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| Thread ID: 52007 | 2004-12-07 00:47:00 | PC prob's | fergie (424) | Press F1 |
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| 300317 | 2004-12-24 00:48:00 | Just to let you guys know - i'm back on my pc now! I ordered a BIOS chip in from recovery BIOS.com Popped it in - and it booted up!! Only prob - i went to change the boot device to CDROM so i could reinstall windows (i couldn't get into windows) just as i done last time, and restarted - and the same thing happened - nothing! I was about to get chuck it out the window, but i thought i'd give it one last chance - and i cleared teh CMOS - this time it worked, and when i changed to the cdrom device - it restarted cleanly also. So thats all good. I thought i'd let you guys know, as you provided me with alot of advice And if you ever need a replacement BIOS - go to www.recoverybios.com - fast shipping, have a chip for every baord, and cheap (better than a couple hundred $$ for a new board!) Thanks And all have a good Xmas! |
Fergie (6508) | ||
| 300318 | 2004-12-24 03:39:00 | I had an identical problem, Replaced the PSU. All OK again. The PSU is easy to replace, so if you can borrow one to check is a good idea. If it is the the PSU take the opportunity to get a higher wattage, at least 350W or 400W. |
i-gordon (962) | ||
| 300319 | 2004-12-24 07:15:00 | hey. Na - all is sweet now, it was the BIOS. I had tried another PSU as well. But thanks |
Fergie (6508) | ||
| 300320 | 2004-12-24 07:25:00 | that new bios chip must of cost you a fair bit of $$ i guess you learned your lesson about flashing? |
Prescott (11) | ||
| 300321 | 2004-12-24 09:49:00 | Hey. Na, the new chip only came to $30 NZ incl 4-5day shipping. The other site i found was wanting $30 US + Postage - and i was about to pay - until i found this one. And let me tell ya, i would have rather paid teh $30 than $400 (as if i couldn't get it going, i was going to go tro the next step - 64bits) And re: flashing, i have other flashed a Bios 3 times - all times, no probs. This arose from just changing the CMOS/BIOS (what is it exactly? i mean all the settings in the startup when u press DEL) so i could boot from a cd (reinstall windows) |
Fergie (6508) | ||
| 300322 | 2004-12-24 20:59:00 | i see....... oh well, yeah i would certainly rather pay 30 bucks instead of a new mobo, and also you can say that you fixed it your self :) | Prescott (11) | ||
| 300323 | 2004-12-25 04:53:00 | would it be possible of a badly written bios code to stuff up when you try to change a setting (code tries to modify the properties of something that doesn't exist, etc?), this causes lockup and as metioned before, corrupts bios due to restart while writing to chip? | Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 300324 | 2004-12-25 21:23:00 | Yea, thats what i think may have happened Agent | Fergie (6508) | ||
| 300325 | 2005-03-19 04:19:00 | I'm having a similar problem, with a different motherboard. I am getting on elong beep on start up every three seconds. It's a Gigabyte mobo, GA-7VAX with a Phoenix D686 BIOS chip as the main, and a backup BIOS chip, that I cant make out the printing on. The BIOS chips are both soldered in place, making a chip swapout almost impossible, given the equipment I have available (hammer and chisel, lol) The CPU is an Athlon, speed not known atm, and I'm not redoing the whole heatsiunk and fan assembly to find out- I know its at least 800 Mhz, as FFXI runs on it. I get the beeps on powerup, with no drives attached, one 512 stick of DDR RAM installed (which was shop tested, and came back good) and in the hopes it was a video issue, I swapped my AGP card for a PCI vid card I keep for emergencies- there is no onboard video. With the memory out, I still get the same beep code. I've removed everything I can, and still get it, and based on what I've read in this thread, it sounds like the BIOS chip has gone on me. The backup chip supposedly can re-write the main chip, and is unwritable itself, so I have to assume the b/u bios is ok, I just dont know how to flash the main from the b/u. Anyone with a similar setup, or, better yet, the same mobo, that could assist here? TY in advance. |
Tinman9472 (6509) | ||
| 300326 | 2005-03-19 04:56:00 | Reply to Tinman9472 (although this should have been done as a new post) From the PDF manual: After you enter the BIOS setup by hitting the DEL key, you press F8 to get the dual bios menu. The backup chip will automatically be used if the main one has gone bad. The bios will have settings that tell you which chip it is using and whether it can recover the main or backup.. If one is unrecoverable I guess you just hope the other doesn't die - then again people have used single chips for ages.. |
gibler (49) | ||
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