Bios Failed or Motherboard busted?

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Hello
I have Gigabyte motherboard 586T2 with Pentium 166 cpu.
I was trying to update the bios under dos mode from window 95b and all of
sudden computer freze. When I restarted the computer well it mother is not
responding. I have tested everything on other computer, cpu, video card
etc... but it's the motherboard which is not working....

Is there anything I can do?
 
Knoppix said:
Hello
I have Gigabyte motherboard 586T2 with Pentium 166 cpu.
I was trying to update the bios under dos mode from window 95b and
all of sudden computer freze. When I restarted the computer well it
mother is not responding. I have tested everything on other computer,
cpu, video card etc... but it's the motherboard which is not
working....

Is there anything I can do?
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People like you shouldn't be allowed anywhere near a computer! You *NEVER*
udate from within Windows - and dropping to a DOS prompt is still
technically Windows - (unless the instructions with the update say you
can - for example the BIOS updates for my SK8V board allow 'flashing' from
within Windows) but otherwise you make a DOS boot floppy and stick the
updater on that. You then set your computer to boot from the floppy and
follow the instructions given within the help file included with the flash
applet.

You can try leaving the battery out overnight to see if that drains the
settings and sets you back to default - if not, you may have fried the CMOS
chip. If that's the case, I'd recommend saving for a new computer - chances
are you won't find a board for a 166 CPU (hell most folk have RAM faster
than that these days!) not even on eBay.

What were you hoping to achieve by flashing the BIOS anyway? If you wanted
to upgrade the CPU you're probably wasting your time - it could probably be
made to take a K6-2 400 but where in Hades are you going to find one of
those?!
 
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Perspicacia Tick said:
What were you hoping to achieve by flashing the BIOS anyway? If you wanted
to upgrade the CPU you're probably wasting your time - it could probably be
made to take a K6-2 400 but where in Hades are you going to find one of
those?!
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Any used computer store?
 
You might try going to 'other' computer, download the bios file and flash
utility from the internet for your corrupted board, read the instructions
CAREFULLY and try to flash the BIOS taht way. Most flash utilities usually
save the old bios in a file but seeing that you have corrupted yours the save
may not work.
 
What were you hoping to achieve by flashing the BIOS anyway? If you wanted
to upgrade the CPU you're probably wasting your time - it could probably be
made to take a K6-2 400 but where in Hades are you going to find one of
those?!
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Hi

I was hoping to make my computer boot from Cd and Floppy disk before it seek
hard drive boot.

If, I was able to update the bios, it would give that feature, plus I would
be able to install 300Mhz AMD cpu on it. I am making a network so It
doesn't need fast computer. There were many other features which would help
me....

The reason why I made such mistake was becasue I thought I could update
under dos mode like I updated firmware of router which needs windows xp to
be updated.

Beside, I bought this computer for $15 Canadian dollars.... I may install
Pentium II 400mhz (or hopefully more) in that box and run linux.
 
Hello
I have Gigabyte motherboard 586T2 with Pentium 166 cpu.
I was trying to update the bios under dos mode from window 95b and all of
sudden computer freze. When I restarted the computer well it mother is not
responding. I have tested everything on other computer, cpu, video card
etc... but it's the motherboard which is not working....

Is there anything I can do?
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Disconnect AC power, pull the battery, and use clear CMOS
jumper if available.

If system still won't POST, note whether it tries to access
the floppy drive. If it does, seek "emergency bios
recovery" measures via Google search for your bios maker
(for example, Award or AMI). If the bios boot block is
intact you may be able to insert an ISA card and get a video
output, and/or prepare a floppy with the correct bios on it
to have the board automatically flash it.

Is all else fails you'd have to pull the EEPROM (if it's
socketed) and flash it elsewhere... in another motherboard,
a dedicated flasher, some other card w/socket in another
system, or hot-swapping it into another board to flash.
 
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