Corrupt bios after flash
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Corrupt bios after flash
Hi All
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)
Thanks
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)
Thanks
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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.
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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