Richard;

 By recover the bios do you mean reset to default settings?
if it's corrupted you may have to replace the cmos chip
If it's replaceable on a laptop?
you could try to reset the bios and see if that works
I found a debug script that worked fine for me.

 Again use at your own risk:

         A:\>DEBUG
         - o 70 2E
         - o 71 FF
         - q        (Quits to DOS)

worked like a charm on my Micron Gobook.
It's suppose to work on most mobos.
Also the program Killcmos is available at:
http://www.windrivers.com/tech/tips/Dec97/index4.htm

haven't tried it, but might be worth a look.

Richard Neimeyer wrote:
>
> I have an AMS SoundPro laptop computer that gives the error beeps
> indicating a bad BIOS.  There is also no display on the LCD nor does it
> seem that the hard drive is accessing.
>
> Is there a way to recover the BIOS without resorting to opening up the
> laptop and finding the BIOS chip.  Even if I did find it I doubt if it
> will be easy to replace it.

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