purple lines...

[walter22]

gna give that a go now. i read that it may be possible to boot from a floppy and do soemthing with the num lock capslock and and scr lock keys in a certain sequence but i think i am really clutching at straws with that..

 

[TropicLightning]

That's likely a soft BIOS reset. It won't make a difference here.

 

[walter22]

still no luck mate... dammit. so i gotta try and find a new bios chip now have i?? and thats probably gonna have to be soldered in right

theres my board...

 

[TropicLightning]

You'd have to be really experienced at soldering to do that. I've heard of it being done but it is tough.

You'd do better to find a replacement board somewhere.

 

[walter22]

lol ouch... this is a real pain in the ass thank god its a old socket A motherboard im due an upgrade anyway. out of curiousity is it hard to remove my bios??? as ive noticed there are a few bios repair sites out there that can send me a pre-programmed bios...

 

[TropicLightning]

Very hard. Most, if not, all of those you see are for socketed BIOS chips. You simply pop them in/out like a processor. Soldered on types (like yours) are close to impossible.

 

[TropicLightning]

I hate to say this now, but in the future never flash from windows when you can't replace the BIOS (either dual BIOS chips or at least a socketed BIOS chip)

I would guess you got that BIOS from HP and they gave you a little program to run from windows. I don't know why in hell they do that...very dangerous as you have seen.

 

[walter22]

ouch thats a niteman man.... thanks for your help anyway. will either have a look for another cheap socket A motherboard for the time being or just save and go for a upgrade... thank you

 

[TropicLightning]

Best Wishes Walter!