Do you get a cursor on the screen at all? If you're willing to share, what's the make/model. Some systems I've seen retain a basic set of functionality for video, keyboard, and floppy so a bios can be flashed if the current one is damaged. Granted...that was a desktop board.
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Jan 11, 2008 2:02 PM, neal daringer <<a href="mailto:admin@c0wzftp.com">admin@c0wzftp.com</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
i recently was updating the bios on an old laptop, it showed that it<br>finished. then it said, press enter to reboot. i pressed enter. then<br>nothing. it will turn on, but i does not show anything nor act like it<br>is doing anything worthwhile. any ideas on what i can do or is it now a
<br>nice big paperweight/doorstop/booster seat/pretend computer/etc/etc/etc????<br><br>kinda pisses me off too because i got the bios update from the<br>manufacters website. fyi its wayyyyyyyyyyy out of warranty.<br>_______________________________________________
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