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___ Did I kill the BIOS? ___

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Blain

Lifer
I swapped some memory out on an nForce2 MB (AOpen AK79G-1394).
The system booted up the first time, but didn't load Windows (98SE).
I rebooted and relaxed the memory settings (for the lower quality DIMMs).
The system gave me the "Saving BIOS changes... will restart in 3 seconds... Do Not Shut Down Power" message. Well the screen never restarted (at least a full minute), so I hit the restart button.
That was the last I saw anything on the screen.

* I swapped back to the higher quality DIMM - nothing
* I cleared the CMOS - nothing
* I moved the DIMMs around to different slots - nothing

With every restart the fans on the MB start and I can hear the HD spinning. But I never see anything on the screen (using onboard video).

Did I kill the BIOS? :Q
 
Originally posted by: Blain
I swapped some memory out on an nForce2 MB (AOpen AK79G-1394).
The system booted up the first time, but didn't load Windows (98SE).
I rebooted and relaxed the memory settings (for the lower quality DIMMs).
The system gave me the "Saving BIOS changes... will restart in 3 seconds... Do Not Shut Down Power" message. Well the screen never restarted (at least a full minute), so I hit the restart button.
That was the last I saw anything on the screen.

* I swapped back to the higher quality DIMM - nothing
* I cleared the CMOS - nothing
* I moved the DIMMs around to different slots - nothing

With every restart the fans on the MB start and I can hear the HD spinning. But I never see anything on the screen (using onboard video).

Did I kill the BIOS? :Q
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Maybe.

You should have just left it alone. Mine took nearly 3 mins to restart after a flash.
 
Blain, this is almost exactly what happened to me recently. I just changed a memory timing setpoint, saved the settings and exited the BIOS screen. The system hung at the Saving Settings screen for 10 minutes before I hit the reset button. After that, nothing.

2 days ago I got a replacement BIOS for my NF7-S R2 and when I installed it everything was fine once again. My guess is that you did the same thing to your board, you will have to secure a new BIOS chip. Sorry my friend. 🙁
 
My MB doesn't have the JP24 needed for the BIOS rescue. 🙁

BIOS chip or replacement MB?? That is the question. 😱
 
BIOS chip should only cost you $20 or less. I'd say go that route unless you have money to burn. I sure didn't. 🙂
 
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