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    Dell E6230 A20 BIOS dump needed!

    Hi! As the title explains, a Dell E6230 I have at home is not booting. I wanted to fix it, as it's holiday right now and I don't have something to do in this time.

    The problem is:

    This laptop won't boot unless I remove the CMOS battery and wait for 5 minutes. Then, it boots up normally with a warning ("Date and Time not set, that's normal.."). As soon as it's starting, it works normally without any problems. I flashed the BIOS using a dump here on Badcaps, as the BIOS was corrupt, too. When I try to update the BIOS from Windows/DOS, it prepares the update, then just restarts and boots straight into Windows without even trying to install the BIOS update.. something wrong with the ME region of the BIOS? Or am I wrong?

    I'd be thankful if someone would try to help.

    #2
    Re: Dell E6230 i5 not booting.

    Date and time not set warning

    Cause is CMOS cell dead

    Replace CMOS battery with new one and all problem will resolve

    Bios was not corrupted until you flash it

    Now change CMOS battery and check normal
    No need to update bios

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      #3
      Re: Dell E6230 i5 not booting.

      I ordered new batteries. The problem is that the laptop was not booting at all till I flashed the BIOS with a CH341A programmer. It worked then, but reinserting the CMOS cell made it not booting again. I want the A20 BIOS, as I think the older A12 BIOS (which is right now installed on the BIOS chip) has a lot of bugs.

      Thanks.

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        #4
        Re: Dell E6230 i5 not booting.

        Originally posted by emre22232 View Post
        I ordered new batteries. The problem is that the laptop was not booting at all till I flashed the BIOS with a CH341A programmer. It worked then, but reinserting the CMOS cell made it not booting again. I want the A20 BIOS, as I think the older A12 BIOS (which is right now installed on the BIOS chip) has a lot of bugs.

        Thanks.
        You`ve already asked in another thread for the A20 bios -

        https://www.badcaps.net/forum/showth...ighlight=E6230
        All donations to badcaps are welcome, click on this link to donate. Thanks to all supporters

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          #5
          Re: Dell E6230 i5 not booting.

          Originally posted by SMDFlea View Post
          You`ve already asked in another thread for the A20 bios -

          https://www.badcaps.net/forum/showth...ighlight=E6230
          Ups, sorry for spamming. Will not do that again.

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