So I did something stupid...

[deargodpleasehelp]

          Hey y'all....
 
  So....
  Yeah I did something stupid on my PC just the other day where I overwritten my Windows PC BIOS accidentally   by pretty much decrompressing and opening the BIOS Update file from   Dell, and I tried to replace it with a downgraded version except when   importing into there I accidentally chose an old Macintosh ROM... :eek:
 
  And now if I re/start it, it beep several times indicating a corrupted BIOS.
 
  If there was a way to flash the BIOS/Firmware on a Mac, how would you do that?
 
  (I think Apple now will be smarter before anybody releases their ROM's and stuff on the internet freely now).
 
  Which I know this is stupid to happen (considering Apple runs an   ENTIRELY different FileSystem) but it happend, and well now... My PC is a   Mac. :-P
 
  This is probably the wrong board to be posting in, but I decided it   deserves to be in OS9 for some reason... If a Mod could move it to the   right place in time that'd be great.
 
  Thanks.

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Edit: Oops sorry wrong forum board...

[BC_Programmer]

You probably have to replace the chip itself.

All you did was corrupt the BIOS image. you didn't turn it into a mac, you simply corrupted it. (the older Macs use a different instruction set entirely, the ROM boots in a different fashion, the hardware is different, etc) for all intents and purposes you simply corrupted it. You didn't "turn it into a mac" by any stretch of the imagination.

Additionally, it's interesting that yu say it's "stupid that apple should let this happen" when what is actually stupid was importing a Mac BIOS into a BIOS Flash tool.

[mroilfield]

Is this by chance the same comp that you had problems with GTA IV?

http://www.computerhope.com/forum/index.php/topic,114147.msg764013.html#msg764013

[deargodpleasehelp]

Is this by chance the same comp that you had problems with GTA IV?

http://www.computerhope.com/forum/index.php/topic,114147.msg764013.html#msg764013

And actually no this is my Dell mini I got off of EBay in good condition, worked fine I was just experimenting (or trying too lol)

[JJ 3000]

You could still use it as a doorstop or a paperweight.

[deargodpleasehelp]

You could still use it as a doorstop or a paperweight.

Seriously man I can't let such a good laptop go to waste... from what I've heard Dell is a crap company butI don't believe that junk. Their computers are great! They're pretty fast PCs when I first messed around with the Dell mini...

Can someone help me please?? TANKS!!!!

[JJ 3000]

Have you ever worked on laptops? repaired or replaced parts on them?

Have you ever used a soldering iron?

Do you even know where you'd get a replacement chip?

[BC_Programmer]

It's a laptop? Oh  that's going to be tricky.  Although come to think of it it's almost always a soldered chip these days.

Most PCs have an "emergency" method to flash using a floppy. But with a laptop you usually have to replace the entire motherboard. (or get it repaired, which usually costs more then a new motherboard).

[deargodpleasehelp]

It's a laptop? Oh  that's going to be tricky.  Although come to think of it it's almost always a soldered chip these days.

Most PCs have an "emergency" method to flash using a floppy. But with a laptop you usually have to replace the entire motherboard. (or get it repaired, which usually costs more then a new motherboard).

Oh... Well that stinks dude!!

Man tbh I've never used a soldering iron or soldered anything before...

And who do you think does Dell board repairs ? Dell?! Oh there's no way they'd cover THAT... (Oh, sorry thinking about Apples crappy warranty) ... Hmmm hold on let me get an idea of who in our area can do Real cheap repairs...

[JJ 3000]

If you could find the exact same model of laptop that someone has given up on due to other parts breaking or malfunctioning, you might be able to scavenge a BIOS chip.

It couldn't hurt to try. The computer is as good as dead already.

[deargodpleasehelp]

If you could find the exact same model of laptop that someone has given up on due to other parts breaking or malfunctioning, you might be able to scavenge a BIOS chip.

It couldn't hurt to try. The computer is as good as dead already.

That's great Ok thanks

And can someone please tell me WHERE this thread goes??? I guess it's better here then huh....

[deargodpleasehelp]

Little bump...

[Salmon Trout]

Little bump? Look you have no choice. You cannot reflash this bios chip. Send the *censored* thing to a company who have an onboard bios flasher. And be prepared to prove 1. You have legal title to this machine. 2. That your "I used a Mac bios image" story is not an invention (More imaginative than "my kids changed the password", but still a bit implausible - you got a mac bios image by mistake? How? Why?)

[BC_Programmer]

you might be able to scavenge a BIOS chip.

This is true, but any semi-modern machine has the BIOS chip literally soldered onto the mainboard- especially in the case of laptops.

[patio]

Actually i personally would be too embarrassed to admit i used a MAC flash on the BIOS...

As Salmon suggested....come up with another line.