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| 394475 | 2005-10-08 07:37:00 | Got my Biostar motherboard tested by a PC Tech. and he told me that the bios is corrupted. He told me to replace it with a new one and to have it programmed by a programmer who has EPROM. So first i need to know where to get a replacement bios chip, how much does it cost and a programmer with EPROM to the flash the replacement bios for me? PC specs: Motherboard-Biostar P4TSE Socket 478, BIOS-Pheonix D888, CPU:P4 3ghz and 512 memory. Any help much appreciated. | RayRay (644) | ||
| 394476 | 2005-10-08 07:50:00 | It doesnt support something like Crashfree BIOS does it?? If it did, all you would have to do is chuck the mobo cd in and boot from it to revive it. I did that with the other pc here, about a mth ago... flashed it, it went bung, and killed it lol. The BIOS was corrupted, but the system supports Crashfree BIOS. I just had to chuck the cd in and boot from it, to revert it back to the original BIOS, then I updated it after. |
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| 394477 | 2005-10-08 09:01:00 | Thanks for the reply SG...had a look in the manual and unfortunatley it does't have that feature...the motherboard will not even post makes a couple warning beeps and thats it nothing comes up on the screen. | RayRay (644) | ||
| 394478 | 2005-10-08 09:25:00 | You might be able to blind flash it (forums.teamphoenixrising.net). | gibler (49) | ||
| 394479 | 2005-10-08 22:04:00 | thanks gibler...looks complicated but will give it a bash!! | RayRay (644) | ||
| 394480 | 2005-10-09 01:24:00 | I strongy suspect that almost all motherboards will have soldered in BIOS chips these days. They will be SMD chips to make things worse. :( But you could look. The type number will start with "28" ... maybe "28F" or "28C", to indicate EEPROM, with 3 more digits like 128, 256, or 512 for the number of kilobits in it (or even 010, 020, for 1 Mb or 2Mb :D ). It will have 32 pins. If there's such a chip, in a socket, you can certainly replace it. I'm not too sure about the programming of it, though. They come totally blank from the makers, so you would need to find someone with a suitable programmer, | Graham L (2) | ||
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