BIOS Updates forum

I flashed a motherboard with a BIOS I bought from esupport.com. The BIOS was for a similar board and I thought I would be ok. The chipsets are the same except a revision number. The peripheral chipsets are the same except a revision number. The ports for the peripheral chipsets are the same.

I have a dead board now. I can't remember if BIOS shadow ram was turned on. The new code verified.

I've now took off the chip and I'm putting on a socket. I have a spare chip thats identical with the BIOS I bought. I waiting for a diagnostic card.

Do you think that shadow ram has made the BIOS blank or is the BIOS incompatible?

"Similiar" is not "exact".

You should go back to the original BIOS and work forward from there.

Thanks.

I've got a Athlon board I could use to program by hot swapping. It won't boot to Windows with my usual drive even though I installed the VIA old 4 in 1 drivers. Any idea why? It should be installing drivers during booting as it detects new hardware. Without the drivers the keyboard can't be used. I'm sure the drivers are the right ones.