Cannot Flash New BIOS for K7T Pro2 - Please Help

[jdojax]

After a problem with Windows 95 trashing my BIOS I received a new BIOS Chip from MSI (a known VIA bug). The new BIOS did not post, all diagnostics lights were red, and essentially I got no activity. I then tried to flash it by creating a MS Boot disk with the flash program, BIOS, and an autoexec.bat file containing

A:\AWFL783M W6330VMS.190 /SN /PY /CP /CD /CC /R /LD

as the MSI Web Site states but I get nothing. The system never seems to even access the floppy. No video, disk activity, nothing.

Help Please

 

[AMD4ME2]

make sure that the chip is facing the same way as the old chip...(generally there is a notch on one end on top of the chip and a notch on the bios chip socket as well)

I replaced a bios chip once.. big mistake... cause I bought a new bios chip.. payed as much as I would have for a whole freekin new board..

 

[compuwiz1]

Before you unzip the MSI bios and autoexec.bat file to the floppy, format it and choose copy system files. then it will automatically boot, flash the bios and restart.

 

[jdojax]

I created the boot floppy under W98 using sys a:\ then copied the autoexec etc. files to it. When I power the system on, I get all red lights but no floppy disk activity at all. I don't think it's getting that far.

 

[jdojax]

Actually the notched end in the BIOS pretty much means it will only fit one way. The manual stated that 4 red lights hanging ment a bad CPU but I'm not sure that is it since it was working fine before the BIOS went dead.

By the way, MSI replaced the BIOS free (they confirmed that it was a known problem that if you try to boot using a Disk with W95 v1 that was loaded on an intel machine it would wipe out the BIOS). This was reported on another forum deja.com and it happened twice to me before I figured out that it was the damm W95 disk. Both times the system went dead exactly when W95 said it had reloaded new drivers and needed to reboot. The first time I thought the motherboard failed, but the next time I knew. The result is a red, green, red, red light and a very fast beeping. The second board again worked fine with my 98 disk until I tried booting from my old one.

Now with the new BIOS I get no beeping but it doesn't do a thing.

Joe