Bios flash conundrum

DeadLOK · 2 Jul 2008 at 13:35

Right ive got a toshiba laptop that wants repairing, im fairly sure a bios flash will cure it as its not recognising hdd's properly.

The only flash update available on toshiba is a Windows based one, and you guessed it I cant get into windows without the flash update.

So how do you do it?

First thing im trying is something like pebuilder and run the flash file off my usb pen, think that will work?

My other thought was use an external usb hdd and install windows on that

Any other thoughts?

postmanfw · 2 Jul 2008 at 13:39

Is it a different hard drive from the original you are try to get it to recognise?

Have you tested the hard drive in another laptop/desktop to confirm that its not faulty?

Bios flash should be treated with respect cause if it goes wrong its a bit of a nightmare to say the least

DeadLOK · 2 Jul 2008 at 13:42

its a brand new HDD in there, the bios is recognising it with random characters on the end and nothing can write to the disc, not killdisk, not windows setup.. nada

DeadLOK · 2 Jul 2008 at 13:52

doh, it flashed fine from within bartpe windows environment but made no difference to the hdd. Must be a controller failure or something?

postmanfw · 2 Jul 2008 at 14:16

Only way to know is try with another working hd and then try new one also in another rig to see if its faulty.

DeadLOK · 3 Jul 2008 at 11:40

daft as it sounds i refitted the hdd and it was fine... you know the adapter you put on the ide 2.5 drives on some laptops, can that be the wrong way around?

postmanfw · 3 Jul 2008 at 12:06

yep

Forgot about that one....done it a few times myself. Glad its all sorted

Delvis · 3 Jul 2008 at 12:07

Erm, only if it isn't keyed I guess.