Pavilion dm4 - 1063cl, corrupt Bios, interrupted Bios Update.

Help, please.

Recently, I had bought a second hand Pavilion dm4 - 1063cl with 4 gigs ram and installed with Windows 7 Ultimate edition. Windows 7 installation was completed just before my purchase because the seller wanted to wipe the HD before the sale as a result, the partition which held recovery options has been erased. Of course, before buying, the laptop was functional as much as will allow windows and Explorer.

Following the statement, that I had located in the HP support site, I had created a recovery option using the SoftPAQ's Support of HP UEFI environment. After reviewing the content of the USB stick on another computer, I followed the instructions and I tried starting the dm4 Paviliion afflicted by the windows key 'B' depressed and still have the black screen and caps lock key double still flashing.

Interrpreting the caplock key flashes as a single flash or a double flash, I'm ready to exchange the RAM but, make the assumption there is nothing wrong with ram you, what else can I try to get this laptop operating again?

Help, please.

Hello

The Bios chip is soldered on the card mother hp on all.

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