Corrupted BIOS

[Manicm]

Any thoughts, tbh i think i already know. Got back from my holiday yesterday booted up the pc, nothing just a blank screen and the caps lock and scroll lock lights flash twice then a pause then flash again insequence. A bit of internet searching and it turns out the BIOS is corrupt. Snag is that i can't get to the BIOS settings, and the computer refuses to get past the first 2 seconds of the boot.

Im guessing its fooked, been advised its fooked, but really hoping someone knows some trick i could use, ive tried a usb boot but as the bios won't kick in it fails to recognise the dvd drive or the usb ports.

[spatular]

i'm not sure but think you can sometimes reset the bios by taking the battery out for a bit?

edit- and/or use a jumper to reset it, what make/model is it, try and find a user guide online?

[Manicm]

LOL, after some tinkering and finally ive fixed it!!

Turns out faulty memory simm, which is odd as the alert lights, and the HP manual claims it was a bios fault, and pcworld said its a bios fault, my local laptop repair shop, its a bios fault! hahaha! on you all its not, just a faulty memory simm. Now to order £40 worth of memory this 1gb is really slow!!