Pavilion dv6235nr bricked by BIOS "update"

Recently I was working on a dv6235nr, whose BIOS had not been updated since the machine was purchased in 2007. Naturally, I thought it should be perfectly safe to install the most recent BIOS, version F.2E, dated 12 April 2010. And it should have been safe. Until now, I have never, ever, had a single problem with manufacturer-supplied BIOS updates on any other computer, media player, or any device.
But HP's buggy "update" destroyed my machine. While the BIOS reflash completed normally, the machine is now completely useless. Upon powerup, the fan spins, the display remains blank, and there is a pattern of excessively loud beeps through the built-in speakers.
The pattern of beeps is "one long, two short," which I have read elsewhere might indicate a defective graphics device. That seems really unlikely, as the machine only has built-in Intel GMA graphics. Nothing happened to it that should have caused a hardware failure. I cannot convince myself that the Intel GMA chipset somehow spontaneously failed right after a BIOS update. The timing is just too suspicious.
Things I already tried:
-HP's "hard reset" procedure did nothing.
-Well, there's really nothing else I can try, since the machine won't even get as far as POST.
The evidence suggests that HP's defective "update" bricked my machine. How do I fix it?
Is there some way to put an older firmware on a USB stick or SD card and re-flash it to BIOS without being able to see anything?

This appears to be similar to what happened to my S10. See this post
http://forums.lenovo.com/t5/IdeaPad-S-series-Netbooks/Ideapad-S10-Bios-error/m-p/279590#M10808
The following post explains on how to recover an S10-2 after bios update failure. I am not sure though if it will work for you.
http://forums.lenovo.com/t5/IdeaPad-S-series-Netbooks/HOWTO-BIOS-recovery-on-S10-2/m-p/176976#M5942

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Hi all,
Need help on my Lenovo G40-70 that I've just bought 6 months ago where I accidently bricked the laptop after BIOS update. It seems during the BIOS updating process it when well but after 2nd reboot there's some message on the screen that the BIOS failed to update factory setting and it freeze on the message for quiet sometimes. After a long wait I decided to long press Start button for hard reboot. Then the scary part comes in where it seems the laptop can't longer shows the Lenovo logo & cannot even boot to Windows, just black screen.
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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
Still I strongly suggest you call support now and report it. and ask for your option.
Still The Lenovo Depot team can easily revert the problem.
http://support.lenovo.com/us/en/supportphonelist_alt1
Let me know what happen.
Thanks
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W540 brick after BIOS update

Hi all.
I have one month old W540. I received a notice on several recommended updates via Lenovo software, among them a BIOS update. Naivly enough, I accepted to install them all. All was installed successfully, but upon restart, my computer hangs with just a black screen.
When power is pressed, it starts the keyboard light and turns it down. Nothing else.
I tried draining the BIOS battery by removing battery and power and pressing the power button for 1 minute. No change.
There are some threads out there that explain how to use a crisis recovery disk. However, can someone help with BIOS type? I'd also rather try it with older version on BIOS, but I don't know where I can download from?
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I should preface this, that I have not done this with a W540, but with other computers.
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> BIOS Update Bootable CD for Windows 8.1 (64-bit), 8 (64-bit), 7 (32-bit, 64-bit) - ThinkPad W540
Then change the BIOS to boot from the DVD/CD Drive (you can immediately hit the clealy labelled <F12> key to start the boot selection menu.
It might by default go to the DVD drive if it cannot find the HD. Do make sure your computer is connected to the mains. Just check the light to make sure you are on AC.
Follow the on screen directions, or it might start the BIOS update as a default. When finished, remove the CD, reboot, and you should be good. In any event,you will have to reset the BIOS to use the default OS drive. It may work without reseting, as normal BIOS check all drives until it finds a bootable device. If the bootable device is not the primary choice in the BIOS, it will boot, but there will be a delay. That can clearly be seen on the HD i/o light as the computer seeks.

