Arthur Shipkowski » troubleshooting http://www.fox-dreams.com/art A collection of varied items Wed, 07 Apr 2010 22:29:23 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc Booting issues after BIOS update on MSI Wind U123 http://www.fox-dreams.com/art/2009/10/booting-issues-after-bios-update-on-msi-wind-u123/ http://www.fox-dreams.com/art/2009/10/booting-issues-after-bios-update-on-msi-wind-u123/#comments Mon, 19 Oct 2009 22:59:21 +0000 Arthur http://www.fox-dreams.com/art/?p=104 I recently updated my MSI Wind U123′s BIOS for various reasons, and I ran into an problem whose solution I’m offering up in case of issues from out there. Per the instructions from MSI, I flashed the BIOS, powered down, and removed the battery. MSI’s site didn’t specify how long to remove the battery, so I removed it for a 10-count (a slow 10 count).

I put the battery back in, and Windows XP refused to finish booting, instead sitting in the XP startup animation forever. Safe mode booting stopped at Mup.sys. I attempted to boot via CD to use the recovery console, but even that hung up. Frustrated, I made a USB stick with Ubuntu Netbook Remix. That also refused to go far beyond the bootloader.

The solution turned out to be to remove the battery for a good few minutes, then put it back in. Once that was done, all was well again.

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