Hi,
I am hoping some one can help me as I have spent days trying to Google any help for my problem and apologise for the long post.
I have an old computer with an ECS 945G-M3 motherboard.
I wanted to upgrade the CPU to a Core2 Duo and I purchased a new CPU.
Unfortunately when I inserted the said CPU it was not recognised by the motherboard and the system failed to start, Fans spin but no video. I looked up on the ECS website and found that there was a BIOS update which was needed to recognise the new CPU.
I downloaded the new BIOS and Started to Flash the BIOS in DOS, it started flashing fine and all seemed OK and the computer rebooted.
Unfortunately when the computer rebooted the fans spin and no video.
I decided to see if the new CPU was Faulty so I replaced it with the old CPU which I know was working fine but still only fans spin and blank video.
It seems as if I have a bad BIOS Flash, first time this has happened to me in 10 years
I knew the BIOS was Phoenix-Award so I have been trying to recover the BIOS using the Phoenix Recovery Tool and although I have followed the instructions from the Recovery Tool I cannot get the recovery to work. I am using a Floppy disk and when the Computer boots the Floppy Drive “Clicks” but nothing happens
I think that the correct keys to press when starting the boot are Win B.
I have removed the CMOS Battery as directed by Crisdisk instructions.
Can anyone suggest why the Floppy drive does not work and what are the correct files to have on the Floppy Disk. At the moment I have :-
minidos.sys
makeboot.exe
CRISDISK.BAT ( AWD860B M330724.BIN/CC/PY/SN/R )
M330724.BIN
AWD860B.EXE
autoexec.cfg.txt
I have also tried using Phlash.exe and Crisdisk.BAT ( phlash.exe BIOS.WPH/CC/PY/SN/R )
where BIOS.WPH is the Oriuginal BIN File but changed to .WPH
Thanking anyone who replies to this question in advance.
Regards,
Leslie
