Um, for some reason I thought itd be a great idea to update my bios. I couldnt have left it till after my exams and all that, oh no...
Well, I have an Asus P5B. I tried using the asus updater program, updating using the latest bios that Id saved to disk.
Well, it got through the first two stages and then threw up an error on the testing the eeprom. After that it failed to do anything and even said it couldnt find an Asus Bios. Everest similarly wasnt showing any bios info...
So, I reluctantly rebooted. Im now greeted with a blank screen. Nothing else, not even that first initialising screen. As such I cant get into the bios or hope to use a cd/floppy disk to recover.
Ive given clearing the cmos a try, to no avail, and tried unplugging all my usb stuff as well as I remember at one point my computer tried to boot off of my keyboard...
Any help greatly appreciated!
Yikes, sounds as though youve hosed the BIOS completely.
A quick bit of googling reveals that the Asus P5B should let you re-flash from a USB memory stick containing a working BIOS if you have a problem with a corrupt BIOS update.
Apparently you should whack in the support CD and that will detect a corrupted BIOS?
Im getting a single beep noise. Not so much a beep as a electric buzzer sound for about .5 of s sec, am guessing thats the post for:
Keyboard controller error
Refresh Time Error
No master Drive Selected?
Try the CD that came with the mobo, lots of Asus mobos can boot the bios from the CD.
If not, order the same mobo from somewhere, swap the BIOS chips over, and send it back as DOA.
Not that Ive ever done that you understand.
/hug Ebuyer.
CD doesnt work. Going to try with single sticks of ram, as I originally had issues with the mobo and Ram voltages, though it would at least boot.
The computer screen is staying in standbye mode and not booting at all :(
Heres a question, if this board is dead, and I ended up getting a different brand/model board, but using the same components, it should all work without needing to install windows etc shouldnt it?
The other thing is can anyone recommend a motherboard to replace it? It would kinda make sense maybe to sort out an upgrade and get a mobo that could take quad core or something?
You should be able to recover the Bios, the sticking point might be your Ram needing 2.1v while at default it only gets 1.8v,
try it with 1 stick as you said, if you can get hold of some slower Ram that will run at 1.8v that might do the trick.
The issue I had with the ram before was when doing stuff like gaming itd freeze up etc. But itd boot and do low-level things fine. Tried it with the single stick though and no joy.
I have a new mobo on order but will keep trying in the mean time.
Just have to hope that Vista or Xp doesnt have a hissy fit and will let me get into windows. I just need it to do it the once, on either boot, so I can shift all my documents onoto my second HDD. Then Id be happy to waste another 2 days of revision time to get my computer back ><
I also just realised that I ended up putting the mobo speaker in my siss computer and so the buzzing I was hearing isnt the bios ><
< = noob
I should have stuck with the same mobo to redue the pain of moving, but ended up going for http://www.ebuyer.com/product/132275
Im hoping that I can ge vista to work. XP isnt too much of an issue as that was just a stop gap for when something didnt work in vista, namely one piece of software I dont need, though would have been good for revision. So long as I can access the documents on the vista partition, and get them across, Ill be able to breathe a sigh of relief and feel a little easier with the concept of reinstalling xp :S
Guess Ill be calling MS too to say how much of a noob I am, killing my mobo, can they please let me use my computer again now...
Swapped the Mobos without a hitch.
Replacement arrived at 7:30. By 9:45 Id taken the old one out, put the new one in, and booted vista. 2 reboots needed as vista updated the configuration. Seems to be running cooler at the mo...
You didnt of needed to get a newer motherboard really, before you could of got a new one i had the same problem as you did before but with my P5N32-E SLI motherboard and what i did was simply change the CMOS jumper pins and i was greeted with this AMI Boot Lock BIOS screen and its at that point that i used the Asus CD to restore the BIOS and it worked a treat :) once you have fixed the corrupted BIOS just simply change the Jumper pins back so it doesnt loose the BIOS configuration again. Im never gonna update the BIOS through windows again and many people have told me that its more of a risk through windows rather than the BIOS as if your in windows a lot of other things running in the background could interfear with the update. If you use the mobo again soon try what i just suggested to you its likely it will fix the BIOS!
