Hi Admins & fellow forum-ers!
I just joined this site as i'm in a predicament whether to turn OFF my laptop or not.
I tried to flash the bios from within Vista using HP given flash .exe program and laptop if frozen for 9 hours now ...and I have posted on HP website forum with no replies yet.
laptop: HP DV5-1053 TX
Os: Vista Home premium 32bit
Original Flash: F.05 released 2008(came with laptop)
New Flash trying: F.21
Board ID 3603
I downloaded the flash exe file and ran as admin.. the Insyde Flash utility detected current board and flash version and i clicked to proceed.
the blue progress bar went to near finish quickly but stuch at the last inch.
Utility shows " Erasing and Writing"
HDD light is solid white ...doesn't even flicker
no cursor, beep, mouse movement
Its been 9 hours now like this...i fear if i turn it off it won;t turn on.
Please advice what to do...is it bricked? if so...how to recover/roll back to original flash using USB
I'm fairly technical not much... so bear with me and advice step by step.
Thanking You
forallz