Need laptop help

ganzey

ganzey

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so i got this laptop on trade, it is an HP dv2000. sometimes it boots to the windows loading screen, then it shuts down instantly. sometimes it doesnt even post. but when it gets the the windows screen, there is a red line going up the screen. so i thought the screen was bad, BUT, i got into the bios and it wasnt there. i was in the bios for about 15 minutes, and it never shut down. i have read that it may be a bad bios, and i may need to update it?

is there a way to update the bios WITHOUT going into windows? like some sort of bootable flash drive or cd?
worst case scenario, i have to buy a new mobo, because it is 814 days out of warranty, lol
thanks in advance
 
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Oh...read that wrong, sorry.

If it supports USB booting, you should be able to do it with a flash drive.
 
Drenlin said:
Oh...read that wrong, sorry.

If it supports USB booting, you should be able to do it with a flash drive.
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i tried googleing, but it seems that all ways to flash the bios u have to go into windows. do you know any bootable bios flasher?
 
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