Bios Upgrade

[Ben Purnell]

anyone know where I can obtain one for an Advent 7011, can't seem to get one anywhere and it seems a common problem them being hard to get hold of

spec of laptop
http://www.uktsupport.co.uk/advent/laptop/7011.htm

also anyone got any decent software for making a bootable cd rom or usb stick?

[The Radman]

your asking the right person here ben,how can i help?

[Ben Purnell]

your asking the right person here ben,how can i help?

it was a long shot, waiting for the nerds such as Chas and Mark

[Simon T]

Lost me too there i'm afraid, useless with PC's. Know Apple Mac inside out though.

[mboon]

i am insulted. Nerd lol. I do have the boot option mate but its at work and i am home. What do you want to boot it into.. Ghost..
As for the bios i cant help only deal with is

[Ben Purnell]

Is Geek any better lol

Got a laptop that will not load the operating system even booting from disc etc.... It looks as if the bios needs flashing so I can then load up the new OS.
basic message is "can not load operating system"

I think I have the bios file now, but need something like a copy of Nero to be able to make a bootable cd to put the bios upgrade on and flash the damn thing, if you have anything like that you can copy and send on a cd it would be appreciated

[mboon]

i have nero i can send you mate. Have you looked on the net for a copy. I will dig it out. Think its nero 6 bit old but should do the trick. Whats your address mate

[rsnissan]

If its saying "can not load operating system" then it looks like its not trying to boot from CD, have you set the boot order in the bios or have you tried using the functions keys to boost from CD when powering on the laptop? even a windows xp cd should let you boot and then format the HD and install itself.

apologies if you have tried all of that


as said Nero will let you burn a bootable disc

[mboon]

i wll get her n doors to send it

[Ben Purnell]

If its saying "can not load operating system" then it looks like its not trying to boot from CD, have you set the boot order in the bios or have you tried using the functions keys to boost from CD when powering on the laptop? even a windows xp cd should let you boot and then format the HD and install itself.

apologies if you have tried all of that


as said Nero will let you burn a bootable disc

First thing I tried Andy, got a vista disc at home and it got half way through booting up and installing it and then just crashed and same message displayed

believe this is what happened when installing xp pro

i wll get her n doors to send it

Cheers Mark

[Ben Purnell]

its also such a shame I don't have a floppy drive as its nice and easy to make bootable discs with one, but I am really not going out to buy one even though they are cheap as chips as I will no doubt never use it again

[mboon]

save the pennys for the cosworth

[Ben Purnell]

cossie is fine at the mo, more pennies for the MG as it needs it after its rolling road session

[mboon]

sounds expensive. What went wrong

[Ben Purnell]

nothing went wrong Mark, its just slightly lacking power although I am a little scepticle about it. The tuner said it could do with going to an electronic distributor to get more advance, but its all spot on and running right just 70bhp is not going to set the world on fire