Did I toast my motherboard?

[sephroth777]

I flashed my motherboard a Asus P2B98-XV from the stock HP Bios ver. 1.09 to the latest Bios from Asus on their website Ver. 1.10. Now every time I boot the computer it posts to the Bios settings for CPU/FSB adjustments with the following error message
"PREVIOUS BOOT INCOMPLETE OR CMOS CHECKSUM ERROR CHECK CPU INTERNAL CORE SPEED"
I have a PII-350 with 224mb of PC100 Sdram that came out of a HP 6370Z. The motherboard's jumpers are set to 100mhz FSB and 3.5x multiplier. Even when I set the Bios settings to Manual 100FSB x 3.5 the computer consistently boots to the same error.

1)Did I kill the motherboard since I flashed from an HP to Asus bios?

2)Anyway to fix it? (I have tried to flash to the original HP bios however I cannot get past the Bios setting screen with the error to load the bootable cd that has the HP bios on it...is there anyway to bypass the screen and force the update?)

Any help would be greatly appreciate! Thanks!

 

[apoppin]

Do you have the manual?

If so, RTFM and see how to reset your BIOS to default (usually with a jumper or by removing the CMOS battery) . . . If NOT, go the the ASUS (edit: HP) website and d/l the manual . . .

. . . . of course, you could try a little butter or jam on yout MB and take a bite to see if it is TOAST

EDIT: hp, HUH? there isn't much on their website . . . i think they have some support forums (their tech support is pretty useless from my experience) . . .

a PII- 350??? . .. you might think about UPgrading . . . there are some current "Hot Deals" . . .

 

[namco]

That sucks whan that happen .But i guess it's life ...

 

[sephroth777]

On my motherboard the CMOS/BIOS reset jumper is removed all there is are solder points, where I think HP did it so ppl will not mess with it. I have removed the battery for a few hours and placed it back it with no luck . The asus manual lists no procedure for it plus I only used it for file sharing would hate to drop money for something so little.

 

[namco]

Yeah like he said you may want to think about upgrading ..lol...That motherboard is not worth the the time to put into it to fix it. you can get deals on new boards with cpu and ram from computer shows somewere in the $300.00 mark. but if you want to try to fix that one ..I only say GOOD LUCK!

 

[apoppin]

Originally posted by: sephroth777
On my motherboard the CMOS/BIOS reset jumper is removed all there is are solder points, where I think HP did it so ppl will not mess with it. I have removed the battery for a few hours and placed it back it with no luck . The asus manual lists no procedure for it plus I only used it for file sharing would hate to drop money for something so little.

Hp tech support will NOT help you . . . perhaps their support forums can help you deal with your blunder.

Actually it is a blessing in disguise . . . i think 350mhz is slow even for an e-machine nowadays . . . salvage what you can and toss the MB and case (dispose of properly).
Set up a "file sharer" on a partition of you new computer . . . some (really bad) mistakes are not worth the time to salvage.

You can build a REAL system for really cheap that'll eat your "toast" for breakfast.
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