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- Thu Sep 11, 2003 10:28 pm
- Forum: My motherboard is dead
- Topic: dead motherboard
- Replies: 15
- Views: 8053
All's well that ends well
Dear Everybody, I got it :-) I found an electronics workshop and for just 6 euros (about six bucks) got me motherboard in working order again. I made them apply the rom suggested by rainbow and not I have computer up and running again. Besides it recognizes the full 80Gb. I had to use another chip t...
- Tue Sep 09, 2003 7:01 pm
- Forum: My motherboard is dead
- Topic: dead motherboard
- Replies: 15
- Views: 8053
What I did
Dear Group, After I read the messages I saw that I made again a mistake. I got for a few days my brothers computer that happened to have a 440lx chipset , what I did was to remove the bios chip from that system and try to boot my old system (the one with the 440bx) with it, it did not work as wisely...
- Wed Sep 03, 2003 10:08 pm
- Forum: My motherboard is dead
- Topic: dead motherboard
- Replies: 15
- Views: 8053
Hot flashing woes
Dear Group, I have tried unsuccessfully to hot swap the flash bios. I guess the problem is the bios chip I got is from another motherboard and in this motherboard the chipset version is different. In the first system, the one non-working the chipset was 440bx and in the new one was 440LX, when I tri...
- Thu Aug 28, 2003 5:39 pm
- Forum: My motherboard is dead
- Topic: dead motherboard
- Replies: 15
- Views: 8053
I'll try the hot-swapping
Dear Rainbow,
Thank you very much for the advice. I will try to hot-swapping the bios chip. I have checked the procedure in the FAQ and hope that if I get a similiar system I coud success.
Thanks.
Thank you very much for the advice. I will try to hot-swapping the bios chip. I have checked the procedure in the FAQ and hope that if I get a similiar system I coud success.
Thanks.
- Wed Aug 27, 2003 7:40 pm
- Forum: My motherboard is dead
- Topic: dead motherboard
- Replies: 15
- Views: 8053
I think I did all wrong
Hello Rainwob,
As a matter of fact the program said that the file size didnt match the rom size, so I guess I ruined my chances of making it work.
As a matter of fact the program said that the file size didnt match the rom size, so I guess I ruined my chances of making it work.
- Wed Aug 27, 2003 3:52 pm
- Forum: My motherboard is dead
- Topic: dead motherboard
- Replies: 15
- Views: 8053
dead motherboard
Dear Everybody, I ruined my computer. I wonder if there's something I can do to solve it. This is what I did. I had a 80gb hd I wanted to install, then I found out I had an award 4.51pg bios that needed upgrading. The string at the bottom of the screen said, i440BX-W977TF-ATC-6220C-00 I did search t...