Bios website? ISO one that sells hardware bios flashers

[slag]

I have a motherboard that I think has a bad bios and I want to flash the chip but it doesnt work. I have an atmel chip flasher, but it has 40 pins, no 32 pin sockets for bios chips

Fans come on with this motherboard, etc, but no video, no i/o activity, think the bios may have flown the coup.

Any ideas?

 

[slag]

Anyone?

 

[Xelloss]

Could be a bad BIOS. Or a bad CPU, or bad RAM... Have you tried re-seating everything? (twice?)

If it is the BIOS, without a compatible chip-flasher or a working comp, you've kind of got a problem. (Those being the two main methods of flashing BIOS chips.)

I've HEARD crazy stories about people with identical motherboards hot-swapping bad chips into a running system to flash them. Can't say I'd recommend it though. You might also be able to find some kind soul with a 40 pin chip flasher who would be willing to do it for you.

If you can confirm it is the BIOS, it'd probably be best to simply call the mobo manufacturer and get them to ship you another chip.

 

[cyclones]

You might find some help at Wimsbios.com
They seem to have a fantastic source of everything else I wanted re bios stuff.

 

[slag]

<< Could be a bad BIOS. Or a bad CPU, or bad RAM... Have you tried re-seating everything? (twice?)

If it is the BIOS, without a compatible chip-flasher or a working comp, you've kind of got a problem. (Those being the two main methods of flashing BIOS chips.)

I've HEARD crazy stories about people with identical motherboards hot-swapping bad chips into a running system to flash them. Can't say I'd recommend it though. You might also be able to find some kind soul with a 40 pin chip flasher who would be willing to do it for you.

If you can confirm it is the BIOS, it'd probably be best to simply call the mobo manufacturer and get them to ship you another chip. >>




The ram and cpu are good, which is why i am thinking the bios went south.

"If it is the BIOS, without a compatible chip-flasher or a working comp, you've kind of got a problem. (Those being the two main methods of flashing BIOS chips.)"

EXACTLY. This is why i am looking for a bios flasher device.
I dont have a similar mobo so I need the flashing device or a website that has this info on how to build one. I have a 40 pin flasher already, but the bios chip is 32 pin. I'm hoping a website will show me how to use such a parallel port flasher to update the bios with this 40 pin flasher (provide an offset or something.

Mobo Manufacturer wants $59.00 plus shipping for a bios chip worth a few bucks tops. The board isnt worth more than $30.00 but this is a project I hope to win.

Thanks

Joe

 

[slag]

<< You might find some help at Wimsbios.com
They seem to have a fantastic source of everything else I wanted re bios stuff. >>



AHA!!!

Wimsbios is the site i was looking for.. Thanks a million!!

 

[Xelloss]

Well, glad you found what you were looking for. lol I didn't really look at the topic header all that close.