Silverhazesurfer
Master of Logic
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Upon arriving home the other day, I discovered my machine off. This was odd because this thing has up time of 99.9% in the last 5 years. I booted the machine to receive
The data in the EC or EC flash might be corrupted
Please contact Asus Technical Support for help
The system will shut down in 15 seconds
Interesting.
Checking online, I found clearing CMOS could do the trick. So I did. Now, the machine is dead and non-responsive. Bummer.
I found some CMOS chips online for around $13. I ordered two. Not sure when they are going to get here. I have a spare ASUS P8Z77-V LK that appears to have the same CMOS chip on board. I know this one works. I am checking BIOS updates at the moment to compare versions to have a better idea if a swap would work.
Anyone played with something like this? I've swapped chips before but never CMOS. This could be an interesting learning experience. As it is now, I am facing a complete board change which I am not thrilled about. That likely means a reinstall of Win 7 and all of my other progs. I really don't want to do that.
The data in the EC or EC flash might be corrupted
Please contact Asus Technical Support for help
The system will shut down in 15 seconds
Interesting.
Checking online, I found clearing CMOS could do the trick. So I did. Now, the machine is dead and non-responsive. Bummer.
I found some CMOS chips online for around $13. I ordered two. Not sure when they are going to get here. I have a spare ASUS P8Z77-V LK that appears to have the same CMOS chip on board. I know this one works. I am checking BIOS updates at the moment to compare versions to have a better idea if a swap would work.
Anyone played with something like this? I've swapped chips before but never CMOS. This could be an interesting learning experience. As it is now, I am facing a complete board change which I am not thrilled about. That likely means a reinstall of Win 7 and all of my other progs. I really don't want to do that.