Unable to enter BIOS setup, constant search from floppy.
Posted: Tue Aug 06, 2002 1:00 pm
I've done something really stupid, after recovering my computer once using the fantastic advice from Rainbow I've now somehow killed it again!
I flashed my bios using a modified file (motherboard is a gigabyte 7zmmp (only manufactured for Time Computers!)), I'd already previously flashed it with this file (7zm bios with additional TNT2 vga module inserted using AMIBCP to sort out the onboard graphics) following Rainbows advice and at least I was able to use my computer but with a few things functioning incorrectly. To cut a long story short, my computer will not boot anymore - It attempts to boot from the floppy drive, beeping once until I put a disk in and then if it contains an AMIBOOT.ROM file gives me the four beep confirmation that it's flashed. It then simply resets and keeps doing the same until (really dangerous but the only way!) I turn off the power at the wall!!! I think I've killed it somehow but really don't want to keep trying this as I'm afraid of blowing something with a possible power surge! Any advice at all would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
Gareth.
I flashed my bios using a modified file (motherboard is a gigabyte 7zmmp (only manufactured for Time Computers!)), I'd already previously flashed it with this file (7zm bios with additional TNT2 vga module inserted using AMIBCP to sort out the onboard graphics) following Rainbows advice and at least I was able to use my computer but with a few things functioning incorrectly. To cut a long story short, my computer will not boot anymore - It attempts to boot from the floppy drive, beeping once until I put a disk in and then if it contains an AMIBOOT.ROM file gives me the four beep confirmation that it's flashed. It then simply resets and keeps doing the same until (really dangerous but the only way!) I turn off the power at the wall!!! I think I've killed it somehow but really don't want to keep trying this as I'm afraid of blowing something with a possible power surge! Any advice at all would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
Gareth.