[OT] flashing mobo bios failed...

[Mikael Backman]

Steven Davies-Morris skrev:
> 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."
>   

  I contacted MSI  and could download a msdos utility and a 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