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‎04-24-2019 10:44 AM

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

According to the LED error code (2,2), there's corrupt BIOS firmware on a computer that I'm attempting to repair.  I understand how to recover it, that's not the issue. What I can't find is the BIOS "software" or "firmware" to do the recovery. It's not on the hard drive that's in there now since there's no recovery partition. I actually need the one that I can copy right onto a flash drive  from one of the other working computers since I get a blank screen even after following all of the normal recovery procedures (remove battery, etc).  So, this is my last option before it's parted out.

 

Thanks all!

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‎04-24-2019 11:43 PM

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Your Support page has BIOS files. Not sure if they will offer option to create the recovery drive. HP started offering that option but not sure it was during Windows 7 era models.

https://support.hp.com/us-en/drivers/selfservice/compaq-presario-cq61-300-notebook-pc-series/3938633...

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‎04-24-2019 11:43 PM

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Your Support page has BIOS files. Not sure if they will offer option to create the recovery drive. HP started offering that option but not sure it was during Windows 7 era models.

https://support.hp.com/us-en/drivers/selfservice/compaq-presario-cq61-300-notebook-pc-series/3938633...

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‎04-28-2019 12:12 AM

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Thanks and you are absolutely correct. I likely entered the OS type (Windows 7, 64 bit) without doing the actual search. But it did come up with 2 bios update choices. That should hopefully get this thing running. Much appreciated!

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