Bad bios flash

[BadNewsBears]

Ok, it must be posted somewhere I can't find it. My old gigabyte bx 2000 recently bit the dust during a bios flash. No post, nothing. Dead as a doornail. Even with the dual bios. Can I breath life into it with everything unplugged except an old isa video card and the floppy with a bios on it or is the gig up?? Should I bury it or is there hope?? Annnnny input would be greatly appreciated!

 

[GAZZA]

I'm not sure with the dual bios if there is a removeable chip or not , if there is then your inluck as you can send your chip to BadFlash and get it reprogrammed for about $25 or so .

Very good service btw incase you were wondering how they operate .

So yes there is life after death 😉

 

[Technonut]

You could try this: (Copied from my AT7 thread) Substituting your BIOS of course. 🙂

I had an issue with BIOS corruption with the AT7 while trying to push the FSB higher than 200. 🙁 It may have been caused by multiple resets/surge...etc. Anyhow, I was foolish by not installing my BIOS Savior from the get go. I did manage to get the board back up and running though. 😀 Just to share this info I did this: (must have another system running of course 😉 )

Downloaded the latest AT7 BIOS and awdflash

Downloaded Caldera DR-DOS 7.03 .

I then put these on a floppy, and edited the autoexec.bat file to:

@echo off
cls
AWDFLASH.EXE AT7_8V.bin /py /sn /cd /cp /cc /r

I stuck the floppy in the AT7 system, crossed my fingers, and hit the switch. WHEW! it worked! 🙂 The BIOS flashed and was restored. I have my BIOS Savior installed now with a backup just in case.

 

[tbalon]

if you have another mobo just like the one you described, or know someone who does, you can try hot flashing the bios chip. I have used this technique before and it works. check it out here:
http://www.tweakmax.com/html/hotswap/hotswap-1.cfm
good luck