BIOS Issues

[Zargon]

my computer locked up updating the bios for my p35 neo from vista.

I was able finally to get it to clear and load back on a good bios straight from MSI

but now if I reboot it goes back to locking up, if I clear it I can boot to vista using the defaults

and it let me reboot once and go back into windows

but for the most part it just re-ef's itself on restarts/shutdowns

any ideas??

Moved to appropriate Forum - Moderator Rubycon

 

[Blain]

You can actually get past the BIOS and boot up into Windows?

If your BIOS was corrupted during a flash, that's bad news.
If all else fails you can get a new BIOS chip from MSI or Bad Flash.com

 

[Zargon]

yeah I can sometimes.

thats whats so wierd

why I would have to clear the CMOS everytime I boot is a mystery to me.

I guess I dont have much to risk with soldering in a new bios chip if the mobo is dead anyways if I don't....

 

[pcgeek11]

yeah I can sometimes.

thats whats so wierd

why I would have to clear the CMOS everytime I boot is a mystery to me.

I guess I dont have much to risk with soldering in a new bios chip if the mobo is dead anyways if I don't....

I'm not sure but did you get it flashed to a newer BIOS? I would flash back to an older (original Version ) BIOS that was working. Or just re-flash it with the newer BIOS. It could be just a slight corruption and a reflash may take care of it.

If you are contemplating replacing the chip; pray for a socketed chip. Unless you have the skills and tools you will not be successful soldering in a BIOS Chip.

pcgeek11

 

[Blain]

There's no soldering on BIOS chips these days. They're all mounted in sockets.

 

[tcsenter]

There's no soldering on BIOS chips these days. They're all mounted in sockets.

Well...except when they're not. e.g. Most Gigabyte 'dual' or 'quad' BIOS boards have the chips soldered with no socketed EEPROM. There are actually a number of boards without a socketed BIOS chip these days.

 

[Zargon]

I'm not sure but did you get it flashed to a newer BIOS? I would flash back to an older (original Version ) BIOS that was working. Or just re-flash it with the newer BIOS. It could be just a slight corruption and a reflash may take care of it.

If you are contemplating replacing the chip; pray for a socketed chip. Unless you have the skills and tools you will not be successful soldering in a BIOS Chip.

pcgeek11

I flashed it back to the version I was on, 1.9

and its still making me clear it just to reboot.

I also am having a hard time locating the actual BIOS chip on the motherboard.

I needed to update so it will support my new CPU, which is how all this started.

I will have to dig deeper to locate the actual BIOS chip.

I cant think of anything else that would cause this behavior at a BIOS level.

 

[Blain]

Well...except when they're not. e.g. Most Gigabyte 'dual' or 'quad' BIOS boards have the chips soldered with no socketed EEPROM. There are actually a number of boards without a socketed BIOS chip these days.

I stand corrected. Time to drag out the torch

 

[Zargon]

ooooh noes

 

[Zargon]

foxconn black series p45 ordered as a replacement.

couldnt get another p35 neo for less than 90 bucks unless I wanted to wait 2-3 weeks

but 99 - 21 MIR is nice at newegg right now on the foxconn

thanks for the help guys.

I got the newest bios on it, but its obviously hosed.

new battery did nothing, it boots under the fail safe defaults an no other way, I cant even change the time, so its going in the trash

 

[OptotsshorP]

A BIOS mod is either a whole BIOS file, or a BIOS patch, that allows access to certain parts of the BIOS that are originally not available.

A BIOS mod is unique to your mobos BIOS, a BIOS mod made for one motherboard wont work for another motherboard, in fact trying to use it could permanently corrupt the BIOS.

No, youre not asking to many questions, as this is a sensitive process, and is easily messed up, and if you mess up, you need either a new motherboard, or a replacement BIOS chip.