Pc won’t turn on after bios update?! Help?!

WhereHere1 · 23 Oct 2021 at 14:58

Hi guys.

Ok so I have a a Asrock motherboard b150a-x.

So it automatically sets to fast boot and fast boot stops you from getting into bios.

Whilst I was looking around I found out I had a bios update. Stupidly I updated.

Now my computer is completely bricked. When I turn the computer on, fans spin up but the monitor stays black. So I am unable to do anything.

I thought maybe it is because the monitor is plugged into GPU so I plugged monitor directly into motherboard. This cured nothing.

I did the cmos reset with the jumper, this did nothing.

I removed battery and this also did nothing.

I have now removed the hard drive, plugged it into another computer and wiped it. I put a windows 7 CD into the computer and started it up hoping to fresh install but this did nothing.

I am still getting a black screen when starting the computer up.

is there anything else I can do? I didn’t realise updating a motherboard can damage the moth board lol.

andy_mk3 · 23 Oct 2021 at 15:06

Which process of updating the BIOS did you use?

Having a quick look, the board doesn't have any form of dual BIOS or BIOS recovery, so it's quite likely to be bricked at this point.

WhereHere1 · 23 Oct 2021 at 15:16

Damn really that’s really annoying.

I went onto their website and just downloaded it.

andy_mk3 · 23 Oct 2021 at 15:22

Did you install it via Windows? Did it complete without errors?

The safest way to update BIOS is via the BIOS itself, it usually has an updater built into it which installs off of a USB stick.

If the BIOS update fails then nothing on the motherboard can function sadly.

WhereHere1 · 23 Oct 2021 at 15:27

Well I just downloaded it and started the install from windows. I did have problems when it downloaded though. When the computer restarted whilst updating the black screen happened and just stayed on it for hours.

So I think something went wrong.

Since then I have just switched the computer off and back on again and the black screen happens again.

Its a bit weird because I have the small speaker on the motherboard and it’s not making any error noises

andy_mk3 · 23 Oct 2021 at 15:30

Yeah doesn't sound good.

It wont beep an error code if there's no functional BIOS to make it beep.

WhereHere1 · 23 Oct 2021 at 15:32

Oh god well I wasn’t expecting the computer to die over this haha xD.

EsaT · 23 Oct 2021 at 19:34

WhereHere1 said:
Oh god well I wasn’t expecting the computer to die over this haha xD.

Updating BIOS using Windows based installer is like digging nose with fork:
Likelyhood for it getting messy is high.

chippy08 · 23 Oct 2021 at 19:57

Buy programmer to reflash the bios chip

Quartz · 23 Oct 2021 at 21:21

WhereHere1 said:
Now my computer is completely bricked.

How handy are you with a soldering iron? Because you could desolder the BIOS chip and reprogram it.

Or you might be able to get a BIOS chip with a working BIOS on eBay.

andy_mk3 · 24 Oct 2021 at 12:38

I would've suggested a bios repair, if it was a high end board at least. But this board can be replaced for £40 easily, it's not worth the hassle.

chippy08 · 24 Oct 2021 at 13:03

Quartz said:
How handy are you with a soldering iron? Because you could desolder the BIOS chip and reprogram it.

Or you might be able to get a BIOS chip with a working BIOS on eBay.

No need for soldering

WhereHere1 · 24 Oct 2021 at 14:17

Hi guys thanks for the replies, I have just purchased a new motherboard and cpu. This time I will not touch the bios haha!

andy_mk3 · 24 Oct 2021 at 14:25

WhereHere1 said:
Hi guys thanks for the replies, I have just purchased a new motherboard and cpu. This time I will not touch the bios haha!

What did you buy out of interest?

ED209 · 30 Oct 2021 at 09:20

WhereHere1 said:
Hi guys thanks for the replies, I have just purchased a new motherboard and cpu. This time I will not touch the bios haha!

You can update the bios just make sure its done through the bios screen and not through Windows.

Normally you put the bios on a USB stick, go in to the bios and update it through there.

bulldog147 · 30 Oct 2021 at 13:18

I don't trust BIOS updated - too risky! Always risky!

dvinell · 10 Nov 2021 at 19:52

I was setting up a new laptop.
It took most of a day, all my favourite software installed and configured.
Enabled BitLocker, just to be on the safe side. Set a PIN. Prompt to print off the recovery keys, oh I'll do that in a minute.
Finishing touch is a BIOS Update.

This works.

Then I restart ... "Please Enter your BitLocker Recovery Key"
Errr, can I borrow a Tardis?