Compaq Armada M700 Dead
Posted: Wed Jan 14, 2004 12:53 am
Problem is that laptop will not boot. If battery is removed and laptop is placed on dock, the problem remains.
It seems to be due to a corrupt BIOS upgrade.
The laptop attempts to update the BIOS but fails.
After this all the laptop will do on power on is light the three LEDs and then hang.
It is dead due to no BIOS. Removing CMOS battery and replacing does not help.
This appears to be a common problem according to the HP/Compaq Forum.
Since the board winds up with no BIOS it can go nowhere.
My questions are, does anyone know if replacement BIOS chips are available. Where are they an yhr Motherboard, is it possible to replace them?
Or does anyone here have a solution?
Regards to all,
It seems to be due to a corrupt BIOS upgrade.
The laptop attempts to update the BIOS but fails.
After this all the laptop will do on power on is light the three LEDs and then hang.
It is dead due to no BIOS. Removing CMOS battery and replacing does not help.
This appears to be a common problem according to the HP/Compaq Forum.
Since the board winds up with no BIOS it can go nowhere.
My questions are, does anyone know if replacement BIOS chips are available. Where are they an yhr Motherboard, is it possible to replace them?
Or does anyone here have a solution?
Regards to all,