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Can i flash a laptop dead bios???

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umm.. hi

im a little new on this issues, but i would like to know if someone can help me

my laptop dell has been dead since i flash the BIOS, i wonder if can i flash it again
the issue is that it doesnt start.

many people says that i can do this with an BOOTEABLE FLOPPY DISK, the thing is that its a laptop
and it doesnt have a floppy drive...

im a little bit nervous...
can somebody help me please... :(

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I have heard that you can update bios using a flash drive. You need it to be in a special format and have all the correct load files on it. I have never done it myself.

Reply to nhlguy11

ok, thanx fpr ypur help, but i dont know much about this.
can yo tell me the correct format, or where can i look at it... pleas :)

Reply to jeremy0412

You need the bios to to boot into a usb drive/floppy, so depending on what went wrong with the flash, you may have a brick. A bootable usb drive is only useful for flashes that will not function without windows memory managers, not bricked systems.

Just don't buy another dell to replace this one.

Reply to math1337
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