HP probook 4320s

deano · 20 Jan 2012 at 20:02

Hi,

have managed to brick my 4320s after a failed BIOS update. (daughter managed to power lead out).

I've tried the procedure as described in the link

http://forums.mydigitallife.info/th...-names./page23?p=382013&viewfull=1#post382013

and in this one

http://forums.mydigitallife.info/threads/870-Bios-Recovery-Procedures/page80

but so far no luck... I assume I would now require a new motherboard to get this working again?

thanks

Scrutinize · 24 Jan 2012 at 06:52

TBH just call their business warranty / support line and don't mention you pulled the power lead, simply say failed bios update. Their turn around is pretty good and the business support will get back to you sharpish.

Django x2 · 24 Jan 2012 at 19:32

You can restore this if you can enter the UEFI mode, take a look on the download page of the 4320 for the uefi boot disk options. You will need to do this on another PC. It creates a USB stick for you and you can add an older version of BIOS to downgrade, this is assuming you can boot from a device.

deano · 24 Jan 2012 at 21:15

thanks for the replies, HP want £462 to repair it as it's out of warranty will look into the UEFI but the laptop runs linux so I believe this will no longer be on the disk as all previous partions have been removed.

thanks

Scrutinize · 24 Jan 2012 at 22:01

£462 to repair, lol my i3 4320s cost me £299 after cashback in sept last year.

Django x2 · 24 Jan 2012 at 22:16

It won't matter about the OS, UEFI can be enabled at post as long as you can choose a boot option.

deano · 24 Jan 2012 at 22:47

£299's a great price could use the current one as spares - though I think i'd go back to lenovo/thinkpad if I get another.

I'll see what i can do with a usb pen drive

thanks

Bezzaboy1234 · 28 Jan 2012 at 18:10

Since when was there a BIOS Update for the 4320s, I must look into this.. =P