[OT] flashing mobo bios failed...
Steven Davies-Morris
sdavmor at systemstheory.net
Fri Aug 22 01:35:58 UTC 2008
Karl Larsen wrote:
> Michael "TheZorch" Haney wrote:
>> Graham Watkins wrote:
>>
>>> 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.
>>>
>> No, it won't. Take it from a guy who's A+ Certified, that only
>> works to clear out BIOS settings in CMOS memory, but not the
>> actually BIOS itself. A failed flash of the BIOS will brick just
>> about anything and many times the manufacturer can't fix it
>> unless the BIOS chip itself is replaceable.
>>
>>
> This discussion has gone on too long from people who really do not
> know what they have said. I have upgraded my BIOS at least twice.
> They said initially to use a floppy disk but last time after I told
> them it works they said you can put it on a cd-rom too. On the web
> Page where I got the updates is a d/l of the whole BIOS by number.
> You need the number you have because the motherboard was made to
> fit it. If you d/l the whole BIOS you can apply it to your BIOS
> e-prom and then it will work again. I suggest that you do this.
> Then you can use the computer.
>
> Karl
Not if the BIOS has been royally buggered to where the system won't
boot far enough (or at all) to allow loading off floppy/CD/etc. As
Michael pointed out if there's already been a failed BIOS flash then
the OP is SOL because that particular BIOS chip is a gonna. It will
now have to be recloned from ground zero using factory tools. "Been
there, done that."
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