[Cialug] bios fubar?

[Tim Wilson]

The only thing remotely close to that was one time a desktop I was working
on didn't boot after flashing a new BIOS.  Turned out I had to clear the
CMOS settings, then it booted.  I then fine-tuned the BIOS settings to get
it to where I thought it was before.  I don't see how dropping the laptop
battery would clear CMOS though, so I'm guessing your situation is
different.

On Jan 11, 2008 2:28 PM, neal daringer <admin at c0wzftp.com> wrote:

> ok. it just resurected itself. (shucks i needed a doorstop). i tried
> starting it up w/o the battery in it and voila it works now. wtf is that
> crap???? btw its a  Dell Latitude CPi  (Pentium II 364Mhz :-D, 128MB
> ram).. thank god it works again. now i need to get DOOM3 on this baby
> and go to town!!
>
> on another note, have you ever heard of a case like this?? where the
> battery is just so jacked up that the only way to run a laptop is to not
> use the battery??
>
>
>  jrnosee at gmail.com wrote:
> > 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.
> >
> > On Jan 11, 2008 2:02 PM, neal daringer <admin at c0wzftp.com
> > <mailto:admin at c0wzftp.com>> wrote:
> >
> >     i recently was updating the bios on an old laptop, it showed that it
> >     finished. then it said, press enter to reboot. i pressed enter. then
> >     nothing. it will turn on, but i does not show anything nor act like
> it
> >     is doing anything worthwhile. any ideas on what i can do or is it
> >     now a
> >     nice big paperweight/doorstop/booster seat/pretend
> >     computer/etc/etc/etc????
> >
> >     kinda pisses me off too because i got the bios update from the
> >     manufacters website. fyi its wayyyyyyyyyyy out of warranty.
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