Basically my 553VE is dead. The laptop died when the BIOS 3.0.6 froze and forced me to shut it down. There is sign of life with the optical drive popping out when pushed , keyboard LEDs working , and ports working when I plugged it to a TV. The signs of life only happened once I removed the connector for the CMOS battery for 15 seconds. Now , the battery led indicator does not work , there is NO display (like prior to CMOS reset) , there is no fan activity ,and the laptop (or should I say what remains) only runs when plugged in to a charger. Is there any way to force reflash previous BIOS version to "jumpstart" the damn thing?
