HELP! Flashed Bios NOW DEAD! WITH FIX!
Posted: Fri Dec 29, 2006 11:19 pm
I SOLVED THIS PROBLEM, LOOK AT POST #4 TO SEE HOW I DID IT.
I downloaded the Abit Flashmenu to flash my bios. I'm using an Abit sr7-8x motherboard with ami bios. When trying to flash to the latest bios i recieved an error message stating it could not complete. i tried this a few times and got the same error message.
After rebooting my machine to see if that would fix the issue. My computer no longer boots at all. Is the bios completely lost? I keep getting 8 short beeps. a pause and then 8 short beeps, this continues until i manually shut it down. Black screen opti mouse not lit up no lights on keyboard. How do I fix this?
I knew I shouldnt have run the abit flash bios.
Can someone please help me?
I've tried the options given on this page http://fae.abit.com.tw/eng/faq/qa/2002/2002073001.htm for trying to boot, but it didnt help. I found a site that said
--""8 Short Beeps Your video card isn't working. Make sure it is seated well in the bus. If it still beeps, either the whole card is bad or the memory on it is. Best bet is to install another video card.""--
BUT, i've never had a problem with my video card. Didnt have any problems until trying to update my bios. Someone please help me....
Abit sr7-8x motherboard
P4 2.4b cpu
Ati Radeon 9800 pro 128mb video
onboard sound AC97 I believe
maxtor 40g hard drive
1g memory
AMI BIOS
Yes I have, I unplugged the atx cables from the motherboard ...removed the battery and moved the cmos pins to discharge for more than 10 minutes.
Edited........
Since then:
I have replaced the hard drive. Didnt change anything.
I have replaced the video card since the 8 beeps was supposively a warning that something was wrong with the video card or video card memory. Didnt change anything.
I tried hooking a different monitor up, didnt change anything.
I removed the battery from the motherboard and tried to start it up, still 8 beeps.
I romoved the RAM from the motherboard and started it and it gave me 3 long beeps.
I did something to screw the bios up and now the computer will not load the bios at all. Just black screen and 8 short beeps..a pause then 8 short beeps...continuously until i shut it down manually.
I'm posting on my first post my pc specs since i forgot to do that.
I don't think its my video card (since i've tried two different ones), if the 8 beeps are an explination to what the problem is (read/write error to video card memory). I would be more likely to believe that there is a bios setting that is wrong, if there is still a bios at all on my motherboard. The problem is it wont get past the black screen and 8 short beeps for me to adjust any of the settings in the bios.
I believe that "FLASHMENU" deleted my old bios before trying to update to the new one. Is there any possibility that I have no bios at all on my motherboard? And if thats the case what do I do now?
I downloaded the Abit Flashmenu to flash my bios. I'm using an Abit sr7-8x motherboard with ami bios. When trying to flash to the latest bios i recieved an error message stating it could not complete. i tried this a few times and got the same error message.
After rebooting my machine to see if that would fix the issue. My computer no longer boots at all. Is the bios completely lost? I keep getting 8 short beeps. a pause and then 8 short beeps, this continues until i manually shut it down. Black screen opti mouse not lit up no lights on keyboard. How do I fix this?
I knew I shouldnt have run the abit flash bios.
Can someone please help me?
I've tried the options given on this page http://fae.abit.com.tw/eng/faq/qa/2002/2002073001.htm for trying to boot, but it didnt help. I found a site that said
--""8 Short Beeps Your video card isn't working. Make sure it is seated well in the bus. If it still beeps, either the whole card is bad or the memory on it is. Best bet is to install another video card.""--
BUT, i've never had a problem with my video card. Didnt have any problems until trying to update my bios. Someone please help me....
Abit sr7-8x motherboard
P4 2.4b cpu
Ati Radeon 9800 pro 128mb video
onboard sound AC97 I believe
maxtor 40g hard drive
1g memory
AMI BIOS
Yes I have, I unplugged the atx cables from the motherboard ...removed the battery and moved the cmos pins to discharge for more than 10 minutes.
Edited........
Since then:
I have replaced the hard drive. Didnt change anything.
I have replaced the video card since the 8 beeps was supposively a warning that something was wrong with the video card or video card memory. Didnt change anything.
I tried hooking a different monitor up, didnt change anything.
I removed the battery from the motherboard and tried to start it up, still 8 beeps.
I romoved the RAM from the motherboard and started it and it gave me 3 long beeps.
I did something to screw the bios up and now the computer will not load the bios at all. Just black screen and 8 short beeps..a pause then 8 short beeps...continuously until i shut it down manually.
I'm posting on my first post my pc specs since i forgot to do that.
I don't think its my video card (since i've tried two different ones), if the 8 beeps are an explination to what the problem is (read/write error to video card memory). I would be more likely to believe that there is a bios setting that is wrong, if there is still a bios at all on my motherboard. The problem is it wont get past the black screen and 8 short beeps for me to adjust any of the settings in the bios.
I believe that "FLASHMENU" deleted my old bios before trying to update to the new one. Is there any possibility that I have no bios at all on my motherboard? And if thats the case what do I do now?