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by don_c Nov 20, 2004 last reply Nov 24, 2004 1 view

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I was updating my Bios and it didn't go well I went by the manufacture's instructions. Now all it does beep beep burp burp no video at all the light on A: drive comes on and tries to read the disk that has the bios version on but still nothing the M/B is a gigabyte P3 socket 370 has a 600 mhz intel cpu on it I e-mailed gigabyte an they gave me some stupid answer all ineed to know is how do I reinstall the bios

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by rewrite Nov 20, 2004

The m/b manufacturer is the best resource for how to recover from a failed bios update. If they cannot help then you can try the suggestions listed here:

http://www.pcmech.com/show/bios/81/2

With some bios', if the upgrade is interupted or fails the m/b will be unusable. A nice coffee table conversation piece.

Cheers.

by don_c Nov 24, 2004

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by dmiles Nov 21, 2004

You have a failed BIOS attempt,a couple of things needs to be considered.
Did you make a backup of the old Bios
Unfortunately there is not alot that can be done. Flashing a BOIS can be a MAJOR pain, the program has to be specifically for that particular motherboard, if not the BIOS can, and in most cases be rendered useless. That is what it sounds like happened in your case. You can try going to the BIOS manufacturer's site and see if they have any "saving graces". Short of that the only other thing that can be done is to replace the chip with a new one. Sorry

Using the search,type in failed bios flash and see the check some of the results.

by don_c Nov 24, 2004

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by hughiemcginley Nov 22, 2004

Bios are origional factory setting and are specific for each motherboard. They are imprinted on a chip as permanent. The user can update these settings and they can be saved as long as the bios battery is insitue and functioning properly for example the time and date. If you try to rewrite the bios by flashing them you risk corrupting this data. If it is not done properly that is. If the manufacturer has no help available you could try a chip from an older or similar board but it is unlikely that this will work. If you have bought this board recently try returning it under warranty if not buy another board and don't try flashing it. In all events put the floppy disk you tried to flash with back in the disk drive and give it another go you can't do any more harm.