TOSHIBA A665-S6050 BIOS UPDATE FAILURE - RECOVERY OR REPAIR ANYONE?

I was trying to update my BIOS to a newer release and when completed I was rebooting the PC I opened the disk drive and never noticed that the update was been done again from the CD. Now I cannot startup not even light in the screen or anything. How can I recover or repair?
Please and Thanks

Unfortunately, it sounds like it would need to be professionally serviced. You could try removing the drive and connecting it to another computer to retrieve the data.

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Good afternoon everyone,
I have a laptop that prompted me to perform a BIOS update on a L675-S7020 through the Toshiba service center. I closed all of my programs and proceeded with the BIOS flash process. Winplash got to about 80% then it froze and the laptop automatically restarted.
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I was just curious if anyone else has ran into this with the L675 model and was able to perform a successful BIOS recovery? I called Toshiba tech support and they were unable to help me. Thanks!

Good afternoon everyone,
I have a laptop that prompted me to perform a BIOS update on a L675-S7020 through the Toshiba service center. I closed all of my programs and proceeded with the BIOS flash process. Winplash got to about 80% then it froze and the laptop automatically restarted.
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I've searched the forums and Google and I have tried several methods using the Crisis Recovery, renaming the bios rom to bios.fd, bios.wph, etc, and by pressing Fn + B. It seems to read the flash drive and tries to flash but it never works.
I was just curious if anyone else has ran into this with the L675 model and was able to perform a successful BIOS recovery? I called Toshiba tech support and they were unable to help me. Thanks!

Ideapad S10-3 Model 0647 bios update failure, recovery possible?

I have downloaded and installed the latest bios version 37 (2acn37ww.exe).
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But, after reboot the screen stays black.
In this forum similar problems have been discussed, but none of the presented procedures did help.
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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
regards KalvinKlein
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Satellite A665-S6050 BIOS

Are the bios updates cumulative such that I get all previous updates with the latest version?

Satellite A665-S6050
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In the middle of a BIOS update, my S55t A5237 laptop shut down. I was working on another computer at the time but I saw it happen. First the screen went dark, then the halo light around the power button went dark. Since then when you press the power button on the S55t the halo lights up but nothing else happens. I joined the forum and searched for similar cases. The only ones I find are 5 or more years old, and those solutions, promising as they are, depend on undocumented procedures that very likely are not identical for the S55t. Needless to say, I urgently need data from the Toshiba's hard drive. My kingdom for a horse, and so on. Can anyone provide an up-to-date recovery procedure? Thanks in advance!

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Does Toshiba supports an BIOS Update Utility like DCCU?

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Different notebook manufacturer use a utility called the Client Configuration Utility (DCCU) which can be used to update the BIOS for multiple notebook models from the series.
I have searched these forums and the web but I cannot find a similar tool for Toshiba laptops.
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> My firm has hundreds of laptops from another large manufacturer who do supply the DCCU utility to centrally manage BIOS updates and other BIOS settings, such as enabling/disabling options like Wake On LAN.
Well, the Toshiba provides a tool called Toshiba HWSetup. Using this tool you can change the different BIOS settings like booting order, wake up on LAN, etc very easily in the Windows OS.
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> Why is it that this particular manufacturer can create the DCCU utility that works for all machine models and Toshiba cannot produce a similar utility please?
Who knows ?:| I didnt find such informations in the internet or on the Toshiba page Such questions can be answered by a Toshiba technician or Toshiba manager but as you probably dont know this is a user-to-user forum and a simply user like me and you dont know such details In my personal opinion every manufacturer have own policies and restrictionsThat's all
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Reflash for INSYDE BIOS.
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Yeah I got that far, and created a USB. but obviously you have to have the BIOS itself in the right place with the correct file name.
If online helps can't fix the problem then your left taking the laptop to a shop to fix the problem.
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[BIOS Update Failure] HP ENVY TouchSmart 15-j021tx stuck at black screen on startup

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Bios update failure - bios image needed - lenovo S10-3

hello!
i`m in big trouble now
I just have reinstalled win7 and thought that i have to install the driver AND to do a bios update. I dont know why, but now my netbook can't start up (display is off, blackscreen).
Now i read some threads how to recover the bios, BUT i dont have a bios image (oh god, i am so stupid...).
Is there any possibility to solve this problem? Maybe by getting a bios image from a other S10-3 user?
Btw, my lenovo has the Atom N550, 1GB DDR3 Ram.
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hi sasa22
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so there are all lies or what ?
No, that is called marketing. In most cases, there are no problems with M-Flash whatsoever. However, in too many other instances there have been problems with M-Flash, that is why we warn against using it, to be on the safe side. You can either ignore these warnings and take your chances (probably 95% success rate) or take them seriously and update the BIOS the DOS-Way and increase the success rate to 99.9999%. It is up to you. In case the only reason you posted your remark is to start the sort of discussion we already had hundred times in this forum, please either start your own topic and state your actual problem or just don't reply to my reply. This is a user-to-user forum, not an MSI Technical Support or an official MSI Products complaint stations. If you think that there is serious lying involved here and if have justified complaints, please contact MSI directly: >>How to contact MSI.<< Thank You.

BIOS update failure -- ThinkPad won't turn on

Hello,
I was foolishly inveigled into trying to update by BIOS, not understanding in any way the seriousness of such an operation. Well it failed, and now my PC will not boot. When I press the power button I hear the CPU churning and the battery light and the globe with a z light up. I bought my computer on Ebay with now warranty. What now?

venkatlikhitb wrote:
I have a 'ThinkPad R400' laptop. I had installed Windows 7(32-bit) version and updated the BIOS. It took quite a long time for installation and i cancelled it.A dialogue box containing the message saying the system cannot boot if cancelled. I clicked OK on the dialogue box by mistake. i then installed some essential software which required rebooting, then i resatrted the system. From then the screen remained blank, with a few beeps and onle the 'Z' symbol lit up.
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The only way to fix a unit with a completely failed bios is to manually reprogram the bios chip. This requires special equipment as well as knowing exactly what to manually burn into the chip. My understanding is you can get it done for about $100 usd with the company recommended above by my friend lead.org.
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