That's not an abormal delay but likely indicates the screen is OK. If the system isn't showing any display reliably, it could be an issue with the display cable or the mainboard.
If you know you attempted a flash of the firmware and that it failed, it could need a recovery flash. However, if this was a sudden occurrence that came out of nowhere, my guess would be that the flash chip itself failed - meaning it will need to be physically replaced, not just flashed.
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March 24th, 2026 16:49
Does the display pass its diagnostic (hold the D key through powerup to initiate the test)?
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March 24th, 2026 16:53
@ejn63 yeah only after 10 seconds
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March 24th, 2026 20:28
That's not an abormal delay but likely indicates the screen is OK. If the system isn't showing any display reliably, it could be an issue with the display cable or the mainboard.
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March 25th, 2026 05:45
@ejn63 ive used multiple bin files from the internet none of them worked
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March 25th, 2026 10:57
Why are you chasing a BIOS reflash? What happened to the system to make you think the firmware is the issue, rather than a failed mainboard?
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March 25th, 2026 12:57
@ejn63 fans but spun no display and it was giving the recovery image not found error
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March 25th, 2026 13:45
fans spun but no display and it was giving the recovery image not found error*
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March 25th, 2026 14:02
If you know you attempted a flash of the firmware and that it failed, it could need a recovery flash. However, if this was a sudden occurrence that came out of nowhere, my guess would be that the flash chip itself failed - meaning it will need to be physically replaced, not just flashed.
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March 25th, 2026 14:22
@ejn63 i recently did a firmware update and i was playing games and i turned it off and when i tried to turn it back on it wouldn't work