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Hello @daddle @Major_ToM  Again thanks for your previous help. Local shops where I live in the UK want £50 or more to reflash the chip. As I am not someone to give up on a problem, I have removed the board from the laptop chassis and have noticed that there are two chips on the board that look like BIOS chips. One is an MX25L1673E  and the other is a WINBOND 2503 2FV S10. I have tried to find mainboard diagrams on the web but there don't seem to be any. The manufacturer logo looks like a backwards R and a U - cRUs. Do you know who makes these boards? Thanks John ... View more

Many thanks to @Major_ToM and @daddle  I will check to see if a local shop can do the re-flash for about € 20. The laptop is 8/9 years old and it is not worth spending too much money on it. Thanks again.   ... View more

Hello @Major_ToM    Yes, that has worked. Great. Thank you. All the files are now unzipped and there is a .bin file.  I now intend to buy a BIOS chip programmer from eBay for £10.00 and I will try to  reflash the BIOS.  Should I keep this post open to let you and the community know how if I am successful? Hopefully, I will be.   Many thanks again.   John @Mach59      ... View more

Hello @Major_ToM    Thanks for your response. The link you provided just goes to a 404 error, page not found.    Regards   John  ... View more

Hello @Major_ToM  Thanks for your reply and for your help. I seem to be having a problem.  When I unzip the file it only shows a Word document with details about the different BIOS versions. I cannot see any other files in the archive.    Thanks John ... View more

Hello Major Tom Thanks for your reply. Here are the details of my laptop: Medion Akoya E6415. MD 99935. MSN 30020527. It is running Windows 10. I got the BIOS update from the Medion website. I ran the stand alone  .exe file which then started the update process whilst windows was running. The issue occurred because I restarted the laptop too soon. It was my fault! It now does not start at all. Luckily I have another laptop to use. I just bought a new battery and have added a 500Gb SSD and I wanted to use it until Windows 10 support stops next year. Hope this information helps.   John ... View more