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‎04-05-2024 04:43 PM - edited ‎04-05-2024 04:44 PM

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Product: Compaq Presario CQ61-420US Notebook PC

My CQ61-420US has a flashing caps light and number lock light. The screen is black. Have tried rebooting with win+B and win+V. No luck. Even replaced the screen in case it was a hardware issue. Would like to recover the BIOS with a USB recovery drive, but the files are no longer available due to it being "retired". Does anyone know where I can get a copy of the BIOS update file? If not, is it possible to create a BIOS USB recovery drive from an identical laptop? (I have two CQ61-420US laptops.) Think that it has an AMD processor. Thanks!

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‎04-05-2024 08:11 PM

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I don't believe that you can create a BIOS recovery drive with those older BIOS update files, but I am not 100% certain about that.

 

FWIW, you can get the last BIOS update HP released for your notebook from this reputable 3rd party driver website:

 

HP Compaq Presario CQ61-420US BIOS (driverscollection.com)

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‎04-05-2024 08:11 PM

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I don't believe that you can create a BIOS recovery drive with those older BIOS update files, but I am not 100% certain about that.

 

FWIW, you can get the last BIOS update HP released for your notebook from this reputable 3rd party driver website:

 

HP Compaq Presario CQ61-420US BIOS (driverscollection.com)

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‎04-06-2024 10:38 AM

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Thank you so much for the resource!

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‎04-06-2024 10:50 AM

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You're very welcome.

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