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How long does flashing Middleton's BIOS supposed to take?
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How long does flashing Middleton's BIOS supposed to take?
So if I'm staring at this screen for over 5 minutes https://i.imgur.com/stJAH71.jpg what do I do? Flashing from an SD card in a USB adapter.
There is no activity from the HDD light.
There is no activity from the HDD light.
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Re: How long does flashing Middleton's BIOS supposed to take?
Restarted the computer and it's fine.
I'll do it from a CD next time. :shrug:
I'll do it from a CD next time. :shrug:
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Re: How long does flashing Middleton's BIOS supposed to take?
Glad it all worked out. Sometime it's best to follow the instructions and take the road well traveled.
Re: How long does flashing Middleton's BIOS supposed to take?
if using CD, double check the burn as a bad disc burn can destroy the motherboard. I keep a hdd with 32bit windows handy to test and flash bios and have done over 500
Re: How long does flashing Middleton's BIOS supposed to take?
Yeah I have an 80GB HDD with Windows XP 32-bit almost expressly for this purpose.
From start of the Winphlash command to the very end it is always, always less than five minutes, sometimes less than three.
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Museum: PC110 20MB, X61 T9300 SXGA+ LED
Donated: x2001 AFFS i5-530 (to my alma matter)
Past: 701Cs German, 535/X, 760E/XL, i-series 12/14xx, piano s30, R60e, X60, X61, T60, T61, X200 P8700, X121e
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Re: How long does flashing Middleton's BIOS supposed to take?
For what reason can Middleton's BIOS not be flashed from 64 bit Windows? I have a 64 bit version of Winphlash that I've used to flash modded BIOSes on many T500.
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Re: How long does flashing Middleton's BIOS supposed to take?
The only answer I can give you on this is that Lenovo Never released a t61 b i o s with 64-bit winflash therefore there was no b i o s to modify. If you want to flash your laptop you will probably need to use the bootable CD ROM disk that also comes with Middleton bios. Maybe you can experiment and figure away I know others have just be careful there is no easy way to recover from a failed Flash.
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