Dell Vostro 3750 Bios Recovery

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  1. toddhawaii

    toddhawaii MDL Novice

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    #1 toddhawaii, Apr 18, 2015
    Aloha,

    I have Dell Vostro 3750 that suffered a failed BIOS update.

    Could someone walk me through the recovery process?

    Thank you,
    Todd
     
  2. LatinMcG

    LatinMcG Bios Borker

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    #2 LatinMcG, Apr 18, 2015
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  3. toddhawaii

    toddhawaii MDL Novice

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    #3 toddhawaii, Apr 18, 2015
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    I tried win/fn + b, shift, end, but the computer powers up for awhile then shuts back down.

    Any other ideas?

    Thank you,
    Todd
     
  4. LatinMcG

    LatinMcG Bios Borker

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    #4 LatinMcG, Apr 27, 2015
    likely needs USB SPI programer to make backup.bin and fix it and flash it back. or get a full dump from a similar working bios pc.
     
  5. toddhawaii

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    #5 toddhawaii, Apr 28, 2015 (OP)
    I'm pretty sure that it can be recovered. I just need to know the right keyboard command.
     
  6. sebus

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    #6 sebus, Apr 28, 2015
    I done the same with Vostro 3560 & never managed to recover it, replacement under warranty was the easiest option
     
  7. LatinMcG

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    #7 LatinMcG, Apr 28, 2015
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    im helping another user with 1564 and he got me backup.bin from SPI USB programmer and now i merged A10 to his bios and hes flashing to test.

    and it worked.
     
  8. fineart

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    #8 fineart, Apr 30, 2015
    Yes, i am the user with Dell 1564..... LatinMcG helped me out ! When i programmed my Bios chip it worked.
    @toddhawaii: You should try the same !
     
  9. sebus

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    #9 sebus, Apr 30, 2015
    So the procedure is.....

    Thanks

    sebus
     
  10. LatinMcG

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    #10 LatinMcG, Apr 30, 2015
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    get USB SPI Programmer like ch341a programmer.
    desolder chip and make backup.bin

    open it with HxD editor and compare beginning to 0001FFFF.
    if it matches mostly beginning then it should work= on backup.bin paste the bios dloaded. replace the broken bios code with new .. same exact address 0 to usually 0001FFFF
    file save as Test.bin
    flash and solder.