Hello community, My Samsung np305e7a crashed during a bios update with the SW-Tool (Samsung's driver tool). Since this crash, all I get is a black screen. I tried a cmos reset, but didn't help. I did read a lot about bios flashing and I wanted to proceed similar to a Phoenix BIOS Recovery. My main Problem is, that there is no BIOS data for my Samsung, all i could find was the BIOSUpdate.exe but it seems for me that this .exe is just downloading the specific needed BIOS data for each Samsung (I opened it with 7zip but couldn't find anything). Does anyone know how to get the .whp files i need? The only solution i can figure out, is find somebody with the same Samsung model, download the BIOSUpdate.exe on this Laptop, start it but don't run it through and get the image I need from the Temp-folder. thanks in advance UPDATE 5.may.2015 I did check the HDD of my Samsung in order to find something in the TEMP-folder. Instead of .rom files i got this log-data: "Success to Check Admin Account Success to Create Thread Command line string : Command line parameter : 00000000 Success to Extract Files & Get BIOS Option Enabled option in Packer : 0 Additional BIOS update option in Packer : OEM String[0] : AAABAAAAAAAA OEM String[1] : 2015/04/10 OEM String[2] : SECPARTN:627 Part number : 627 BIOS Vendor : American Megatrends Inc. BIOS Release date : 2012-1-3 BIOS Version : 03QU.MI22.20120103.SKK Product name : 305E4A/305E5A/305E7A System enclosure type : SYSTEM_TYPE_LAPTOP Processor manufacturer : AuthenticAMD Processor manufacturer : AMD Success to Get System Information Start to Init driver Driver file path : C:\Users\Mark\AppData\Local\Temp\__Samsung_Update\SBIOSIO64.sys Success to Install I/O Driver MICOM vendor : MICOM_VENDOR_SMSC Success to Check MICOM Chip Vendor Success to Check System Power Warnung - Mit diesem Programm aktualisieren Sie das Flash ROM des BIOS und des MICOM. - Während der Aktualisierung sind Maus und Tastatur gestört. - Zum Durchführen einer sicheren Aktualisierung beenden Sie alle laufenden Programme. - Nach Abschluss der Aktualisierung wird das Gerät aus- und nach ein paar Sekunden wieder eingeschaltet. Success to Notify to User Success to Create Status Dialog Thread Success to Get BIOS File list Success to Find BIOS file Fail to Get GetSecEfiBiosInfo System Information BIOS Vendor = BIOS_VENDOR_AMI_EFI PartID = 627, Bios Version: 03QU.MI22.20120103.SKK New Bios Information fileName : 05QU.rom PartID = 627, Bios Version: 05QU Success to Get New BIOS File Information Success to Check BIOS Version Success to Block power button 4s override Bios command : afuwinx64 05QU.rom /p /b /n /e /r Success to Update BIOS Success to UnBlock power button 4s override RETURN_END_SUCCESS in AMI/Phoenix NP/AIO BIOS " (the german part just gives general warnings) Does this mean that the file I'd need to flash my Samsung is 05QU.rom ? Or are there more informations in this log ? Seems for like there wasn't problems which could brick the BIOS, is that right? thanks, Leon
I did try that, but it's not working. I downloaded 2 files from samsung. 03QU and 05QU, i was unable to extract the rom from 03QU so i am working with the 05QU.rom which I renamed to AMIBOOT.ROM. I use a 1gb usb and tried in FAT and FAT32. Still its not working, anyone has some ideas? The LED from my USB drive lights up some times but after 10sec it stops. thanks
you can download it here (sbuservice.samsungmobile.com/upload/BIOSUpdateItem/ITEM_20120110_377_WIN_03QU.exe) Thanks for your help!
Thanks for the rom! I tried it with different names (03QU.ROM, AMIBOOT.ROM, AMIFLASH.ROM) but no results. i don't have a Home Button on my keyboard, so it's POS1, isn't it? I tried also FN+Back with Ctrl. I don't even hear beeps. It seems to depends on which Combinations I press if the LED from my Usb-Flash blinks or not. But anyway, the Laptop keeps blackscreening (if that's a real word). thanks for your help
I tried it but wasn't working, the Keyboard's Leds were not flashing.I burned the 03qu.rom and amiboot.rom (based on 03qu) and 05qu.rom on a cd-rom but this wasn't working neither.
Hello, I was being busy last weeks but still I have no ideas how to fix my bricked bios.. Seems like the HOME Key is named POS1 in german keyboards - idk if it's a different scancode. I was reading my log file from the bios updater again and noticed this "BIOS Vendor = BIOS_VENDOR_AMI_EFI" - does EFI means that my bios has to be handled in a different way? My last idea is to get an external Floppy disk drive and do the same procedure I was trying with an USB Drive. thanks for your help
USB programmer CH341a .. make backup copy of the chip.. post it. ill fix it with the .rom file u dloaded in hex editor.
I am sorry, i don't think I understood all. So you want me to buy a programmable usb flash - and then make a backup copy of which chip? thanks for your time!