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I flashed the bios from windows and it messed up and would not boot. I disassembled the laptop and removed the bios battery for 30 minutes. Now I cannot use more than one stick of ram before I was using 2 1gig sticks with no problem. If there are two sticks the system will not boot. I tried to update using Toshibas update utility in dos “insyde DOS update flash utility” and I get the error “Machine id not found”. Thanks for any help
You need to go to the original bios. Find out what is the manufacturer recommended flashing procedure and use it with the original manufacturer specified bios version.
It is out of warranty and I would have to pay for tech support. I am a university student "no money". I was hoping someone here would have some ideas on how to force flash the bios to the correct one.
Sounds like you will have to re-apply the DMI information. I'm not sure where to publically get the DMI program, so you may have to rely on a toshiba service center. I would say its only a 10 minute job tops, i'm sure it wouldn't cost much to fix, and will be cheaper than buying a new laptop.
ndkpyro wrote:I flashed the bios from windows and it messed up and would not boot. I disassembled the laptop and removed the bios battery for 30 minutes.
Where is the bios battery located? I need to replace mine and I can't find it.
The bios battery is on the bottom side of the motherboard so you have to completely disassemble the laptop. And it is soldered into place so you will need a soldering iron and solder wick to remove it.
