Windows Forum

Ask something
Discussion Locked

PhoenixBios 1994

0 helpful
8 replies

by cparsec

Closed to new repliesThis discussion is closed. It stays readable, but it takes no new replies.

I have a problem in the bios of a Gateway computer, I download a file to upgrade the bios for this computer. When I follow the instructions and double click the install file a lot of colors came up in the screen and the computer shutdown.
When I reestart the computer I got the message:
Hard Disk 0 Failure, press F2 for Setup or F1 to resume.

Setup: I tried to reset factory default, it does not work.
Hard disk in the bios setup was marked as none.
So, change it for user and input the hard disk data manually. It does not accept. What can I do to make the bios access the Hard Disk. I can boot with a floppy to Dos, the win98 disk create a virtual C drive, but I can not access the hard drive. I took the HD and try it in another computer, the data is intact, normal. I tried another Hard Drive in this computer. Same response, I can not access it. Could it be the Cmos battery that is going dead? Is there a patch that I can use in a floppy to reinstall the original bios. When I startthe computer without the battery I can not access the bios, it keeps reestarting all the time. "CPU??? battery dead, insert new battery and hit F2 for setup." My other computer I can access the bios without the battery. Do you have any solution for this problem?

8 replies

by cg it

knowing who made your motherboard is very important when a BIOS flash fails. [review this Phoenix Technologies bulletin concerning their BIOS's. http://www.phoenix.com/en/support/bios+upgrades/default1.htm
Your motherboard mfg should have a web site where you can download onto a bootable floppy an emergency recovery BIOS to repair failed BIOS flash. If you motherboard was MFG by MSI, they have such a site and utility. Others I'm not sure of. I only use MSI boards.

by cg it

Further, when you remove the backup battery on your motherboard, what you really are doing is resetting the CMOS table. The battery on the motherboard keeps the CMOS table intact when you shut down the computer. Failed battery only clears the CMOS table. [BIOS is firmware [EPROM] ]. Since you have a floppy with the original BIOS for that motherboard, and you can boot from a floppy, try the emergency BIOS flash repair.

by cparsec

The computer was not accepting the phlash bios because I was booting it with the windows 98SE floppy. I boot with the DOS 6.2 system only, and it worked.
Thank you.

by cparsec

The computer was not accepting the phlash bios because I was booting it with the windows 98SE floppy. I boot with the DOS 6.2 system only, and it worked.
Thank you

by cparsec

I found the solution for this question:
I boot the computer with a dos disk, only system, DOS 6.2, inserted the bios Phlash disk and click in the *.bat. I got the message deleting bios, and after installing new bios, and success. I turn off the computer and turn it on and there it was, the hard disk detected by the bios.
Thank you.

This discussion is closed to new replies.