SERIOUS PROBLEM!! NEED HELP!!

[SimeonArt]

alright, I think my bios is fried but here is the situation. I have an abit kt7 (non-raid) with a duron 700 @950. I was trying to flash the bios to the WW version with that windows utility at apus hardware or something like that. when I rebooted after flashing, I get 4 long beeps and then the computer shuts down with no post or nothing. I tried to reset the bios, but it isn't working. sometimes after reseting the bios, it doesn't beep but it doesn't post either so I can't redo the bios or anything. Have I fried the bios? If I have where can I get a new eprom (or whatever there called) pretty fast? thanks for any help.

 

[loosbrew]

No beep at all - this means your motherboard is dead, either due to a defective or underpowered power supply, poorly seated CPU or RAM, or a dead-on-arrival board
One beep - board is working fine
Beeeeeep-beep-beep - this means no video card detected (or poorly seated video card)
A single tone, repeated over and over. This is a memory problem (could be the DIMM, the controller, or the CPU cache memory).
A two-tone siren, generally caused by overheating or out of specification voltages.
Rapid stream of beeps - this means a key is stuck on your keyboard, it is not properly plugged in, or the keyboard is incompatible in some way



i think you may be sol, but dont count on my opinion.

loo

*edit*did you try reseting your cmos? how about making sure your agp card is seated properly...a clip from apus hardware..

<<<<The most common cause for this is if the CPU is incorrectly seated in the motherboard. Try, try then try again! Also, if using an AGP graphics card, check it is seated correctly. Try without AGP card screwed into slot - this can sometimes cause the AGP card to rest in the slot at an angle. Again, try then try again - have you seen how fine the AGP edge connectors are?! Also try reseating your DIMMs (you may have to press them very hard into their sockets!).

Have you set the correct CPU speed in the BIOS? If not, remove your power lead from the computer case, clear the CMOS with the jumper on the motherboard and then reconnect the power. Reboot and immediately hit Delete to go into the BIOS setup. Enter SoftMenuIII and set the correct CPU speed.

Another cause of this problem can be if you have a short-circuit on your motherboard due to the way you have mounted it in your computer housing. Check the traces near your mounting studs, and generally make sure there is no contact whatsoever between the PCB and any part of the case.

Have you correctly connected the case's power switch to the &quot;Power On&quot; switch header (pins 8-9) on the PN1 header on the motherboard?

If you have tried unlocking your CPU using the &quot;pencil trick&quot;, a badly joined bridge can cause this.

Is you heat sink installed the correct way round? Most Socket A heatsinks include a &quot;notch&quot; that determines it's orientation. One user reported problems on three different installations due to the heatsink being installed the wrong way round and hence being at a slight angle and presumably either shorting out some of the bridges or failing to make contact with the CPU core.>>>>>>


good luck *edit*

 

[rempe]

Make sure tou have the cpu fan pluged in on the right fan header on the mbo.The ww bios wont boot if it dosent see a signal from the cpu fan

 

[SimeonArt]

rempe - thanks a whole heck of a bunch. that was my problem, i had the fan header plugged into the header on the left. I don't know what I would have done without you. thanks again

 

[SimeonArt]

one more thing though, now when it posts, or after it posts, it only recognizes my master harddrive on the primary ide channel, and not my dvd-rom and cd burner on the secondary ide channel. any explanation for this? windows recognizes them when it is running, and in the actual bios, it lists them, but not right after the post anymore

 

[cmv]

Do you have the IDE channels set to &quot;AUTO&quot; in the BIOS? If it is set to none the BIOS won't even look for drives on those channels.