Regarding repairs, I like The Trailing Edge (TTE.CA) in Bell's Corners. I've sent people to them before and everyone feels treated fairly. If you are senior they have a discount. - Kevin On Fri, Jul 16, 2021 at 8:26 AM dpatte <dpatte [ at ] relativedata [ dot ] com> wrote: > Thanks for any suggestions. I pulled the hard drive yesterday, and backed > up all its data files to my linux box. Phew! > > I'm primarily looking for suggestions of who does such repairs around > ottawa. > > > > Sent from my Galaxy > > > -------- Original message -------- > From: Kevin Szabo <k [ dot ] s [ dot ] szabo [ at ] gmail [ dot ] com> > Date: 2021-07-16 05:04 (GMT-05:00) > To: dpatte <dpatte [ at ] relativedata [ dot ] com> > Cc: "oclinux linux [ at ] linux-ottawa [ dot ] org" <linux [ at ] linux-ottawa [ dot ] org> > Subject: Re: [linux] Bios crash > > I haven't seen a windows update corrupt a bios before, but I imagine it's > in the realm of possibilities. Others likely have more experience but you > may want to pull all your power, unplug your battery, and unplug the coin > cell that keeps the CMOS settings for the BIOS alive. Try to boot to your > BIOS and if you can get in there reset the configuration to the default > (pulling the battery doesn't normally set to default). When was your > laptop manufactured? Cheap Electrolytic caps have a finite lifetime and > if your machine is over 12 years old you may be reaching it (or capacitor > plague) > > Good luck > > On Fri, Jul 16, 2021 at 4:45 AM dpatte <dpatte [ at ] relativedata [ dot ] com> wrote: > >> I appologize in advance if this is the wrong forum for this request, but >> there seem to be many experts on this list - so here goes... >> >> My laptop, a Lenovo y50-70 black screened yesterday, I presume during an >> automated windows update. >> >> It wont boot and I cant even get into the bios to see what's up. On boot >> a few leds go on (power, battery) the disk light flickers for a 1.5 seconds >> then flashes on and off each second. No other response. >> >> Lenovo doesnt seem to have a copy of the bios code I could download and >> reflash my bios with. >> >> Any ideas? >> >> >> I am presuming that the bios is corrupted. Does anyone have suggestions? >> >> >> >> Sent from my Galaxy >> >>