Hello everybody,
I have a dilema/problem.
I have a Gigabyte Motherboard that died very strangely. And I want to do something about it.
The board has a dual bios. Its the GA-MA790X-DS4
I flashed to Beta Bios F10A with no problem, it even worked for a while. Then I changed a setting in the memory timing (TRFC from default 127.5 to something else)
The machine did not post after that. So as usual I went about resetting the bios, doing a CMOS Clear, and removing the battery whilst away from the mains. Nothing..... the board does not even beep, I even left the board with no power and battery for 24hrs. still nothing. My local service centre checked all other components, everything else is fine.
As I need a working machine quickly, I bought another board.
Now, my question is, has anyone ever had something like that happen to them. and how did they recover?, and would doing any of the following have any effect?
I am looking at a way to short the main bois so that the board goes directly to the backup bios.
Should I try shorting all the pins? should I try desoldering a pin?
Should I piggyback the second bios on top of the main?
I got some Ideas from here. But no difinative answer.
http://forums.tweaktown.com/f69/how-fix-dead-dual-bios-motherboard-if-flashing-failed-33904/
I have a dilema/problem.
I have a Gigabyte Motherboard that died very strangely. And I want to do something about it.
The board has a dual bios. Its the GA-MA790X-DS4
I flashed to Beta Bios F10A with no problem, it even worked for a while. Then I changed a setting in the memory timing (TRFC from default 127.5 to something else)
The machine did not post after that. So as usual I went about resetting the bios, doing a CMOS Clear, and removing the battery whilst away from the mains. Nothing..... the board does not even beep, I even left the board with no power and battery for 24hrs. still nothing. My local service centre checked all other components, everything else is fine.
As I need a working machine quickly, I bought another board.
Now, my question is, has anyone ever had something like that happen to them. and how did they recover?, and would doing any of the following have any effect?
I am looking at a way to short the main bois so that the board goes directly to the backup bios.
Should I try shorting all the pins? should I try desoldering a pin?
Should I piggyback the second bios on top of the main?
I got some Ideas from here. But no difinative answer.
http://forums.tweaktown.com/f69/how-fix-dead-dual-bios-motherboard-if-flashing-failed-33904/
