BIOS

ThinkPad I9990303 Error Catch-22

Michal Necasek of the OS/2 Museum digs into why a circa-1994 IBM ThinkPad 750C refuses to boot or enter BIOS setup with error I9990303, traces it to corrupted BIOS flash contents, and shows how the very error blocks reflashing until a hacked UPDTFLSH.EXE bypasses the check and fixes it.

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