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Corrupted BIOS -- HP Pavillion p7-1262
Due to a failed BIOS update attempt. I am receiving 8 beeps (with amber lights) upon turning on my HP Pavilion p7-1262. I have attempted to clear the CMOS, but it hasn't resolved the issue. I see there is also a Bios Recovery Connector which has 4 rows of 2 pins with a jumper on the first two pins. I have not been able to find any documentation on how to reset the BIOS using that connector or another method. Please advise. Thanks.
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HP wanted $300 bucks to fixed a bad bios one month out of warranty. This is the second pavilion I have bought for me personally, both had support issues. I'm going stick with commercial desktops.
>> I'm going stick with commercial desktops. << th HP is a commercial one
can you tell me WHY you updated the bios? and what went wrong?
can you tell me WHY you updated the bios? and what went wrong?
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I updated the BIOS to resolve the secure boot issue with Windows 8.1. This is a brand new bios that was release on 11/1/13. I updated the first time fine, but I was multitasking and ended up doing it twice. The second time it crashed. The techs at Microcenter (where I bought it 13 months ago) are saying they can't flash a Pavilion either. It's been awhile, but in the past I always created a CD or USB stick to update BIOS, but it appears that option isn't available for the Pavilion p7-1262.
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i was unable to find such for HP systems, but you can always contact them for replacing the bios : http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/softwareCategory?os=4063&lc=en&cc=us&dlc=en&sw_lang=&product=5271491#N1334