Update : Any way to flash a bios without a CPU present?

[flxnimprtmscl]

So I just sold the e6320 that was in my htpc and threw my e5200 in there. Hooked it all back up and it boots up and then turns off like the cold boot issue. Then boots up and then turns off, then boots up and turns off, rinse and repeat. You get the idea. No bios, no post, no nothing. Cleared the cmos and that didn't help. So, any ideas?

Update: The board just hates 45nm chips. I'm ashamed to say the IP35-e has the original bios. I pulled the e5200 out and it booted up without the weird reboot issue. No post obviously.

I then put the e5200 back in my IP35-Pro with the latest bios and it worked fine. So, obviously the IP35-E needs a bios update to support this chip but... I don't have a 65nm chip laying around. Anything I can do about this?

 

[Zap]

Nope, you need the CPU to flash the BIOS.

 

[chess9]

Back in the old days couldn't you put a bios chip in another computer and flash it?

-Robert

 

[mpilchfamily]

Yeah but most bios chips now are soldered dirrectly to the board now. Also it would have to be a similar board to the one it came from. You gotta have CPU and RAM to flash the bios.

 

[Denithor]

Which is why we always update our BIOS before upgrading our CPU to the "latest & greatest" - without the update the newest often isn't recognized and without the old chip you're outa luck for a BIOS flash.

Do you have access to any older s775 chips (friends, family, etc who would let you "borrow" their system for a day while you flash your mobo)? Pretty much anything 65nm should work (or even maybe the old 90nm chips - check the cpu compatibility list).

 

[frostedflakes]

You might read up on hotflashing. It's a bit risky, though, you'd have to be careful not to short any of the legs on the BIOS chips while swapping them out.

Or just buy a cheap Celeron or something to boot the system up for flashing. As Denithor mentioned, maybe borrow one from somebody.

 

[flxnimprtmscl]

It's not that big of a deal. I've got a Q6600 that will be here in a few days I should be able to use that to flash since it's 65nm. Thanks for the responses guys.

 

[dbcooper1]

Where are you located? I keep a celeron 460 I use for that.

 

[flxnimprtmscl]

Corvallis, OR