Hi, I'm sorry if this belongs in a different forum, but I ran into some problems tonight helping a friend with his P4S533. I'm not sure what the problem is exactly and I would greatly appreciate some help from the knowledgeable users here.
SYSTEM SPECS:
ASUS P4S533 MOTHERBOARD
P4 2.53GHZ
Duel Raid Western Digital HD's (75 Gig Ea.)
Here is what happened:
He was having problems with his system and stop errors at random times, which eventually spiralled into a stop error at boot up. Eventually the computer would no longer recognize any hard drives. At this point I was called over.
The first thing I did was check his BIOS settings. It was not detecting a HD. I tried to use XP recovery mode to format, partition, hell, do anything, but it would tell me that the C: drive was "removeable media". Chkdsk would come back telling me the drive had irreparable damage. Same thing for his other HD, "E:". Then I noticed that during bootup, I was getting a message
"BIOS Update Incorrect"
At this point I went to the ASUS website and downloaded the AFLASH utility. I also got BIOS Version 1006. I made an MS-DOS bootdisk also and returned to his computer. I booted into MS-DOS. I ran AFLASH. I flashed BIOS version 1006. It finished successfully.
This is where the current problem began.
After shutting off the computer and turning off the power supply for a good 30 seconds, I restarted the computer. Nothing. It took a good 5-10 minutes before I saw the GeForce come alive, then the new BIOS screen. And there it sits.
The computer will not recognize the keyboard, I cannot get into the BIOS setup (pressing DEL) or the AFLASH utility (pressing ALT-F2). I cannot boot to a floppy or anything as it freezes before the BIOS does anything. At this point I am lost and looking for guidance, thank you for your time!
Appreciatively,
-Craig
SYSTEM SPECS:
ASUS P4S533 MOTHERBOARD
P4 2.53GHZ
Duel Raid Western Digital HD's (75 Gig Ea.)
Here is what happened:
He was having problems with his system and stop errors at random times, which eventually spiralled into a stop error at boot up. Eventually the computer would no longer recognize any hard drives. At this point I was called over.
The first thing I did was check his BIOS settings. It was not detecting a HD. I tried to use XP recovery mode to format, partition, hell, do anything, but it would tell me that the C: drive was "removeable media". Chkdsk would come back telling me the drive had irreparable damage. Same thing for his other HD, "E:". Then I noticed that during bootup, I was getting a message
"BIOS Update Incorrect"
At this point I went to the ASUS website and downloaded the AFLASH utility. I also got BIOS Version 1006. I made an MS-DOS bootdisk also and returned to his computer. I booted into MS-DOS. I ran AFLASH. I flashed BIOS version 1006. It finished successfully.
This is where the current problem began.
After shutting off the computer and turning off the power supply for a good 30 seconds, I restarted the computer. Nothing. It took a good 5-10 minutes before I saw the GeForce come alive, then the new BIOS screen. And there it sits.
The computer will not recognize the keyboard, I cannot get into the BIOS setup (pressing DEL) or the AFLASH utility (pressing ALT-F2). I cannot boot to a floppy or anything as it freezes before the BIOS does anything. At this point I am lost and looking for guidance, thank you for your time!
Appreciatively,
-Craig
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