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‎05-13-2017 01:07 PM

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HP Bios update. Why does this update take so long. Been 15 minutes. Should I cancel and reboot?
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‎05-13-2017 01:14 PM

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> Should I cancel and reboot? 

 

No.  Give it more time.

 

My personal opinion is to never do a BIOS update as the _first_ step in any "trouble-shooting" scenario.

 

‎05-13-2017 01:18 PM

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Why do they send them then? Really P/O now. Nothing happening. Screen black

‎05-13-2017 01:20 PM

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Pavilion is still on but nothing happening, no flickers or?

‎05-13-2017 01:26 PM

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Hi Knotty

 

Doing the BIOS update via HP Support Assistant is sometimes hazardous to your PC's health.

 

Don't do anything as mdklassen stated.

 

But this is not a good sign. If this update fails you may be looking at an HP RMA to fix a bad BIOS update.

 

Grzy

‎05-13-2017 02:13 PM

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> you may be looking at an HP RMA to fix a bad BIOS update.

 

Some HP computers extract the current BIOS, and save it to the "System Recovery" partition on your disk-drive.

This allows an "Emergency Boot" of your computer, allowing a corrupted BIOS to be replaced by that "saved" copy.

 

‎05-13-2017 02:37 PM

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Hi Knotty

 

Please read reply PM for links to HP sites for instructions on recovering the BIOS.

 

This will only work if your PC supports this function.

 

Grzy

‎05-13-2017 02:57 PM

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> Please read reply PM for links to HP sites for instructions on recovering the BIOS.

 

Please do not be "secretive" -- post those links here, so that anybody who reads this thread, tomorrow or next month or next year, can obtain the information.   :indifferent:

 

‎05-13-2017 03:09 PM

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‎05-13-2017 06:07 PM

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>Please do not be "secretive" -- post those links here, so that anybody who reads this thread, tomorrow or next month or next year, can obtain the information.   Smiley Frustrated

 

The documents are available on HP'S Support  site.

 

No secrets here! :generic:

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