Please help, serious BIOS failure!

XtAsY said:
might as well give it a try. It's not going to hurt anything.
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isn't it though? It was designed for use with the mouse, I'm a bit reluctant 'cos I don't want to trash more hardware then I fear I might have done already
 
ok I guess I'll have to try to get a ps2 one another way then.
XtAsY said:
I once had a similar problem. To correct it I went onto another computer and got a new floppy disk and made it a bootable floppy. The I put AWDFLASH on the floppy along with the latest BIOS for the motherboard. I then ran AWDFLASH to reflash the BIOS and all went well and I could boot again. Make sure you know the name of the .bin file for your new BIOS because AWDFLASH will ask for it before you can flash.
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I feel a little more optimistic after hearing that, But it still concerns me that the USB/ethernet ports arn't responding as of yet. What's the chance that ps2 stuff is going to be any different?
 
AWBbox said:
ok I guess I'll have to try to get a ps2 one another way then.

I feel a little more optimistic after hearing that, But it still concerns me that the USB/ethernet ports arn't responding as of yet. What's the chance that ps2 stuff is going to be any different?
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will like I said before, if you can't get a keyboard to work on the system then you may have to try this,

lowrider007 said:
just an idea, this may work, it may not, if you can get it too boot up using the floppy drive but you still can't use the keyboard then using another computer you may be able to make a *.bat file or edit the *.bat file on the bootup disk to auto run NF68_P23.exe by adding a command line, I can't remember how to do it but somebody on here should know.
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i have'nt played around editing or making *.bat files for years but someone on here may be able to help or build on my initial idea.
 
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lowrider007 said:
i have'nt played around editing or making *.bat file for years but someone on here may be able to help or build on my initial idea.
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It would be great if someone would :)
 
i know this dont help but to any one reading this allways keep a ps2 keyboard somewere its likes this were its a godsend.

good luck in fixing it m8 :) think once you get the usb adaptor or a cheap ps2 keyboard you will be away :)
 
I'm beggining to think you're right actually :) when I put the USB->ps2 adapted keyboard in, though it didn't work the lights came on briefly, at least there's power to it which is more than can be said for the rest of the ports...
 
AWBbox said:
I'm beggining to think you're right actually :) when I put the USB->ps2 adapted keyboard in, though it didn't work the lights came on briefly, at least there's power to it which is more than can be said for the rest of the ports...
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can you not steal away a ps/2 keboard from somewhere, i'd be knocking on peoples houses if it was me :D .
 
AWBbox said:
update: the adapter didn't work :(
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Don't worry dude. I have no proof or real knowledge, but PS2 I'm sure is a lot more basic than USB therfor more likely to work, if my logic is anything to go by:

A PS2 keyboard slot is only ever going to have a keyboard in it, so the computer doesn't really need to figure out what it is. So basic programs can use it without doing much detection work, as long as *something* is in the slot. But with USB, it could be a keybaord, webcam, anything... So I'm sure the computer needs to boot to a certain point where it can determine exactly what is connected, and a basic program or firmware probably can't detect it so easy...

Well what I'm trying to say is the computer in a barely-booted state can probably recognise a PS2 keyboard, or at least the chances are a lot higher than it recognising a USB one!

'Tis my theory anyway :D Let us know what happens wih a PS2 keyboard attached :)
 
lowrider007 said:
can you not steal away a ps/2 keboard from somewhere, i'd be knocking on peoples houses if it was me :D .
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and that's exactly what i've just done :D I have a ps2 keyboard and mouse now which has solved the problem of the 'no keyboard present' thing. However, this is the stage i'm at now:

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Any key I press makes no difference, it just won't load the .bin file :(
 
You could try loading the beta back on there, rather than the final? I'm not sure what it means by unknown flash type... but another idea is using a different bootable flash program?
 
Edit: scrap that, i was getting confused. It seems I have made the worlds largest paperweight this evening :( anyone got any more ideas?
 
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Get a new bios chip or, if you have a buddy or local puter shop that can reflash that bios chip for you. It sound for sure like a corrupted bios. In this case, the .bat file idea may work if there is a way to make AWARD Flash complete in an unattended fashion, so you can skip the ENTER step.

You may want to contact a guy named T'mod at the DFI Street forums. He has a great automated utility for the DFI MOBOs and it is AWARD based. He apparently knows his way around that flash utility very well. He may have some good ideas for you or know of a way to get around your problem.
 
Thanks for that :) I've tried the new bios chip route and it's a non-starter. EVGA don't replace them, they only do RMAs. I'll try to get in touch with this T'mod guy though.

edit, i can't find any use named "T'mod" :confused:
 
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AWBbox said:
Thanks for that :) I've tried the new bios chip route and it's a non-starter. EVGA don't replace them, they only do RMAs. I'll try to get in touch with this T'mod guy though.
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If you have a competent local PC shop they may be able to hotflash your existing chip if they have a proper board around to do it with. You can "probably" recover the system enough to flash with ANY compatible bios chip that has a non corrupted Award bios on it. If you can get an Award chip to boot your system enough to get to the last step before the flash actually starts, you can then hot swap the bios chip and then flash it. As I said, a "COMPETENT" shop should be able to do this.

I have never used THIS COMPANY but a service like this may be much quicker than waiting on EVGA.
 
This site is listed as his home page: BiosMedic.com I'm not sure of his username there.

Here is his DFI Street profile: Tmod

There are several good guides on that site including a tutorial on hot swapping a bios chip to recover from a flash failure.

Good luck. :)
 
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