Failed bios flash, I guess. No boot

danzor · 14 Nov 2007 at 19:02

Flashed my IN932x to m622a13.zip from stock. I used flashmenu to do it straight from Vista. It all w
Ive tried the CMOS switch on the back, the jumper, and taking the battery out for a bit, nothing changes and it still doesn't boot.
The bios LED display shows error 90.

I guess it's fried, I have a FDD laying around if I need to use that, or is it an RMA job?

danzor · 14 Nov 2007 at 19:35

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Isn't there any recovery mechanism in place whatsoever?

danzor · 14 Nov 2007 at 19:54

Well I never thought that flashing the bios would completely bork the board, I assumed (and read) about reflashing it from DOS with a FDD. Oh well

danzor · 15 Nov 2007 at 19:16

I never suspected anything was wrong with the flash in Windows, it programmed it fine, didn't hang or crash and reported that it flashed successfully. It was the right file for the motherboard, so I can't really put my finger on what caused it.

Wil OC accept the board back if the bios is fried? It's also been longer than 28 days since i placed the order.

danzor · 24 Nov 2007 at 17:30

I've invested in a new bios chip and it's still coming up with the same post code, 90.

I turned the whole system off at the mains, swapped the chips over, took out the battery and let it sit for a while then reset the cmos jumper.

Turned it all on and it's still not posting. New bios chip and everything.

I guess the only option now is to get it RMAd, can anyone provide an answer to whether OCUK will accept it back?

Thanks.

danzor · 25 Nov 2007 at 02:47

Ok, I guess i'll send it back to OC as opposed to Abit.

I still don't understand why it's still not working even after a new bios chip, the error 90 is to do with the uGuru utility. It's the overclocking/fan speed etc controls.

I guess i'll take the battery out and turn the machine off at the mains and leave it until the morning see if that does anything.

danzor · 25 Nov 2007 at 19:57

split said:
I dunno if this is relevant to this board or not.
I'm guessing it's a Abit IN9 32x Max.

Note http://www.abit.com.tw/faq/code.html

Postcode 9.0 (not 90)
Complete µGuru initial processAWARD BIOS take over booting job

That seems where your at, but it's possible to re-set the Guru.

How to load default for µGuru

Turn ON your PC with our µGuru™ motherboard and then turn OFF right away as one single action; repeat this action continuously for 3 times.

Has to be worth a try.

I've tried that, although I don't fully understand what it means. I've turned the machine off and on 3 times by using the switch on the motherboard, still nothing.