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Old March 28th 05, 10:56 PM
Bobby
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Default BIOS update problem

As some of you will know, I've been having problems with the new SATA hard
disk.

So I tried to upgrade the BIOS of my Asus K8 SE Deluxe motherboard. I used
the flash update tool and everything appeared to work perfectly - but now my
PC doesn't work at all.

It resets either during boot or at login or shortly after boot. This happens
constantly. Safe mode is the only cure.

I solved my SATA problem by reverting to my old IDE drive and this
invariably gave me a stable machine - until I did this BIOS update. Now no
mater which drive I try to use (SATA or IDE) I get constant resets. I tried
removing all mention of RAID/SATA/Promise from Control Panel but the problem
persists.

I can't even restore the BIOS to its old settings (I saved an image before
updating it) since the PC resets before I have time to do this.

Now I have an unusable PC.

Help!

Bobby


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Old March 28th 05, 10:58 PM
Bob Day
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"Bobby" wrote in message ...
As some of you will know, I've been having problems with the new SATA hard
disk.

So I tried to upgrade the BIOS of my Asus K8 SE Deluxe motherboard. I used
the flash update tool and everything appeared to work perfectly - but now my
PC doesn't work at all.

It resets either during boot or at login or shortly after boot. This happens
constantly. Safe mode is the only cure.

I solved my SATA problem by reverting to my old IDE drive and this
invariably gave me a stable machine - until I did this BIOS update. Now no
mater which drive I try to use (SATA or IDE) I get constant resets. I tried
removing all mention of RAID/SATA/Promise from Control Panel but the problem
persists.

I can't even restore the BIOS to its old settings (I saved an image before
updating it) since the PC resets before I have time to do this.

Now I have an unusable PC.

Help!


http://www.badflash.com

-- Bob Day

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Old March 29th 05, 12:33 AM
Paul Murphy
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"Bobby" wrote in message
...
As some of you will know, I've been having problems with the new SATA hard
disk.

So I tried to upgrade the BIOS of my Asus K8 SE Deluxe motherboard. I used
the flash update tool and everything appeared to work perfectly - but now
my PC doesn't work at all.

It resets either during boot or at login or shortly after boot. This
happens constantly. Safe mode is the only cure.

I solved my SATA problem by reverting to my old IDE drive and this
invariably gave me a stable machine - until I did this BIOS update. Now no
mater which drive I try to use (SATA or IDE) I get constant resets. I
tried removing all mention of RAID/SATA/Promise from Control Panel but the
problem persists.

I can't even restore the BIOS to its old settings (I saved an image before
updating it) since the PC resets before I have time to do this.

Now I have an unusable PC.

Help!

Bobby

Ah so these are the motherboard details! When you say the flashing appeared
to work perfectly, how do you know - did a message pop up saying so? The
only Asus boards I've flashed have been using a Win98SE system formatted
disk and a progress bar was shown. At the end I've always reset the BIOS by
doing the shorting the jumper trick for a few minutes (have a read of the
manual) - that's essential, have you done that?

If the machines a new build, what are the PSU details (make/model and power
rating)? FYI often OS's will need to be reinstalled after a BIOS flash -
especially if it involved a disk controller, that's why its always best to
do the job when the drive is still empty.

Paul


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Old March 29th 05, 12:53 AM
Paul Murphy
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"Paul Murphy" wrote in message
...
"Bobby" wrote in message
...
As some of you will know, I've been having problems with the new SATA
hard disk.

So I tried to upgrade the BIOS of my Asus K8 SE Deluxe motherboard. I
used the flash update tool and everything appeared to work perfectly -
but now my PC doesn't work at all.

It resets either during boot or at login or shortly after boot. This
happens constantly. Safe mode is the only cure.

I solved my SATA problem by reverting to my old IDE drive and this
invariably gave me a stable machine - until I did this BIOS update. Now
no mater which drive I try to use (SATA or IDE) I get constant resets. I
tried removing all mention of RAID/SATA/Promise from Control Panel but
the problem persists.

I can't even restore the BIOS to its old settings (I saved an image
before updating it) since the PC resets before I have time to do this.

Now I have an unusable PC.

Help!

Bobby

Ah so these are the motherboard details! When you say the flashing
appeared to work perfectly, how do you know - did a message pop up saying
so? The only Asus boards I've flashed have been using a Win98SE system
formatted disk and a progress bar was shown. At the end I've always reset
the BIOS by doing the shorting the jumper trick for a few minutes (have a
read of the manual) - that's essential, have you done that?

If the machines a new build, what are the PSU details (make/model and
power rating)? FYI often OS's will need to be reinstalled after a BIOS
flash - especially if it involved a disk controller, that's why its always
best to do the job when the drive is still empty.

