P4C800-E deluxe freezes during biosflash.....what about CrashFree BIOS2 ?

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Mike said:
I think i am in deep shit and need some serious help !
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Yep! ;o)
I tried to flash the bios of my P4C800-E. During the process the system
frooze at 47%.
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Just guessing, I'll bet you tried doing this from Windows...right?
Does anybody have any suggestion besides taking it back to the dealer ????
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If you still can....do that. Otherwise you have the following options:

1. Hot Flash - this requires another working machine with the identical MB.
This involves swapping chips and booting your machine into DOS. Then
re-inserting your old chip (while still running) and re-flashing... While I
never tried this, and I have heard success stories, yet there still is a
chance at damaging your MB and or chip...
or...
2. Buy another pre-flashed BIOS chip and replace the one you have partially
programmed. There may still be guys out there who have programmers that
still do this. I know they used to...
or...
3. Buy a new motherboard. If not identical to the one you have, then be
prepared to call Microsoft for XP product activation (assuming you are using
the Windows XP OS).

Maybe someone else has something to add here. But I had this happen to me
once upon a time, and I just had a guy on the net flash me a replacement
chip. Cost me about $20 back then...

We live and learn...

-Middleman
 
Mike said:
I think i am in deep shit and need some serious help !
I tried to flash the bios of my P4C800-E. During the process the system
frooze at 47%.
Finaly (after i had waited for about 10 minutes) i had to shut down the
system.
Jippie!! i'm lucky to have a CrashFree Bios2 installed on my mobo ....
just take out your emergency floppy or CD; boot your system; put the
floppy or CD in
and the bios will be restored automatically..... wauw i'm lucky !

But what's this ? the system won't boot anymore.
CDrom lights flash but don't boot.
Floppy drive is completely dead.....CrashFree Bios huh

I used the latest bios version (1014) and lastest AsusUpdate.

Does anybody have any suggestion besides taking it back to the dealer
????
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Someone wrote me this on a similar issue:

| I had the same problem. I have found a solution for me.
|
| 1. copy on another pc the file P4C800ED.ROM of the asus-cd on an empty
| formatted diskette
| 2. switch on the computer and you immediately push these to buttons <
| Ctrl+Home > (this is < Strg+Pos1>) for at least 4 seconds
| simultaneously now for again one. The Eprom should now find the file
| P4C800ED.ROM and feed these automatically.
| 3. turn off the PC after successful and after approx. 5 sec now.
| that 's all

This worked for me very well, after trying this procedure several
times. At its best, press Ctrl+Home several times when power up! You
should use of course an older Bios to flash. 1011 seems to be good.

Good luck!
 
Sounds like your BIOS is hosed. WHY were you trying to upgrade the BIOS in
the first place? Down that road lies peril...
 
Stephan Collet said:
| 1. copy on another pc the file P4C800ED.ROM of the asus-cd on an empty
| formatted diskette
| 2. switch on the computer and you immediately push these to buttons <
| Ctrl+Home > (this is < Strg+Pos1>) for at least 4 seconds
| simultaneously now for again one. The Eprom should now find the file
| P4C800ED.ROM and feed these automatically.
| 3. turn off the PC after successful and after approx. 5 sec now.
| that 's all
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I have never heard of this. Is this documented or a FAQ on the Asus website?

-Middleman
 
Nevermind, I found the documentation on the Asus website.

This feature appears on a small group of P4 motherboards, and only 2 Mboards
that utilize the AMD CPU.

My A7N8X Deluxe does not have this feature.... But as long as my future
flash upgrades are done under DOS, there is liitle room for anything to go
wrong...barring the dreaded AC power glitch...

Anyway...I learned something ;o)

-Middleman
 
Hi all

I think i am in deep shit and need some serious help !
I tried to flash the bios of my P4C800-E. During the process the system
frooze at 47%.
Finaly (after i had waited for about 10 minutes) i had to shut down the
system.
Jippie!! i'm lucky to have a CrashFree Bios2 installed on my mobo ....
just take out your emergency floppy or CD; boot your system; put the floppy
or CD in
and the bios will be restored automatically..... wauw i'm lucky !

But what's this ? the system won't boot anymore.
CDrom lights flash but don't boot.
Floppy drive is completely dead.....CrashFree Bios huh

I used the latest bios version (1014) and lastest AsusUpdate.

Does anybody have any suggestion besides taking it back to the dealer ????

Thanks in advance !

Mike
 
Middleman said:
Nevermind, I found the documentation on the Asus website.

This feature appears on a small group of P4 motherboards, and only 2
Mboards that utilize the AMD CPU.

My A7N8X Deluxe does not have this feature.... But as long as my future
flash upgrades are done under DOS, there is liitle room for anything to
go wrong...barring the dreaded AC power glitch...

Anyway...I learned something ;o)
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I had the same problem as "Mike" with my P4C800-E Dlx and Bios
1012(beta). I dont know, if this trick is documented anywhere. But it
is not documented in manual... But it works for me...
there is liitle room for anything to
go wrong
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And what when bios is faulty??? The Bios 1012 was faulty. Flashed 1012
-> PC dead. Recovered with above procedure and 1011-> PC ok. Flashed
1012 -> PC dead.........
 
Why flash the bios ?
Because i have 2 sata drives and sometimes my mobo doesn't find a harddisk
to boot from
I still used the original bios (1010?) , so i hoped this latest version
might fix this problem.

Mike
 
Thanks Stephen ! Vielen Dank !
Never would have found this solution.... even on the Asus site.... Perhaps i
didn't look good enough
I let you know the result.
Mike
 
Hi again

No results with the <ctrl>-<home> trick......
I tried several ways, several times.... floppy drive and video card still
play dead.
I'm afraid this mobo needs a new chip :-(((

Thanks All !
 
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