OMG please help me fix this!!!

Discussion in 'CPU, Motherboards and Memory' started by Marlboro4tw, Jan 22, 2006.

  1. Marlboro4tw

    Marlboro4tw Geek Trainee

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    Ok so here goes..I ordered a new bios from esupport.com my old bios was dated 12/2/2002 and this new bios was dated 8/19/2005
    So i made the boot disk and copied the bios files they gave me and rebooted as told it brought me to the prompts to save original and all i go to flash it and it said flash rom is write protected so i disabled bios guardian in my bios and did the routine again and got the same message so i loked around on the net and on their webpage it said that some flash loders may not work correctly so i would have to find a new flash loader which i di and it was uniflash..
    rebooted and followed instructions from uniflash but as it was flashing it said that their was errors then it went to a: prompt..So i rebooted and then i had no screen at all no picture!!!..Hard drives fans cd romswill spin but my mouse and keyboard will not light up at all..So i called esupport and they sent me 2 new BIOS chips one was the original from 12/2002 and the new one from 8/2005..I inserted the 8/2005 bios chip in and rebooted and still nothing everything spins but no screen at all and no mouse or keyboard..
    I have bare bonned it down and still nothing i have messed with all the jumper settings CMOS battery taken out for a night cleared cmos jumpers and still nothing..Replaced ram reseated ram just 1 stick of ram and nothing..Also my floppy drive works but the led light just stays lit but no activity even when i have a disk in it.I had a 350 watt PSU in it and replaced it with a Antec 500 wat psu and that didnt help and i also bought a pci vid card and that didnt help.I am at my wits end trying to figure this out
    i am at the point of having a nervous breakdown..

    It is a FIC vg31
    intel p4 2.53ghz
     
  2. Marlboro4tw

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    Please gurus help me for the love of god!!
     
  3. Exfoliate

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    Have you tried just using the old BIOS chip? If the new one won't work at least make sure the 2002 one does. If you weren't having problems with it don't bother updating it or at least try a different version dude.
     
  4. Marlboro4tw

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    Thats my problem i put back in my original bios chip that was in there from day 1 and i still get no post scrren at all in fact i get no screen at all everything fires up fans/hdd's/6800gtvid card but my mouse and keyboard wont light up just my floppy drive and the light stays on all the time..
     
  5. hdfk

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    sounds like your mobo is shorted to me, maybe from static discharge, personaly i dont update my bios if it aint broke dont fix it! or maybe im just a coward?
     
  6. Marlboro4tw

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    What is static discharge? This all happened after i rebooted after the flash of my bios didnt work.
     
  7. hdfk

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    ahhh i think i got the wrong end of the stick, static discharge is when the static in your body passes thorough and into ur motherboard for example which would kill it or make it malfuncition, i thought u took the actualy chip out withlout wearing a electro static wristband, but if its nothing to do with replacing the parts then i was wrong sorry
     
  8. Exfoliate

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    I'm no expert but it's pretty safe to say you'll have to get a replacement motherboard. I mean you could always clear the CMOS by taking out that little battery for 5 minutes and then carefully reinserting it but I doubt it will help. Some people have had luck with leaving it out overnight but just the same if you can get a replacement or a new one easily I recommend it greatly.
     
  9. megamaced

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    If your floppy light doesn't turn off, this will be because you have attached the cable upside down.

    Can I just clear a few things up. Are you flashing the BIOS chip, or are you swapping the chip for a new one?
     

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