Hi Folks,
I need help troubleshooting a BIOS repair - did I make a mistake?
**What happened:**
My laptop suddenly stopped starting. The caps lock LED blinked 3 times long, then 2 times short. After a while, it worked again. The next day, it wouldn't start at all, and now I'm getting 5 long blinks followed by 3 short blinks.
**What I've tried:**
- Ordered a new BIOS chip
- Dumped the old BIOS and flashed it back
- same error persists
- Examined the BIOS in UEFITool and found invalid entries - the BIOS appears to be corrupted
- Attempted to repair it and replaced sections using HxD
**My questions:**
1. I'm not sure if I did the repair correctly. Could someone check if I made any mistakes? 3 Files: backup.bin, backuprepaired.bin and the original bios from HP
2. If everything is correct, what else could be causing this error?
Any help would be appreciated!
I need help troubleshooting a BIOS repair - did I make a mistake?
**What happened:**
My laptop suddenly stopped starting. The caps lock LED blinked 3 times long, then 2 times short. After a while, it worked again. The next day, it wouldn't start at all, and now I'm getting 5 long blinks followed by 3 short blinks.
**What I've tried:**
- Ordered a new BIOS chip
- Dumped the old BIOS and flashed it back
- same error persists
- Examined the BIOS in UEFITool and found invalid entries - the BIOS appears to be corrupted
- Attempted to repair it and replaced sections using HxD
**My questions:**
1. I'm not sure if I did the repair correctly. Could someone check if I made any mistakes? 3 Files: backup.bin, backuprepaired.bin and the original bios from HP
2. If everything is correct, what else could be causing this error?
Any help would be appreciated!
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