Re: [Thinkpad] R31 Bios Update failed

Hi Justin
It seems you are not correct !?

One does absolutely not need to upgrade BIOS from floppy !
One more reason: Todays binary files, exspecially with saving
the old BIOS exceed the capacity of a floppy !!

My solution:
Booting from floppy with minimal system.
Flashing the new BIOS from somewhere on the HDD FAT area ;-)
It's better, more comfortable and faster than from floppy ;-))

Good luck, svobi

exocomp.usa@verizon.net on 20.09.2003 19.28.06
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Subject: Re: [Thinkpad] R31 Bios Update failed

bOy I should of read your post a little more carefully. Never and I
mean never for anyone out there, use a "non floppy" version of BIOS
upgrades to upgrade your laptop or pc. I personally didn't even know a
non boot able bios revision existed.

I think that was the big no no. Anyone out there ever run non floppy
version bios upgrade ?

Justin

BPCVance@aol.com wrote:

> I was trying to update the BIOS on my R31. AC Adapter was connected
and I had a fully charged battery. I downloaded the non-floppy version
of the update and ran it from my hard drive. The update failed and
after reboot, the laptop no longer boots. No POST, no IBM logo, nothing
on the screen.
>
> Is there anyway to recover from this short of sending it back to IBM?
I read somewhere perhaps disconnecting the CMOS battery could reset the
BIOS? Where is the CMOS battery on a R31?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Vance Young
>
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