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by Aniras
Wed Jun 04, 2003 4:03 am
Forum: My motherboard is dead
Topic: BIOS checksum error on EpoX 8K5A3+
Replies: 8
Views: 5342

POST Code Information

I'm not sure if this will help, but my motherboard has a LED display to show POST error codes. I looked up the code at which it stops - and all the codes preceding it - so this information might be helpful to anyone who knows what's going on during the early stages of bootup. It gets past codes C0 -...
by Aniras
Wed Jun 04, 2003 3:31 am
Forum: My motherboard is dead
Topic: BIOS checksum error on EpoX 8K5A3+
Replies: 8
Views: 5342

Not that I'm aware of. "awdflash yourbios.bin /sn /py /cd /cc /cp /f" should do it. - Can you disable on-board USB ? I've heard that can get in the way of flashing sometimes. - Can you disable all caching and shadowing ? I'm just throwing in these ideas until someone who has a clue (like Rainbow) c...
by Aniras
Tue Jun 03, 2003 6:11 am
Forum: My motherboard is dead
Topic: BIOS checksum error on EpoX 8K5A3+
Replies: 8
Views: 5342

AWDFLASH /F

If you can boot the machine and run awflash, have you tried it with the /f command line option to use the flash routine in the BIOS ? I've tried the /F option a number of ways. Instead of loading the screen as if it is going to flash the BIOS before stopping, it just sits with a blinking "Please Wa...
by Aniras
Mon Jun 02, 2003 6:35 am
Forum: My motherboard is dead
Topic: BIOS checksum error on EpoX 8K5A3+
Replies: 8
Views: 5342

BIOS checksum error on EpoX 8K5A3+

After a bad flash on my Epox 8K5A3+, I only have access to my system through the Boot BIOS. I've tried just about everything I can think of to reflash the BIOS correctly without physically taking the chip out and getting it reprogrammed or just getting a new one. I'm at wit's end, but you guys on th...