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post #1 of 21
4/28/10 at 8:07am
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during update bios sudden shutting down laptop dell studio 17
and after then not working
what can i do?

can any body tell me
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post #2 of 21
4/28/10 at 8:22am
Straight from the DELL website:
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BIOS Recovery Utility

If your computer loses power and beeps constantly but does not boot when power is restored, the BIOS settings may be corrupted. However, these symptoms can be caused by several different problems. Before you restore the BIOS, check the beep codes and diagnostic lights to see if a specific problem is identified. Otherwise, perform the following steps to restore the BIOS:
  1. Turn off the computer and disconnect it from its electrical outlet.
  2. Go to a different computer that is working properly, and download the BIOS update utility for the computer from the Dell support website.
NOTE: After you download the BIOS update utility, generate the BIOS recovery utility. To generate the recovery utility, you can use any functioning computer. You do not have to use a computer of the same type or model as the malfunctioning computer.
    1. Go to http://support.dell.com.
If this is your first time to use this website, complete the one-time registration.
    1. Click Downloads for Your Dell.
    2. Enter the Service Tag Number for the computer or select the appropriate Dell system.
    3. Select the appropriate OS and language for the malfunctioning computer.
    4. Select FlashBIOS Updates for the download category.
    5. Click Go.
  1. Follow the instructions on the screen to download the BIOS update utility.
NOTE: For some Dell systems, you are given a choice to create a diskette containing the BIOS update files or to download a file you can use from the hard drive. Select the choice to use the file that requires no installation mechanism, or application. This allows you to download a file that you can use from the hard drive.
  1. Go to an MS-DOS prompt.
  2. Change to the drive and file path where you downloaded the utility.
  3. Type the command xxxxx -writehdrfile (where xxxxx is the name of the BIOS update executable file on the diskette) and press <Enter>.
This generates a file with an .hdr extension, and a message appears indicating that the .hdr file has been written.
  1. Copy the .hdr file to a blank, formatted diskette.
NOTE: This diskette does not have to be bootable. All operations for the recovery utility are performed by the BIOS, and no boot files are required.
  1. Insert the diskette into the diskette drive of the malfunctioning computer. Then turn the computer on.
The computer automatically regenerates the BIOS from the diskette.
Remove the diskette from the diskette drive so that the computer does not boot from the diskette the next time you start the computer.
You need a USB floppy drive and a some blank floppies to do this, it is hit and miss, but I have got it working... ALWAYS have the laptop on the mains when doing this with NO chance of it being switched off....
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post #3 of 21
4/28/10 at 11:11am
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thanks about your answer
but i would to clear,when i turn on the laptop no pic no beeps only the leds on .....
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post #4 of 21
4/28/10 at 11:34am
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Attachment 20020
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post #5 of 21
4/28/10 at 5:04pm
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Originally Posted by salmanyes View Post
thanks about your answer
but i would to clear,when i turn on the laptop no pic no beeps only the leds on .....
Yeah thats normal, thats why you do the recovery blind, it doesn't always work, but is always worth a shot.... If that doesn't work, it is worthwhile trying it with the BIOS ROM file, and flash executable file on a floppy disc which is made bootable... You should be able to do this with a USB pendrive, providing you make it bootable first...
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post #6 of 21
4/28/10 at 10:16pm
Hope you had boot from cd as default, then you could make a cd that will automatically flash it again, if it's booting at all. Blind flashing can work with a bad video card, haven't heard about it working for screwing with your actual bios, which needs to work in the first place to post / boot up.
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post #7 of 21
4/29/10 at 5:00pm
If your still under warranty Call Dell - You will need a new Motherboard most likely
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post #8 of 21
4/29/10 at 8:13pm
you may try this
http://forums.mydigitallife.info/thr...-BIOS-recovery
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post #9 of 21
4/30/10 at 12:46am
Interesting...but I don't see how this would work without a working bios...unless dell has some kind of odd hold these combinations to boot from a backup bios, which would actually be ingenious if such a thing exists.
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post #10 of 21
4/30/10 at 3:33pm
All BIOS's come with a boot block... A small segment within it that is never over written... This is for just this, to start a recovery using a device such as floppy or USB stick... It is not big enough to start the more complicated devices such as video card... So if you 'kill' a BIOS, it is not always dead.. (Probably why Phoenix BIOS's are that...)...
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post #11 of 21
4/30/10 at 5:14pm
Awesome. This is total news to me. Good to learn! Anyone know the combinations for other laptops? I'm assuming only dell has the hold end then plug in combination.

So pretty much if you 'could' overwrite that bootblock, or just smash the cmos chip, then it wouldn't work ever again, ish. (I suppose you could resolder another chip on)
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post #12 of 21
5/1/10 at 4:18am
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thanks about all answers, i will try it ,and i`ll tell you



under testing........
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post #13 of 21
5/1/10 at 6:31am
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NO FILES FOR BIOS CAN I EXTRACT IT TO PUT IT IN FLOPPY DRIVE USB

CAN ANY ONE GIVE ME IF HAVE IT (DELL STUDIO 1737)
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post #14 of 21
5/2/10 at 9:55am
Try older bios version.
A08 -> make rom error
A02 -> make rom ok.
Try command line
1737_A02.EXE /writeromfile
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post #15 of 21
5/2/10 at 5:02pm
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Originally Posted by gabiz_ro View Post
Try older bios version.
A08 -> make rom error
A02 -> make rom ok.
Try command line
1737_A02.EXE /writeromfile

i will try,,,,,,,
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post #16 of 21
5/2/10 at 9:11pm
Sending luck.
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post #17 of 21
5/3/10 at 5:20am
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Originally Posted by gabiz_ro View Post
Try older bios version.
A08 -> make rom error
A02 -> make rom ok.
Try command line
1737_A02.EXE /writeromfile
i tried it but no results

notes: i tried other methods via usb stick recovery bios but no results


can any one send me pic bios of dell studio 1737 alter Replace bolts the laptop to view the bios if i can to reprogramming outside mainboard
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post #18 of 21
5/4/10 at 5:03am
1737_A02.ROM
That's rom extracted.
Inside I see something reffering to flash chip 25L1605A by MXIC is a small chip 2x4 pins.
I don't have any photo of board.
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post #19 of 21
5/4/10 at 7:06am
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Originally Posted by gabiz_ro View Post
1737_A02.ROM
That's rom extracted.
Inside I see something reffering to flash chip 25L1605A by MXIC is a small chip 2x4 pins.
I don't have any photo of board.
i have seen it

r u sure that`s bios???

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post #20 of 21
5/4/10 at 2:51pm
most probably that's bios chip.
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