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Originally Posted by Mauzen Some models have a backup chip or other methods to reflash the bios. Search for bios recovery and your laptop/used mainboard. As older models and especially laptops do not have such options very often, there might be no possibility for this.

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Originally Posted by twitch2k8 I've ******d around, and tried various techniques such as the Fn + Esc way of using a thumb drive to reset by BIOS to it's default but it doesn't even respond to being switched on so that doesn't work.

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Originally Posted by Mauzen In that case, open your laptop and search for the bios flash chip (mostly a squared, flat chip that can be removed) and write down all infos printed on it. Or try to ****** what chip is used in your laptop. Now search for the chip model (one of the numbers, mostly some letters followed by a number) on ebay or ******. Add "bios" if you do not find anything or try another number from the chip. You should find something like "Preflashed bios chip" or "chip repair". There are some people/shops who sell chips with a working bios on it, especially for damaged bioses like you have. Select a chip flashed for your laptop (be sure it uses at least the same bios like yours, you can find out which bios you need with ******), it will cost around 10-20$.

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Originally Posted by dugi That's why you should only update your BIOS if there is a very good reason to do so. Now all you can do to fix it is replace the bricked chip with a working one or buy a new motherboard. Since this is a laptop I don't think that you can do any of this. If your warranty is still valid I would suggest using it.

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Originally Posted by Mauzen @DVDK: Nah, it is not broken, just get a new chip or send your old chip to a reflash service or in case of emergency to the mainboard distributor.

If the BIOS chip is damaged, you can describe your motherboard as ''broken'', if something doesn't work it's broken.