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P4C800-E deluxe freezes during biosflash.....what about CrashFree BIOS2 ?
Hi all
I think i am in deep **** and need some serious help ! I tried to flash the bios of my P4C800-E. During the process the system frooze at 47%. Finaly (after i had waited for about 10 minutes) i had to shut down the system. Jippie!! i'm lucky to have a CrashFree Bios2 installed on my mobo .... just take out your emergency floppy or CD; boot your system; put the floppy or CD in and the bios will be restored automatically..... wauw i'm lucky ! But what's this ? the system won't boot anymore. CDrom lights flash but don't boot. Floppy drive is completely dead.....CrashFree Bios huh I used the latest bios version (1014) and lastest AsusUpdate. Does anybody have any suggestion besides taking it back to the dealer ???? Thanks in advance ! Mike |
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"Mike" wrote in message:
I think i am in deep **** and need some serious help ! Yep! ;o) I tried to flash the bios of my P4C800-E. During the process the system frooze at 47%. Just guessing, I'll bet you tried doing this from Windows...right? Does anybody have any suggestion besides taking it back to the dealer ???? If you still can....do that. Otherwise you have the following options: 1. Hot Flash - this requires another working machine with the identical MB. This involves swapping chips and booting your machine into DOS. Then re-inserting your old chip (while still running) and re-flashing... While I never tried this, and I have heard success stories, yet there still is a chance at damaging your MB and or chip... or... 2. Buy another pre-flashed BIOS chip and replace the one you have partially programmed. There may still be guys out there who have programmers that still do this. I know they used to... or... 3. Buy a new motherboard. If not identical to the one you have, then be prepared to call Microsoft for XP product activation (assuming you are using the Windows XP OS). Maybe someone else has something to add here. But I had this happen to me once upon a time, and I just had a guy on the net flash me a replacement chip. Cost me about $20 back then... We live and learn... -Middleman ----== Posted via Newsfeed.Com - Unlimited-Uncensored-Secure Usenet News==---- http://www.newsfeed.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! 100,000 Newsgroups ---= 19 East/West-Coast Specialized Servers - Total Privacy via Encryption =--- |
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Sounds like your BIOS is hosed. WHY were you trying to upgrade the BIOS in
the first place? Down that road lies peril... -- DaveW "Mike" wrote in message ... Hi all I think i am in deep **** and need some serious help ! I tried to flash the bios of my P4C800-E. During the process the system frooze at 47%. Finaly (after i had waited for about 10 minutes) i had to shut down the system. Jippie!! i'm lucky to have a CrashFree Bios2 installed on my mobo .... just take out your emergency floppy or CD; boot your system; put the floppy or CD in and the bios will be restored automatically..... wauw i'm lucky ! But what's this ? the system won't boot anymore. CDrom lights flash but don't boot. Floppy drive is completely dead.....CrashFree Bios huh I used the latest bios version (1014) and lastest AsusUpdate. Does anybody have any suggestion besides taking it back to the dealer ???? Thanks in advance ! Mike |
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Why flash the bios ?
Because i have 2 sata drives and sometimes my mobo doesn't find a harddisk to boot from I still used the original bios (1010?) , so i hoped this latest version might fix this problem. Mike "DaveW" wrote in message news:lzayb.256356$9E1.1368370@attbi_s52... Sounds like your BIOS is hosed. WHY were you trying to upgrade the BIOS in the first place? Down that road lies peril... -- DaveW "Mike" wrote in message ... Hi all I think i am in deep **** and need some serious help ! I tried to flash the bios of my P4C800-E. During the process the system frooze at 47%. Finaly (after i had waited for about 10 minutes) i had to shut down the system. Jippie!! i'm lucky to have a CrashFree Bios2 installed on my mobo .... just take out your emergency floppy or CD; boot your system; put the floppy or CD in and the bios will be restored automatically..... wauw i'm lucky ! But what's this ? the system won't boot anymore. CDrom lights flash but don't boot. Floppy drive is completely dead.....CrashFree Bios huh I used the latest bios version (1014) and lastest AsusUpdate. Does anybody have any suggestion besides taking it back to the dealer ???? Thanks in advance ! Mike |
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