my pc is dead

Hot-swapping and Boot-Block flash & Boot block flash and floppy support
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tawfeek
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i tried to update my bios using awdflash.exe i have got from http://www.unicore.com/. during the installtion i was asked to enter a file path wich i didnt have and i just left it empty. since then my computer dosnt work, black screen and strange beeps one lone beep and two fast short.
my bois information are:
bios type:Award modular bios v4.51pg
bios date: 06/11/96
bios id: 6/11/96-i430vx-2a59gz19c-00
oem sign-on:5dvx ver:1.0 1/07/96
super i/o:vmg/itc 8669 rev 0 found at port 108h
chipeset intel triton 430vx rev2
os: ms win98se ver 4.10.2222a
cpu type p54c 132 mhz
bios rom in socket
memory installed 47mb

thaks for your help
ajzchips
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Use this BIOS here:
http://mobokive.dyndns.org/Archive/Zida/bios/5dvx/

...to revive your system, but read our recovery techniques first.
tawfeek
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hi again
here is what i have done and im still having the same symptoms
1. bootable DOS diskette image from www.abitfaq.it/Files/drdflash.exe .
2.Use this BIOS http://mobokive.dyndns.org/Archive/Zida/bios/5dvx/ .
3.wrote an autoexec.bat file
@echo off
cls
awdflash 5DVX_19U.bin
but still having the same problem, black screen , one long beep followed by two short.
ajzchips
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Should have added the /Py /Sn switches to the command line.
tawfeek
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still the same
Rainbow
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Does it really boot from the floppy? Try UniFlash: "uniflash -e 5dvx_19u.bin".
Patched and tested BIOSes are at http://wims.rainbow-software.org
UniFlash - Flash anything anywhere
tawfeek
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im sure that its really boot from the floppy, i tried to use uuniflash -e 5dvx_19u.bin commad and i heard a contiues beep. and nothing moves.
KachiWachi
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Probably not the best place to ask this (pardons to the thread author), but I've seen this here before...someone doesn't put in a filename to flash, and the board is dead after AWDFLASH exits. What gives here? Is AWDFLASH actually doing something then and not quitting gracefully, thus destroying the currently installed BIOS??
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Could be it doesn't validate the file name before it wipes the current BIOS?
Flash your BIOS at your own risk.
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