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‎06-10-2012 06:47 PM - edited ‎06-11-2012 09:04 AM

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My HP pravilion Dv6108nr Laptop has been a great computer but not until i just turned it on 2 days ago. My laptop gets locked up or freezes when i try to boot it. I took out the hard drive and it seems to work fine but it tries to boot of the network adapter since i dont have anything in the drive.

 

 

 

i took my old ram from which i upgraded it from and put it back....... no luck, i tried doing a hard reset...... no luck,i took out the CMOS battery for (3-4 min)........ no luck....... i booted off a cd so i can run start up repair it just hangs at the starting windows in windows 7....... i tried replacing the hard drive......... no luck...... when i try to enter the boot menu it says:

 

Phoenix TrustedCore(tm) nb

Copyright 1985-2004 Phoenix Technologies Ltd.

All Rights Reserved

 

Bios version F.2E

Build Time: 03/22/10/   16:28:32

 

CPU = Genuine Intel(R) CPU T1350 @ 1.86 GHz

512m System RAM Passed<-----------(MY ORGINAL FACTORY RAM)

2048K Cache SRAM Passed

System BIOS shadwed

Video BIOS shadowed

And it just hangs there and does nothing.

 

 

Should i Try Flashing the BIOS VIA USB OR SOMTHING?

 

 

My warrenty is Done of course so what Should i Do?

 

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‎06-18-2012 03:27 PM

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OK SO I TOOK IT TO A PLACE AND THEY SAID ITS GOING TO COST $400 beacuse its the motherboard so i guess i have to get a new computer..........

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‎06-12-2012 10:42 PM - last edited on ‎04-19-2016 10:16 AM by HP Administrator

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Hello,

 

 

 

 

                 Please goto the following link:

 

                                                  ​  http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?docnam​e=c02693833&cc=ad&dlc=en&lc=en&jumpid=reg_r1002_u...  here you can recover an earlier bios and start the laptop.

 

 

 

                                     

                                                  ​                       I am a :smileyhappy:volunteer!

 

 

 

 

 

If it were a rattler. . . .

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‎06-13-2012 12:03 AM - edited ‎06-13-2012 12:37 AM

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Thanks ill try that in the morning. where can i download the software to put it on USB...how do i use it?im going to use a dell computer to put files on to usb, is that okay?

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‎06-13-2012 12:44 AM

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Hello again,

 

 

 Just goto your laptop model's page HP Pavilion Dv6108nr for downloads-- http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/product?product=3253922&cc=us&dlc=en&lc=en&jumpid=reg_r1002_usen  --and then follow these directions:       

If the HP_TOOLS volume on your HDD has been deleted,   a USB key with an HP_TOOLS volume can be used as an alternative.   The key can be created manually or by using the HP UEFI BIOS Update SoftPAQ or the new HP UEFI Support Environment SoftPAQ and selecting the Create a USB key option.    The USB key does not have to be bootable. However, this  assumes the boot block is not corrupted  in which case a repair is required.
To recover the BIOS on your notebook using the USB key:
  1. Plug the notebook into an AC adapter.
  2. Insert the USB key with HP_Tools installed into an available USB port.
  3. Press the Power button while holding the Windows key and the B key.
  4. The emergency recovery feature replaces the BIOS with the version on the USB key. The computer reboots automatically when the process is completed successfully.
  You are now able to boot into the BIOS screens or  Windows operating system per usual after recovering the BIOS.
            DOING THIS WITH ANOTHER BRAND COMPUTER WILL BE NO PROBLEM, OKAY?

 

                                   I am a :smileyhappy:volunteer!

 

 

 

If it were a rattler. . . .

 

 
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‎06-13-2012 12:51 AM - edited ‎06-13-2012 12:54 AM

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SORRY but i cant find the software it just has win flashBIOS

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‎06-13-2012 01:20 AM - edited ‎06-13-2012 01:21 AM

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Hello,

 

  This is for 64 bit Vista. I'm not sure because you haven't stated what OS, okay? http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/softwareCategory?os=2100&lc=en&cc=us&dlc=en&sw_lang=&product=3253... 

 

                                    but you can change it once you're there.

 

 

 

                                                  ​                       I am a :smileyhappy:volunteer!

 

 

 

 

 

If it were a rattler. . . .

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‎06-13-2012 01:24 AM

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I AM JUST CONFUSED OF WHAT YOU JUST SAID

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‎06-13-2012 01:52 AM - edited ‎06-13-2012 01:57 AM

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Hello,

 

 

  You were right there; all you have to do is figure out what version of the F bios you want to download and just save it to a usb. Your laptop was probably using an recent bios, so choose from the recent ones. Or did you keep it updated? It doesn't matter which bios as long as the laptop gets one that's meant for it. That's what the bios is, Ignore the word winflash and see bios. It really can't be much simpler.

 

 Oh, hey at the top of your post you state you have Bios version F.2E

 

                      

                                                  ​                                      I am a :smileyhappy:volunteer!

 

 

 

 

 

If it were a rattler. . . .

 

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‎06-13-2012 08:35 AM

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i only have on eoption but this

"WinFlash for HP Notebook System BIOS (for Notebooks with Intel Processors) - Microsoft Windows Based"

is this correct i see that its bios but are you sure beacause i looked at other laptop padges and i had more thant 2 option somthing like

"HP Notebook System BIOS Update"

all i have to do is extract it? and run it? im sorry but imusually smarter when i comes to fixing stuff.

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‎06-13-2012 10:56 AM - edited ‎06-14-2012 04:21 PM

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I JUST TRIED SOMTHING........ i tried what happened in this video on youtube

 

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5u9AfXQEb2Q

 

 i used win rar to get my .wph file and i found my usb floppy drive and i wrote a crisis recovery disk I'm not too sure what was the version on the crisis disk i downloaded it from the website that's in the description. 

 

 

 

with a floppy diskette and i use wind+B and it loads from the floppy or somthing and stops........blank screen and does nothing just sits there...... no beeps at all.....Leaving it on to see what happens......Blank screen SD card thing lit up it in bios recovery 

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