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SOLVED! Big development! I took the computer apart again, pulled the CMOS battery, reconnected only the monitor and touchpad and keyboard, and plugged in the AC charger. I also had tried to plug in a USB drive with the BIOS download from Dell on it, but I am POSITIVE is wasn't read by the...

No, the computer powers on, the LED comes on, the LCD has power but stays blank, you can hear the computer check the disc and usb drives and then it goes quiet and no longer does anything. If left on, the fan will work appropriately. The keyboard shortcuts so far haven't been working either.

Yes, and they were completely unhelpful. I downloaded that exact file and put it on a drive, but my computer (brick) can't read the whole setup application, that's why I want just .hdr and a .rom files.

Hi, I bricked my laptop by interrupting the bios update on accident. It will power on but will not display anything - the peripherals only seem to work for a second or two immediately following power up. I had pulled the CMOS battery and that didn't fix it. I have been trying to extract .hdr and...