BIOS Updates forum

NickS, the security chip in the D510 is 24C04 or something similar starting with 24xxx but havent seen 29F010? What type of chip is that? The inte i82802 chip I believe is not the BIOS chip but a chip that uses the intel drivers for SMBus.

look, the security would only jump in if: - the system has a security system (and it's enabled) - the system is connected to the internet - the system can connect to the CompuTrace database AND (this is the most important thing!) - there is an entry in the database that says it is stolen! and i gue...

So the 24LC04 is the sercurity chip and saves settings on it. The BIOS chip is a different chip in all?

I know computrace is a security for laptops but it acts like a trojan when its need to disable a laptop. http://www.phoenix.com/en/about+phoenix/investors/news+releases/2003/may+27,+2003-a.htm http://pcworld.com/article/id,110883-page,1/article.html http://www.techweb.com/wire/story/TWB20030527S0008...

NickS - Are you familar with Dell laptops? Would the security chip that Dell has on laptops the same chip that contain the BIOS? The chip is 24LC04.

I believe i have something similar done to my Latitude D510. It wont boot or POST. No fan, drives, cpu or screen. There a good reason why I believe the BIOS was attacked but now to fix.

cp, i think you can actually have a virus into the BIOS. I have a laptop that I bought off the street that had computrace on it. The user connected online and short after shutting down the laptop will not boot up. All it does is light up the power LED and back off. I have read that computrace can se...

Whats my motheboard to replace it with another 1?

No I did not. Is the BIOS chip the same chip as the EEPROM or are they completely separate?

When powered with the power brick, the power button just blinks 3 seconds at a time. It will not boot, no fan, no drive and it will no go into BIOS as well. Another weird thing...The charging LED doesnt light up with battery installed.