On Thu, Aug 13, 2015 at 02:20:25PM -0400, Lennart Sorensen wrote: > On Thu, Aug 13, 2015 at 11:02:49AM -0400, wrote: > > On Thu, Aug 13, 2015 at 12:37:32AM -0400, William Park wrote: > > > I can't even get to BIOS. Power LED comes on and few other keyboard > > > related LEDs. Then, it turns off. > > > > Some people have managed to get it to reflash the failed update to A34 > > by putting the bios on a 2GB or smaller USB key and holding down END > > key while turning it on. You have to put the HDR and ROM files on the > > USB key. > > > > Apparently failling while updating to A34 has happened quite a bit. > > >From what I have seen the procedure is: > > Extract the bios files: > > E6400A34.EXE -writehdrfile > > This even works with wine: > # wine E6400A34.exe -writehdrfile > > resulting in: > $ file E64* > E6400A34.exe: MS-DOS executable > E6400A34.hdr: Dell system BIOS version A34 > > Then place the resulting file on a usb key that is no more than 2GB > (probably needs to be FAT16 is my guess). > > Unplug battery and power, then insert usb key, hold END key, and plug > in power (leave battery out apparently), battery light should go red, > release END key, and it should reflash the bios again. At least as far > as I understand the instructions.
I have ThinkPad T43 (Windows 10) fortunately. I extracted HDR file, copied to 256MB usb stick (FAT16), and booted per instruction. The battery LED flashes orange/blue (blue is default colour)... it's been flashing for 2 hours. :-( Keyboard LEDs are diagnostic LEDs during POST, and they say I may have processor failure. What a shame... its keyboard is the best laptop keyboard I came across. -- William --- Talk Mailing List [email protected] http://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk
