Lenovo T60 Bad Option ROM PXE-E05 Error

If you are having issues with your T60 Lenovo or similar laptop with a corrupted NIC Option ROM, I was able to fix it by resetting the ROM to default.

Download Intel BOOTUTIL here...
https://downloadcenter.intel.com/Detail_Desc.aspx?DwnldID=19186

Create a FreeDOS bootable USB using RUFUS...
http://rufus.akeo.ie

Copy the \Intel###\APPS\BootUtil\DOS\bootutil.exe file to the USB drive and boot up
the laptop with it...

Run "bootutil -CFGDEF - ALL" and then power cycle.. it will be fixed.

DELL laptop force BIOS update

Recently I needed to troubleshoot a battery charging issue with an Inspiron 1700 series dual core laptop... as the battery was no longer recognized by the laptop.  Is suspect the message "battery not recognized" also means the one of the cells is bad in the battery, moreso than it being a suspect or knockoff battery. 

Anyway, one of the troubleshooting steps was to upgrade the laptop BIOS, but thats a catch22 as the
BIOS update requires a 10% charged battery and AC power concurrent during upgrade.

There is a verified process that I found... create a DOS bootable image on USB or other bootable media, making sure of a clean boot (NO drivers or shared memory managers running),  and once booted into it... run the BIOS update with the /forceit switch.  This bypassed the power check for me.