Tried flashing...I think my BIOS is dead.

[anitract]

Man, I feel like such a noob. I have an NF7-S Rev 2. Ok, I thought I did everything right. I wanted to update my BIOS from D22 to TicTac's D23 Sub-zer0 V2. (located here).

Here is what I did:
+Put my computer back to optimized settings.
+Downloaded the mentioned file.
+Ran Flash ver. 1.21 (recommended on many sites)
+Used the instructions by Tictac himself:

Windows Method: ABIT Flash Menu
* Abit Flash Menu
* After download... install... then open it
* Click update from file.... browse and click on the bios file u want to flash with
* Flash The Bios
* After finish flashing Turn off computer, and remove powercord
* Push the power button a few times (so all capacitors in the PSU become empty)
* Move Clear CMOS jumper to clear, and let it be there 5-10mins, then move it back to normal position
* Start the computer, enter bios
* Load Bios Optimized default, save and reboot

Well I got to turning my computer back on...nothing. Just the whirl of the fans. I thought I followed the posted instructions to the T...now I think I realize what I did wrong: instead of restarting after the BIOS flashed (when prompted to), I powered off and cleared the CMOS and proceded from there. I think I misunderstood the TicTac's instructions. Is this what I did wrong...not resetting it before clearing?

Any suggestions to try to get it working? I suppose I will need to purchase a replacement BIOS chip...which I was going to do eventually anyway. But still...I just knew something like this was going to happen - I am totally accident-prone!

 

[anitract]

Heeeeellllppppp!!! *bump* Really though...anyone?

 

[Turd Furguson]

I had a bad flash also from one of the TicTac's betas. I was unable to recover from it.

edit:

You may want to leave the cmos as clearing. Remove your battery for a while then put it all back and see if that works.

 

[anitract]

Yeah, man, I felt pretty confident though...until I realized I might have errored. Still I wonder, was the BIOS flash simply bad, or did powering off instead of resetting it when I was prompted after running the Flash Menu program mess it up? If anyone knows, I would really appreciate some insight (for next time).

Last night I put the CMOS to clearing and took out the battery before bedtime. You can be sure that is the first thing I check after work.

I ended up ordering a RD1-PMC4 BIOS Savior...and I will likely get a replacement BIOS chip from eXcaliberPC.com to get me up and running again once I decide if this BIOS install is in fact toast.

 

[deception``]

The bios savior is a smart investment, but you need a bios chip with a good bios in order to get your computer up and running; in other words, a bios savior cannot save a chip that's already fubar.

 

[dustytrail69]

Thank goodness for eXcaliberPC.com. I was flashing my bios last night and, of all things, a power outage.(not very common where I live) Arghhhh... bios is hosed. Sure am glad they have replacement bios chips for the NF7 series. Mine should be here in a couple of days. -whew-
As this was just my backup computer, I didn't see the need to invest in a bios savior for this rig. Guess it wouldn't hurt to get one for future planning...
That'll teach me... heh

 

[anitract]

Well, I'm off work...bios is indeed hosed. lol I was mad at first, but now not so much. Looks like I'll be ordering the chip from excaliber after all. Can someone tell me one thing: what did I do to make this a bad BIOS flash?