BIOS Updates forum

Hi all,

Recently been given a pc to look at which doesn't seem to do anything apart from show the power lights and spin any fans. The motherboard is an MSI MS6121 and has an Award BIOS in it. tried the bootblock pin short trick and this does not help. There does not seem to be any life in the machine.

I've removed all components apart from bare essentials, have tried different CPU,RAM and power supply but to no avail. Is this mobo now an ugly doorstop?

Any help on this prob will be greatly appreciated

Ninja_Pirate

One of the possibilities is a corrupt BIOS. Try hotflashing the chip on another working board (doesn't have to be identical).

Thanks,
i flashed my BIOS and another (known working) chip using uniflash but the board still does not get to POST. im running out of ideas i did notice that when i turn the computer off using the power switch all the leds flash (probably nothing but i've never known any of my computers to flash their leds when shut down).