HELP how do you rerpair a bios?

funksteruk2 · 29 Apr 2008 at 15:34

iam getting an asus P5K mobo off a friend but he says the bios needs repairing and sent me this link http://bios-repair.co.uk/pay.htm

iam unsure of what to do to replace a bios chip :confused:

can any of you geniuses give me advice please, all replies are welcomed

Regards
funk

split · 29 Apr 2008 at 16:11

I think the chip is soldered onto the P5K, so any repair would mean you sending him the whole motherboard.

It says on that site..
If you want to send the board only please contact me before you strip your machine. If you do not agree with these conditions then please do not make use of the service.

So you'd better contact him.

Have you tried clearing CMOS etc?

Schnippzle · 29 Apr 2008 at 16:41

The P5K is as nice to use as they come when it comes to clearing the CMOS (use one myself). Pulling the power cable, switching the cmos jumper and leaving it for 5-10 secs clears it, as well as popping the battery whilst having the power cable unplugged. Some people also suggest leaving it over night in flash mode to make sure that all power is drained from the board.

helmutcheese · 29 Apr 2008 at 18:29

You should be able to recover it booting to the DISC that came with the Mobo.

funksteruk2 · 29 Apr 2008 at 18:58

split said:
I think the chip is soldered onto the P5K, so any repair would mean you sending him the whole motherboard.

It says on that site..
If you want to send the board only please contact me before you strip your machine. If you do not agree with these conditions then please do not make use of the service.

So you'd better contact him.

Have you tried clearing CMOS etc?

i havent recieved it yet he was posting it to me today

funksteruk2 · 29 Apr 2008 at 18:59

helmutcheese said:
You should be able to recover it booting to the DISC that came with the Mobo.

not sure what is comming with the mobo tbh :eek:

but will post back when it arrives here

helmutcheese · 29 Apr 2008 at 19:07

Asus have a Bios Recovery on the CD that comes with Mobo, you can also run it from USB but obv if PC is nuked you wont be able to use that PC to make the USB up.

QUOTED :

" CrashFree BIOS 2

The CrashFree BIOS 2 feature now includes the BIOS auto-recovery function in a support CD. Users can reboot their system through the support CD when a bootable disk is not available, and go through the simple BIOS auto-recovery process. ASUS motherboards now enable users to enjoy this protection feature without the need to pay for an optional ROM "

funksteruk2 · 29 Apr 2008 at 20:06

helmutcheese said:
Asus have a Bios Recovery on the CD that comes with Mobo, you can also run it from USB but obv if PC is nuked you wont be able to use that PC to make the USB up.

QUOTED :

" CrashFree BIOS 2

The CrashFree BIOS 2 feature now includes the BIOS auto-recovery function in a support CD. Users can reboot their system through the support CD when a bootable disk is not available, and go through the simple BIOS auto-recovery process. ASUS motherboards now enable users to enjoy this protection feature without the need to pay for an optional ROM "

Cheers for this help

might be able to get the e6300 up to 3.2 now

, cuerrently have an abit ip35-e but started blue screening with the memory at 900, i was putting this down to the abit board only supporting 800 memory

Devil_Spawn · 29 Apr 2008 at 20:40

funksteruk2 said:
Cheers for this help might be able to get the e6300 up to 3.2 now , cuerrently have an abit ip35-e but started blue screening with the memory at 900, i was putting this down to the abit board only supporting 800 memory

i have my memory running @ 964mhz on an ip35-e

funksteruk2 · 29 Apr 2008 at 22:09

Devil_Spawn said:
i have my memory running @ 964mhz on an ip35-e

mine was at 900 but think it screwed the board :eek:

either that or the cpu is on its way out

vocch · 29 Apr 2008 at 22:14

I would'nt get my hope's up m8....as it maybe too late to use crash free once board is powered down...good luck though.