K8N Bios issues

I running into some strange bios issues.
If you increase your FSB in the bios past 210 or so the Raid array is no longer detected on SATA 1 and 2. You then have a hell of a time getting back into the bios. No matter how many times you hit the delete button during the boot. Once you are able to get into the bios and lower the FSB your boot order has changed and the Raid array is no longer the first in order?????????????
Whats up with that. Come on MSI get us a good bios. This release version is pretty buggy. If you look at all the reviews on this mobo, take a look at the bios they are using. The Cell menu is located on the Left half of the screen not on the Right like this bios. It seems it also clocks much better than this thing, as I have never heard of any problems on the review sites about dissapearing SATA arrays, unlike I have here on this and other forums.

And that my friends is known as a System Crash. When first running a new system, give it a day or so running at stock settings before going in and changing for increased performance. It may sound "Old-fashioned", but I really believe in letting electronics "burn-in". Then, when you do make changes - make them one at a time, and in small increments! I think this board is really a good one. Aside from slightly higher temps than my 64 3000+, I think it was easier to get running, and a lot more stable.

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HP dv6 Bios issue

Hi I have a Hewlett Packard dv6 1204AX
I have it running windows 32 bit.
4GB Ram. Everything else is standard with no overclocking ever.
My problem began today when my mate bought over a black screened laptop.
We began by noticing that his would not turn on. we concluded that it might be the hard drive.
To test this we took the harddrive out of mine and put it in his. We also tried the RAM, removing that from the dv6 but it would not fit. We did not force anything.
We then tried his hard drive in my laptop to see if his harddrive would work...it did not.
I then put my laptop back together, replacing the RAM and the hard drive but when I started it, my laptop was now black screening with the lights blinking twice, pointing at a BIOS issue.
I tried the hard reset with no luck.
I pulled out the hard drive and ram, blew to make sure no dust was on it, and put it back in. Still no luck.
I tried the windows + B fix. Still no good.
I removed CMOS battery for 40 minutes. replaced. Still no go.
I loaded BIOS software from the HP site onto a usb stick but it wouldn't load the stick. DID change the name of the file to a .bin file as told.
I have tried multiple hard resets etc.
I then asked a friend who fixes computers who told me to go and get a new CMOS battery...I did that...put it and still two blips.
I feel like I have exhausted all options.
Please help.

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MSI 890FXA-GD70 and 3Ware 9750-4i BIOS issues

This is my second build with this motherboard. This post is just to help anyone who might be trying to get similar hardware combinations to work.
The BIOS revision is 1.7, which was the revision the board came with.
When running with a 3Ware 9750-4i board you will find that the 3Ware BIOS will complain about not being able to install. At first it was complaining about the motherboard BIS not providing enough RAM to live in, but after I set the on-board SATA controller to AHCI is stopped complaining and just didn't show up at all.
Now, don't be discouraged if you aren't booting from the 3Ware controller, because this won't stop it from working. When the OS loads the driver, everything is fine.
I suspect it would also work if you completely disabled the on-board controller, but that wasn't an option for me. I wanted to run three additional HDs and two optical drives on that controller, as well as the four drives on the 3Ware.
I kept experimenting with slot positions for the cards, but nothing produced a change at all.
Finally I spent time in the OS trying to make the AHCI drivers for the on-board controller work with connect/disconnect. There appeared no way in Win7 x64 to get any AHCI drivers to load but the default Microsoft ones, which don't support hot-swap or even connect/disconnect.
It appeared to me that the only AHCI drivers supplied by AMD or MSI specifically work only when the controller is in RAID mode. So I tried setting the controller to RAID mode in the BIOS, and discovered that it now played nice with the 3Ware BIOS. Now I am going to reinstall Windows 7 with the 3Ware drivers and select a 3Ware drive to boot from, to see if I can get the AMD or MSI-supplied drivers to work with the on-board controller. I suspect I will get all the features promised then. If I don't, I will return here and report the results.

