ASUS A7A266 dead after flash ( not even my PC ! :-( )

[Alberto]

Guys ,

I flashed a bios this morning ( have done so a lot of times - always without trouble ! ) but now the PC wont start up anymore . No screen and no beeps at all !
I flashed it with the winflash utility asus provides - but whatever bios version i used - it couldnt verify the flash ( 3rd step ) . Even after i flashed back the original bios - it wouldnt verify it . I then closed the program and tried to restart the pc - but it wouldnt shut down windows properly - so i did a hard reset. Well now the pc wont boot no more . I tried making that bootfloppy with the 3 files - but it doesnt seem to access the floppy drive at all ! Tried removing the battery ( and power cable ) for a few minutes as well . What can i do now ?

System specs :

ASUS A7A266 MB ( Bios chip says Phoenix )
AWARD Bios


If there is any more info you need - let me know !

Thanks already ,

Albert

[NickS]

Is the BIOS chip in a socket? (by the switchpack?)

[Alberto]

Yes it is sitting in a socket - i already removed it once and put it back ( which obviously didnt help either )

Albert

[mrokarvi]

I have exact same problem. Exect same morther board. If anyone can help. I will really appreicate. Thanks

[NickS]

Oops. I don't know why I forgot to reply to Alberto - sorry.

With a removable chip you can get it reprogrammed anywhere you can find a chip programming service, try hot-flashing in another motherboard that has the same BIOS socket, or get a replacement chip from www.badflash.com or similar. You could build or buy an EPROM programming board that will fit in another PC, such as c't-flasher.