Hi, i have old M4700 (before 2015), was working well (with latest A19 bios drivers), until few days ago......just starts up, fan running, keyboard working, led on (some)......few seconds later (maybe 7/8) shuts down itself, not even showing Dell logo....I was switching RAM (slots), replacing disks, WIFI, replacing (changed) 3V battery......after searching info, my suggestion is corrupt BIOS file, but i did not find any (software) possibility to recover BIOS file on this model. Is it there anyway (prefer software), how to recover BIOS?
Case solved.....thanks all of you for helping. M4700 did fly to recycle bin (hopefully, it will be use for laptop with BIOS recovery). I bought new Asus...."this is the way"
Waw, thanks.....holding down the "D" key, really does the LCD test (exactly how you did write), but booting did not follow. The M4700 after test still runs maybe another 6 sec. and then shuts down like always before.....Now only led which are on (first three from left / first - disk led blinking (but i have three disk inside SSD 2,5,HDD and M2), battery led (but my battery is completely dead) and wifi.....I will try to remove components ......
Nope....i did remove all three disks, both RAMs (then one return), WIFI, battery, Bluetooth, 3V battery, jumpers (which i did find) except power one and keyboard (for D key)......then perform again LCD test, which did go trough, but no any kind of booting......any difference (maybe M4700 did stay up few second longer with black screen after LCD test)....... is there any way to know, if BIOS file is corrupted and then just recover or flash.......because to me (i don't see any problem inside), after start up both fans are running, keyboard working, led are on......
rollano
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Posted January 31st, 2023 21:00
Case solved.....thanks all of you for helping. M4700 did fly to recycle bin (hopefully, it will be use for laptop with BIOS recovery). I bought new Asus...."this is the way"