HP Mini 311 Fixed (8/12/2013)

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Working solution:
- Unplug power adapter
- Remove CMOS battery and laptop battery for 1 day
- plug in CMOS battery
- Insert 2GB RAM (I am using Samsung RAM)
- Extract .fd file from HP BIOS file
- Rename .fd to .BIN, only reserve the front 4 character in the name. Eg: 5152ex.fd will rename to 5152.BIN
- Format 1GB pendrive (I use Kingston DT) using HP USB Disk Storage Format Tool
- Put the .BIN file to the pendrive
- insert the pendrive to the left USB port
- Holding Win + B keys
- Plug in power adapter
- Press power button while holding Win + B
- Release Win + B after 10 seconds
- You will hear beeping continuously in 1 seconds interval
- After a few minutes, the laptop will shutdown itself.
- Press the power button to boot up.
- You will see the HP logo, you are welcome!

** Here is the failures I had before get it to work:
a. >1GB pendrive
b. >2GB RAM
c. without RAM
d. create HP_PARTITION
e. leave CMOS in place

Recovering the notebook BIOS using a key press combination
When you upgrade the BIOS on your notebook, a copy of the previous BIOS version is stored in the HP TOOLS partition of your hard drive. Many HP notebook computers have an emergency BIOS recovery feature that allows you to recover and install the last known good version of the BIOS from the hard drive, as long as the hard drive remains functional. This emergency recovery feature is separate from the BIOS and is designed to work in the event of a catastrophic BIOS failure.
To recover an earlier version of the BIOS on your notebook:

Turn off the computer.
Plug the notebook into power using the power adapter.
Press and hold the Windows key and the B key at the same time while the computer is off.
Still pressing the Windows key and the B key, press and hold down the Power button on the notebook for 1 second, and then release the Power button and the keys.
The Power LED light remains on, and the screen remains blank for about 40 seconds. You might hear beeping sounds. Eventually, an HP BIOS Update screen displays and the BIOS update begins automatically.
If the HP BIOS Update screen displays, go to step 5 below.

Step 2: Installing the BIOS on the computer that is not running
To install the BIOS on the notebook that is not running using the USB key:

Shut the computer down completely and wait a few seconds.
Plug an AC adapter into the notebook.
Insert the USB key with HP_Tools file into the notebook.
Press the Power button while holding the Windows and B keys for approximately 20 to 25 seconds.
The HP BIOS Update screen displays showing the progress of the update.

After extract the .fd file, look into .ini file to make sure it match your motherboard id (look below battery compartment, a sticker). If matched, means that is your .fd for your motherboard.