bios?

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Hi all, trying to assemle PC from old bits lying around, I have a never used
gigabyte GA-7IX, tried 700mhz slot a athlon presumed faulty, board boots to
display processor ID string then nothing, tried working 600 athlon, PC boots
to display drive info correctly, says cmos checksum error, stops, then
whichever option I choose, to either enter setup or continue booting all I
get is cursor flashing at top of screen.
I am assuming that bios has become corrupted somehow.
Tried resetting cmos, still no good.
Cant boot to floppy to flash and cant change boot order obviously to access
floppy.
Any ideas anyone, apart from bin it?

Cheers.

Mike.
 
mikhail said:
Hi all, trying to assemle PC from old bits lying around, I have a never used
gigabyte GA-7IX, tried 700mhz slot a athlon presumed faulty, board boots to
display processor ID string then nothing, tried working 600 athlon, PC boots
to display drive info correctly, says cmos checksum error, stops, then
whichever option I choose, to either enter setup or continue booting all I
get is cursor flashing at top of screen.
I am assuming that bios has become corrupted somehow.
Tried resetting cmos, still no good.
Cant boot to floppy to flash and cant change boot order obviously to access
floppy.
Any ideas anyone, apart from bin it?

Cheers.

Mike.
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If you have removed ALL but the essential components and still get the
failure to enter CMOS, then you are probably correct about the BIOS
being corrupt. Just make sure the CMOS battery is up to an acceptable
voltage (over 2.7v), for there are some MBs that won't boot if it is
not. PB computers are just one brand that will do this on some models.
 
Hi all, trying to assemle PC from old bits lying around, I have a never used
gigabyte GA-7IX, tried 700mhz slot a athlon presumed faulty, board boots to
display processor ID string then nothing, tried working 600 athlon, PC boots
to display drive info correctly, says cmos checksum error, stops, then
whichever option I choose, to either enter setup or continue booting all I
get is cursor flashing at top of screen.
I am assuming that bios has become corrupted somehow.
Tried resetting cmos, still no good.
Cant boot to floppy to flash and cant change boot order obviously to access
floppy.
Any ideas anyone, apart from bin it?

Cheers.

Mike.
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Generally if the board starts to post and gets that far, the bios
is ok. More often it's a memory problem, power supply, or other
motherboard failure. Gigabyte often put dual bios chips on the
board, check the manual for method of recovering if that is the
case.

Strip system down to bare essentials (1 memory module,
low-powered video card, CPU) and try it outside of case, but not
on an anti-static bag (which conducts electricity). Take voltage
readings of power supply if you have a multimeter. If bios
EEPROM is socketed and you have the ability to flash correct
bios to it in another device, you could try that too.
 
Hi all, trying to assemle PC from old bits lying around, I have a never used
gigabyte GA-7IX,
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WHAT'S the model number?
tried 700mhz slot a athlon presumed faulty, board boots to
display processor ID string then nothing, tried working 600 athlon, PC boots
to display drive info correctly, says cmos checksum error, stops, then
whichever option I choose, to either enter setup or continue booting all I
get is cursor flashing at top of screen.
I am assuming that bios has become corrupted somehow.
Tried resetting cmos, still no good.
Cant boot to floppy to flash and cant change boot order obviously to access
floppy.
Any ideas anyone, apart from bin it?

Cheers.

Mike.
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Did you try booting with only the bare essentials installed, Mike?
Make sure the floppy drive isn't connected.

And see if there's any jumpers on that board.

Good luck.


Have a nice week...

Trent©

What do you call a smart blonde?
A golden retriever.
 
Right: stripped down to bare essentials, 4mb video, tried several memory
sticks, out of the box, used 550w decent PSU, voltages are good from PSU,
stll the same result.
I like the idea about removing the bios chip kony and flashing it in another
device, please explain more if possible.

Thanks.

Mike
 
You got warranty?
mikhail said:
Right: stripped down to bare essentials, 4mb video, tried several memory
sticks, out of the box, used 550w decent PSU, voltages are good from PSU,
stll the same result.
I like the idea about removing the bios chip kony and flashing it in another
device, please explain more if possible.

Thanks.

Mike
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Right: stripped down to bare essentials, 4mb video, tried several memory
sticks, out of the box, used 550w decent PSU, voltages are good from PSU,
stll the same result.
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What's the model #?



Have a nice week...

Trent©

NUDITY...birth control for folks over 50!
 
gigabyte GA-7IX
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I saw that in your first post. I just thought it was a short/generic
number.

I can't find that number on their support site. Are you sure you've
got the right number?



Have a nice week...

Trent©

NUDITY...birth control for folks over 50!
 
Yes its under 'others' when you search for it, these are probably the crap
boards they would rather forget about.
Is it possible to remove the bios chip and put it in another board then
flash it kony?
It is a removable chip, I do have some old boards lying around, is it just a
case of if it fits it will work? or are there other pre requisites to
consider like chipset etc etc?
Also do I need the correct chip removal tool or is it possible to remove
these things by some other means?

Cheers.

Mike.
 
Yes its under 'others' when you search for it, these are probably the crap
boards they would rather forget about.
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Is it possible to remove the bios chip and put it in another board then
flash it kony?
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Yes, that's called a "hotflash".
It is a removable chip, I do have some old boards lying around, is it just a
case of if it fits it will work? or are there other pre requisites to
consider like chipset etc etc?
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Chipset doesn't matter. If it fits it will work, is compatible
with the socket.

I don't recall for certain but am fairly sure that if you want to
use the bios-manufacturer's flasher, it need be same manufacturer
(for example, Award or AMI, in this case your bios is award).
Might as well try the flasher that comes in the ZIP file first.
I don't recall if it automatically allows flashing a differnent
bios or if you need provide a command line switch to enable that.
If you're familiar with DOS you may know that you can often type
the name of the flasher at the prompt with "/?" afterwards to see
the available command-line switches it supports.
Also do I need the correct chip removal tool or is it possible to remove
these things by some other means?
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Tool is a lot easier but in a pinch you might try bending and
filing down a paperclip, "maybe" carefully prying up with a small
jeweler's screwdriver or similar, but you're on your own there,
with a somewhat higher risk of damage, especially if it's hard to
get access to the socket (in that situation it might help to
remove board from case). It's not hard without a tool though,
just take your time.
 
X-No-Archive: yes

Might as well try the flasher that comes in the ZIP file first.
I don't recall if it automatically allows flashing a differnent
bios
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I have flashed the BIOS chip of a BIOSTAR mobo in BCM mobo without
any problem using hot-flash - of course the chips were similar.

HTH
 
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