- Oct 21, 2000
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Yesterday at 1AM I found myself in quite a predicament. I am hoping you guys can help me out.
I ordered a new TB XP2100 chip and so to prepare my Soyo Dragon Plus! SY-K7V I downloaded the latest bios and flashed it. That was two days ago. Funny thing is, they date the bios in an odd manner. The bios date is actually 1/7/03 but they put 1/22/03 yesterday so I thought it was a new version. So I downloaded and before I flashed I read the small print.
It said
"Note:
Please clear the CMOS battery after flashing this bios or Add the "/cc" option.
i.e. awdflash k7vxa2ba6.bin /sn /py /cc"
The first time I did it (two days ago) I didn't do this but it didn't matter. Flash was successful. So last night I flashed and used the switches. Successful again, press F1 to restart. Then the trouble began.
BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP BEEEP BEEP, shuts down.
I turned on power again, same thing.
So I opened up the case, removed power, and cleared CMOS jumper. I started it up again. This time a different song.
BEEEEEEP, BEEP, BEEEP, BEEEP, shut down, starts up again (by itself). I guess you could call it a reboot but it sounds more like a true power down, power up.
What is going on? I haven't installed the chip (didn't get it yet), no changes in ANY hardware.
Question 2:
If I get a new MB and RAM, is it possible to install it without reformatting Windows XP? I know XP and 2K hate it when you install a new MB but I really don't to spend the next week reinstalling all my programs and configuring them.
I ordered a new TB XP2100 chip and so to prepare my Soyo Dragon Plus! SY-K7V I downloaded the latest bios and flashed it. That was two days ago. Funny thing is, they date the bios in an odd manner. The bios date is actually 1/7/03 but they put 1/22/03 yesterday so I thought it was a new version. So I downloaded and before I flashed I read the small print.
It said
"Note:
Please clear the CMOS battery after flashing this bios or Add the "/cc" option.
i.e. awdflash k7vxa2ba6.bin /sn /py /cc"
The first time I did it (two days ago) I didn't do this but it didn't matter. Flash was successful. So last night I flashed and used the switches. Successful again, press F1 to restart. Then the trouble began.
BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP BEEEP BEEP, shuts down.
I turned on power again, same thing.
So I opened up the case, removed power, and cleared CMOS jumper. I started it up again. This time a different song.
BEEEEEEP, BEEP, BEEEP, BEEEP, shut down, starts up again (by itself). I guess you could call it a reboot but it sounds more like a true power down, power up.
What is going on? I haven't installed the chip (didn't get it yet), no changes in ANY hardware.
Question 2:
If I get a new MB and RAM, is it possible to install it without reformatting Windows XP? I know XP and 2K hate it when you install a new MB but I really don't to spend the next week reinstalling all my programs and configuring them.