I completed the new install of Win7 - this time with the 3ware controller as the primary, and the on-board SATA set to RAID.
First, I had to load drivers for the on-board RAID during the install, just to let the install continue. Then I had to load drivers to tell Win7 about the drive where I wanted to install. I thought it would ask for both up front, but it wouldn't take both - it only wanted the drivers for the controller to which the DVD was connected. THEN, after it was ready to ask for a location for the install, it let me put the 3ware drivers up.
Once the system was loaded, I was disappointed to find that none of the on-board RAID drives showed up in the add/remove dialog, but I was able to use a utility to make them work with hot-swapping. It is called Hotswap!
http://mt-naka.com/hotswap/index_enu.htm
and it allowed me to connect/disconnect drives plugged into the on-board controller housed in the Thermaltake MAX-2533.
With the settings like that, the BIOS issues disappear, with both the on-board RAID and the 3ware co-existing nicely. This indicates to me that there is likely something wrong with the standard AHCI BIOS-related screen that makes the 3ware controller unhappy. I doubt the 3ware is the only BIOS-installing card to feel that way, so if you have your drives set to AHCI, but have issues with any other cards, you might look into setting the drives to RAID or to IDE (though you lose some features like NCQ)
I also forgot to mention that I also have a four-port PCI-Express NIC from Intel in the system, so I have updated the system summary below:
MSI 890FXA-GD70 | AMD Phenom II X6 1090T | ZALMAN CNPS9900MAX-B | CORSAIR Vengeance 16GB CMZ16GX3M4A1600C9B | HIS Silence H557HR1G Radeon HD 5570 | Antec Solo Black case | Corsair CMPSU-750TXV2 | 3ware LSI00216 (9750-4i) | Intel PRO/1000 PT Quad Port NIC | Seagate Barracuda XT ST32000641AS (x7) | Thermaltake MAX-2533 | Plextor PX-L890SA | Plextor PX-B940SA-11

MS GS70-2PE BIOS issue

Hi,
Recently i began to get an issue when you press delete button all it gives is black screen with "-" on screen.
I have not flashed bios or anything :/ so i have tried holding in the battery reset and that did not solve it and i have done power button same there nothing solved so does anyone else have a fix for this? since i cannot enter bios at all now.

well no i havent and now i began to get issue again -.- so yeah i might flash it to see if it solves it
I have not flashed 10A yet so yeah i cannot do it while bios refuses to work at all :(
Update: now i have new issue :( now it refuses to boot at all since i remains stuck on MSI logo for ages and that power button is lit up orange so if i take hout msata and HDD it still does same it wont boot at all now not even into USB drive or into bios anymore :(
Update 2: Now laptop gives that "-" issue again when booting into bios -.-
Update 3: whenever i put my msata and 1TB back it locks itself on MSI logo again but if i only have 250GB hard disk i got on side putted in then laptop throws black screen with "-" on it :/
so i think its bios issue.
Update 4: i have tried the EC reset nothing either :/ bios isnt responding to me at all it's like it has hanged itself :/ so only fix for me would be disamble the laptop completely and remove cmos battery and see if that would power down the bios chip and then i put it back but doing so will then make it void warranty :(
Update 5: i have contacted the store and hope they will replace it asap since i cannot find fix for this problem :(

Z77A-G43 GAMING Bios Issue

Hey all, i'm wondering if anyone else has had this issue or any suggestions for repair. My motherboard is just over a year old and it seems the bios has packed in on me. I don't want to chuck it because I do like this board with my hardware configuration. Before I go any further I would like to say it is definitely a corrupt bios issue and sadly this board only has the one so I cant swap to bios 2. So my question is this: is there a way to flash the bios without being able to POST? The computer currently cycles through the power up process and shuts down after about 1 second which starts again after about 5 seconds and repeats this pattern until I pull the plug.
Any Help would be greatly appreciated!

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Well, I had several problems with the machine over the past few days, The computer keeps failing to post and so I reset the bios as per the manual and all was well again but as soon as I restart the pc, I get the exact same problem. no post and have to reset the bios. This went on for several attempts at rebooting until now it just wont boot and resetting the bios isn't working. I know all other aspects of the setup are working because I have tested them so its the only logical conclusion.
if the computer worked before like you said a year + with the same BIOS,
and you didn't change anything to the BIOS before this happens
then its not BIOS issue, BIOS can't broke by itself
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Is there no way to get the board to copy a new bios from USB stick or something?
placing the BIOS stick over USB key
but i don't think that will makes any difference

