I'm glad that resolved your problem. My own experiences with wrong bios 
upgrades have always failed rather than screw up the chip. I think that 
situation was rectified years ago.
Terry

"macjenna" <mcdb@sasktel.net> wrote in message 
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> That did it, never thought I was using wrong upgrade, was quite surprised 
> at which one was the right one. Glad that other bin file didn't load, 
> could have been a blind reflash. thanks again Terry
> Brian
> "macjenna" <mcdb@sasktel.net> wrote in message 
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>> Never thought of that, although I know some hardware upgrades are 
>> strictly for US machines, will try that, let you know, thanks Terry.
>> "tc" <terrycassidy@msn.com> wrote in message 
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>>> It is likely you are using the wrong bios upgrade for your machine. I 
>>> see 2 different 3000 on the Canadian site.
>>> Terry
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>>> "macjenna" <mcdb@sasktel.net> wrote in message 
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>>>> Anyone successfully upgraded bios on this model, Mine tries a partial 
>>>> then hangs at checking flash memory, no damage is done to the existing 
>>>> bios and the system reboots fine but its annoying, don't seem to get by 
>>>> it. Using the auto phlash file downloaded from Toshiba.
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