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I need to get the bios chip for my Asus A7N8X Deluxe reflashed. Can anyone reccommend someone (in the uk)?
I was having some probs while upgrading to a newer cpu, I didnt realise the bios had to be updated in order for the barton core to work on an A7N8X. Even before having the chance to update, it died on me after adjusting the fsb settings in the bios.
I read that the nforce chipset bios has probs when it has to deal with settings it doesnt like. Now I have the dreaded black screen and it wont go. Have tried most solutions including the agent smith one, and others i have come across on the net, apart from the duron trick and hotswapping as i dont have the resources to do this.
If anyone has any other solutions I would be very grateful.
A new board because of a needed bios flash ???
No way!Look into the yellow pages for the next computer shops in your area and ask if they can do that and what they want for it.
I was just before that step a few years ago and it would have cost much less than a new board!
If that's not possible (what reason ever) you can also buy the bios chip seperately!In my case after the update my 1,2GHz Athlon was suddenly set to 1,6GHz and that was a bit too much. Before driving into the next town I reconnected it a last time and cold as it was I was just able to change the fsb to 100MHz and save before it froze again. But then it started!
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Geez dude, just flash the BIOS yourself...there's nothing to it.
If you're having problems because your current settings are wrong, pull the power cord & remove the board's coin battery. Leave it out for a minute or 2, pop it back in & you should be able to bootup again.
Flashing the BIOS on your board is very simple...the Asus flash utility is built in. All you have to do is download the new BIOS file from the Asus website & copy it to a floppy disk. Bootup & press < ALT + F2 > to fire up the flash program. Pop in the floppy & type in the name of the new BIOS file (1010.BIN for example)...press < ENTER > & it will ask if you want to save the old one...press < Y > & give it a name (OLDBIOS.BIN). It will then ask if you want to program...hit < Y > again & let it do it's thing. That's all there is to it!
Asus A7N8X-X
1800+ @8x210mhz
512mb PC3200
Ti4200/8X 128mb
WDC 60GB
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No I think he is saying he already hosed the flash and needs a new chip installed. At least that is how I read it.
That is why I said get a new board.
Jimi_l
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Just because you get a black screen after powering up does not necessarily mean a bios problem. It could be a defective motherboard, CPU, power supply and a host of other things.
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If you read his other post, he claims "I build about 10 pc's at work everyday so I know how to handle them"
http://www.computing.net/hardware/wwwboard/forum/30659.html
That's 50 PCs a week...I don't even build that many in a year!
Anyhow, it seems to me that he just "over-overclocked" & has to reset the BIOS so that he can try again. Like I said in the other post...someone that builds that many PCs a day should know all this stuff.
He should be the one answering OUR questions, not the other way around! LOL!
Asus A7N8X-X
1800+ @8x210mhz
512mb PC3200
Ti4200/8X 128mb
WDC 60GB
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Thanks for your replies.
But I need to make a couple of points though:
1) Free Weasel and Jimi_l were the only two that had anything useful to say.
People come on forums like these to get help with problems, not to hear smart arse comments from people like Jam. Jam brought up the point of me building computers in my last post.
10 pc's may seem like a lot to you, but for our company it's nothing, we build and ship high-end pc's and graphics stations worldwide on a daily basis.2)Just because you build pc's doesnt mean
you encounter every problem that ever exists, so sometimes you need help from other people, which is why I came here.Now, if Jam had read the post correctly, he/she would know that the problem was probably caused by not updating the bios before putting in a new cpu as i mentioned (NOT overclocking).
I have tried everything I can think of doing. All the major components have been tested in another system, so it's definetely a prob with the mobo. I have also cleared cmos.
Like I said, I read nforce has some bios probs.
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I'll stand by my original statement....
get a new board.
Surely you must have one at work that you can at least try and probably get a good deal on as well.
Jimi_l
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If you are convinced that you need a new bios chip, check the following sites. Personally I think you are making a mistake.
I hope I'm wrong.www.badflash.com
www.flashbios.org
www.mrbios.com
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Did you try clearing the CMOS using the onboard jumper while the machine is unplugged? Even if you hosed your BIOS flash you can but a new BIOS chip for about $25. Pretty hard to hose it though. Either power off in the middle or use the wrong files.
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Hey beansprout,
If you go back to your original post you'll see that you only got one response...guess who it was from?
I gave you a shot because you proclaimed that you build 10 PCs a day & know what you're doing....yet you can't even pull off a simple CPU swap & don't know the correct speed of the CPU you're installing?? Now you're saying that you work for a major company that builds numerous PCs daily & ships them all over the world.
My question to you is, why do you have to post questions in a computer forum? There must be dozens of techies at your place of business who are much more qualified to answer these questions than any of us. Certainly if your business builds 100's, if not 1000's of PCs a month, you must run into BIOS problems occasionally?? You mean to tell us that there wasn't a single person at work who could help you with this?
BTW, what is the "Agent Smith solution"? Wasn't that a character from the Matrix?
And how about this "Duron trick" you mentioned?
Please enlighten me, I'm here to learn too.
Asus A7N8X-X
1800+ @8x210mhz
512mb PC3200
Ti4200/8X 128mb
WDC 60GB
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The bios chip is the plcc (socket) type so it can be removed, just need to be very careful not to bend the pins, and remember the orientation.
It certainly isn't a common problem, but it seems to be the only answer at the moment.
I could just go out and get a new board but it just seems ridiculous, it is a great board thats never givien probs before.
For those of you that would like to know about the agent smith method and the duron trick, you can find the info here:
http://www.nforcershq.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=15104
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Beansprout
There is another method that is not for the faint of heart. Hot swapping the BIOS chips with another operational board, with an identical BIOS. Have never done this myself and don't know all the details but I do know that the old chip can be repaired in this manner.
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Something else to note. Many nForce2 MBs are available with dual chips because of this issue. Mwave.com used to sell an add in called BIOS Savior. Like a second BIOS chip. Just check Mwave's site, that savior is designed for Intel chipsets.
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Cheers ham30, visited flashbios.org and the guy was able to help me out.
I sent my chip to him, (in the Netherlands) along with the latest bios version on floppy, and he was able to reprogram the chip.
Whole thing took about 7 days, and cost only 5 quid, 7 if you include postage.
My pc is up and running better than ever.
I'm glad I didnt fork out another 60 quid for a new mobo.
Flashbios.org is highly reccomended for those of you with bios probs!
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