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Acer Aspire One BIOS Recovery

Acer Aspire One BIOS Recovery : "Acer Aspire One BIOS Recovery The Acer Aspire One has a built-in BIOS recovery routine, which can boot into a minimal BIOS environment via a special boot block to re-flash the BIOS, even if the system does not pass POST and does otherwise not boot anymore. This procedure is also known as Crisis Disk. First format an USB flash drive with FAT. It does not need to be bootable. Download the latest BIOS, and extract all files. Put both FLASHIT.EXE and the BIOS file with FD suffix in the root directory of the flash drive. The files must not be in a folder. Rename the BIOS file to ZG5IA32.FD before proceeding. It only works with this exact filename. Turn the AA1 off, and verify both battery and AC adapter are plugged in. Press Fn and Esc simultaneously, keep them pressed and press the power button. Release Fn+Esc after a few seconds. The power button starts blinking at this point. Press it once. The AA1 will now access the files on the flash drive and ini...

HP/Compaq led errors

HP/Compaq : "The following table illustrates the meaning of blink codes used on some notebooks with EFI environment. The blink or beep codes on your computer may have different meanings. When you contact HP for support, the agent needs to know the model of your computer and may ask you about blinking LEDs or beeping tones to help troubleshoot a startup problem.Meaning of Sample Blink Codes for some EFI Notebooks Number of Blinks or BeepsLocation of Blinking LEDsComponent Being CheckedError Condition Continuous glowBattery power LEDBatteryThe AC adapter is attached and the battery is charging, but does not yet have sufficient charge to power the notebook. 1time---Caps Lock/Num Lock-----CPU------------------CPU not functional 2time---Caps Lock/Num Lock-----BIOS----------------BIOS corruption failure 3time---Caps Lock/Num Lock-----Memory-------------Module error not functional 4time---Caps Lock/Num Lock-----Graphics--------------Graphics controller not functional 5time---Caps Lock/Nu...

HP/Compaq

HP/Compaq : "Bios recovery for DV4,c700 And CQ40 BIOS recover is useful to bring up BIOS whenever BIOS system is failed. Depend on what your BIOS model is the recovery method should work well on DV4T, C700, and also HP Compaq CQ40. If you do this recovery for C700 use the file name IBL80HW.FD. As the HP provides many different BIOS you need to find the correct BIOS file to get the right one (example: BIOS for CQ45-107AU is not the same as CQ45-107TX). Here are the following methods to recover BIOS on a CQ45-107TX running the InsydeH2O EFI BIOS using a USB thumb drive: - Used the Insyde BIOS version F.04 file 30F7F04.FD - Rename file 30F7F04.FD to 30F7.BIN and place it on a USB thumb drive - Disconnect the AC adapter from the notebook. - Remove the battery from the notebook. - Insert USB thumb drive into one of the USB ports on the notebook. - Hold down ‘Windows’ Key and the ‘B’ key. - Connect the AC adapter. - Press the ‘Power’ button on the notebook. Here you see the HP notebook ...