[ubuntu] Re: [OT] flashing mobo bios failed...

[Steve!]

Pleased you got sorted, Keep that floppy handy in case it ever happens again 
:)

Steve!

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mikael Backman" <mback99 at glocalnet.net>
To: "Ubuntu user technical support,not for general discussions" 
<ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
Sent: Friday, August 22, 2008 10:16 AM
Subject: [ubuntu] Re: [OT] flashing mobo bios failed...


> Steven Davies-Morris skrev:
>> Karl Larsen wrote:
>>
>>> Michael "TheZorch" Haney wrote:
>>>
>>>> Graham Watkins wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> The following info may be useful. I once messed up my bios when
>>>>>  trying to install a graphics card.  I was advised to locate a
>>>>> jumper on the board, remove it for a few seconds and then
>>>>> replace it.  This had the effect of restoring my bios to
>>>>> factory settings and permitted me to recover the system.  Check
>>>>>  out your motherboard's manual to find out if and where such a
>>>>> jumper exists. I don't know if it will work for a failed flash
>>>>> upgrade but it must be worth a try.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> No, it won't.  Take it from a guy who's A+ Certified, that only
>>>> works to clear out BIOS settings in CMOS memory, but not the
>>>> actually BIOS itself.  A failed flash of the BIOS will brick just
>>>>  about anything and many times the manufacturer can't fix it
>>>> unless the BIOS chip itself is replaceable.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>> This discussion has gone on too long from people who really do not
>>> know what they have said. I have upgraded my BIOS at least twice.
>>> They said initially to use a floppy disk but last time after I told
>>>  them it works they said you can put it on a cd-rom too. On the web
>>>  Page where I got the updates is a d/l of the whole BIOS by number.
>>>  You need the number you have because the motherboard was made to
>>> fit it. If you d/l the whole BIOS you can apply it to your BIOS
>>> e-prom and then it will work again. I suggest that you do this.
>>> Then you can use the computer.
>>>
>>> Karl
>>>
>>
>> Not if the BIOS has been royally buggered to where the system won't
>> boot far enough (or at all) to allow loading off floppy/CD/etc. As
>> Michael pointed out if there's already been a failed BIOS flash then
>> the OP is SOL because that particular BIOS chip is a gonna. It will
>> now have to be recloned from ground zero using factory tools. "Been
>> there, done that."
>>
>
>  I contacted MSI  and could download a msdos utility and a bios data
> file which I copied to a floppy.. Then I removed the battery on the mobo
> to reset the cmos..  Tho mobo booted nicely from the mobo..  I let it
> work for 10 minutes , restarted and Voila!
> Thanx for helpful  replies..  :)
>
> /Mikael
>
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