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Title: Time to leave the body
Post by: Shobha on May 26, 2026, 05:01 AM
So guys, I totally messed up my motherboard while updating the BIOS. Listen up - I had a UPS but it still got bricked, and after a while when I turned my PC back on there was absolutely no power. The case fans aren't spinning, no debug lights on the board, nothing.

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Title: Re: Time to leave the body
Post by: Anirudh on May 26, 2026, 05:01 AM

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Post by: Devendra on May 26, 2026, 05:01 AM
Haha, amateur move - I turned my 35000₹ laptop into a DIY kit by slapping some cheap conductive thermal putty on the motherboard.
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Post by: Akshara on May 26, 2026, 05:01 AM
Does your board have Q-Flash or something similar? That should still work and correctly reprogram the BIOS to fix the problem.
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Post by: Benny on May 26, 2026, 05:01 AM
Have you tried restarting? Brother, that might help.
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Post by: Samar on May 26, 2026, 05:01 AM

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Post by: Hari on May 26, 2026, 05:01 AM
What about taking out the CMOS battery? That should reset the BIOS settings, right?
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Post by: Kamal on May 26, 2026, 05:01 AM

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Post by: Govind on May 26, 2026, 05:01 AM
You can flash the BIOS straight onto the chip using an external programmer - check with a local PC repair shop.
Title: Re: Time to leave the body
Post by: Akhil on May 26, 2026, 05:01 AM
Haha, I went through the same thing last month. I felt hopeless and regretted everything, but many repair shops actually fixed it. My board is now stuck on the very first BIOS version, so I'll need to update again. But don't lose hope!
Title: Re: Time to leave the body
Post by: Mukesh on May 26, 2026, 05:01 AM
Here's what I did: I created a bootable USB with the latest BIOS, plugged it in, hit the BIOS flash button, and after a few seconds the system rebooted. It worked! I'm thrilled - thanks everyone for the help.


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