HP Pavillon DV9904ca bios update

Discussion in 'BIOS Mods' started by Dritan, Jun 7, 2011.

  1. Dritan

    Dritan MDL Novice

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    Hello everybody!
    I've a pavillon dv9904ca with WIN XP pro and suddenly it won't start. Just show the windows logo and then a blue screen. It doesn't start even in safe mode. I tried to repair the windows but there is no optical drive in bios or in bios start up. There is a message " no tpm or tpm problem". Please may you help me.

    Thanks in advance.
    Best.
     
  2. drewbug

    drewbug MDL Member

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    Can you attempt to get into your BIOS's settings menu and restore everything there to default. Maybe look around for a TPM option and disable it if it's there.
     
  3. Dritan

    Dritan MDL Novice

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    Thanks for the reply.The bios seems very "poor" in settings. I've already restored the defaults and there is no tpm option to enable/disable it. Maybe a bios update will fix this tpm error, but I don't know how to do it using DOS, since windows doesn't start. Let's hope that anyone has resolved this and can illuminate us.
     
  4. drewbug

    drewbug MDL Member

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    #4 drewbug, Jun 8, 2011
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    Can this computer boot from USB? Or external floppy? Or anything other than the hard drive that currently has this broken Windows installation? If you can, I can help you boot DOS and flash your BIOS to the newest version.

    EDIT: And, if it turns out that your BIOS isn't at fault, you can try wiping your drive and installing Windows from a USB stick. Just let me know what you want to do.
     
  5. Dritan

    Dritan MDL Novice

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    I have to check these options. I think that is something wrong with bios because it doesn't find dvd-rw in bios or in POST.
    Thanks again drewb95.
     
  6. drewbug

    drewbug MDL Member

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    If you think something is wrong with the BIOS, flashing it back to it's original state is probably a good idea. Let me know if you can figure out some alternative method of booting.