Bios flash killed my board - way to fix?

[imported_Com80787]

I have never killed a board from a bad BIOS flash for the 10 years I've been doing it. Well it happened today. I can only guess that it was corrupt. After the BIOS flash first reboot I saw an error message that appeared so fast I couldn't read it. The system then powered down, and continues to power up and shut down every 5 seconds. The screen never shows anything now.

I tried to use the CMOS reset jumper with no luck. Is there anything else I can do or should I get a new board?

Thanks for any help!

 

[MagnusTheBrewer]

when you tried the reset jumper, did you remove the battery and push the power button (with the PSU unplugged) and wait at least thirty minutes?

 

[imported_Com80787]

No will give that a try

 

[imported_Com80787]

Ugh no luck. Is the board a paper weight now?

 

[imported_Com80787]

Does anyone know if there is anyway I can re-write the BIOS with a good one? The system powers on, but only for 5 seconds and then off. Over and over automatically.

 

[vailr]

There's a method to re-flash the bios using a CD with only the bios file burned onto it.
Check the Gigabyte web site for the DS3 board for details.

 

[imported_Com80787]

Been searching the gigabyte site for a way to do it with the CD method you mention. Haven't been able to find anything other than resetting the CMOS instructions though. Does anyone have a link?

 

[Puffnstuff]

I would rma the board and not tell them that you flashed it. Next time do an error check on the floppy before and after you write those files to it. Also never flash without a battery backup hooked up to your machine. Otherwise find someone else who has the same mb and pull the bios out of their machine after it's already booted into dos and reflash your chip in their mb.

 

[vailr]

Situation 3: Primary BIOS is corrupted, backup BIOS is corrupted but capable of booting from boot block. No matched BIOS are found in the HDD hidden partition

http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/FileList/New..._newtech/article_04_bios_explained.htm

 

[imported_Com80787]

Thanks for the help guys. No good though the board is dead.

 

[Cybercraig]

Google bios replacement chip. You can get one ready to go for 20 bucks. Better than pitching the MB (unless it's a Chaintech).

 

[imported_Com80787]

Originally posted by: Cybercraig
Google bios replacement chip. You can get one ready to go for 20 bucks. Better than pitching the MB (unless it's a Chaintech).

I think I'm going to just RMA (should still be in warranty) it and sell it and get a new one. Really the reason I was flashing it was to try and resolve weird issues.

For instance, everytime I tried to hibernate it would hibernate and then power back on a minute later by its self. (now it is powering off and on by its self every 5 seconds)

Also I was getting random BSODs and random garbage on the screen. I was thinking it was the video card, but happened with a new one too.... so I have a feeling the board wasn't too good to begin with. The failed BIOS update probably just finished it off.

 

[vailr]

Originally posted by: Cybercraig
Google bios replacement chip. You can get one ready to go for 20 bucks. Better than pitching the MB (unless it's a Chaintech).

The DS3's bios is non-replaceable.