bios flash went wrong ??

joedeath332

joedeath332

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Hi so my pc that had been stable for 1-2 years but it decided to freeze whilst idling when I was watching TV.
This happened around 2 hrs after upgrading my graphics card from a 7950 to a sapphire 290x vapor.
For about 90 mins I played the pc maxing out the new r 290x without any issues under load.
but it froze later when idle.
so the 1st thing I thought I would do was update my Asus sabretooth p67 bios incase there was a problem with it and the board.
This is where it all went messed up.
I used the ez bios updater built into the bios. And pointed it to the bios ROM file which was on my C drive ( bad move there ) ??
I hit return and the update started and it said processing.
After that was done I was asked to restart the pc. Which I did . Now all I get is a bios message saying reading failed . and it seems stuck in this loop Every time i restart the pc.. I have tried resetting the cmos ( well I think it's clearing ) but yet when it reboots I get a message saying " please enter setup to recover bios settings . Press f1 to run setup "
However when I press f1 I get the error message " reading failed " again and I'm stuck in that loop.
 
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could be borked bios,you can order one off ebay,ask them to flash it to latest bios before they ship it out or email asus and ask them to send you one (the bios chips pull out and are replaceable on asus boards)
try a longer cmos clear,leave the motherboard battery out a good half hour then put back in and try
 
As wazza300 mentions above, sometimes just shorting the pins, jumper or pressing the on board clear CMOS button doesn't do the job.

Sometimes it needs to be unplugged from the wall, power button depressed (to get rid of any residual energy) and clear the CMOS and take the battery out for a good 30 minutes - and then clear the CMOS again for good measure...
 
What you should have done is flash it from a usb stick. Your board has Asus Crash Free bios 3 so you need to do the following:-

To use asus's crash free bios 3 you must:

Insert the motherboard support disc into the optical drive or insert a usb with the bios file inside

After CrashFree BIOS 3 starts working, you will hear 2 short "beeps" sound indicating that the BIOS file is recognized.

If you hear 5 short "beeps", it mean no BIOS file is found.

After hearing 2 short beeps, please wait 4 minutes for the CrashFree BIOS 3 operation to complete.

Restart your system.

If that fails then you need to take all that armour off the board and oreder a new bios chip like Wazza300 suggests.
 
Atm I am unable to see even the cmos battery due to all the armor.
Plus forgot to say there is a red light now lit on the motherboard above where the gfx is . Beside the red light it says "BOOT _ DEVICE _ LED"
 
pastymuncher said:
What you should have done is flash it from a usb stick. Your board has Asus Crash Free bios 3 so you need to do the following:-

To use asus's crash free bios 3 you must:

Insert the motherboard support disc into the optical drive or insert a usb with the bios file inside

After CrashFree BIOS 3 starts working, you will hear 2 short "beeps" sound indicating that the BIOS file is recognized.

If you hear 5 short "beeps", it mean no BIOS file is found.

After hearing 2 short beeps, please wait 4 minutes for the CrashFree BIOS 3 operation to complete.

Restart your system.

If that fails then you need to take all that armour off the board and oreder a new bios chip like Wazza300 suggests.
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Thanks will try that later when I get home from work.
As for the cmos battery is it hidden behind some of the armor as I never seen it. Or maybee the gfx was hiding it.. If it's behind the armor on the sabretooth p67 does the armor all come of in 1 piece or is there a specific piece I must remove...
 
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