see if it's enabled or not. By giving up, I home you mean have your chip send out for programming.
I just think that HP really dropped the ball on this one, and they should man up and actually do something about this. I don't mean replace everyone's motherboard, but actually write a good program that writes the bios to a floppy drive, or have an option where we can order a copy of the bios recovery tool on a floppy disk. This should also be working with a CD, so they should even offer us an iso to write to a recovery to a cd. Disappointing.
Thanks for the reply. I'll download the Phoenix Bios Editor and check it out. I was beginning to come to the same conclusion that it was blocked and not allowing the data to be overwritten. I guess the last resort will be as you suggested and send it in to be reprogrammed. I've been out of the trade for many years but I'm pretty sure I can remove it from the MB. It may take me a few days, but I will post the results back here whether it's success or failure. Thanks again.
By giving up i mean leaving the laptop at a very suspicious laptop center here in Doha (im in the Middle East)...today i was told it could be ready in an hour when i bring it to them. to be honest, i'm afraid they will do more bad then good. other option would be ordering the chip from UK, but it would take time (a month...) to arrive...i'm desperite...
for some reason i can't find my bios backup file on the hdd...but i'm gonna check again, and i'm pretty sure that my bios has the * in the multiboot menu...so it has to be something else...
Oh yes, oh yes, it run, the solution of Leroy Merlin posted Mar 13, 2006 05:49:33 GMT, for compaq presario 2565ea. Wondelfull. You never must died. Gracias.
My problem might be related to the issues discussed in this threat. I use an HP Compaq Presario V6302EU. Originally it had a Broadcom BCM94311MCG installed. Some months ago it no longer functioned. It is possible that this had to do with a Winphlash of the Phoenix System BIOS for the Quanta motherboard. The latest version of this System BIOS is 30B7F42.WPH.
Because the Broadcom adapter no longer worked I replaced it by a Broadcom BCM4321. This adapter is very similar to the original one and supports Wireless LAN 802.11n.
The problem of this system is that it doesn't give any sign that it recognizes the adapter in the mini-PCIe port. I would like to know the most likely solution to get the networkadapter recognized by the system.
A lot of information about the vendor ID's of these kinds of Broadcom cards are already available in this threat. I don't know whether I need them. The original WLAN-adapter was always detected by the system until some months ago. I get no error about any whitelist problem. To me it seems like the powersupply for the mini-PCIe port is dead. Normally can switch the powersupply of the WLAN-adapter on and off by pressing F10 after power on to enter the System BIOS and by changing a value there. Unfortunately the System BIOS of this system doesn't have this option.
Because I am wasting time I would like to get some concrete ideas about what's causing the problem and about what I can do about it.
Ed Roebersen, Your problem has nothing to do with what is going on in this thread, but I've seen it before. The problem you are having is due to a physical malfunction in the motherboard. You seem to have one of those motherboard made my HP that, after a couple years, what happens is the build in nvidia graphics card overheats, and the heat causes some connection on the motherboard to lose connection. Since the pcie connection is right next to the graphics chip, it stops working. HP actually had a recall for these, but not all laptops with that motherboard were recalled. Your motherboard also probably has 2 pcie connectors, except that the connections for the 2nd one are there, so you can't put anything in there, so your stuck trying to use the one that doesn't work. The only (easy) thing you can do is use an external usb eithernet card. The advance thing you can do, which probably isn't worth it, is soldier in the connection for the 2nd pcie connector, or soldier the pcie adaptor to connect to a usb drive. Other than this you can see if your still covered under the recall, and if not, whine a lot till they replace it :)
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