A casual story ...
a bios of a friend of mine is stuck .... from a fail update through Os Windows 10 by AMI ( gui mode ).
About the concerned computer : https://www.packardbell.com/pb/fr/FR/content/download SN : 23502301192 Brand : Packard-Bell Model/number : imedia s2110
I pick the bios update from packard-bell url : so the chosen version is : P11-B3.CAP
one the update pass, the computer reboot ... and then 'black screen' - no more display.
the mother-board looks on, and beep when I pull off ram. it avoid bios access...
I realize cmos reset ( with clear position ), then button battery out ...
one thing I note , by some try the fan are high speed ( like in fail safe mode/ or on a new fresh cmos setup ... ) other thing : the Hdd?/cpu? light sometimes is ON until I turn off the computer, but nothing else.. or this light seems to 'works' but 20 seconds and then nothing... I heard Hdd access too, it's a noise I recognize.
The POST don't get over..
To comment about firm answer('s) : its money or nothing ... and not costless ( 150 euros... ) , buying a new computer is not so far .... no relevant ways or accurates answers on acer forum ( packard bell is now acer.. ).. and a crowd of 'solutions', do but don't do that.. keystrokes but the other one, but after 3 reboot.
As I'm IT worker, but not hardware enough, I have to crawl lots of ressources and docs.
So, in front of amibios / afudos / afuwinx64 ... I really don't know which one I need, as I can't confim my USB key is read.
I did a usb boot key ( free dos in ), format fat32. with script afudos, then afuminx64 and a batch with amibios advise... but no more display, no more bios.
I don't know if I need a keys combination to launch the usb reading ...at startup. I call few It friends , I heard often "only firm can do". ( I don't trust that ... )
Updating a bios is a task I do 1 time a year... computers are globally ok. But it's deep learning for me every time ...
I don't know what you can do for me, if you have an answer... I don't know If you need support, or a have pay solutions.
Best regards, Jean-Marc Petit France. ( Normandy ). 01:10 AM - sunday 13/09/2020