ThinkPad T43 A62 type 1871 Crisi Bios Recovery

[gradilli]

I've made a big mistake on updating BIOS and now my old ThinkPad is bricked. Tried this procedure http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.php?t=100075 but the USB floppy doesn't boot.
The problem is only how to "turn on" the USB floppy
Do I've another chance?
Thanks in advance Grazia

[RealBlackStuff]

Have you tried if that floppy-drive boots from another laptop?
That drive may be faulty...

[gradilli]

the floppy is Ok

[RealBlackStuff]

Have you set the BOOT sequence in BIOS to boot from USB FDD first?

[gradilli]

as I wrote the ThinkPad is bricked because of wrong BIOS upgrade

[RealBlackStuff]

Maybe as a last resort: try to do another update with the regular BIOS, using a bootable CD.

What was the mistake you made that caused bricking it?

[gradilli]

probably you misunderstood the problem: the thinkpad is bricked

[ajkula66]

One last thing that I'd try:

Remove the hard and media drives, connect the FDD and try to boot from it. If that doesn't work you'll likely need to replace the board.

Good luck.