Replacement BIOS Chips

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The BIOS on my server/download box motherboard has corrupted and the ASUS bios repair process doesn't fix the problem either:(

Has anyone ever bought and replaced a BIOS chip before? If so, is it easy to do and is it worth giving it a shot?

The motherboard in the system is an ASUS A8N VM-CSM (Skt 939)

Any advice would be great!
 
You can get BIOS chips from ASUS, I bought one last year, "not expensive" .

Not the same motherboard as yours but I had a quick look at the asus site for your motherboard and it looks like a simple plug in chip. Just contact asus using their website
 
flying grouse said:
You can get BIOS chips from ASUS, I bought one last year, "not expensive" .

Not the same motherboard as yours but I had a quick look at the asus site for your motherboard and it looks like a simple plug in chip. Just contact asus using their website
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How easy was it to fit?
 
Have a look on flashbios.org.Set me back ~16 quid for a programmed plcc for an XFX 680i,took about 3 days to get to me.Only thing to watch is taking the original chip out as the edges of the socket are quite fragile (hooked mine out with a pair of bent paperclips).Hope this helps.:)
 
I think I'd be stupid not to give the new bios chip ago. I rather spend £20 than £200 on a new Mobo/CPU/RAM
 
NoobieOCer said:
how did ** bios chip get corrupted? =/
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No idea...the board is used in my home server machine, which is always on. It was working perfectly on Wednesday night as I was RDP into it and tried the same thing on Thursday morning only to eventually find once I connected it to a screen that it was in bios recovery mode:o
 
I've placed an order for a new preflashed replacement bios chip and a PLCC removal/install tool. It should be here within a week, fingers crossed my PC springs back into life!

If it doesn't work my backup plan is this:

Intel Core 2 Duo E2200 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.20GHz (800FSB) - Retail £47.99 (£56.39)
Abit Fatal1ty F-I90HD ATI Micro ATX (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £57.99 (£68.14)
GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC2-6400C4 800MHz Ultra Low Latency DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX22GB6400UDC) £24.99 (£29.36)

Sub Total : £130.97
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
City Link Parcel Next Day Shipping : £8.25
VAT is being charged at 17.5% VAT : £24.36
Total : £163.58
 
Hello again,just to let you know you`ll probably have to reset the bios (jumper and battery out) when you fit the plcc.I swore a lot after fitting mine but that did the trick.
 
Well I got the new bios chip through fitted it and....nothing! The fans/hard disk power up but that's it no post, just a blank screen:(

Removed the battery
Cleared CMOS

Looks like it's new bits time.
 
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