Nuked 9NpA+ Ultra with bios flash

[bozack]

well I am kicking myself as I said I wasn't going to bother with flashing the bios as the system was fine however I just discovered that magic bios utility and decided why not test it out....flashed the bios and restarted the system only to discover that I could no longer boot...reflashed back to the older bios and the problem persisted...tried booting in safe mode only to have it hand at MUP or something...oh well trying a repair now on windows.

 

[bozack]

well this is weird, upon running a reinstall over XP my setup screen just started flashing over and over again...taking the advice from another board I tried unplugging my USB mouse and viola it continued on...too bad I didn't read that first as it could have been my issue all along...strange though

 

[imported_Kensai]

Poor, poor motherboard.

 

[bozack]

well after unplugging the mouse all seems ok so far, just waiting to see if this reinstall works out but I am getting hard drive activity...I guess it was time for this mouse to go but that was one of the oddest things I have seen to date. TG for this laptop I have or else I would be sunk

 

[Bulldog101598]

What magic BIOS utility?

 

[mdubrow]

Originally posted by: Bulldog101598
What magic BIOS utility?

Magic BIOS is the name of Epox's Windows-based BIOS update utility.

 

[imported_Husky55]

bozack, sorry to hear about your problem, dude.

I have NEVER used Windows Flash or Magic Flash. I use AWDFLASH in DOS.

But, honestly, I don' think that is your problem. When you flashed the BIOS, you lose your settings (not always but quite often) so I always get into BIOS after a flash and check my settings before loading Windows.

In you case, your USB mouse and legacy USB were disabled.

 

[Bulldog101598]

Originally posted by: mdubrow

Originally posted by: Bulldog101598
What magic BIOS utility?

Magic BIOS is the name of Epox's Windows-based BIOS update utility.

Oh, that sounds dangerous. It's so easy to make a boot diskette with UPDATE an RESTORE on it, too. Why bother trying to flash in Windows?

 

[eek2121]

ALWAYS ALWAYS ALWAYS clear your CMOS settings following a BIOS flash. My system appeared to be nuked from a BIOS flash until i actually set the CMOS jumper to the clear position out of desperation, (the PC wasn't even POSTing, just a black screen.) After clearing CMOS settings, things roared to life, which now leaves only my mouse issue.

 

[Bulldog101598]

Originally posted by: eek2121
ALWAYS ALWAYS ALWAYS clear your CMOS settings following a BIOS flash. My system appeared to be nuked from a BIOS flash until i actually set the CMOS jumper to the clear position out of desperation, (the PC wasn't even POSTing, just a black screen.) After clearing CMOS settings, things roared to life, which now leaves only my mouse issue.

Will a USB to PS2 convertor on the mouse solve the mouse problem?

 

[bozack]

Originally posted by: Bulldog101598

Will a USB to PS2 convertor on the mouse solve the mouse problem?

in theory I would assume it would...

Honestly on my second attempt at a flash it didn't happen with the mouse so I don't know...all I know is the new bios version for some reason isn't working on my machine and I have read from others that they have problems as well...

seeing as I don't need this revision I think I will take a pass, but I hope that this doesn't mean problems down the road.

 

[bozack]

Originally posted by: eek2121
ALWAYS ALWAYS ALWAYS clear your CMOS settings following a BIOS flash. My system appeared to be nuked from a BIOS flash until i actually set the CMOS jumper to the clear position out of desperation, (the PC wasn't even POSTing, just a black screen.) After clearing CMOS settings, things roared to life, which now leaves only my mouse issue.

I have never had to hard clear bios settings after a flash...

 

[Bulldog101598]

Originally posted by: bozack

Originally posted by: eek2121
ALWAYS ALWAYS ALWAYS clear your CMOS settings following a BIOS flash. My system appeared to be nuked from a BIOS flash until i actually set the CMOS jumper to the clear position out of desperation, (the PC wasn't even POSTing, just a black screen.) After clearing CMOS settings, things roared to life, which now leaves only my mouse issue.

I have never had to hard clear bios settings after a flash...

Ya, and the EPoX FAQs say to just go into BIOS and Restore Defaults after a new flash.

 

[Dave Sz]

Always set your BIOS to default settings BEFORE and AFTER a flash.