where can i buy a bios from

judmann · 28 Jul 2008 at 17:39

i tried doing a bios update for my motherboard and it has seemed to have gone wrong,all i get now when i turn on pc is lights come on fans spin dvd drives spin light up all for about 10 seconds then turns off i wait 10 seconds then it auto starts up and same happens over and over until i turn all power off to motherboard and then i get 2 beeps.
so can anyone send me in the right direction to where to buy a bios for a

Asus P5K Premium/WiFi-AP Intel P35 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard.

thanks.

Dreaded_Cheese · 28 Jul 2008 at 18:01

I diddn't think they were replaceable, unless you mean to solder a new one on, wouldn't it be a lot easier to rma?

benjo plz. · 28 Jul 2008 at 18:02

You can reflash it from a usb memory stick.

Mr-White · 28 Jul 2008 at 18:40

Dreaded_Cheese said:
I diddn't think they were replaceable, unless you mean to solder a new one on, wouldn't it be a lot easier to rma?

they're not all soldered on, you can remove some. you boot with a new bios chip, hot swap and then re-flashed the b0rked one

MW

kitfit1 · 28 Jul 2008 at 18:46

benjo plz. said:
You can reflash it from a usb memory stick.

Not if he can't boot to the bios in the first place. I am not familiar with the P5k, but it might have a back-up dual bios, check the mobo hand book. If it's soldered on with no dual bios, then rma is the only option.

Mr-White's Hotflash will work as well, but only if the bios chip is removable.

benjo plz. · 28 Jul 2008 at 18:50

kitfit1 said:
Not if he can't boot to the bios in the first place.

It has a built in recovery procedure.

kitfit1 · 28 Jul 2008 at 18:57

benjo plz. said:
It has a built in recovery procedure.

A dual bios then

Dreaded_Cheese · 28 Jul 2008 at 19:05

Mr-White said:
they're not all soldered on, you can remove some. you boot with a new bios chip, hot swap and then re-flashed the b0rked one

MW

Wow, I never knew that, I thought you were stuck if it broke.

BUFF · 28 Jul 2008 at 19:10

1 of the reasons that I like abits - they still use socketed, user replaceable BIOS chips unlike Asus, Gigabyte etc. who have moved onto the (cheaper for them) soldered variety.

G_Wizz · 28 Jul 2008 at 21:29

The bios on your board is soldered on, so no chance of replacing unless you are very handy with a soldering iron.

The bios recovery will only work if the boot block is not corrupted, if the boot block is okay you will get something on the screen like this "searching for bios image on cd drive", insert the original driver cd and it will flash itself.

There is someone in Wales who solders new bios chips on boards for £20, he advertises on the bay. Although its probably not worth it with the cost of carriage on top.