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by Aquinus
Wed Nov 22, 2006 9:57 pm
Forum: My motherboard is dead
Topic: Dead Bios - MSI x975 Platinum Powerup Edition
Replies: 5
Views: 6852

I got a new bios chip from MSI and threw it in my motherboard but it still doesn't work. Could the BIOS I flashed on the board have changed the voltage to something like the chipset and caused it to malfunction in some way shape or form? Or should I try to find someone with an EPROM Programmer and s...
by Aquinus
Wed Nov 22, 2006 4:25 pm
Forum: My motherboard is dead
Topic: Dead Bios - MSI x975 Platinum Powerup Edition
Replies: 5
Views: 6852

Just tried to use UniFlash, but it couldn't detect my BIOS chip so I couldn't write to it. Does it no support nForce 4 Chipsets or 1Mb BIOS ROMs?
by Aquinus
Wed Nov 22, 2006 4:06 pm
Forum: My motherboard is dead
Topic: Dead P5N-SLI after EzFlash lock-up
Replies: 3
Views: 4258

Got same problem. You need a new bios chip or another board to hotflash your bios. Sorry. :( Try Uniflash. Thats what I need to resort to and I'm about to do it right now. I'll let you know how it turns out. Edit: Tried it, I guess it can't detect BIOSes under an nForce 4 chipset? It said unknown an...
by Aquinus
Sat Nov 18, 2006 11:08 pm
Forum: My motherboard is dead
Topic: Dead P5N-SLI after EzFlash lock-up
Replies: 3
Views: 4258

Did you try making a boot floppy with the autoexec.bat saying: (flashutil) (bios image) /py/sn/f/cc/r ? (for example "AWFL865.exe w7246ims.720 /py/sn/f/cc/r" without "")? Does your comp try to read the floppy drive even though it doesn't post?
by Aquinus
Sat Nov 18, 2006 8:48 pm
Forum: My motherboard is dead
Topic: Dead Bios - MSI x975 Platinum Powerup Edition
Replies: 5
Views: 6852

Dead Bios - MSI x975 Platinum Powerup Edition

--Award Bios-- I have a (as said above) MSI 975x Platinum Powerup Edition Mobo. I accidently flashed the bios for the regular 975x plat mobo, and now I don't get a post screen. I have 2 ways of fixing it but they both failed. I first tried to hot-flash it using another board that uses the same bios ...