Laptop is bricked during bios update

How can i recover my laptop pavilion g4-1303au.....plz tell me .....hp partition is in hard drive....but the bios file is hidden or not available ......while i was not delet it
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How can i recover my laptop pavilion g4-1303au.....plz tell me .....hp partition is in hard drive....but the bios file is hidden or not available ......while i was not delet it
Follow this : Restoring the BIOS
You have to try many times the combination key trick to work out.
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I downloaded the latest bios and started the install. During the install the screen all of a sudden went black, fan went into high speed mode, all LEDS solid except for a blinking caps lock light. The Caps lock is blinking at a steady rate, no pauses ect. I've tried doing a hard reset with no power or battery holding down the power button. I've removed the CMOS battery, let sit, still nothing. I've tried holding down FN+B and Win+B while adding power with no result.
When I plug the power in with no battery the laptop won't even power on. I hear a slight clicking sound while he power button kinda flashes. This happens over and over until I add the batter. Once the battery is added then it powers to a black screen (no flicker or anything) solid LEDs except for the flashing caps lock.
ANY ideas at all?? or anyone else with the same situation??
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hi mahdhir2005,
Thanks for Posting back.
I checked it out and G40 70 has a diff BIOS firmware than the g40 30
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OK,
if memory stick are preinstalled from Lenovo' factory BIOS upgrade can't cause beeps issue. There might be issues if memory stick parameters are not the same as officially supported.
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S10-3 bricked by bios update

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