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‎01-18-2017 11:54 AM

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Product: z440
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 (64-bit)

I have connected my new SSD to a PCIe slot and connected the power cable to wrong pins on the mother board. After this mistake the front panel PC indicator flashes in red and beeps 8 times. Here is what hp official page says:

 

The Diagnostic LED blinks red 8 times and the system beeps 8 times (once per second), then a 2-second pause follows:

This indicates an invalid system ROM based on bad checksum and entering Failsafe (Boot Block) recovery mode.

To resolve the issue, complete the following steps:

1) Re-flash the system ROM. (Failsafe Boot Block ROM Recovery)

2) Replace the system board.

 

Here is the photo showing to witch connector I used for the SSD. I have marked the correct pins and the wrong pins that I connected on the first try with red arrows:

 

Do you think I am doomed to get a new motherboard? Could my mistake have fried the whole motherboard?..

 

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