Today I decided to upgrade my bios with the help of the Asus Flash
Bios software in XP. I let it download the newst software and bios.
Then I let it flash the new bios and reboot. Then nothing happend for
about 25minutes. I tried to reboot it again. Just a black screen
appeared. ?
I tried to run the Asus recovery CD with the org. bios. Not luck. Iv
reset the bios by the jumper. Still I cant get access to the bios.
The Ide drives spins up allright. Im running a tft monitor on a Radeon
9200 AGP with DVI.
Iv also tried an CRT monitor connected to the bulit in vga card.
No luck.
How the h... do I get Access to the bios again????
Please help
Dan
Reach into your wallet and remove $25 in currency.
Visit
www.badflash.com
The safest way to flash the BIOS, is via MSDOS boot floppy and
a copy of the flashing program (AFUDOS211.zip). The BIOS can
be found on the download page as well.
Read the warnings next to each BIOS release. Click the "More" button
to read the release notes for the BIOS. For example, there is no
point in using the Windows flasher, if you are specifically
warned not to use it. That is why, visiting the download page
is a good idea, no matter what flasher you use.
http://www.asus.com.tw/support/download/item.aspx?ModelName=P4P800-VM&Type=All&SLanguage=en-us
Now that it is messed up, you need to remove the PLCC flash BIOS
chip from its socket. This Radio Shack tool makes the removal
easy ($10). Make careful note of the orientation. The chip will
have a dot on it, and it likely lines up with a triangle on the
PLCC socket. Don't remove the chip, until you have the replacement
chip in hand. Push the new chip into the socket with your thumb,
being careful to push down on all side equally, until the chip is
seated. The amount of force required, might make this safer to do
with the motherboard out of the case, and supported underneath the
flash chip socket area. (Virgin sockets are a tight fit.)
http://www.radioshack.com/product.asp?catalog_name=CTLG&product_id=276-2101
The Radio Shack tool fits underneath the diagonal corners of the
chip, and allows you to pull up on it. Try to pull up equally, to
avoid bending any pins. The chip removal can be done with a pointed
tool, but the PLCC remover makes it a lot easier.
Read the section here on PLCCs.
http://www.badflash.com/removbio.htm
Note that there is nothing really wrong with the old chip. If you
have the patience, you can save some money by sending the old
chip in, and having it reflashed ($18 reprogramming charge versus
$25 to have a new programmed chip sent to you, but there would
be shipping charge on your end as well). You may even find that a
local computer store can do the reflash, but I have no idea what
they would charge.
There are other fiddly methods, but they hardly ever work for people.
Do some Googling for "hot flash" or "boot block" flashing, if
you really think one of those methods are going to work for you.
Paul
