SOLVED [ubuntu] Re: [OT] flashing mobo bios failed...
Mikael Backman
mback99 at glocalnet.net
Thu Aug 21 13:35:47 UTC 2008
Steve! skrev:
> I really should have read the line that told me what board it was!
>
> http://www.biosman.com/biosrecovery.html
>
> Hopefully some info there that will help you. Your BIOS will look for a
> .bin/.img file on it's own though, so if the above link doesn't help, you
> need to know what the name of the file is that it looks for and rename the
> file on floppy to that.
>
> Steve!
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Graham Watkins" <shellycat.gw at ntlworld.com>
> To: "Ubuntu user technical support,not for general discussions"
> <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
> Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2008 10:27 AM
> Subject: [ubuntu] Re: [OT] flashing mobo bios failed...
>
>
>
>> James Takac wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Michael
>>>
>>> On Sunday 17 August 2008 08:08:50 Mikael Backman wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>> I flashed the bios of one of my cumputers.. It failed.. Now it wont
>>>> boot.... Is there some way to save the mobo or is it just junk now?
>>>> Its a msi k9vgm-v
>>>>
>>>> /Mikael
>>>>
>>>>
>>> You might be able to contact to manufacturer of the mobo and get a new
>>> bios
>>> chip or if know someone with the same mobo could conceivably use their
>>> chip
>>> to boot then put yours back and reflash. If none of that is available
>>> then
>>> you may well need a new mobo. or if someone else's same mobo has died and
>>> you
>>> can get a hold of it you may have a working bios chip in it?
>>>
>>> James
>>>
>>>
>>>
>> The following info may be useful. I once messed up my bios when trying
>> to install a graphics card. I was advised to locate a jumper on the
>> board, remove it for a few seconds and then replace it. This had the
>> effect of restoring my bios to factory settings and permitted me to
>> recover the system. Check out your motherboard's manual to find out if
>> and where such a jumper exists. I don't know if it will work for a
>> failed flash upgrade but it must be worth a try.
>>
>> --
>> Graham Watkins
>>
>> "To mess up a Linux box, you need to work at it; to mess up your Windows
>> box, you just need to work on it."
>> SecurityFocus columnist Scott Granneman.
>>
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>
>
>
I contacted MSI and could download a msdos utility and and bios data
file which I copied to a floppy.. Then I removed the battery on the mobo
to reset the cmos.. Tho mobo booted nicely from the mobo.. I let it
work for 10 minutes , restarted and Voila!
Thanx for helpful replies.. :)
/Mikael
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