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Help! Can not get computer to POST following BIOS flash

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Hello everyone. I have an Asus K7V motherboard with Award BIOS 1.008. It's been crashing a bit (some problem with the Geforce 4 in some games I have) and so I went to flash the BIOS with the new 1.010 version I got from their web site. (http://www.asus.com) Anyway, I booted to my floppy and flashed it just like I've done many times before on various computers. It said it was successful and to cycle the power. I did so, and now my computer just sits there as a gigantic paperweight.

All my drives cycle up, the keyboard lights go on and stay on, even my NIC lights are flashing merrily, but the computer itself won't bring up the startup screen.

I've tried undoing and refastening all the cables, different video card, resetting the CMOS, but nothing seems to work.

I do have a copy of my old bios on my floppy, but if I can't get the computer to boot I can't restore it...

Any suggestions would be most welcome!
 

On most of the motherboards I deal with (Intel), there is an option that can be set with a jumper to recover from a bad BIOS flash... I would be surprise if other manufacture didn?t offer this same solution.

 
Go the the mobo mfr's web site. They usually have a faq on how to recover from a bad flash. It involves creating a bootable floppy (format a: /s) and creating an Autoexec.bat file which automatically attempts a flash on boot.
Good luck! If you can't do a flash and have made sure that something else isn't blocking the boot process:
Boilerplate-01:
. Most frequent causes of failure to boot:
1- RAM, CPU or AGP video card not seated properly, or a bent pin.
2- Drive data cable on upside down or only on half the pins or shifted . a pin or two (usually Floppy or Zip drives).
3- CMOS needs to be cleared (AC power must usually be disconnected or . attempt to clear CMOS may fail) Unless your mobo does not use a power-off CMOS clear - check your mobo manual for specific info.
.bh.
4- On some new mobos there is a CPU protection feature (esp. on Athlon/Socket A mobos) that will not allow the system to start if there is no fan (or a fan without a working speed sensor wire) connected to the fan power connector on the mobo (specifically marked "CPU Fan"). If you tried to start your machine without a fan properly connected, you have to attach a proper and working fan and clear the CMOS before it will boot.

.bh.
:moon:
 
They have a program that lets you recover your old bios if you can boot from a floppy. However, since the computer doesn't POST, but instead hangs on power-up without even going to the system startup/memory test screen it would be difficult to boot from a floppy...
 
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