Defiance II BIOS issues (asking for wipe/flash advice)

[chozabu]

Hiya all,

Running a Defiance II, mostly very happy with it - except for recent bios issues - the laptop does not want to turn on, I normally am presented with:

-Black screen
-keyboard lights up
-fans speed up after a while
-screen remains black
-no post beep (I have enabled in the bios previously)

It seems once in a while, after leaving the laptop for a while, it will hit the PCS screen, and let me boot up - into linux via recovery mode.
-Normal boot into linux seems to hang on a black screen
-Normal boot into windows complains about ntoskrnl.exe (or similar, windows kernel issue)

Even when booting sucessfully, there is a long delay before showing the PCS screen, and emitting the boot beep.

Looking inside, I don't see a CMOS battery to reset my bios?

Can anyone point me towards a service manual, info on resetting the bios, or any other information that may help in my situation? If I stay stuck, I'll call PCS and update here.

Thanks!

Laptop model: Celvo p670re6

Additional info: in both windows and linux, holding down a key for a long time (for example W in an online game to move forward) will seem to stay stuck down for a fraction of the time it was originally held

 

[SpyderTracks]

Hiya all,

Running a Defiance II, mostly very happy with it - except for recent bios issues - the laptop does not want to turn on, I normally am presented with:

-Black screen
-keyboard lights up
-fans speed up after a while
-screen remains black
-no post beep (I have enabled in the bios previously)

It seems once in a while, after leaving the laptop for a while, it will hit the PCS screen, and let me boot up - into linux via recovery mode.
-Normal boot into linux seems to hang on a black screen
-Normal boot into windows complains about ntoskrnl.exe (or similar, windows kernel issue)

Even when booting sucessfully, there is a long delay before showing the PCS screen, and emitting the boot beep.

Looking inside, I don't see a CMOS battery to reset my bios?

Can anyone point me towards a service manual, info on resetting the bios, or any other information that may help in my situation? If I stay stuck, I'll call PCS and update here.

Thanks!

Laptop model: Celvo p670re6

Additional info: in both windows and linux, holding down a key for a long time (for example W in an online game to move forward) will seem to stay stuck down for a fraction of the time it was originally held

I would contact PCS to be safe.

 

[chozabu]

I would contact PCS to be safe.

Righto - called, and on hold now.

Still - If anyone has any info on how to get hold of service manuals, or any other info - that'd be fantastic.

I had a look around, but did not find a manual for the particular model this laptop is based on - clevo p670re.


~~call answered - time gap! ~~

PCS staff member answered, she was very informative and helpful!

Sent me a manual - mirrored here: http://chozabu.net/autopush/P65xRE.pdf

I'll update after resetting my bios later