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>Hi
>
>I bought a secondhand Atlas Flyer 3400 by Hi-Grade which had a fault. I was
>told that it was, Flushed out with a bad bios.

>
>It will enter the Bios screen, and I can change settings OK
>
>but when I try booting it stops at SDRAM at DIMM # 1

>
>See Picture http://freespace.virgin.net/peter.trudgeon/Laptop Fault.jpg

>
>It will not boot to Floppy, DVD/CD or Hard Drive/ although these are
>recognised in the Bios setting.

>
>Any advice would be appreciated as I have never taken a Laptop to pieces. I
>have built PCs so know a little. Would shorting the bios chip out for
>example be any use? And how could I do this?

> On Thu, 23 Mar 2006 17:48:55 GMT, Jake Lakey
> wrote:
>
>>Hi
>>
>>I bought a secondhand Atlas Flyer 3400 by Hi-Grade which had a fault. I
>>was
>>told that it was, Flushed out with a bad bios.
>
> ? ;-(
>>
>>It will enter the Bios screen, and I can change settings OK
>>
>>but when I try booting it stops at SDRAM at DIMM # 1
>
> Could simply be a memory fault?
>>
>>See Picture http://freespace.virgin.net/peter.trudgeon/Laptop Fault.jpg
>
> Looks pretty normal?
>>
>>It will not boot to Floppy, DVD/CD or Hard Drive/ although these are
>>recognised in the Bios setting.
>
> Are you able to bypass the memory fault though (if not it would
> explain the failure to boot)?
>>
>>Any advice would be appreciated as I have never taken a Laptop to pieces.
>>I
>>have built PCs so know a little. Would shorting the bios chip out for
>>example be any use? And how could I do this?
>
> Sounds dangerous! Id just remove the cover underneath that (probably)
> holds the memory (or expansion memory possibly) and remove the memory
> module and see what happens after that. If it isnt externally
> available it may be found inside (under the keyboard for example) or
> worse built onto the system board (expensive).
>
> Good luck ..
>
> T i m

> On Thu, 23 Mar 2006 17:48:55 GMT, Jake Lakey
> wrote:
>
>>Hi
>>
>>I bought a secondhand Atlas Flyer 3400 by Hi-Grade which had a fault. I
>>was
>>told that it was, Flushed out with a bad bios.
>
> ? ;-(
>>
>>It will enter the Bios screen, and I can change settings OK
>>
>>but when I try booting it stops at SDRAM at DIMM # 1
>
> Could simply be a memory fault?
>>
>>See Picture http://freespace.virgin.net/peter.trudgeon/Laptop Fault.jpg
>
> Looks pretty normal?
>>
>>It will not boot to Floppy, DVD/CD or Hard Drive/ although these are
>>recognised in the Bios setting.
>
> Are you able to bypass the memory fault though (if not it would
> explain the failure to boot)?
>>
>>Any advice would be appreciated as I have never taken a Laptop to pieces.
>>I
>>have built PCs so know a little. Would shorting the bios chip out for
>>example be any use? And how could I do this?
>
> Sounds dangerous! Id just remove the cover underneath that (probably)
> holds the memory (or expansion memory possibly) and remove the memory
> module and see what happens after that. If it isnt externally
> available it may be found inside (under the keyboard for example) or
> worse built onto the system board (expensive).
>
> Good luck ..
>
> T i m

> Hi
>
> I bought a secondhand Atlas Flyer 3400 by Hi-Grade which had a fault.
> I was told that it was, Flushed out with a bad bios.
>
> It will enter the Bios screen, and I can change settings OK
>
> but when I try booting it stops at SDRAM at DIMM # 1
>
> See Picture http://freespace.virgin.net/peter.trudgeon/Laptop
> Fault.jpg
>
> It will not boot to Floppy, DVD/CD or Hard Drive/ although these are
> recognised in the Bios setting.
>
> Any advice would be appreciated as I have never taken a Laptop to
> pieces. I have built PCs so know a little. Would shorting the bios
> chip out for example be any use? And how could I do this?
>
> Thank you in advance,
>
> Peter