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Please help - GA-K8NXP-SLI BIOS update problems
Hello all,
My PC has been running quite happily on the F9 BIOS then I stupidly tried to change a setting (enable 1T timing) in the BIOS screen. I hit F10 and the PC wouldn't boot (series of long bleeps). I switched off the PC and restarted with the delete key. Anyhow the PC started (one long beep followed by a successful POST beep) but this time with the F6 BIOS version. I really don't want to use this version as it means I can't run the RAM above 166MHz (200 with the F9 BIOS) Anyhow I haven't got a floppy drive so I used Gigabytes @BIOS to flash to the latest F10 BIOS through windows. The BIOS programming process seemed to go fine but the problems started again when I restarted the PC - again it wont start from a warm reboot and I have to switch the PC off do a cold boot and ... end up with the F6 BIOS! ( Sooo what I am I doing wrong? Do I need to remove the mobo battery before I switch on the PC after updating the BIOS? Is it the @BIOS method which is the problem? Would this occur with the floppy disk method? Should I buy a Mac? ;o) TIA BillL |
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Please help - GA-K8NXP-SLI BIOS update problems
In article , "BillL"
wrote: Hello all, My PC has been running quite happily on the F9 BIOS then I stupidly tried to change a setting (enable 1T timing) in the BIOS screen. I hit F10 and the PC wouldn't boot (series of long bleeps). I switched off the PC and restarted with the delete key. Anyhow the PC started (one long beep followed by a successful POST beep) but this time with the F6 BIOS version. I really don't want to use this version as it means I can't run the RAM above 166MHz (200 with the F9 BIOS) Anyhow I haven't got a floppy drive so I used Gigabytes @BIOS to flash to the latest F10 BIOS through windows. The BIOS programming process seemed to go fine but the problems started again when I restarted the PC - again it wont start from a warm reboot and I have to switch the PC off do a cold boot and ... end up with the F6 BIOS! ( Sooo what I am I doing wrong? Do I need to remove the mobo battery before I switch on the PC after updating the BIOS? Is it the @BIOS method which is the problem? Would this occur with the floppy disk method? Should I buy a Mac? ;o) TIA BillL Your board has a dual BIOS. I see in the manual, in section 4.1.3, (pg.59) there is an option to boot from Main BIOS or Backup BIOS. Would it be a matter of selecting the BIOS you want to boot from, via that setting ? http://america.giga-byte.com/MotherB...k8nxpsli_e.pdf Paul |
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Please help - GA-K8NXP-SLI BIOS update problems
"BillL" wrote in message ... Hello all, My PC has been running quite happily on the F9 BIOS then I stupidly tried to change a setting (enable 1T timing) in the BIOS screen. I hit F10 and the PC wouldn't boot (series of long bleeps). I switched off the PC and restarted with the delete key. Anyhow the PC started (one long beep followed by a successful POST beep) but this time with the F6 BIOS version. I really don't want to use this version as it means I can't run the RAM above 166MHz (200 with the F9 BIOS) Anyhow I haven't got a floppy drive so I used Gigabytes @BIOS to flash to the latest F10 BIOS through windows. The BIOS programming process seemed to go fine but the problems started again when I restarted the PC - again it wont start from a warm reboot and I have to switch the PC off do a cold boot and ... end up with the F6 BIOS! ( Sooo what I am I doing wrong? Do I need to remove the mobo battery before I switch on the PC after updating the BIOS? Is it the @BIOS method which is the problem? Would this occur with the floppy disk method? Should I buy a Mac? ;o) TIA BillL Paul is quite right you have a Dual BIOS system and you must Read The Flippin` Manual. And anyway Mac`s are too bl**dy expensive g. bw..OJ |
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Please help - GA-K8NXP-SLI BIOS update problems
"old jon" wrote in message ... "BillL" wrote in message ... Hello all, My PC has been running quite happily on the F9 BIOS then I stupidly tried to change a setting (enable 1T timing) in the BIOS screen. I hit F10 and the PC wouldn't boot (series of long bleeps). I switched off the PC and restarted with the delete key. Anyhow the PC started (one long beep followed by a successful POST beep) but this time with the F6 BIOS version. I really don't want to use this version as it means I can't run the RAM above 166MHz (200 with the F9 BIOS) Anyhow I haven't got a floppy drive so I used Gigabytes @BIOS to flash to the latest F10 BIOS through windows. The BIOS programming process seemed to go fine but the problems started again when I restarted the PC - again it wont start from a warm reboot and I have to switch the PC off do a cold boot and ... end up with the F6 BIOS! ( Sooo what I am I doing wrong? Do I need to remove the mobo battery before I switch on the PC after updating the BIOS? Is it the @BIOS method which is the problem? Would this occur with the floppy disk method? Should I buy a Mac? ;o) TIA BillL Paul is quite right you have a Dual BIOS system and you must Read The Flippin` Manual. And anyway Mac`s are too bl**dy expensive g. bw..OJ Meh! I know about the Dual Bios thingy wotsit it and I suspect (though I don't know) that its just booting from the back-up BIOS with the F6 version. So maybe I need to take the bull by the horns and so a bit of trial and error? Err next plea for help: 'I'm posting this to the NG from a friends PC cos mine's totally hosed' ... ;o) OJ you're not wrong about Mac's and since they're goimg to be using Intel CPU's soon I wouldn't touch em! |
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