Liam
So you mean to switch the comp on with the jumper set to the reset mode? As opposed to the instructions to turn off, unplug, take battery out, move jumper, leave for a while, move jumper back and then power up?
Quote from: zpyderSo you mean to switch the comp on with the jumper set to the reset mode? As opposed to the instructions to turn off, unplug, take battery out, move jumper, leave for a while, move jumper back and then power up?
Yeah - it should say it in your Asus manual as well, change the pins from 1-2 to 2-3 and turn the comp on and you should be greeted with something like "Award BIOS Boot Lock" and then it will try and scan your disk and floppy drives for a BIOS ROM (Asus CD should be in the CD drive at present as it is looking for the back up ROM) then it will load up the BIOS recovery program and it should then recover your BIOS.
Liam
/waits for the doh! :)
lol :D
Liam
I refuse to give you the satisfaction of a Doh!
Maybe a gah.
AFAIK I couldnt see anything to do with that in the manual. The bit on the jumper clearing seemed to make it clear that you dont power on with the jumper in the reset position. The stuff for the bios recovery all seemed to focus on something happening on screen and you having a working floppy or DVD drive?
End of the day I now own a spare mobo for either a second system or for when I break this one lol...(If I can get it to work)
Quote from: zpyderI refuse to give you the satisfaction of a Doh!
Maybe a gah.
AFAIK I couldnt see anything to do with that in the manual. The bit on the jumper clearing seemed to make it clear that you dont power on with the jumper in the reset position. The stuff for the bios recovery all seemed to focus on something happening on screen and you having a working floppy or DVD drive?
End of the day I now own a spare mobo for either a second system or for when I break this one lol...(If I can get it to work)
Well im not sure if my P5N32-E SLI is much different from your P5NE, but i definately did power the system with the jumper on pins 2-3 lol but i think even if you just change it to 2-3 for a few seconds then change it back to 1-2 then power up i think its still the same, its best to use the Asus CD if you have got it as it is always provided with a back-up BIOS ROM if your ever in this situation.
Liam
Yeah. As I said, I would have if I could. Its a P5B (Not a P5NE). I followed the manual to the letter, twice, to no avail. I suspect everything would be fine if the computer did something other than spin up, then it might actually get to the point of being able to use the support CD.
Im probably gonna look into seeing if I can get ASUS to sort it out and then sell it, figure a little money is better than nothing if possible!
Thanks all for your help and support. Why do I always do things like this around about exam time!
Quote from: zpyderYeah. As I said, I would have if I could. Its a P5B (Not a P5NE). I followed the manual to the letter, twice, to no avail. I suspect everything would be fine if the computer did something other than spin up, then it might actually get to the point of being able to use the support CD.
Im probably gonna look into seeing if I can get ASUS to sort it out and then sell it, figure a little money is better than nothing if possible!
Thanks all for your help and support. Why do I always do things like this around about exam time!
I had exactly the same problem Zpyder! for a couple of days i couldnt get anything to appear on the screen at all, not even the first beep 5 seconds after turning the comp on (thats something else you could answer my question to Zpyder lol when you first turn on your comp normally does it take around 5 seconds for the 1st beep to appear then the screen to come on?) anyway keep trying with the 2-3 CMOS pin method before trying to get a replacement from Asus I Kept trying with the pins 2-3 method and with some luck it worked.
Liam
One issue I have is no speaker for POST ><
Im guessing the thing with the jumper and removing battery is all to do with residual current etc, so you need to swap them back and forth in a timeframe where the current/voltage is enough to wipe or reset the CMOS. Me fiddling around with a pair of needlenose pliers probably took too long!