my Compaq Presario SR5130NX wont boot up

My brother updated or tried to update my bios and my computer froze during the download. Now i have a black screen that says Disk Boot Failure and i cant find anything to get it to boot up. I'm running Windows Vista Home premium.

 

Thank you for the help but today i contacted Hp and they said i need a new integrated video card. but when i power on my computer it says
Award BootBlock BIOS v1.0
Copyright (c) 2000, Award Software, Inc

BIOS ROM checksum error

Detecting IDE ATAPI device ...
Found CDROM, try to Boot from it ... Fail

Detecting floppy drive A media...
INSERT SYSTEM DISK AND PRESS ENTER

(WORD FOR WORD)
any clue please help im about to go buy a system disk, but i want to know if anything else will work my other option is sending it to HP and they said it would be around 200 dollars

 

ok i got passed my first error and i got to...
No Physical memory is available at the location required for the Windows Boot Manager. The system can not continue

 

Ill try that thanks for your help so far i hope that is all i need.

 

nope it didnt work the thing is i can only get to my first error then i put a boot disk in and i get to my second error

 

i fixed after web surfing all day found the right boot disk with the right files in it. I will post file locations when i can get to my home computer

 

Hello Llama, can you please direct to the website you got the right boot disk from? I'm having the same problem as you, and cannot find a solution.
thanks.

 

Hi,

What exactly do you get on screen?

 

hi

exactly as Llamafarm post #3

 

Link to an ISO file to flash your BIOS

You will need to burn the ISO to a CD as an image file using imgburn or other burning software. Then boot your computer from the CD.

You will get an A> prompt
Type in awdflash.exe <enter>
For filename type in ivy.rom <enter>
Read the warnings and press "Y" to program.

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You may get a screen asking if you want to save the old BIOS. I think you might as well say No because if you say Yes it will be unable to save anywhere or will only save to virtual memory which will be deleted as soon as you restart your machine. You can try both ways but if it hangs when you say yes and enter a filename such as rom.old just ctrl+Alt+delete to reboot and say No next time.

PLEASE feel free to ask any questions. I worked out this solution some time ago and may be leaving some explanation out that you may want. But basically Compaq messed up their BIOS update for your motherboard. [If you are not here because of a bad Compaq BIOS update let me know when your problem started. Do NOT flash the BIOS unless you are trying to repair a bad update] There are two versions. The specs for your computer from Compaq say you need this Ivy version. If you try it and the awdflash program says wrong part number than you will need the other version.


Basic screens you will see when running awdflash program http://support.asus.com/technicaldocuments/technicaldocuments_content.aspx?no=532&SLanguage=en-us

Full old post http://forums.majorgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=200149&page=3

 

i am having the same problem buttttttttt i have no clue how to make iso cd i have tried but failed i need to know what file and the how to if you can pllleeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaasssssssseeeeeee

 

Download the ISO here http://www.mediafire.com/file/0nm2olgzmqy/BootIvy.iso

Download ImgBurn and install it.
Put a blank CD in a working computer with a CD/DVD burner. Then run Imgburn and select Write image to Disc. Then for Select File>Click the first small folder icon to browse to the iso file Bootivy.iso. Click the large icon towards the bottom of the window to begin burning the CD.

This should give you a bootable CD. Put the CD in your laptops CDROM and restart it. It should load up and give you an A:/ prompt.

Type in awdflash.exe <enter>
For filename type in ivy.rom <enter>
Read the warnings and press Y to program.

Hi, natigirl,

See if you can successfully burn the iso file to disc and we can go from there.

 

i burned the disk
loaded it it says pass then
DISK BOOT FAILURE INSERT SYSTEM DISK AND PRESS ENTER

 

Sounds like it is not seeing the disc as bootable. You used the "Write image file to Disc" option?

Can you test the disc in another computer? Just see if it boots to an A:/ prompt and eject it and restart. This would tell us the disc is burnt correctly..

 

Ok did that work loaded now i have a
1. Fd 1.44mb system type-(00)
starting......

Cutemouse v1.9.1 alpha 1 (freedos)
installed at ps/2 port
lable not found
a:/>

 

Use all lowercase letters:

Type in awdflash.exe <enter>
For filename type in ivy.rom <enter>
Read the warnings and press Y to program.

***If you get a prompt asking to save old version try using the No option.
Or if it insists, you can say yes and just use old.rom for a filename.

If you have any questions about screens that come up, ask.

 

Typed y and
message: The file size does not match

 

I've never seen that message. Try it again. I know it has worked for several people on that model Compaq.

I'll double check the file against the original files but I am sure that disc works for most people.

 

i took the disk out and restarted the computer
it went passed the compaq screen
load windows i entered password
it look like windows is desktop is gonna show
i can see some of the toolbar
Should i recover the system at the compaq screen

 

I don't know what to tell you the file size is 524,288 bytes on disk which should work.

That is your model number of laptop? You used the Compaq BIOS update that caused the problem?

 

If Windows is loading let it load. If it is giving you a choice like Last Known Good Configuration try that.

 

ok well windows is working is there anything else i should or look out for

 

No, that was the goal to get your BIOS reflashed. You shouldn't have any problems. Do another reboot just to make sure you aren't getting any warning messages.

 

thank you i have been trying to fix it 3weeks now it was making me angry so you are a life saver
do you know how i could possibly free up space on my recovery drive 0%free its telling me

 

You're welcome!

The recovery drive holds an factory image of your Windows operating system. It is very important that it be left alone and unchanged. If you change it and then at some point in the future have problems with the way Windows is running it will not be available to repair the operating system.

Are you getting a low disk space message or did you just check in My Computer to see the 0% free?

Are you running out of space on the C: drive? It would be best to try to make room there.

 

low disk space it tells me to back up non-critical files and then remove them

 

I'm not certain how your recovery partition/drive is set up. Compaq used to put 80% of hard drive capacity for C:\ and 20% for D:\ (recovery partition). The only way things would be added to the recovery partition is if you were doing some sort of backups.

How big is your recovery partition/drive? And do you put files on that drive or are they being added automatically?

 

grrr i hate computers
they automaticly add them self
it says 9,413,586,944 bytes capacity
USED 8,683,679,744
FREE 729,907,200

 

I'll read up on how your computer's backup/recovery software works and get back to you. Or better yet you could make a new post in the Software forum http://forums.majorgeeks.com/forumdisplay.php?f=21 so that this thread doesn't get too off topic.