The act of Bricking and Electronic Device occurs when the
Firmware or
BIOS has been Corrupted or when improperly installing
Hardware, this includes soldering. Any of which will render the Device unable to
boot.
Bricking can occur When: Installing the wrong
firmware; Power loss during a
Firmware or
BIOS update; Poor
Hardware connections; Installation of firmware that is infected with a
computer virus.
Partial Bricking: This term refers to a Device that has the potential to
boot but is disabled due to Bad, Previously Stored Information, or Corrupted Temporary Files written to the Devices
Flash Memory (
RAM).
FIXING A BRICKED DEVICE?
Un-Bricking: Once a Device has been Bricked it will not be able to
Boot until Corrupted Data has been removed and the proper data replaced. Since the device can not
boot this means it must be done manually. This includes Removing and Replacing/Soldering
Chipsets. Generally a Device is considered forever useless once it has been bricked, This is because your average electronic user lacks the knowledge and tools to repair electronic devices.
Un-Bricking of a Partially Bricked Device: If the
Device is only Partially Bricked there are a number of tricks that may restore the Device. Such as: A few shut downs and reboots; Manually Reseting the
BIOS, this may be done on the Devices
Motherboard if availible; A series of Keystrokes has also been known to remedy some Cases; Removing the Power Source from the Device for a period of time.
