How to recover from BIOS flash failure

[wallinbl]

I tried to flash the BIOS on me Dell Laptop (no longer under warranty), and it failed. The computer is basically screwed now.

Is there a way to get it back? Something I can buy at Radioshack? Anything?

 

[Megatomic]

I had a failed bios update on my Abit KT7A Raid mobo this summer. I wound up having to buy a new bios chip from Abit to fix it.

To address your specific problem, can you give more details? Like what happens when you power up your laptop? Any error messages? What's it doing?

 

[Burnt]

hmmm...that's not good. I had a friend who did that...but it was on purpose because it had a service plan, it worked.

How did it fail? did your laptop lose power?

 

[wallinbl]

I turn it on, it makes a whirring noise (fan?) for 3 seconds, turns back off.

 

[redhatlinux]

Check out BADFLASH.COM, I know that you can get BIOS chips from them for desktops, maybe laptops as well ??

 

[bacillus]

my guess is that you'll have to seek help from dell itself!