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| 232259 | 2004-04-26 07:57:00 | I just updated my BIOS from MSI Live monitor to the latest. I have MSI 6380 E motherboard, which is 6380 ARU or something. I was trying to get CPU halt command support. Now, when I open an open source game called BZFlag, the computer locks up completely, and after a while, the computer give one beep, from the case, not the speakers. I did some stupid things, like, not looking at all my settings in the BIOS before updating, and not checking which version I had. A few things seem to have changed, or added, like RAID, so I switched that off. Also, it said Video was PCI, so I changed that to AGP. I am unsure of what it was before, but BZFLAG still crashed before I changed it anyway. All my other programs/games seem to worm fine. I reinstalled the Video drivers. And, eh? I just noticed that my clock now says 2:24 am, Monday 24 Feb 2003. I tried turning the Halt command back off, but did not work either, and reinstalled BZFLAG. I can not think of anything else. Please help. |
mejobloggs (264) | ||
| 232260 | 2004-04-26 08:10:00 | For starters set the time correctly in the BIOS. You did use the correct one for your motherboard? Look carefully through each option in the BIOS and decide if you need it or not. Good site for that is this one (www.rojakpot.com/(bukjfc451ycgj245hsr2rx45) ). |
PoWa (203) | ||
| 232261 | 2004-04-26 09:20:00 | Eeah. Welcome to Retardville, resident, ME! I do not see why it would be the wrong BIOS, as it was done by MSI Live Monitor, which is meant to automatically select the correct BIOS. Anyway, I restarted after correcting date/time, and noticed it said I had a 1250mhz CPU instead of 1666 mhz (Athlon XP 2000), and RAM at 200mhz instead of 266mhz. Went to BIOS, and noticed clock frequency thing was at 100mhz, instead of 166mhz, so changed it. Restarted, but no! Will not turn on. HDD spins, fans, etc. But no beep, and nothing on the screen. Dead for now, taking it to get fixed, because they know more than me, and anyway opening case voids warrenty. |
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| 232262 | 2004-04-26 09:59:00 | > Dead for now, taking it to get fixed, because they > know more than me, and anyway opening case voids > warrenty. But it doesn't void the warranty like flashing the BIOS does! |
godfather (25) | ||
| 232263 | 2004-04-26 10:40:00 | Really? Nooooooo... I was told that if I opened the case, it would void warrenty. Now im screwed! I didn't know that flashing BIOS would void warranty. It updated succesfully, it only really died when I changed that clock frequency thing, does that give me any hope? Ehh, this will cost me a bit. You just sent my stress levels waayy up there somewhere. Oh. No. Still had a year left on that warranty. |
mejobloggs (264) | ||
| 232264 | 2004-04-26 11:09:00 | Flashing the BIOS is a risky procedure that has a definite chance of failure. The supplier of the motherboard has absolutely no control over the process, so you have to ask why they would therefore warrant such a risky action being performed by (presumably) untrained operators? You certainly can try, but to me its a fairly certain outcome.... Also you must reset the BIOS after any reflash, by removing the battery or using the reset jumper links. Thats going to be a tad difficult without opening the case as I see it, so you cannot (under your view of the warranty) do it anyway. As a matter of interest, who is the manufacturer that states opening the case voids the warranty? Or is this an "after market" warranty (suspect so as manufacturer usually only gives 1 year). |
godfather (25) | ||
| 232265 | 2004-04-26 11:17:00 | I dunno. I have updated BIOS before with no problems. I wanted to replace a component once, but they said we had to take it in, or else void warranty, or else my Dad told me that. Something. This is a 3 year warranty. If it has gone wrong, will everything be fine, except for the motherboard? Like, still have all data, cpu ok, ram ok etc? Or is the whole lot jelly? Far, my brother had a 2000 word assignment on there too. |
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| 232266 | 2004-04-26 11:36:00 | If the BIOS is not soldered to the motherboard it can be replaced. However, you need to realise you cannot expect a reflash to work correctly until you have reset the BIOS, and plainly you have not done this/cannot do this. Everything including data *should* be OK, but with a BIOS that has garbage in the CMOS RAM after a reflash, there is a small risk I guess. This from a motherboard makers site: After flashing your BIOS or upgrading your BIOS it is always a good practice to physically clear the CMOS jumper. Even though the flash utility has a trigger that should clear the CMOS after the flash it does not always complete this. To be 100% sure that the flash has taken place clear the CMOS jumper and unplug the power supply from the motherboard. Wait for 10 minutes and then reset the CMOS jumper back to pins 1 and 2 and plug the power supply back to the motherboard. This will make sure that the flash is correctly applied to the motherboard. and The process of flashing the BIOS is only about 98% foolproof. Every time you flash your BIOS there's a small chance that you'll end up with a corrupted BIOS and a system that is disabled until you can buy a new BIOS chip. So we recommend flashing your BIOS only when necessary to solve a compatibility issue That you would reflash a BIOS when critical data is not backed up is somewhat surprising also. Its not something I would ever contemplate. |
godfather (25) | ||
| 232267 | 2004-04-26 11:44:00 | Heh. I thought there was actually nothing important there, after recently doinf a full system backup, for the purpose of a reformat. good learning experience for me though. |
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