Bios update destroyed my precious netbook

[phabreel]

Earlier today i was on the samsung website to download some drivers which i think was needed to speed up the boot on of my samsung nc10 netbook. This was mainly because after downloading windows 7 yesterdayi i had a lot of drivers to re-install from the samsung download centre. I noticed during the booting up my laptop that it delayed pn a black screen for a VERY long time before entering into the desktop. I spent hours trying to fix this in device manager, command prompt etc. Nothing worked. When i read on a forum that bios updates might be needed to help windows 7 run better i chose to download one. As the bios update was downloading from the samsung website, after about five mins i noticed the computer had frozen. tried moving the mouse, ctrl alt etc. but nuthing worked. I was very worried when i pressed the power button and the computer did not go off. As i proceeded to take out the battery from the bank i muttered 'nice knowing you laptop' cos i kinda sensed it was a very bad thing about to happen. Took out the battery for a few mins and put the computer back on but it would not switch on. It just showed a blue indicator light and it hasn't come on since then. I can't help but wonder if those 20 delayed seconds during boot was really that intolerable, i should have just left well alone. The poor baby is only a few weeks old and already its met the end. Does anyone know if a laptop can be recovered from an error during bios update? thanks for ur help

[prank1]

I have never seen a laptop that has been able to recover from a Bad BIOS flash, and unlike a Desktop PC it is a bit harder to open it up and change the BIOS ROM chip (containing the EEPROM). Some laptops and computers have the BIOS chip soldered onto the motherboard so you can't just change it (grr).

I would advise you take it back to where you bought it, but be careful with what you tell them happened. Sometimes businesses like to charge you if you were the one that played about with the BIOS, which is kind of annoying since its not exactly you that wrote the BIOS flashing software..

[phabreel]

U're very right about not being to quick to state i'd be downloading software. I noticed there is a disclaimer on their website stating they are not liable for any issues caused by changing software. Nice to have seen that cos when i rang them up i just said the laptop won't turn on for some strange reason;) They agreed to book it in to their service center

[+ Que PPC]

if you search in the web of american megatrends maybe you can found a DOS app called something like low application that can helps you to restore a corrupted bios.

My jobs pc has the bios corrupted because of a worm its a vaio so... al the drivers needs to read the model ID and... the model has beendeleted! unbelievable but true the IT technician tells me that he needs time to try that app cause he never do it but he say it will makes the trick.

Try it you cant loose anything more... or take it to the seller and ask him for the service center.

[Geniusdog254]

If it uses Phoenix BIOs then you can use an emergency flash disk. I've successfully used it to recover my HP DX6000 after I borked a bios hack to remove a WiFi whitelist.