Erase Chip Fail - Biostar M5ATC

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tivanac
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When i start my compyuter i get "Unknown flash type" message and afters when i install driver for my tnt2 grafic card on restart my screen become blank. I try to flash bios with varios memory writers and atc0708b bios but i always get "Erase Chip Fail" message. It's biostar m5atc motherboard. What more can i do?
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Is there an option to enable/disable BIOS updates in the CMOS setup?
Is there a jumper that does the same? (check manual)
What type of BIOS chip do you have? (look at the chip)
Flash your BIOS at your own risk.
tivanac
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I've looked in Cmos setup and motherboard but there isn't such a option. I have Award chip (pci/pnp 586). Does anybody know where can i buy a new one, can't find it on biostar page.
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soupy wrote:What type of BIOS chip do you have? (look at the chip)
That means, "pull back the Award sticker and tell us what writing is underneath on the chip."
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The numbers on bios chip are
MX T9748
28F1000PPC - 12
M2111
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Well, that looks like a 12V 1Mbit flash ROM to me. The manual, as you say, does not mention any jumpers or CMOS settings to enable.

Can you get into CMOS settings ? If so, is system BIOS shadow enabled ? Try turning this off when you flash.
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I try that but the result is the same. Thanks for the tip maybe you now somthing else about this problem that I can do.
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What happened with the PC just before the "Unknown flash type" message started appearing ?
Does the message appear every time you start the PC or when flashing ?
Does it appear before the memory count screen, on the memory count screen , or after the memory count screen ?
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The message appeared after I tryed to flash bios, after the memory count screen before windows logo screen.
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