Lenovo n500 - crashed winxp during bios flash upgrade

Hi all...
During the Bios upgrade (52ch04ww.exe) crashed windowsxp, rebooted, and never boots again. No bios, no screen (video)..
How i can restore my bios or reset to the factory? None see on monitor - black screen and no boot.
Maybe know anybody some bootable automated bios/flash recovery software?
Thanks..

Hem, forget your Notebook.
On my old HP Notebook i did an bios flash from bios which was not for my notebook , the Laptop goes on, but the screen is black and it does nothing.
Your problem is, during the update or flash, and crash there are no bios on the ROM anymore, or maybe not the whole BIOS.
So, there are some solutions:
1) Forget the laptop, because, if you got warranty, contact Lenovo, but they can say, that you should pay for the new motherboard with the BIOS on it. By HP it costs 230€ - 300€ (for a bit more i bayed my Lenovo Notebook), or they will do it IF the mistake was done by Lenovo (by HP somebody put the BIOS file for my laptop, under the Category for my laptop, but it was BIOS from an other Laptop, mistake done by HP, they pay!).
But if its your mistake, sorry, through the laptop out of the window.
2) Other way: There are no other ways. In the old PC's you could change the ROM-Chip. you could buy it on ebay, or some little companies. BUT, the ROM chip from lenovo notebooks, are soldered in the motherboard like by HP, so you cant change them.
3) Trying to boot from CD/DVD/USB-Floppy/USB-Flash:
This wont help! Because the BIOS (Hardware Layer ) is no more, so the Hardware doesn't know what to do.
For example if the BIOS ok, the system becomes command what to do, to do a POST test or something like that, then you can chose by pressing keys what the system should do, for example boot.
But without BIOS, the system do not have the commands any more.
So
Contact the Lenovo Support Service, and ask what could you do, and how much the repair costs.
I learned one thing, NEVER DO THE BIOS flash under windows!
I mean it was not my mistake by my HP notebook, but it could happen with each notebook, when it crashes.
so,
i hope i could help you, sorry for bad news.
write after you phone Lenovo.
and remember
Don't change a running system.
Gryshchenko
Don't change a runing system!

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<<Single-Bios Equipped Mainboards>>
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https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=130509.msg982711#msg982711
BIOS recovery on non-UEFI notebooks
In order to recovery this type of system you will need an FAT32 formatted USB stick.
Download the applicable bios from MSI's website and rename this bios.
It must be re-named to either AMIBOOT.ROM or xxxxIMS.ROM / xxxxAMS.ROM You may need to try each way to determine which one is necessary.
Then place the renamed bios onto the root directory of the FAT32 formatted USB stick.
Now you are ready to cover the Notebook.
To do this, remove the AC power cord and battery. Once that has been completed, install the USB stick you prepared earlier.
Now, apply AC power (leaving the battery disconnected) and turn on the notebook. Recovery should begin after 5 minutes.
IF ALL ELSE FAILS...
Locate the BIOS chip on your mainboard. If it is soldered directly to the PCB like...
...then you have no choice but to return the board to your supplier, or to MSI, for replacement.
To request an RMA from MSI, open a support ticket at https://register.msi.com/ocss/
If your BIOS chip is in a socket, like...
...then you may be able to source a replacement BIOS chip, either from MSI, or from a website such as www.badflash.com
Updated 11/21/2013, original post by Stu

A.) Download >>this<< bios archive and place it on your desktop. Do not decompress.
B.) Download and install the >>MSI HQ Forum USB flasher<< .
C.) Insert your FAT32 formatted usb stick.
D.) Make sure that all win 8 options are disabled. (Fast Boot etc) Also make sure the legacy USB is enabled.
E.) Start the forum flash tool and select option 1. Then point the tool at the compressed archive we downloaded earlier. Then to your USB Flash Drive.
F.) Boot to the USB from working bios B.
G.) Once it booted successfully switch to bios A without powering down or rebooting
H.) Now follow the directions and let the tool flash bios A with desired version

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