C700 / CQ40 / CQ45 / DV4 / DV5 / DV6 / HDX18T - Insyde BIOS RECOVERY using a USB THUMBDRIVE

[onzey]

Hi

Can anyone give me some hope that I'm on the right lines?

Trying to restore bios on an HP Pavilion tx2500 (actual model number tx2635ea) which comes on but with blank screen and caps lock and num lock blinking twice continually, which indicates corrupt bios according to HP website.

Holding down windows key + B at startup I get a couple of beeps and the thumbdrive light blinks/flickers a few times with 1 and then 2 beeps (shortly after the thumbdrive light stops flickering) but the bios doesn't appear to get loaded.

Does this mean that its likely I've just got the filename wrong?

The fd file I have is 30F1F0F.fd and the platform file shows
[Platform_Check]
flag=2
PlatformName=30F1

so I've tried renaming to 30F1.BIN and 30F1.ROM but no joy.

Any suggestions anyone?

Thanks.

[onzey]

Laptop now working after finding 1GB memory module was cause of problem.

[hgsisbyoot]

This procedure worked for me on my HDX18T with some slight modification. After several runs at it using this procedure but failing I noticed that the laptop went through the same set of beeps whether I held the Win+B key or not. Also I left the power plugged in the entire time. It was the F31.A Insyde BIOS running from Windows that originally hosed the computer so the first time I tried this method with F12.A which would have been one step up from the original BIOS. After I had no luck with that I copied the .fd file from the F31.A flash, changing the name from 3610F31.fd to 3610.bin, plugged in the USB key and started the computer holding no keys down. That worked. In less than 3 minutes the computer shut down and I was able to boot to Windows.

[affandiz]

I had the same issue as you and have solved it. Format your USB key in FAT16 (same as just FAT). You need to put on it the latest version of the bios (1.16) which I believe you have or can download from the Euro Acer site here. Rename that file to "JAL90x64.fd" and put it on your flash drive.

Now just follow the Boot Block Recovery steps: Power down the laptop, unplug the AC cord, remove battery, insert USB drive, hold Fn+esc and plug the AC cord in, press the power button, release Fn+esc after a few seconds, and just wait. The laptop will restart after 10 minutes and you will be in business. Good luck.

i tried all above but no luck.. any advise

[cwunch]

I dont get the idea of removing the battery?

Is it so important? Or should I keep the battery on the machine just in case something happens to the adapter voltage etc???

[cwunch]

ok my laptop came back on, works fine now. I think there is a real problem with the latest driver F21.

WOrked for me with one of the earliest drivers 0.7

[phantomEVO]

hi to all: i've a dv5-1020el bricked. i've downloaded latest version of the bios from hp's site. i've extracted the exe file (sp42557.exe) and i've found two fd files: 3602F14.fd and 3603F14.fd. i don't know which is the right file to recovery the bios and how can i rename it. could you help me?

thank you and sorry for my very bad english!

[dannyres]

Basically you need to try both.. different ones work for different people. If you do the wrong one you can try the other one it wont do any harm. You just rename the file to 360x.BIN and pop it on a usb drive then boot holding winkey+B. I'm assuming when you say your laptop is bricked it still actually turns on (i.e. the lights go on) but nothing happens? If the lights don't go on your skrewed.

[Maxxxt]

I just wanted to thank the people in this thread for figuring this out. It's bad when you brick your own computer, but I just Bricked MY FRIENDS computer..lol

I followed the directions here using the original BIOS from HP and a USB drive and it worked.

I want to know why a new BIOS version from HP website is bricking all these computers, they really should remove it from their site until its fixed.

Thanks again!!

PS. This was a HP - DV4-1117nr

[feimoi]

mine is presario r3000 and the bios file i got doesnt have .fd but .wph.
How to rewrite the file name? i have tried bios.wph, 08A0.bin, 08A0.wph, but no luck!

Any help will be appreciated.