Help needed with BIOS Please, PC wont start

FerociouS

FerociouS

FerociouS

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Hello there guys, well recently a friend of mine attempted to Flash his BIOS, but he must have done something wrong or got the wrong BIOS.
Which has basically put his computer out of action, he lives in Sweden, so i havnt seen it myself, but apparently, when he switches it on now, everything starts, but the screen doesnt come on, there is only a orange light Standby.
This has happened to me before, but i managed to fix it easily.
So i was wondering if any of you guys could help him out abit with some advice or instructions on how to make the motherboard get back its default BIOS? He has apparently tried clearing his cmos, but it didnt work, do you guys have any tips on how to do this properly?
Or is his motherboard completely done for now and does he need to get a new mobo?

he has a Abit NF7-S motherboard
Amd Barton 3200XP CPU
2GB of RAM

Thanks a lot guys.
 
Hrm.. not much you can do after clearing the CMOS. If he really did screw up the BIOS code then the mobo may be done for. Don't take my word for it though. There are wiser people on this board then myself ;)
 
check what mobo it is as sometimes there is a recovery procedure for badly flashed bios'.

if you can't find the above the only way to get around this without buying a new bios chip is to have an identical mobo, boot up to the point where its about to flash, hot swap the bios chip and re-flash it that way.

MW
 
Mr-White said:
check what mobo it is as sometimes there is a recovery procedure for badly flashed bios'.

if you can't find the above the only way to get around this without buying a new bios chip is to have an identical mobo, boot up to the point where its about to flash, hot swap the bios chip and re-flash it that way.

MW
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What he says... plus.. check Abits website. Sometimes there are routines that allow you to boot with the "correct" BIOS on a floppy and then hit a combination of keys....

Hot swap is probally your best... And there are many companies who will sell you a BIOS chip ready blown with your chosen BIOS. This costs cash - but is a cheap way to get your system back. :)
 
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