[OT] flashing mobo bios failed...

[Steven Davies-Morris]

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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