Bios issues with k8n neo2, turn of memory test, and dmi pool data

Hey guys.
I recently flashed my bios to the 1.9's for the K8n neo2 running in my main machine.
Everything went ok for the most part, though i had some issues with boot record, and boot.cfg file. That stuff is all worked out now.
However, with this bios, I constantly get the extended memory test, on my 2 gigs of ram. The old bios i had, 1.4's, didnt do that. Is there an option to turn that off? I cant seem to find it any where?
My 2nd question is this, after this bios upgrade, my verifying dmi pool data takes longer then it used to, if it even did it before, im not sure, because my boot sequence was much faster.
How can I get rid of the "verifying dmi pool data" or speed it up?
Thanks guys

Tried to used the Bios 1c by Syar's. His bios is nice and easy. Maybe bould solve your problem.BTW do used liveupdate to flashed your Bios or is it manual? Stay away from using liveupdate as it causing a lot problems. Manual is the best way. Refer to my sig for the manual flashing. Here's the location of the files for the Bios 1C. Gd luck.
https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=59711.0
P/S: Create your own rig with details including the PSU and Bios revision and put in your signatures so others can help you.

K8N Neo4-F Bios issue

anyone know of a setting in the bios for the K8N Neo4-F mobo to have it display the option "press any key to boot from cd" the issue i'm running into is i try and install windows on my harddrive.. it does the initial steps just fine, then after it loads the setup files, it needs a reboot. However, after it reboots, it boots right into the same steps i just did. So basically i'm getting stuck in a loop of formating/installing setup stuff
any help would be greatly appreciated

go into BIOS and setup as 1st boot device your HDD.(where OS will be installed)
then boot from CD-ROM (hit "F8" or "F11") to popup selection after post. and choice CD/DVD from there. proceed with XP installation as usual. after reboot installation should continue from your HDD.

MSI K8N Neo Platinum ,bios issue or HW

Hi i am using a system like in the signature described (usind adata instead of twinmos) im cooling with a prometeia system , and the board ist watercooled.
My CPU is a Newcastle (@2800mhz ) my graphic card is the normal 9700pro (it makes no diff in oc if the card is clocked or not)
Now i got some serious problems , i can´t run high fsb sync ? Why ? i wasn´t able to do this with the twinmos ram , but i read twinmos has some serious problems with the nforce3, so i purchased 2*512 mb adata.
I tried different dimm combinations (1/2 ; 1/3) that didn´t made any difference
I tried different bios (1.2 1.25 1.31 1.1) but this didnt made any difference either (using 131 now)
my pci/agp is fix (always 66,67/33,34 in clockgen so its just perfect)
i don´t use any SATA devices (all disabled in bios)
What is my Problem ? is it only a bios problem , or is there hardware in my sys which makes probs? Could it be an IRQ Problem (got 2 pci cards in slot 3 and4 its an IDE raid controller and a soundcard)
i hope there is any help for me :(

Well this is the second time someone mentions problem with Adata DIMMs:
https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?threadid=55475&sid=
Maybe it's about time to post it here:
https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?threadid=51997&sid=
For all I can think of right now, either run the board with a single module or both with 5:6 divider

K8N Neo4-f v1.0 bios issues

Hello. I haven't updated my sig yet so here is what you need to know about my system:
MSI 8KN Neo4-f v1.0 MS-7125 board.
AMD X2 4200+ toledo w/ E6 stepping
2x 1GB Crucial Ballistix Tracer PC4000
EVGA GeForce 8800gts 320mb
3 Deskstar sata hdd (NO raid)
liteon dvdrom and dvdr/rw pata
ocz GameXstream 600 PSU
Ok so here is my problem. first of all, I have bios 1.B. I can't set the ram to 1T and make it boot into windows. Usually it hangs at the load screen or it tries to detect a raid array that is not there. I have tried all kinds of settings for the timings at the 1t command rate and nothing works. At 2T I can set the timings way low and oc the bejesus out of the memory and it runs fine.
now I have been told 2 things. First I was told that this board does not support 1Gb mem sticks at 1T timing. Then I was also told that this bios has problems with 1T and E6 steppings CPU's so I should update to 1.D.
So I flashed to 1.D and the post was so ridiculously slow. It would take a couple minutes to detect the ide devices on post whereas it used to take 10 seconds with 1.B. So i flshed to 1.C. same problem. So I flashed back to 1.B and now it posts quick again.
Why does 1.C and 1.D post so slow while detecting ide devices and why can't I make this mem run at 1T. Also, I saw a modded 1.D bios on these forums. What exactly would that do fo me? Thanks

