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Thread ID: 59900	2005-07-16 05:53:00	Am I screwed?	pine-o-cleen (2955)	Press F1

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372650	2005-07-16 07:09:00	Well unless it has something like EZ flash which some mobos have, nothing. I would check the back of the manual, and see what it says about BIOS updates killing a system. Or send an email to Giga-byte.. Sent an email to giga-byte. No troubleshooting etc in manual. Bugger eh.	pine-o-cleen (2955)
372651	2005-07-16 07:57:00	Hi I did the same thing some months ago with my albatron, my friendly computer guy here in Nelson took the BIOS chip out sent it to the NZ agents and they reflashed it, came back perfect, you may have to do that. PS. How come the F1 clock is soooo fast Thanks, i'll remember that.	pine-o-cleen (2955)
372652	2005-07-16 08:05:00	Can I ask how much it cost to have the bios chip removed,sent away,flashed and returned? And how long it took?	Metla (12)
372653	2005-07-16 08:12:00	Can I ask how much it cost to have the bios chip removed,sent away,flashed and returned? And how long it took? Probably more than the motherboard was worth I'm guessing. As far as flashing the mobo, I think some people do it for the heck of it... got a prob; flash the mobo kinda thing. They forget looking for the real issue (faulty PSU or RAM maybe). If the mobo is old, and doesnt allow large harddrives, yeah flash it then, but for most mobos just bought in the last year.. whats the point? To what advantage?	Myth (110)
372654	2005-07-16 08:16:00	Yep, im thinking the price would be close,and you still end up with a second hand mobo tahts been messed with . As for flashing the mobo, I hate to see people spit that out, Its just bad advice from people who dont know enough to be giving advice . My modem wont work . . . . . . oh,flash the bios My computer locks up . . . . . . oh flash teh bios It makes a beep on startup . . . . . . oh flash teh bios My screen is fuzzy . . . . . oh flash teh bios I have a tummy ache . . . . . Oh flash the bios My computer doesnt turn on . . . . . . . Did you flash the bios? Yes I did,thats when it stopped booting . . . . Anyhow, Your garenteed a dead board if the flash utility says its the wrong bios and you flash it anyway .	Metla (12)
372655	2005-07-16 08:47:00	So I guess the answer to 'Am I screwed?' is a resounding yes. I didn't realise I could do this kind of damage to a motherboard just by software! Anyway, I've definitley learned my lesson, thanks everyone for all your time and effort.	pine-o-cleen (2955)
372656	2005-07-16 09:06:00	got a bootable floopy disk (98 boot disk). put it in and see if anything at all happens when you start the pc. don't forget to try the reset button. most bios have a safe part in the bios which dosn't get flashed. this usually enables a person to blind flash the bios. you have to make a customised boot disk to do it.	tweak'e (69)
372657	2005-07-16 10:24:00	I thought that every gigabyte motherboard had dual bios. I have no idea how to swap to or recover from the second BIOS sorry.	Greven (91)
372658	2005-07-16 23:52:00	Yep, I'm thinking the price would be close,and you still end up with a second hand mobo thats been messed with . As for flashing the mobo, I hate to see people spit that out, Its just bad advice from people who don't know enough to be giving advice . My modem wont work . . . . . . oh,flash the bios My computer locks up . . . . . . oh flash the bios It makes a beep on startup . . . . . . oh flash the bios My screen is fuzzy . . . . . oh flash the bios I have a tummy ache . . . . . Oh flash the bios My computer doesn't turn on . . . . . . . Did you flash the bios? Yes I did,thats when it stopped booting . . . . Anyhow, Your guaranteed a dead board if the flash utility says its the wrong bios and you flash it anyway . So as a lover of macs,are you saying,if going to flash use a mac? . tiscali . co . uk/reference/encyclopaedia/hutchinson/m0039981 . html" target="_blank">www . tiscali . co . uk	Cicero (40)
372659	2005-07-17 00:32:00	Can I ask how much it cost to have the bios chip removed,sent away,flashed and returned? And how long it took? 3 or 4 days from memory. Cost Zero.	Arnie (6624)
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