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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.
I think you're finding the name of BIOS recovery file name. Have you a file fvrecovery.fd in the folder where BIOS update tool is unpacked in?
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This appears to be similar to what happened to my S10. See this post
http://forums.lenovo.com/t5/IdeaPad-S-series-Netbooks/Ideapad-S10-Bios-error/m-p/279590#M10808
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http://forums.lenovo.com/t5/IdeaPad-S-series-Netbooks/HOWTO-BIOS-recovery-on-S10-2/m-p/176976#M5942

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So you used the included files and just updated without taking the time to read what the website has?
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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
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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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Hi rufus82,
I came across this thread that has answers for questions similar to the one you raised. Hope its of help.
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Dear madam/sir
after performing a bios update as sugested by hp support assistant I am getting sound from speakers as well as earphones .I stay in a small town and there is no hp centre nearby .I am a student staying in hostel where i cant play sound through speakers as it disturbs my room mates .Kindly assist .
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Hi @satyakam
Welcome to the HP Support Forums!
I understand that you are enjoying your sound from everything today. I am happy to help.
If you have a sound application installed along with your sound driver, then I would check the settings for the speakers and headphone in that application.
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2.    Click on Sound.
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4.    Select your microphone/headset as the default device.
5.    Save the changes by clicking on OK.
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@Fuschia4me,
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1 of the machines is getting a blinking cursor at boot up (bricked?)
3 of the machines can no longer boot to the hard drive.
In the 3 machines that are not seeing the hard drive to boot, they occasionally show in the BIOS boot order, but when you try to include them in the boot order they disappear.
Hard drives are a recently Windows 7 64-bit image that worked before BIOS update.
If we network boot into a PE we can see the hard drive contents.
Called Lenovo support but got bounced around... any one see any issues like this?
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If you just have a blinking cursor you may be able to do a CMOS reset to get it to a working BIOS. That worked for me. The other ones that just couldn't boot to the hard drive needed to have the board replaced, tho.
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Reading through various posts here, it seems that it is either very easy to update the BIOS, or very easy to "brick" your system
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You can do a bios update from your harddrive, you just cannot do it when booted into your 64bit windows version.
There are other options. You can start the compuuter with a Windows PE (pre-installation envoromennt) Live CD, then run the 32bit program from your harddrive. When you run it from an optical drive you introduce the risk of disc read error, as well as the fact that optical discs are much slower then a HDD.
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I generally give Win Seven or Vista a min of 20GB, but you can use a smaller partition if you're not going to install a lot of programs. This laptop has an 80GB harddrive and I'm making two 40GB primary partitions.
*note, if you want to mix WinXP and Windows Vista/Seven, you'll need to either install XP first, or repair the Vista/Seven boot manager that XP will overwrite. It's an easy fix but to keep this simple I'll avoid any unnecessary instructionns.
After you finish making your second partition formated with NTFS, simply boot your Windows install disc and select the second partition and install.
You'll now have a second windows version.
Assuming you selected a 32bit version, you can use it to run anything that won't run under win x64.
If you prefer to boot from a WinPE disc, you can download the software you need to make it direct from microsoft. Here is a wikipedia article that will tell you more about this.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Preinstallation_Environment
You can also do a google search and you'll find many guides on making them. I would recommend you boot a winPE disc and do some exploring of your computer so you get the feel of it, and more important, so you can be sure it's running stabe on your system. You might even be able to run some of those old dos games that windows objects to running, so have some fun and get the feel of it.
If you can run even small basic programs from winpe, then you can be pretty sure it's stable enough to flash a bios. The problem with the bios boot disc is you have no oportunity to do anything, it boots and flashes... it won't decide "wait a minute, why is my screen flicering and power LEDs flashing, maybe I better figure this out first", it just proceeds forth like a good soilder, obeying orders even if they are fatal.
I hope this information is helpful, I believe it all to be accurate, but please remember that I'm not recommending you flash your bios, you have to make that decision.
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