Sorry for the delay but for the memory timing you didn't mention what voltage you were using for the Ballistix memory - should be 2.2V IIRC. Also check the CAS Latency - I've seen a couple of MSI mbrds which read the SPD wrongly: instead of CL=3 they set it to 2.5 and the system was unstable, so I had to set it manually.
As for the boot delay with 1.D BIOS, I've seen that too in a system with an older AFreey DVD-ROM - I didn't have time to pursue things fully and swapping the DVD-ROM for a more recent Toshiba model fixed it. You might look for a firmware update for the Liteons. The funny thing is that the Afreey had been working for months slaved to an old DMA2 hard drive as master on the channel; when I replaced the old drive with a SATA HDD and put the Afreey as master on the IDE, it made the system crawl all the way through startup. Seems like UDMA2 was just not working right and I tried several different IDE cables.

K8N Neo3 Issues (At the end of my rope)

The parts I have are as follows:
1x K8N Neo3 MOBO
1x Sapphire x1600 Radeon Video Card 512MB PCIE
1x AMD64 Sempron +3000 (Socket 754)
1x WD 100GB HDD
1x WD 250GB HDD
2x DRAM Master PC3200 DDR400 Memory Modules
1x DWL D-Link 11.0Mbps Wireless USB Adapter
1x LiteOn 16X DVD Dual Drive (ATAPI/E-IDE)
Some things to note:
All of the parts have been tested in other machines and work perfectly. I'm currently running XP Pro on a 15gig partition on the 100GB HDD. All of the drivers are installed on this partition as well as firefox. On the other partition on that drive, I have 3DMark05 and windows media player classic installed. Both partitioned were made after formatting the entire drive. On the 250GB HDD, I have some anime and various wallpapers. Hardware acceleration currently set to two notches left of full. All of the drivers are up to date, and I have flashed the BIOS.
The problems:
First off, my CD driver could not read CDs all too well. In the middle of installation I'd get tons of errors which was odd considering the fact that the CD (XP Pro) worked in other comps. After I flashed the BIOS however, this problem was removed, or rather, it pops up less frequently.
Another issue I'm having is with the memory. Both memory modules work well, and were memtested with no errors, however, unless I go to Advanced Chipset Features in the BIOS and enter into DRAM Configuration and change the timing mode to manual, set the Memclock Index Value to 250MHZ and the CAS# Latency to 3, I can't boot into XP. Instead, it'll clear POST, and then pretend like it's going to take me to XP, and then reboot. On the issue with memory, it's interesting to note that with my old sempron processor (AMD 3200+), I don't have to change any BIOS settings to get the RAM to work.
The next problem on the list is with my video card. As mentioned previously, it's a Sapphire x1600 Radeon 512MB PCIE and I can't get it to work on this system for the life of me. I tested the card in a friend's computer (uninstalled his drivers and installed mine before attempting) and it worked like a dream. In mine however, whenever I go to run a graphic intensive program such as 3DMark05, it locks up after about 10 seconds, some times sooner. Occaisonaly VPU will kick in, but usually I have to perform a reboot. Even the little car animation in catalyst control center locks up my computer. It's interesting to note however that when watching anime, that I can usually go about 2 or 3 episodes before my computer freezes up on me, or just reboots.
It's interesting to note that my computer has not rebooted on me while surfing the net, or typing stuff up.
Another issue is that it seems like I can't go 10 or 15 minutes without something shutting down, such as firefox, or msn messenger due to errors. I've reinstalled windows and formatted twice now, and I'm still continually getting conflicts. I'm not sure if this issue might be tied into the ones I'm having with the motherboard, or if that even makes sense, but considering the fact I wasn't having these issues till I switched to this one, I'm ready to put the blame on it.
My theories:
My current theory is that there is a device driver conflict somewhere. After much searching, reinstalling, and a lot of crying, I've not been able to figure out what the video card is conflicting with. While this issue might be better dealt with on some ATI fourm, ATI has not such fourm I could find, and since I'm having issues with the board overall, I figured I'd post it here.
I have no theory as to why one processor would have me to change bios setting to get the RAM to work, and why another wouldn't.
I have no theory as to why I can watch anime, but not play games.
What I'm hoping for:
I'm open to any possible solutions to the problems I'm currently experiencing, and would even be grateful for possible causes if no solution can be met. If all else fails, and I can't get anything to work, (even though all the other parts work on other boards), I'll assume the board is faulty and just RMA it considering the fact that the people I bought it from don't accept returns.

