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Question posted by martingreenberg on February 28th, 2012

I Have A Computer That Came On With The Message 'bios Failed To Complete Update,

The Compaq 6710b gives the above error message than reboots. It doesn't allow a USB reboot to redoo the Bios update. How can I reset the Bios to an earlier or its default value

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