Help needed with a Bios Problem

[Tbird1k]

Tonight I was going to upgrade my BiOS for my Gigabyte 7zx-1 mother board. I got the windows flsh utility, saved my current bios, clicked the internet update then update. I picked the bios for my borad ( i know it was for my board and not another} it downloaded it and began to flash it, then some stupidad thing from IE poped up and froze the system before it finished, it was some stupid add bar some one installed. So now when I boot i get no signal to my video card, my HDD led ison, my power LEd is not, after a minute my HDD light is on I can still hear the fans in the case running. What can i do?? Thanks!!

 

[Jennifer66]

If its the kind with dual bios there should be a jumper to recover.
If not you might have to get another bios.

 

[Tbird1k]

Its not the type with a dual BiOS, where could I get a new chip?

 

[Jennifer66]

1st try clearing the cmos.
Look in the manual for the jumper.
See if your floppy drive light comes on when you power up.
Some boards let you recover the bios from a floppy if it is.
Also try holding down the inset key while turning the pc on
that also might kick in the floppy drive.
Sorry I am not a Gigabyte board expert.
Contact gigabyte for a bios or try www.badflash.com
I would suggest not using the internet bios upgrade in the future as too many things can happen.
Best to do it the old fashion way.

 

[Jennifer66]

Sorry double post.

 

[Jennifer66]

I looked at the gigabyte web site and it seems they do not have any built in bios recovery other than the dual bios
They say to contact them.
The usa branch is in ca. 1-626-854-9338.

 

[Tbird1k]

Thanks for the replys My BiOS chip is seated in what looks to be a socket, can I remove it or is it perminent? I think its remove able but just wanna make sure. Thanks agian

 

[Jennifer66]

Yes. If its the small square kind they suggest using a ic puller
but you can probably do it with a small screwdriver since you wont be reusing it anyway.
If its the long rectangle shape type they are easy with a small screwdriver.