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dead VAIO PCG-FRV26

post #1 of 7
6/18/09 at 2:06pm
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I just bought a vaio last night and I wanted to boot from my flash drive to use Gparted to change my partitions for a dual-booting laptop. so I download the BIOS update from sony eSupport and run it. I am not sure that it finished updating the bios but it turned off (by what seemed like having the power cut off). Now when I try to boot there is nothing except the CD light comes on and then goes off again. I did some googling and I think the BIOS is dead. this is really sad 'cause I just bought it last night. it is an older laptop and has no warranty and I can't bring it to sony to be serviced (too much $). did I just brick my laptop, or can I replace the bios easy?

thanks!
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post #2 of 7
6/18/09 at 3:16pm
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Hello? anybody? I tried taking out the battery for like 6 minutes then put it all back together and it still has the same thing wrong with it!
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post #3 of 7
6/18/09 at 6:20pm
I am afraid that you fried the notebook.

Search the net for "how to recover a bad BIOS flash" for input.

cheers ...
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post #4 of 7
6/18/09 at 6:23pm
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when I take out the battery and AC, the dvd drive light comes on as if it was searching for something. Is this a way to recover it, to have it reprogram the bios from CD?

Also how long does it take to reset the BIOS by taking out the battery? more then 6 minutes?
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post #5 of 7
6/18/09 at 6:31pm
Some BIOS would not reset, even you removed the CMOS battery. They consider it security breach.

Best bet is to find someone to reprogram the BIOS chip, or get yourself a new one if you feel that you can replace the BIOS yourself.

cheers ...
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post #6 of 7
6/18/09 at 6:35pm
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Originally Posted by qhn View Post
Some BIOS would not reset, even you removed the CMOS battery. They consider it security breach.

Best bet is to find someone to reprogram the BIOS chip, or get yourself a new one if you feel that you can replace the BIOS yourself.

cheers ...

I have a laptop and I can't find the BIOS. it is a huge pain to take the laptop all the way apart to get the mobo out to get to the battery. I tried it for 6 minutes out and then put it all back together with help. Does it take longer then 6 minutes to reset? And how do I tell if it does reset or not?
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post #7 of 7
6/18/09 at 6:39pm
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I have a laptop and I can't find the BIOS. it is a huge pain to take the laptop all the way apart to get the mobo out to get to the battery. I tried it for 6 minutes out and then put it all back together with help. Does it take longer then 6 minutes to reset?
Should not take longer than the time you removed the battery and replace it.

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And how do I tell if it does reset or not?
If it does not work meaning start the notebook up, then it does not get reset.

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