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‎07-04-2021 10:55 AM

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Product: HP Compaq Elite 8300 Small Form Factor
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 (64-bit)

I have updated the bios In my computer but in the middle of installing it it froze , when I restarted it gave me 9 beeps at the power light staying green , fans will Rev up after 1 minute of being on 

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‎07-07-2021 08:07 AM

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you have not updated your bios, what happened is you interrupted a bios update which resulted in a corrupted bios your motherboard is now a brick (non functional) while it might be possible to recover,.. the time and effort is not worthwhile when a working replacement motherboard can be found on ebay for under 30.00

 

lesson learned............................never ever interrupt a bios update!!!

 

sec lesson make sure the CORRECT BIOS update is used

 

third lesson, make sure you know HOW TO UPDATE, a common mistake is to run a bios updater that was made for windows 7 under windows 10 which may not run right resulting in a bricked motherboard.

 

learn how to do a bios update via DOS/USB key which is OS agnostic, or from within the computer's bios itself (if it offers that option)

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