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Help!!!!! i think i broke my new epox 8rda+
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i cant get into the bios at all
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tried reseating my ram b4 didnt work
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yes tried to flash the bios. i stated this in my previous post. for some reason it will not flash. it just says programming flash memory and then it sits there. i have waited for up to 20min for it ,but it doesnt do anything
If it gives checksum error... your bios isn't adding up.
1. Hold insert key AS you push reset button. then keep tapping insert key. may take several tries. if you watch mobo code, when it works you can see it bumps it over stuck code, usually C1 or 26.
when you see 100mhz fsb on screen, it's using bios defaults and you can use delete to reset bios
2. bios is truly scrambled and it is asking for disk with bios on it ( same disk you'd prepare for flash - no autoexec or config. etc.)
you will not see the usual flash screen as you're use to, just a blank screen... wait 2 minutes (it flashed) .... hold power button 5 sec or pull plug ...reset cmos. Repower and it will reboot.
you were almost there.
if 2 doesn't work ... that's it m8. time to but a $15 bios chip from epox or (faster) from badflash or biosworld.
1. Hold insert key AS you push reset button. then keep tapping insert key. may take several tries. if you watch mobo code, when it works you can see it bumps it over stuck code, usually C1 or 26.
when you see 100mhz fsb on screen, it's using bios defaults and you can use delete to reset bios
2. bios is truly scrambled and it is asking for disk with bios on it ( same disk you'd prepare for flash - no autoexec or config. etc.)
you will not see the usual flash screen as you're use to, just a blank screen... wait 2 minutes (it flashed) .... hold power button 5 sec or pull plug ...reset cmos. Repower and it will reboot.
you were almost there.
if 2 doesn't work ... that's it m8. time to but a $15 bios chip from epox or (faster) from badflash or biosworld.
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i dont wanna buy a new bios chip. i will probably just rma
next time, don't ever...ever put your cmos jumper on clear and boot up under power. i've seen a person go 3 months with it there but it messed up his computer bad eventually. it will total the bios (or worse) in one second or 3 months, but it will do it. always put the jumper on clear, wait ten seconds (some use 30sec but works in 2), and put jumper back to normal. all this is done with power off.
it was recoverable until you did that. your welcome. so..rma.
it was recoverable until you did that. your welcome. so..rma.
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glad to know im not the only one. i dont see how it could have gone bad since it was running good earlier that day and the both days b4 that.
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lol. now you tell meBTank said:
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i tried to restore the bios but it just sat there and said programming bios. i waited for about 20min and it didnt do anything ,so i shut it off
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