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Yes, I already tried the battery reset, I actually removed the cmos battery, put it back in 20min later... No luck
I guess that if the cmos removal didn`t work, thats because the BIOS is very likely corrupted, right?
One more thing, the laptop power battery in "internal" so I have to dismantle the whole thing to disconnect... Do you think I should do that when trying these methods with USB?

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@fairestmeat

The button you just pushed, effectively, does the same thing. It interrupts power flow from the battery, just like if you removed it. I, incorrectly, referenced it as a "CMOS" reset, but that has NOTHING to do with CMOS.

Did you just press it, or keep it held down for ~10 seconds?

@GooballDiesel

I held down for a while

@fairestmeat

I don't think the recovery portion is completely "borked"... It just doesn't see the file, or doesn't like the name, is my bet.

I see...

I'll try puting one file at a Time instead of various and see if something happens...

Im pretty sure the image that was used to install bios was the ZAA2 one, so the zaa3 and zaa4 probably will not do anything, right?

Also, is It possible to verify If the bios is expecting a cd - rom? The laptop have a cd drive, i didnt try yet cause i cant prepare a cd right now

@fairestmeat

If you just press power without FN+ESC combo, power LED stays solid, correct? And with the FN+ESC combo it flashes?

Technically it is looking for a cd-rom, however most BIOS' read USB same way as cd-rom.

I am 99.9% positive that the filename it is looking for is going to be " BIOS.fd " on a USB flash drive or cd/dvd-rom

Try changing the name of each ZAA2, ZAA3, ZAA4.fd file, one at a time to BIOS.fd and try flashing.

Just the ONE file on the USB " ZAA2.fd " renamed to " BIOS.fd " should be correct...

@GooballDiesel

Yes, by Just pressing power, the led is solid, and flashes with the Key combo...

No luck with BIOS.fd, nor zaa.fd, ZAA2.fd, zaa2.bin...

I have Seen some people using wincrisis, but i think just Works with phoenix BIOSes, right? Plus I cant create a unit with wincrisis, gives me an error when I click start to format thé unit

@GooballDiesel

I really think the correct name is in that crisis recovery module, I Just dont know how to look for if, because there is no normal text there

Zitat von fairestmeat im Beitrag #52

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@GooballDiesel

I really think the correct name is in that crisis recovery module, I Just dont know how to look for if, because there is no normal text there

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@GooballDiesel

No luck :( and no worries! Your personal stuff is the priority!

But yeah, I got the correct size file, "BIOS.fd" but same thing...
Maybe I can format a external hd that has a led on it to fat32 and try it, just to see if the bios is trying to read something...

*Edit

Also, I found a bios region dump that I got with FPTw on the bricked notebook a while ago, the dump is from the same version, should I try using it to recover?

Zitat von fairestmeat im Beitrag #54

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@GooballDiesel

No luck :( and no worries! Your personal stuff is the priority!

But yeah, I got the correct size file, "BIOS.fd" but same thing...
Maybe I can format a external hd that has a led on it to fat32 and try it, just to see if the bios is trying to read something...

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@GooballDiesel

No luck either... should I try with bios.fd instead?

Zitat von fairestmeat im Beitrag #56

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@GooballDiesel

No luck either... should I try with bios.fd instead?

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@GooballDiesel His BIOS IS >> ZAA2 variant, not others, unless he was wrong in telling me this from the get-go (Which I don't think so, this is all I see in his BIOS region dump he sent me to modify). All others will fail if you ever get it to start recovery.
Use this ZAA2 name and BIOS.fd etc and I would do two rounds, one with the 6765 file (renamed to both) and another round with the 6144 (renamed to both)

@fairestmeat - I would use stock ONLY, not FPT backup from before, or mod BIOS I sent you etc.

Actually, it it were me I'd set this aside and save yourself the headache and hassles, wait on programmer to arrive, then send me your dumped BIOS and I'll fix for you with your modified BIOS region dump you sent me that I unlocked for you already.
Then you will be back at square one, post #13 = Successful BIOS Mod & Flash, all OK etc

Zitat von GooballDiesel im Beitrag #57

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Zitat von fairestmeat im Beitrag #56

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@GooballDiesel

No luck either... should I try with bios.fd instead?

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@fairestmeat

Here try these > CLICK HERE - Read the " Read This "

Just " delete " files from USB from this point, don't " format " it again after using Rufus.

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Did you miss my post above?? This is wasting time with incorrect name @ ZAAA