A7N8X Deluxe Will Not POST

cadamo

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Assuming I used the wrong BIOS file, is there any way to recover? I updated from 1007 to 1008 and I think I have PCB 1.03 and 1008 is for 1.04 and 1.06 only. Now my computer turns on, but the board will NOT POST. No beeps, no video, no nothing. All that happens is that the power supply turns on and spins up my drives. Any reccomendations other then RMA'ing it? Will the CLRTC do anything? Any other way to wipe out BIOS to get back to a place where I can load a new one? Any help would be appreciated, thanks.
 
Jun 11, 2004
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Depending on whether you are comfortable pulling out the BIOS chip, I'd try checking to see if ASUS will cross-ship you a new chip (or just send you one). Or try these guys.

CLRTC won't help with a bad flash.
 

Concillian

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May 26, 2004
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If you have another board that has a pin compatible BIOS chip (or ahave a friend with one) you can do the following:

Boot the good board.
Pull out BIOS chip while the board is running
Insert your BIOS chip
flash it to the appropriate BIOS (if it's not the same board, you'll get a warning that you're flashing to a different board's BIOS)
turn off the computer
swap BIOS chips, and put yours back in your computer.

I've done this before on my A7N8X - E Deluxe with another A7N8X-E Deluxe.

This tool is very helpful in pulling the BIOS chip out:
http://www.radioshack.com/product.asp?catalog%5Fname=CTLG&product%5Fid=276-2101

Check this thread for more info:
<a target=_blank class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://www.nforcershq.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=15104&amp;postdays=0&amp;postorder=asc&amp;start=0
">http://www.nforcershq.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=15104&amp;postdays=0&amp;postorder=asc&amp;start=0</a>
There are people that have flashed an ASUS bios in an NF7-S and all kinds of other motherboards. As long as the BIOS chip is pin compatible, it appears that just about any board will work.
 

cadamo

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Does a bad "FLASH" or image stop you from POST'ing? And does this mean that there is no other way to fix it other then the swapping of BIOS chips?

Thanks again for all the help...
 

Concillian

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Yes, the BIOS is ONLY used at initial boot. POSTing is almost all it's used for.

You need a workable BIOS in your board before you can do anything. How you get that is up to you, but at the very least you need another board that can boot, because your current board isn't booting until you change the BIOS.

You can send out the board or BIOS, or just flash your current one, but on a different board.