The best way to deal with the BIOS video issue is just to pull the battery and start from ground zero - yes you may need to reconfigure some things, but it will get you into a better state then you are now at least on the firmware end. The problem is the way you get to the battery is a proper nightmare since the motherboard needs to be pulled out. This guide is for the [guide|87988|hard drive], but AT LEAST you’re halfway to the CMOS battery.
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The best way to deal with the BIOS video issue is just to pull the battery and start from ground zero - yes you may need to reconfigure some things, but it will get you into a better state then you are now at least on the firmware end instead of requiring you to tinker with it for hours. The problem is on the 15-p, the way you get to the battery is a proper nightmare since the motherboard needs to be pulled out. This guide is for the [guide|87988|hard drive], but AT LEAST you’re halfway to the CMOS battery.
The second issue is if this is a SOFTWARE LEVEL device disable, you may need to reinstall Windows if you cannot get in through the normal boot process since you disabled the way in that always works. You may be able to get in through the normal boot process, but I would be ready to do an OS reinstall if you want to hope to get anywhere. To rule out if it’s the hardware once the BIOS works, boot it into Linux or a Windows install DVD - if it was successful, you’ll get an image on the laptop.
The best way to deal with the BIOS issues is just to pull the battery and start from ground zero - yes you may need to reconfigure some things, but it will get you into a better state then you are now at least on the firmware end. The problem is the way you get to the battery is a proper nightmare since the motherboard needs to be pulled out. This guide is for the [guide|87988|hard drive], but AT LEAST you’re halfway to the CMOS battery.
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The best way to deal with the BIOS video issue is just to pull the battery and start from ground zero - yes you may need to reconfigure some things, but it will get you into a better state then you are now at least on the firmware end. The problem is the way you get to the battery is a proper nightmare since the motherboard needs to be pulled out. This guide is for the [guide|87988|hard drive], but AT LEAST you’re halfway to the CMOS battery.
The second issue is if this is a SOFTWARE LEVEL device disable, you may need to reinstall Windows if you cannot get in through the normal boot process since you disabled the way in that always works. You may be able to get in through the normal boot process, but I would be ready to do an OS reinstall if you want to hope to get anywhere. To rule out if it’s the hardware once the BIOS works, boot it into Linux or a Windows install DVD - if it was successful, you’ll get an image on the laptop.
The best way to deal with the BIOS issues is just to pull the battery and start from ground zero - yes you may need to reconfigure some things, but it will get you into a better state then you are now at least on the firmware end. The problem is the way you get to the battery is a proper nightmare since the motherboard needs to be pulled out. This guide is for the [guide|87988|hard drive], but AT LEAST you’re halfway to the CMOS battery.
The second issue is if this is a SOFTWARE LEVEL device disable, you may need to reinstall Windows if you cannot get in through the normal boot process since you disabled the way in that always works. You may be able to get in through the normal boot process, but I would be ready to do an OS reinstall if you want to hope to get anywhere. To rule out if it’s the hardware once the BIOS works, boot it into Linux or a Windows install DVD - if it was successful, you’ll get an image on the laptop.