Dead Motherboard?

[Jazzatola]

I just updated the bios on my A8N32-SLI Deluxe from version 1009 to the latest, 1303. I used the Asus updater utility from within XP and the new bios was copied and verified without any trouble. After rebooting, the computer won't even post.

The green light on the motherboard comes on, the chassis fans and video card fans come on as well as the hard disks and optical drive. However there are no beeps and no signal to the monitor.

I've tried removing the battery and resetting the jumper but that had no effect.

So, the motherboard is toast right?

 

[mnitetrain]

Sounds like a bad flash. Call ASUS and get a new bios chip. (if under warranty you only pay $5.00 shipping) They will ship latest bios on chip.

 

[jeffk55]

Hmmmm.. I just experienced something similar w/ a ECS k7vza board, only a bit scarier as the flash was not reported as successful though Win 2000 flash utility (actually think that I had unfortunately updated the original BIOS earlier with a "pulled BIOS" as the date code on my version and the one on ECS was a few weeks different, mine being older of course. I think this caused the flash utility to not recognise my board correctly). The fight was a long story but I eventually was able to re-flash in DOS because for some reason the MB booted into a mode I never saw before (anyone know what mode I booted into I'd be interested to hear, seemed like some pre-bios boot though) that allowed access to a floppy drive. No harddrives or BIOS screen though . After the DOS utility reported a successful flash I rebooted and NADA. So I fought a bit more, pulled the MB battery, cleared the CMOS w/ jumper ect, AND, what may have been more important, put all the cards HD's, ect back EXACTLY the same PCI, cable slots...(I was cleaning and moving things so that's why the guts were disturbed) It finally successfully booted. This may or may not help you but I wouldn't give up yet. Theres at least a few hours of fun left

 

[Jazzatola]

Originally posted by: mnitetrain
Sounds like a bad flash. Call ASUS and get a new bios chip. (if under warranty you only pay $5.00 shipping) They will ship latest bios on chip.

Well, I'm in the UK and Asus don't provide that service here. I have contacted www.BadFlash.com though and have ordered a new chip. Fingers crossed!