Reboot loop, please help!

viperfx · 22 Jun 2011 at 16:18

Hi,
In a dumb decision, and frankly quite a rash one too because I was desperate to get this darwin bootloader CD to work, I flashed my BIOS to the latest one on the gigabyte website.

My mobo is the GA-EP43-DS3L, and I updated to the bios v9. The utility said the update was successful, however the mobo just reboots again and again.

Is there any way to reset? This is such a disaster.

paradisiac · 22 Jun 2011 at 16:20

make sure it hasnt changed AHCI back to IDE

viperfx · 22 Jun 2011 at 16:24

paradisiac said:
make sure it hasnt changed AHCI back to IDE

I dont know how i can do that, because I wont get past phase 1, and it just constantly reboots.

paradisiac · 22 Jun 2011 at 16:24

in the bios. check the storage settings.

viperfx · 22 Jun 2011 at 16:26

paradisiac said:
in the bios. check the storage settings.

I cant get to the BIOS.

paradisiac · 22 Jun 2011 at 16:28

so nothing on screen at all?

viperfx · 22 Jun 2011 at 16:28

paradisiac said:
so nothing on screen at all?

Yes that what im trying to say.

paradisiac · 22 Jun 2011 at 16:32

ok, not sure if this is allowed clicky but that is how to load off of the second bios.
having a quick read of the manual to see if there is another way

viperfx · 22 Jun 2011 at 17:04

Thanks for the link, yes that method look like it has been a lot of success. However I am not too confident holding a wire between two pins, but il give it a shot soon, after I do some good reading on the subject. The thread seems to suggest different pins to short, for my board, is it 4 and 7 or 5 and 6?

Is there any other solutions, that may not shock me.

paradisiac · 22 Jun 2011 at 17:07

you wont get shocked, not enough current, but if you do the wrong ones then you could kill the board. but in the state its in that cant be worse.
i would have thought there would be a switch to swap/reflash the bios, but looking through the manual there is nothing.

viperfx · 22 Jun 2011 at 17:40

I read this manual: http://download.gigabyte.ru/manual/motherboard_manual_ga-ep43-(d)s3l(r)_e.pdf

and found that there is CLR_CMOS pins, so I connected them both with a screw driver and a utility popped up that let you default the BIO version.

What a great feature! Thanks for your help, reading manuals for individuals parts is actually useful

paradisiac · 22 Jun 2011 at 19:42

awesome

glad there was an easy fix for it.