Failed K8v bios flash

[sheefa]

Hi all,

I flashed my ASUS KV8 mobo using the windows flash program. It succesfully flashed and reset. I got a bad check sum error message saying press f1 for bios and f2 for default values or something similiar. i was then in the bios changing the acp 2.0 supoort setting to enable cool n quiet. It then obviously reset. I now have no signal to my monitor just a blank screen !!!

I have tried resetting the bios back to the original using the jumpers on the mb, i have tried this about 4 times but nothing has changed.

I have also tried using f2 etc without a monitor but obviously been struggling as i cant see anything!!

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance - Please mail me at acarbutt@hotmail.com or gregaswheatley@hotmail.com if you have nay ideas on the answer to this painful problem!

Antos & Sheefa

 

[rgreen83]

Sorry to say it but your probably screwed, the windows flashing program should have verified the bios as good to avoid this problem. Try a recovery floppy with an autoexec.bat, I dont have a link handy here at work, sorry.

 

[mechBgon]

Unplug the computer from the wall, remove the CMOS battery, and now use the jumper to reset the CMOS. Give it about 30 seconds, then reverse the procedure. Any good?

 

[sheefa]

 

[sheefa]

The windows program verified the bios as ok. Which was weird as it blatantly wasnt ok!

I have tried the jumper method several times as posted at the start.

The problem with the floppy dirve method is that the drive is not being accessed ! I have unplugegd all drives and cdroms but still no accessing. I found a great link fo making an autoexec.bat floppy so it runs at boot to flash the bios. Unfortuantly it doesnt read any floppies when booting. I have also tried changing my floppy drive !

Thanks for the initial advice guys, keep it coming.

Cheers

Antos and sheefa

 

[mechBgon]

When you cleared the CMOS with the jumper, did you have the computer unplugged and the CMOS battery removed?

It succesfully flashed and reset. I got a bad check sum error message saying press f1 for bios and f2 for default values or something similiar.

From this description, your BIOS flash was successful. That's what happens after a successful flash. Your messing with the ACPI stuff seems to have nuked it. Moral of the story: don't do that again

http://www.badflash.com if all else fails. They can sell you a fresh BIOS chip pre-programmed with the BIOS of your choice.

 

[sheefa]

Was successfull awesome. Hmm why did i change the acpi support lol. I will check out their website and update you. Thank you for your help.

Antos and sheefa

 

[mechBgon]

Originally posted by: sheefa
Was successfull awesome. Hmm why did i change the acpi support lol. I will check out their website and update you. Thank you for your help.

Antos and sheefa

That's good news