jerseygirl Posted March 3, 2003 Share Posted March 3, 2003 Hey, Xperties asked me to let everyone know, he won't be around for a couple weeks. He made a bit of a boo boo. He flashed his bios and killed his motherboard. So unless anyone knows how to recover the motherboard, he has to wait to purchase a new one. His apologies for being unavailable to the board. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Booger Posted March 3, 2003 Share Posted March 3, 2003 http://www.leandercomputing.com/bios.htmltell him to try that service.. very cheap.BB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tinker Posted March 3, 2003 Share Posted March 3, 2003 You just have to hate that!! I wish I had a really cool tip to recover it for him, but I do not... He will be back with bigger and better I am sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zipp51 Posted March 3, 2003 Share Posted March 3, 2003 This is a good source for flash failure replacement bios chips which you can install yourself.Hope you get it running ok.BiosWorld Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FthrJACK Posted March 3, 2003 Share Posted March 3, 2003 borrow a chip of a buddy who has the same make of bios and type of chip. boot the pc then pause it, whack in the floppy, swap bios chip.. somethinglike that. or theres a guy in the neatherlands who will do it for you for about $1.50 but then you will have to wait about 5 weeks for your chip to go and come back!just buy a new chip, they only cost a few bux, dont buy a new mobo!Reason why im a bit unsure on how you reflash it is ive never been dumb enough to screw it up! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tinker Posted March 3, 2003 Share Posted March 3, 2003 Nice link zipp51, thanks..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FthrJACK Posted March 3, 2003 Share Posted March 3, 2003 they are very pricey just for a bios chip.. id send it to the guy in the neatherlands and have him reflash it for you! ill try find his site.theres also these: http://www.badflash.com in NY as well as EU and they reflash for about $12 so that will save you money Xperties Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snoop Posted March 3, 2003 Share Posted March 3, 2003 go look on your motherboard manufactures website they should sell you a chip replacement for very cheap unlike some of the rip off companys that specialize in selling bios chips for other people motherboards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerseygirl Posted March 4, 2003 Author Share Posted March 4, 2003 thanks everyone....chris contacted the motherboard company and they are sending him a replacement chip for 29.95He should have it in a week or so. Thanks again for all your help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doggie Posted March 4, 2003 Share Posted March 4, 2003 bugga.. i neva saw this topic before.. and all i have to say is LOL .. flashing ur bios is kinda risky at times.. reserved for Xperts Xperties w00t Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zivan56 Posted March 5, 2003 Share Posted March 5, 2003 Most BIOS's have a backup one to allow you to flash no matter what; for AMI ones its this:1.Power down the system. 2.Copy the latest ROM file from the appropriate and latest BIOS diskette onto a bootable diskette. 3.Rename the ROM file to NEWBIOS.ROM, and insert the diskette in the notebook. 4.Attach an external keyboard. 5.Press and hold the <Ctrl>-<Home> keys. 6.Power up the system and continue to hold <Ctrl>-<Home>. 7.There will be no video, this is normal. 8.Wait until you hear diskette activity and release &<Ctrl>-<Home> keys. 9.System will beep at the end of bootblock and the system will reboot. 10.The system should boot normally now. (i.e.. press F1 to set CMOS defaults) 11.Next power down you can remove the external keyboard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FthrJACK Posted March 5, 2003 Share Posted March 5, 2003 why didnt he just get it flashed for $12 rather than paying $30 for a new one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xper Posted March 5, 2003 Share Posted March 5, 2003 bugga.. i neva saw this topic before.. and all i have to say is LOL .. flashing ur bios is kinda risky at times.. reserved for Xperts Xperties w00tWhat if power at his home failed while flashing bios? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gamehead200 Posted March 5, 2003 Share Posted March 5, 2003 There was this episode of "The Screen Savers" on TechTV talking about flashing your BIOS. Aparently, the motherboard makers company isn't supposed to charge you that much... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doggie Posted March 5, 2003 Share Posted March 5, 2003 bugga.. i neva saw this topic before.. and all i have to say is LOL .. flashing ur bios is kinda risky at times.. reserved for Xperts Xperties w00tWhat if power at his home failed while flashing bios? hmm.. very unlikely to happen but yeh it possible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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