Quote from: Xfraze on 03-February-06, 19:26:38
I plan to get a 450W PSU today and see if that helps, I have my fingers crossed though. Last time I though my computer had a power issue, it turned out the problem was somthing else and I forkedout some cash for nothing.
Yep, that happens ... that is why I always recommend to try it out with a borrowed PSU first. Still, I have the feeling that things are moving in the right direction Maybe it is time to take a closer look at the videocard - you have any idea of the temperature of the card under stress - or about the temperatures in the computer in general? CPU temp, case temp, etc?

About new options in 1.5 K8N bios

I have a64 3000+. After flashing to 1.5 bios on my K8N Neo FSR the HT frequency in bios is 1X, and not 4X like before. I will return it manually to former 4x, but why did it drop? There is also a new option, CPU vid 1.450, what is that for?

I am having serious issues with the 1.5 BIOS update. I updated it with the live BIOS. Now I want to revert back to 1.4. Ive done DOS updates before but these instructions I got from the MSI website now have one instruction for FAT systems and systems running Non-FAT partitions. I'm running WinXP SP2 with a NTFS Partition. Which do I follow? If I remember correctly, Just make a boot disk from ME or XP, delete the Autoexec and config.sys files, then insert the BIOS disk once that is booted up and your all set. Do I have this right?
I cant even go over 2080MHz with the 1.5, all kinds of stability issues with GOOD PC4000 memory, bad video card overclocks now. Almost like it's sucking more power. I have a pretty good 500watt power supply though (That Ultra 500 X connect thingy, got it pretty cheap.) Anyway could someone just give a quick run-down of what I do to revert to 1.4? I would greatly appreciate it.
System Specs: MSI k8N Neo Platinum, A64 3200+ (1mb L2, ClawHammer), 1024gb PNY PC4000, 160gb SATA HD, PNY Geforce 6800 Ultra, Audigy2 ZS, HDTV Wonder, Blah blah blah. PLENTY of cooling.
Thank you all and Bless These Forums!!
BJ

Z77A-GD65 Multiple BIOS Issues - B4 Hang, Splash Screen Blinking

Back in November 2012, I built a home server with a Z77A-GD65. Lately, I've noticed some strange things happening that I've been trying to research but to no avail.
First off, I get the B4 code hang-up whenever I'm booting. This doesn't matter if it's a cold boot or a reboot, it hangs on B4 for about 10-15 seconds, flashes 92 really quick, and then goes to A2 which it stays for another 5 or so seconds. After that I get the MSI splash screen for about 1 second, then it blinks 5 times. After that it goes into Windows just fine.
The blinking is a new issue, the B4 hang is not. I've read from multiple posts that this is a USB issue. When I disable USB legacy support, the issue goes away, but of course then I can't have legacy support. I have yet to figure out what exact device is causing it. In the process of trying to figure this out, I updated BIOS to A.A0. After updating to this version of BIOS the splash screen blinks 5 times before going to the "Starting Windows" splash screen. This is a more difficult issue to figure out why it's doing this because if you search for "BIOS" and "flash" or "flashes" or "flashing", you typically get results for flashing your BIOS. Hence, why I'm using the term "blinking". But even then I can't really find a solution out there.
I also happened to see that the website for the Z77A-GD65 is showing a newer BIOS version, but I'm unable to flash this (at least using M-Flash). I threw it on a USB, re-enabled USB legacy and whenever I click on it to install, the BIOS screen hard locks. The screen just freezes exactly where it's at in the BIOS and the mouse is dead. However, I can CTRL+ALT+DEL on the keyboard and it will reboot the system so I don't need to power cycle the computer. Not sure why this is happening either. Perhaps I need to flash this a different way? Maybe I don't need to flash this at all?
I could really use some input here on why this is happening.
As for the specs on my system, they're as follows:
i7-3770K overclocked to 4.2 Ghz by using the Turbo Mode in BIOS
32GB Komputerbay DDR3 PC3-12800 1600MHz DIMM with Low Profile Blue Heatspreaders Quad Channel RAM | 9-9-9-24 XMP ready
AMD PowerColor 7870 Myst Edition GPU - currently not overclocked although overclocking this doesn't seem to affect any issues
2 - 128 GB Corsair SATA III SSD - one runs the OS, the other I use to load games from
2 - 500 GB Seagate Barracuda 7200 RPM Sata II HDD's mirrored via Windows 7
1 - 750 GB Seagate Barracude 7200 RPM Sata II HDD
1 - 1 TB Western Digital MyBook USB 2.0 external
2 - 3 TB Seagate USB 3.0 external
ASUS DVD Burner - not sure which one, it's a cheapy $20 from Newegg
1 - PCI USB 3.0 expansion card
Antec TruePower New TP-550 Modular 550W Continuous Power ATX12V V2.3 / EPS12V V2.91 SLI Certified CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Active PFC "compatible with Core i7/Core i5" Power Supply
NZXT Switch 810 gunmetal - currently have 4 fans running but plan on more, also the Switch 810 has the multi-card reader in the front with 1x SD Card, 2x USB 2.0, 2x USB 3.0
for peripherals
1 - Microsoft 360 Wireless controller adapter (legit one, not the knockoff although I had a knockoff prior to getting the real deal)
1 - Logitech Wireless USB Keyboard with Touchpad
I tried to be thorough. Thanks in advance for any help!

