Hi all! Been a long time lurker here! Hopefully I can get some assistance / guidance for this issue I'm stuck with.
Have a (DELL) Alienware M17 R5 (ST: 4LN41Z3) that windows started a bios upgrade and never completed!
It went through the restart then black screen. power button then blinks 3,6 - "System BIOS Flash incomplete" is what the service manual / support shows.
basically it killed it and attempts to use the "dell reflash procedures do get a Alienware logo flash but then hangs.
I purchased a few programmers from the listed suggestions from here but can't make heads or tails to get things going.
Fast learner here; need a bit of an assist here please.
found multiple "clean bios copies" but unable to
1. find schematic for board and program to open it to find location of the actual chip.
2. get further down the list of reading/ cleaning/ reflashing.
Hopefully if my rambling is coherent enough to be deciphered this may get me somewhere.
ANY and all assistance is greatly appreciated! Thanks.
Have a (DELL) Alienware M17 R5 (ST: 4LN41Z3) that windows started a bios upgrade and never completed!
It went through the restart then black screen. power button then blinks 3,6 - "System BIOS Flash incomplete" is what the service manual / support shows.
basically it killed it and attempts to use the "dell reflash procedures do get a Alienware logo flash but then hangs.
I purchased a few programmers from the listed suggestions from here but can't make heads or tails to get things going.
Fast learner here; need a bit of an assist here please.
found multiple "clean bios copies" but unable to
1. find schematic for board and program to open it to find location of the actual chip.
2. get further down the list of reading/ cleaning/ reflashing.
Hopefully if my rambling is coherent enough to be deciphered this may get me somewhere.
ANY and all assistance is greatly appreciated! Thanks.
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