OK, so I think I phuqed up somewhere. I have a Sony VGN-NR120E (got it free for the kids to play flash games on Disney). I downloaded the modified SLIC 2.1 for it so I could load Win7, since I only have Pro keys left and don't feel the need for the lappy to have Pro on it. I then created a USB boot disk with the HP utility and DOS98 files since there was no OS on it, booted and ran "phlash16.exe /p BIOSFILE.wph" (I guess I shouldn't have done /p so I could see how it died!). Now, I hit the power button and get nothing. I can feel the HDD spinning up, the power LED is on, the battery LED comes on if I unplug the charger, but there is no output on the screen. I have removed the battery and charger, held the power button for 30 seconds to discharge any residual power and still nothing. I have NOT taken out the CMOS battery yet. I have NOT hooked to an external monitor either to see if the inverter or LCD pooped out coincidentally. Anyone have any idea how to resurrect Queen Padme? Thanks in advance!
wincris method aka crisdisk with phlash16 should work with R0131J9.WPH renamed to BIOS.WPH .. put in the crisdisk folder.. then create crisdisk. win B should be the key to boot recovery
First off, thanks for getting me on the right track. But I am having some issues. I've downloaded numerous crisdisk files, and finally found one that will allow me to choose a USB drive instead of floppy. The question, can the Crisis Disk be made on Windows 7 x64? The 'makeboot.exe' keeps giving me errors for 64 bit compatibility when I try to run it manually after adding the files, since when I use 'wincris', it does the formatting, but no files are being copied. I've run as Admin and even went to XP SP3 compatibility mode and still nothing, so I don't know if it's a x86/x64 problem. I can load a 32 bit XP in a VMWare session if I need to , but am trying to not have to IF i don't have to Or, do you have a good link for a crisdisk zip or rar that you can give me for a 'known good' set that can create a USB key or zip a copy of the one you use/have used? Should I partition the USB (1GB) to a 1.44MB partition? I know, a lot of questions, but now that I've started, I'm too AR and OCD to give up, but since I can't find a zip that was specially made for the VGN-NR120 with the exact BIOS I'm using to take the easy road out, now I have to blurt out a bunch of questions to ya!! haha Thanks for the help, hope you can answer the questions I have and get me set straight, the future of disneyjunior.com for a 4 year old is at stake (mainly so I can have my laptop back, as he steals mine!) Scottie