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‎11-13-2012 08:38 AM

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Laptop: HP Pavilion DV6-7001TU

OS: Windows 7 Home Premium

 

HP support assistant recently recomeneded a BIOS update and I went ahead and did that. After the BIOS updaet when I press the power button the computer does not start (the power button lights up, the CD ROM is checked/starts) but nothing on the screen.

 

Please help asap! The flash update was InsydeFlash

 

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‎11-14-2012 03:21 AM - edited ‎11-14-2012 03:23 AM

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Sorry for not adding that.

 

I was standing right there so I saw what he did.

 

  1. He took out the battery, the memory, the HDD.
  2. Unplugged the power cord.
  3. Behind the memory card was the BIOS, he used a tool to read the BIOS number, which he then used to find an old chip (this part is assumed).
  4. He took out a very small part out of the old chip (was the thickness of two human hairs I think).
  5. Used a blower that blew heat at 400+ degree celcius, and used a tweazer to put the old chip over the one on the laptop, on enquiring he told that he did a hard reset on BIOS and is now flashing a new BIOS into the chip.
  6. After doing this he threw the old chip out, left the laptop to cool (he threw the chip he found on step 4, the laptop has the same BIOS chip it had orignally.
  7. After that he used petrol, and cleaned the BIOS, the memory connectors, the wifi connectors, the HDD connectors and reset system time by removing and then pluging in the system battery.
  8. Put the battery back in and started the computer and vola! everything started working as normal, except that I had to re-configure a few settings in the BIOS (to my liking) and correct the system time. 

I hope this helps.

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‎11-13-2012 08:54 AM - edited ‎11-13-2012 08:57 AM

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I will pass this along to HP representatives.
Which Insyde BIOS version did you install that caused the issue?

 

You might want to try a hard reset as follows:


1) Remove the battery and unplug the DC power adapter.
2) Press and hold the power button for more than fifteen seconds.
3) Plug in the DC power adapter (leave the battery out for now)
4) Press the power button

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‎11-13-2012 09:09 AM - edited ‎11-13-2012 09:31 AM

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Hi,

Thank you for the help, but it did not work. I honestly do not remember what version was it.

 

Anyother suggestions on how to recover the Laptop? I am desperate!!!

 

Is there a way to flash the bios again, using a USB stick?

‎11-13-2012 10:38 AM

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I have looked high and low, so far HP has not provided a way to create a bootable USB and redo the BIOS. I spent over a thousand dollars on this machine, did what the HP support assistant told me to do, and now I am left without a laptop high and dry.

Please, if someone know a way to create a bootable usb key that would re-do my BIOS, I will greatly appreciate it!

‎11-14-2012 02:36 AM

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Just went out and got it repaired, spent $60. Job done.

‎11-14-2012 03:09 AM

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How was it repaired? 

 

How about sharing the details.


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‎11-14-2012 03:21 AM - edited ‎11-14-2012 03:23 AM

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Sorry for not adding that.

 

I was standing right there so I saw what he did.

 

  1. He took out the battery, the memory, the HDD.
  2. Unplugged the power cord.
  3. Behind the memory card was the BIOS, he used a tool to read the BIOS number, which he then used to find an old chip (this part is assumed).
  4. He took out a very small part out of the old chip (was the thickness of two human hairs I think).
  5. Used a blower that blew heat at 400+ degree celcius, and used a tweazer to put the old chip over the one on the laptop, on enquiring he told that he did a hard reset on BIOS and is now flashing a new BIOS into the chip.
  6. After doing this he threw the old chip out, left the laptop to cool (he threw the chip he found on step 4, the laptop has the same BIOS chip it had orignally.
  7. After that he used petrol, and cleaned the BIOS, the memory connectors, the wifi connectors, the HDD connectors and reset system time by removing and then pluging in the system battery.
  8. Put the battery back in and started the computer and vola! everything started working as normal, except that I had to re-configure a few settings in the BIOS (to my liking) and correct the system time. 

I hope this helps.

‎11-14-2012 07:45 PM - last edited on ‎04-19-2016 11:50 AM by HP Administrator

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Glad you got it recovered. A tip that may save you $ in the future_Your model has UEFI which supports BIOS recovery at boot:

 

http://support.hp.com/us-en/document/c02693833=

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