Paul

Oh and there's a downloadable manual for your board he
http://www.asus.com/pub/ASUS/mb/sock..._se_deluxe.pdf
It contains good news - please read it *all* and lots will be made clearer
(especially the part about BIOS recovery - for peace of mind).

Paul


  #5  
Old March 29th 05, 01:15 AM
John Smith
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Bobby, I hate to be a pessemist, but at the rate you are going I suggest you box
everything up and take it to a proffesional before you really fry something....

Bobby wrote:

As some of you will know, I've been having problems with the new SATA hard
disk.

So I tried to upgrade the BIOS of my Asus K8 SE Deluxe motherboard. I used
the flash update tool and everything appeared to work perfectly - but now my
PC doesn't work at all.

It resets either during boot or at login or shortly after boot. This happens
constantly. Safe mode is the only cure.

I solved my SATA problem by reverting to my old IDE drive and this
invariably gave me a stable machine - until I did this BIOS update. Now no
mater which drive I try to use (SATA or IDE) I get constant resets. I tried
removing all mention of RAID/SATA/Promise from Control Panel but the problem
persists.

I can't even restore the BIOS to its old settings (I saved an image before
updating it) since the PC resets before I have time to do this.

Now I have an unusable PC.

Help!

Bobby


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Old March 29th 05, 02:29 AM
kony
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On Mon, 28 Mar 2005 22:56:02 +0100, "Bobby"
wrote:

As some of you will know, I've been having problems with the new SATA hard
disk.

So I tried to upgrade the BIOS of my Asus K8 SE Deluxe motherboard. I used
the flash update tool and everything appeared to work perfectly - but now my
PC doesn't work at all.


The odds of a bad flash using an update tool are MUCH higher
than just using the traditional update from a DOS boot
floppy. For this reason I suggest never to flash any other
way. Just because it works once or on another board doesn't
mean it's guaranteed to work that "next" time.


It resets either during boot or at login or shortly after boot. This happens
constantly. Safe mode is the only cure.


Did you enter bios and load setup defaults? Try clearing
CMOS too. You're lucky it boots at all, but did you save a
copy of the original bios? It would be better to reflash
the known-good version you were using first to get system
back to state it was in first, before trying some other
method to flash the bios which (can't even be known to work
regardless of flash method, yet).



I solved my SATA problem by reverting to my old IDE drive and this
invariably gave me a stable machine - until I did this BIOS update. Now no
mater which drive I try to use (SATA or IDE) I get constant resets. I tried
removing all mention of RAID/SATA/Promise from Control Panel but the problem
persists.


Whatever drive you installed XP on, you should leave that
drive as boot drive and in same IDE and/or SATA position as
it started out, until you get this resolved.



I can't even restore the BIOS to its old settings (I saved an image before
updating it) since the PC resets before I have time to do this.

Now I have an unusable PC.



What do you mean you can't restore it?
If you saved the bios and/or have another copy of it (for
example, downloaded from manufacturer) simply boot to DOS
floppy and reflash the known good bios, then load BIOS
defaults in the bios menus and/or clear cmos, finally making
any changes you needed per your specific parts, like raising
the FSB per CPU if applicable, etc.
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Old March 29th 05, 06:10 PM
prankster
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"Bobby" wrote in message
...
As some of you will know, I've been having problems with the new SATA hard
disk.

So I tried to upgrade the BIOS of my Asus K8 SE Deluxe motherboard. I used
the flash update tool and everything appeared to work perfectly - but now
my PC doesn't work at all.

It resets either during boot or at login or shortly after boot. This
happens constantly. Safe mode is the only cure.

I solved my SATA problem by reverting to my old IDE drive and this
invariably gave me a stable machine - until I did this BIOS update. Now no
mater which drive I try to use (SATA or IDE) I get constant resets. I
tried removing all mention of RAID/SATA/Promise from Control Panel but the
problem persists.

I can't even restore the BIOS to its old settings (I saved an image before
updating it) since the PC resets before I have time to do this.

Now I have an unusable PC.

Help!

Bobby

Ah so these are the motherboard details! When you say the flashing appeared
to work perfectly, how do you know - did a message pop up saying so? The
only Asus boards I've flashed have been using a Win98SE system formatted
disk and a progress bar was shown. At the end I've always reset the BIOS by
doing the shorting the jumper trick for a few minutes (have a read of the
manual) - that's essential, have you done that?

If the machines a new build, what are the PSU details (make/model and power
rating)? FYI often OS's will need to be reinstalled after a BIOS flash -
especially if it involved a disk controller, that's why its always best to
do the job when the drive is still empty.

