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‎11-28-2016 08:46 PM

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Product: Compaq Presario CQ61-313US
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 (64-bit)
After some good research, I found that the reason my laptop won't boot is due to a BIOS error. According to http://support.hp.com/us-en/document/bph07107 the blink codes mean my BIOS is saying "Legacy floppy drive or CD/DVD drive not detected". What should I do to fix this? Do I just restore my BIOS using the method the page says, or do I need to repair my CD/DVD Drive?
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‎11-28-2016 10:05 PM - edited ‎11-28-2016 10:08 PM

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The document you are looking at is for desktop computers. Also the "Legacy floppy drive or CD/DVD drive not detected" occurs when attempting to flash the BIOS.

 Document for laptops is here:

http://support.hp.com/us-en/product/Compaq-Presario-CQ61-300-Notebook-PC-series/3938633/model/404137...

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‎11-29-2016 02:28 PM

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Hi,

That document you linked doesn't seem to include blink codes for laptops made before 2010. Mine was made in 2009.
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‎11-29-2016 09:14 PM - edited ‎11-29-2016 09:18 PM

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Are you getting blinks or beeps?

Try this document:

http://h20564.www2.hp.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docId=emr_na-c01732674

 Btw- have you tried a hard reset as mentioned in the documents?

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‎11-29-2016 10:24 PM

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Yes, I see blinks. I need a document with blink codes for LAPTOPS made in 2009. From there a can actually find out what the blin codes are telling me.

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‎11-30-2016 08:22 PM

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The last link I posted above.

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