S10-3 bricked by bios update

well i wanted use my s10 with an external display because it had a cracked screen which i for the life of me could not understand how it got since the everyone @home says they never touched it, i got the update using a visable portion of the screen rebooted the machine as recommended then started the update left it on for a few hours after the screen went blank eventually gave up tried to restart but i would not boot reading up i found out that this was a common problem and now am finding out that the breaking screens are as well help i live too far ( st lucia in the caribbean) to send it back without being charged a few hundred u.s to get it back so i need find a way to restore the bios

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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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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Hello,
there is the Lenovo Quick Start for Windows XP - IdeaPad S9e and S10e did any S10 user try to install that. For installation it requires at least BIOS version 14CN45tt. Does the BIOS update of the S10e work for the S10 and do all other drivers of the S10e work for the S10?
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I don't think QuickStart will work due to the fact that there's a splashtop on S10e and not S10, and people are still trying to figure a way to get it. Bios update however, is interchangable. I already updated my S10 with S10e's bios. I did see "some" improvements, but a very small margin. Lenovo still needs to fix the fan issue that is haunting more than half of its user.

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The flashing tool indicated success and has stored a backup of the old bios.
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Hi and welcome,,
did you upgrade memory ? If you did .. upgrade ... insert original memory .. try to start your s10-3 machine
..press F2 to access bios, then press F9 and load default settings in order to get machine works properly after new bios update. Lenovo cannot guarantee compatibilty with all memory manufacturers and modules..
...shut down and re-insert mem upgrade ...try to start ...
if you did no memory upgrade ...
call your local service
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Lenovo G40-70 Bricked by BIOS Update

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.
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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.
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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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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.
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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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So you used the included files and just updated without taking the time to read what the website has?
There are instructions on the website where you download the bios on how to actually update it properly. Most likely the whole reason this happened is because you didn't follow any instructions at all. Even using the batch file included in the download probably would have given better results than this.
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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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S10-3S: BIOS Update issue - Recovery procedure possible ?

Dear all,
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Hi did you try this from Ideapad Knowledge Base ...
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Meanwhile dont update to new BIOS for S10-3s.
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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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You can do a bios update from your harddrive, you just cannot do it when booted into your 64bit windows version.
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1. Search and download a freeware program ccalled "Parted Magic". It's a partition manager based on a Linux LiveCD and runs without installing anything on your harddrive (runs fully in ram memory). I'm going to skip over the "how to use parted magic because quite frankly, it's so simple that anyone unable to figure it out shouldn't be flashing bios or installing operating systems.
2. Resize your primary partition to give enough room to install a second operating system. I'm using a custom build of WinXP that only requires about 300mb, but I like to make the second partition large and use it for storage, that way any data loss on partition 2 can be repaired from your main operating system, and if I ever have to reformat my system drive, I can move any data I need to save to my second partition.
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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Bios update failure - bios image needed - lenovo S10-3

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