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Corrupt bios after flash

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Old 17th Jan 2009, 10:10
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Corrupt bios after flash

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I have unfortunately a corrupt BIOS on an HP d230. Any help in recovery would be appreciated. Anyone with a bios or motherboard going spare for example or instructions on how to re-flash. (It was a PSU failure in the middle of flashing the BIOS)
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Old 17th Jan 2009, 10:45
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If I remember, you can flash the d220/230 models a couple of ways: within Windows, and via a boot floppy and/or memory stick. Have you tried either of the latter two options?

Does this model support the "failsafe boot block"? If so, the computer will still have the ability to boot from what they used to call the "ROMpaq diskette". You'll need to create one of these. You can also force a failsafe boot mode on some machines by holding down "esc" while powering on. Google will point you the right way, I expect.
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Good luck, this may work if it's a Phoenix BIOS...


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Thanks guys, you pointed me in the right direction and with some perseverance all is now fixed
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