KT7 bios buggered. next steps anyone?

[cupcake]

hello,

it finally happened to me. after years of merrily flashing bios after bios, i messed up.

so now i am stuck with a beeping kt7 motherboard the refuses to POST.

does anyone have any next steps? having skimmed over those dire bios update warnings, i think i've probably voided my warranty.

are the places which specialize in dealing with problem?

thanks kindly.

 

[Technonut]

What version did you flash to? Did it show any errors when flashing? Some of the recent KT7 BIOS versions have a feature that will shut down the system if the CPU fan cuts out, or if a fan is not installed on the CPU fan header at all, (it has to be on the CPU fan header ) the system will not boot. Make sure that you have a fan installed on the CPU fan header, and give it a try if no actual errors showed up while flashing. On some of the BIOS's, the fan shut down option is enabled by default.

 

[richleader]

"(it has to be on the CPU fan header ) the system will not boot."

I did that accidentally the first time I put my kt7 together, put it on the other header right next to it. Of course, every abit board I've ever had has had a mind of its own...

 

[cupcake]

well that was interesting.

as it turns out it was the fan1 issue. that's so silly.

as a bonus, when i updated i found that weird scsi bug where it doesn't boot when set to SCSI.

back to UL for me until this is sorted out.

thanks all.

 

[Geof]

I could be wrong, but I think baring a minor miracle the only solution would be to order a new bios from Asus see here for details.

Kind Regards,
Geof