Paul


OS needs te be reinstalled after a BIOS update ? that's bull

bobby have you tried to set de bios defaults in your BIOS ?



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Old March 29th 05, 11:24 PM
RBM
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If all else fails, contact these folks:
http://www.badflash.com/flashprep.html
"prankster" wrote in message
...
"Bobby" wrote in message
...
As some of you will know, I've been having problems with the new SATA
hard
disk.

So I tried to upgrade the BIOS of my Asus K8 SE Deluxe motherboard. I
used
the flash update tool and everything appeared to work perfectly - but
now
my PC doesn't work at all.

It resets either during boot or at login or shortly after boot. This
happens constantly. Safe mode is the only cure.

I solved my SATA problem by reverting to my old IDE drive and this
invariably gave me a stable machine - until I did this BIOS update. Now
no
mater which drive I try to use (SATA or IDE) I get constant resets. I
tried removing all mention of RAID/SATA/Promise from Control Panel but
the
problem persists.

I can't even restore the BIOS to its old settings (I saved an image
before
updating it) since the PC resets before I have time to do this.

Now I have an unusable PC.

Help!

Bobby

Ah so these are the motherboard details! When you say the flashing
appeared
to work perfectly, how do you know - did a message pop up saying so? The
only Asus boards I've flashed have been using a Win98SE system formatted
disk and a progress bar was shown. At the end I've always reset the BIOS
by
doing the shorting the jumper trick for a few minutes (have a read of the
manual) - that's essential, have you done that?

If the machines a new build, what are the PSU details (make/model and
power
rating)? FYI often OS's will need to be reinstalled after a BIOS flash -
especially if it involved a disk controller, that's why its always best
to
do the job when the drive is still empty.

Paul


OS needs te be reinstalled after a BIOS update ? that's bull

bobby have you tried to set de bios defaults in your BIOS ?



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Old March 29th 05, 11:42 PM
Bobby
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Paul - The BIOS software does have a facility for recovering a corrupt
BIOS - but my BIOS is not corrupt. My PC boots OK - well, OK for 2 minutes
before it resets. So the repair facility does not work for me.

I think that something went wrong with my BIOS upgrade since neither my new
nor old hard drives now work correctly (I'm getting constant resets and BSDs
using either drive). So I plan to reload my old BIOS.

Bobby

"Paul Murphy" wrote in message
...
"Bobby" wrote in message
...
As some of you will know, I've been having problems with the new SATA
hard disk.

So I tried to upgrade the BIOS of my Asus K8 SE Deluxe motherboard. I
used the flash update tool and everything appeared to work perfectly -
but now my PC doesn't work at all.

It resets either during boot or at login or shortly after boot. This
happens constantly. Safe mode is the only cure.

I solved my SATA problem by reverting to my old IDE drive and this
invariably gave me a stable machine - until I did this BIOS update. Now
no mater which drive I try to use (SATA or IDE) I get constant resets. I
tried removing all mention of RAID/SATA/Promise from Control Panel but
the problem persists.

I can't even restore the BIOS to its old settings (I saved an image
before updating it) since the PC resets before I have time to do this.

Now I have an unusable PC.

Help!

Bobby

Ah so these are the motherboard details! When you say the flashing
appeared to work perfectly, how do you know - did a message pop up saying
so? The only Asus boards I've flashed have been using a Win98SE system
formatted disk and a progress bar was shown. At the end I've always reset
the BIOS by doing the shorting the jumper trick for a few minutes (have a
read of the manual) - that's essential, have you done that?

If the machines a new build, what are the PSU details (make/model and
power rating)? FYI often OS's will need to be reinstalled after a BIOS
flash - especially if it involved a disk controller, that's why its always
best to do the job when the drive is still empty.

Paul



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Old March 30th 05, 12:00 AM
Bobby
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Hi Kony. Thanks for trying to help.

The odds of a bad flash using an update tool are MUCH higher
than just using the traditional update from a DOS boot
floppy. For this reason I suggest never to flash any other
way. Just because it works once or on another board doesn't
mean it's guaranteed to work that "next" time.


I now think that the flash was bad - in spite of appearing to work. See my
latest post ("SATA saga") for the latest position.

Did you enter bios and load setup defaults? Try clearing
CMOS too. You're lucky it boots at all, but did you save a
copy of the original bios? It would be better to reflash
the known-good version you were using first to get system
back to state it was in first, before trying some other
method to flash the bios which (can't even be known to work
regardless of flash method, yet).


I saved my original BIOS on my SATA hard drive - which I now can't access. I
now plan to download a fresh copy of the BIOS from the Asus website.


 




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