Quote from: PirateDog on 26-August-13, 12:45:18
Probably a USB device problem.
This is a candidate, as well as mouse and keyboard. Disconnect USB devices one at a time to find the culprit.
A lot of devices running. PSU a +12V single rail or is it multi rail? A rail going to the graphics or components may not be enough amps. My best guess is the card reader.
For UEFI/BIOS flashing, select your mainboard here and use the forum flash method;
I'll definitely try unplugging some of these USB devices to see if that helps with the B4 hang issue.
As for the PSU, according to the description for it on Newegg: "Four industry-leading independent +12v rails are provided for more stable and safer power output." It has two rails going to the GPU. The GPU is a new addition to the system and so I wasn't running it until recently. The issues were occurring beforehand, but you're right that this PSU is underpowered for the rig considering PowerColor recommends a minimum of 500w. I'm going to be buying a larger capacity one sometime in the very near future. Any recommendations on good modular PSU's? What's a good way to tell what wattage to get?
Thanks for letting me know about the forum flash method. I'll be back later when I have some results.

K9n Platinum S3 BIOS Issue

Hi
I have a K9N Platinum board that is running Windows MCE2005. My issue is that the only bios that I can use to successfully send the pc to sleep is the 1.3.
If i try any other bios ( up to the latest ) whenever I put it to stand-by it immediately turns back on!
I have even disabled all wake up events in the bios with nothing plugged in at all and it still just resumes straight away.
Bios v 1.3 is the only one that it works correctly on.
Any ideas anyone?
Cheers

Quote from: jaiidan on 31-May-08, 08:48:36
Er...and then what do I do with the issue that I have posted about originally!!
They may go away, they may not. But you need that CPU first.

Tecra A11 - Video/Latest BIOS issues

Hello All,
I just received a Toshiba Tecra A11 the other day which is out of warranty (Refurb). When I got the laptop there was an issue where the picture was displayed at 1024x768 and off centre (In BIOS). The image was 1-2cm off screen to the left, with about 5-6cm black space to the right of the picture, the bottom 2-3 cm's of the picture were also off the bottom of the screen.
I installed Ubuntu Studio initially and attempted to force the display to a widescreen resolution. I didn't have any luck, I also installed Win7 but still with the latest drivers I had no luck.
This was strange because BIOS was displayed the same way so naturally I decided to upgrade to the latest BIOS version. The BIOS on the laptop was quite old (End of 2009).
I downloaded the BIOS update from Toshiba's web site, and ran the update.
The new BIOS was installed and the machine rebooted.
However there was no picture displayed on the LCD panel, windows did successfully boot, if I connect an external monitor to the laptop I get picture. When starting the laptop the LCD backlight does light up.
My question is: What can I do to resolve this issue? Is there a BIOS recovery or downgrade tool available? Is it possible to reflash the bios? What is recommended?
Thanks.

> The new BIOS was installed and the machine rebooted.
> However there was no picture displayed on the LCD panel, windows did successfully boot, if I connect an external monitor to the laptop I get picture. When starting the laptop the LCD backlight does light up.
Does this mean that everything is ok using external monitor?
Can you access the BIOS pressing F2 and can you set it to default settings?
Usually you can switch between external and internal display using the key combination FN + F5. Does it work?

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