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need help (updated BIOS, comp won't boot) by evm on 08-27-2005 at 01:46 PM
I updated my bios yesterday night and today i can't get my comp to boot up.
Mobo: P4S-LA
CPU: p4-1.8 478
RE: need help (updated BIOS, comp won't boot) by matty on 08-28-2005 at 07:53 PM
How far do you get during POST?
Do you get any error messages?
RE: need help (updated BIOS, comp won't boot) by zaher1988 on 08-28-2005 at 07:59 PM
i 'm not sure if u reset the BIOS if this will get it back to the stat beofre updating , but i suggest that u find ur motherboard user manual, and check were is the cmos clear jumper and do it 
RE: need help (updated BIOS, comp won't boot) by matty on 08-28-2005 at 08:06 PM
quote:If you update the firmware of the BIOS then resetting the CMOS isn't going to fix it. You either have to contact Asus about it and send the board (or just the chip in that needs to be flashed) or find the original BIOS firmware.
Originally posted by zaher1988
i 'm not sure if u reset the BIOS if this will get it back to the stat beofre updating , but i suggest that u find ur motherboard user manual, and check were is the cmos clear jumper and do it
Where did you get this firmware from, I didn't see your model on the listing that is from Asus on their site so...
RE: need help (updated BIOS, comp won't boot) by zaher1988 on 08-28-2005 at 08:14 PM
ok then evm , try to find the original Bios on Asus site! and umm
MAtty do u think he can install it 
if his pc isn't running ? i doubt, but there should be a way
RE: need help (updated BIOS, comp won't boot) by matty on 08-28-2005 at 08:39 PM
quote:If the PC just turns on but displays nothing and doesn't even POST then hes going to have to send it in to Asus and have them reflash it. Should be covered under warranty if it was their BIOS update that screwed it up.
Originally posted by zaher1988
ok then evm , try to find the original Bios on Asus site! and umm
MAtty do u think he can install it
RE: need help (updated BIOS, comp won't boot) by zaher1988 on 08-28-2005 at 08:48 PM
well then i recommend that u buy a new motherboard!! u can find a 50$ one !! but hope u had an original ASUS update
RE: need help (updated BIOS, comp won't boot) by Fourjays on 08-28-2005 at 09:28 PM
This happened to one of our computers. It was doing a BIOS update, and my sister clicked something she shouldn't. PC froze, and it "fried" the BIOS.
Before assuming, try the following things (these are what I was told to):
Clear the CMOS (you never know).
Run the BIOS restore disk (the flash program should have given the option to make one prior to the flashing.
Assuming neither of the above worked, the BIOS is dead. You can send your board off for a replacement BIOS, or you can purchase a new one and solder it on yourself (although this requires skill, as you must make sure the solder iron does not touch the board or any or any other parts - if you fail, you have to buy a new board anyway).
However, when I checked these options for my board, the cost of both, wasn't far from a new board, so i got a new board.
RE: RE: need help (updated BIOS, comp won't boot) by evm on 09-01-2005 at 01:46 AM
quote:
Originally posted by zaher1988
well then i recommend that u buy a new motherboard!! u can find a 50$ one
ya, i found a motherboard for 70$ and it working so far
i got the bios update from the asus site
when i was flashing my bios there was a block out for a few hours and it damged my bios so bad that i couldn't boot from a floppy
quote:i allready tried that, the 1st thing i tried
Posted by Fourjays
Clear the CMOS (you never know).
quote:well, the system speaker was beeping non-stop
Posted by Matty
Do you get any error messages?
btw.. i could replay for a few days cuz i didn't have my comp working and my sister wound't let me use her comp
thanx for helping everyone
RE: need help (updated BIOS, comp won't boot) by matty on 09-03-2005 at 03:31 PM
quote:Do you mean black out? If not then talk to Asus and say that after flashing your BIOS your computer wouldn't boot they may replace the board for you... although you already bought another one. But other then that if it was a blackout then there would be nothing they can do.
Originally posted by evm
block out
RE: need help (updated BIOS, comp won't boot) by Patchou on 09-03-2005 at 04:33 PM
They wouldn't replace anything, at least not for free... this also happened to me years ago. If your bios is fried, then their's absolutely nothing you can do. The backup that's made on your disk before flashing the bios cannot be used as you need to boot before you're able to launch the upload program.
Buying a new motherboard is probably the best thing you could do. Asking Asus for a new firware is not worth it as the final price will roughly be the same as the motherboard. What you can do though is find an unused asus motherboard somewhere, get its bios, put it in your motherboard, crack the updater so that it doesn't tell you it's the wrong motherboard and flash it again with the correct bios... only if you have time to kill that is .
RE: need help (updated BIOS, comp won't boot) by Sam Spade on 09-06-2005 at 01:38 PM
quote:This *may* work...
Originally posted by evm
I updated my bios yesterday night and today i can't get my comp to boot up.
Mobo: P4S-LA
CPU: p4-1.8 478
http://www3.telus.net/agentsmith/articles/article1.html
Otherwise, there is a key combo for the dreaded black screen after flashing the ASUS bios (in cases where the PC isn't actually dead, but is actually waiting for some commands that you can't see the prompt for and therefore can't enter - a known bug - which I used 'bout a year ago with success, but damned if I can find it now - will post back if I do - in the interim, you may find it here:
http://www.techsupportforum.com/archive/index.php/f-87.html