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[dod]

I think my bios is trashed

Went to update to the latest from the epox site. Used alt F2, every thing ran perfectly watched the little white bar writing, then it went to reboot and all I got was long BEEP - space LONG BEEP

Tried disconnecting, clearing cmos, took out battery but nothing

Edit: Maybe not: Showing code C1 which is memory, not going straight to FF, tried swapping out the memory in this machine but still nothing

[Daniel ~]

Bummer!

[timbob2469]

What type of bios chip is in that board? More importantly, can you hot flash with a bios chip from an NForce2 motherboard such as 8RDA+ or NF7-S ? If not, why can't manufacturers settle on 1 type of bios chip for all motherboards, you know ,like a generic 1 or 2 MB chip that can be interchangable.
Helpful hint for hot flashing, use a piece of dental floss looped once under the chip to help remove and lower in the chips, once you have your keeper in place and your backup with a good flash, just gently pull the floss out and fully seat the chip.
Bob

[Daniel ~]

Great tip Timbob! While it remains risky, this should really help decrease the possibility of error!

[Gizmo]

The trick I use is to take a heavy-duty paper clip, straighten it out, then bend one end at a 90 degree angle about 1/16" (about 1.5 mm) from the end. This allows it to fish down the side of the socket and let you pull the chip out.

[dod]

Originally Posted by gizmo

The trick I use is to take a heavy-duty paper clip, straighten it out, then bend one end at a 90 degree angle about 1/16" (about 1.5 mm) from the end. This allows it to fish down the side of the socket and let you pull the chip out.

That's what I use as well. Thing that's bothering me here most is that I have a horrible feeling it could be the memory controller on the chip that's gone. Hence the C1 error. Hoping I'm wrong.

[EPoX Tech]

Dod - send me a personal e-mail with your name and address on - if you are unsure of my address contact sysadmin.

You've caught me lucky today - testing K8T800 and Longhorn 4051 as we speak so if I can locate where my dude keeps his SST 39SF040 blanks I'll be on the case for you.

You've just saved urself £11 odd!!!

[dod]

Originally Posted by EPoX Tech

Dod - send me a personal e-mail with your name and address on - if you are unsure of my address contact sysadmin.

You've caught me lucky today - testing K8T800 and Longhorn 4051 as we speak so if I can locate where my dude keeps his SST 39SF040 blanks I'll be on the case for you.

You've just saved urself £11 odd!!!

One of the last true gentlemen I'll put the cash to AOA. Everyone happy.

[EPoX Tech]

I'll hold you to that!

[dod]

Originally Posted by EPoX Tech

I'll hold you to that!

Obligation fulfilled

[Daniel ~]

Many thanks to both of ya!

[Daniel ~]

Just got your Pay-PAL! Care package dod! Thanks again ET for making this trip possible; George, thanks for taking AOA along for the ride!!

[EPoX Tech]

Much much appreciated Dod - nice one mate!

[dod]

Originally Posted by EPoX Tech

Much much appreciated Dod - nice one mate!

No probs, and thanks, the chip came in today.

Now the bad news, no difference, still that continuous cycle of long beeps. COmbine that with C1 and Am I right in thinking probably memory controller on the chip?

[Daniel ~]

I couldn't O/c mine above 205 without very bad things happening . I was running Samsung PC 3700

With Samsung certified chips.

After talking...well whining to ET about it, I finally got the message "Fast RAM no longer required!

I swapped it out for my OLD PC 2700 set to Auto.

If I told you you wouldn't believe what I'm running that RAM at now.":O}

Have you tried SLOWER ram dod?

[dod]

Originally Posted by Daniel ~

Have you tried SLOWER ram dod?

Thanks Dan, was worth a try I've tried my XMS 3500 and 3200 as well as a stick of Kingston 2100 Value ram that I have as a spare.

All I get is that damned annoying beeps. This is just so frustrating after the week I've had with work machines

[Daniel ~]

It's like I said ealier...BUMMERRRR!

Did you trying pulling the CMOS and reseting to Optimized defaults with each try?

This may not be necessary, but on my board it seems to be. After failing enough times to qualify for a Government grant it just became a habit in trying to get things up.

[flytek]

it's unlikely that you killed the cpu unless you were near 2vcore or 3.3vdimm. all i can suggest is draining the capacitors and pulling the battery for a longer period. other thing you might try is starting without any memory in an attempt to clear a 'vapour lock'
systems should shut down after a bios flash and give users a chance to clear the cmos before trying to run the new bios.

[Daniel ~]

I'm giving my Corsair 3500XMS a try, seems to be OK

Does ANYONE know what all these new memory settings do?

[dod]

Originally Posted by flytek

it's unlikely that you killed the cpu unless you were near 2vcore or 3.3vdimm. all i can suggest is draining the capacitors and pulling the battery for a longer period. other thing you might try is starting without any memory in an attempt to clear a 'vapour lock'
systems should shut down after a bios flash and give users a chance to clear the cmos before trying to run the new bios.

It was unplugged for about 5 days which should have been enough time Everything was set at auto and nothing was overclocked at all, I hadn't had time.

As I dont have a spare 754 pin yet I've sent it back for testing/replacement. If it turns out it's good it's still cheaper paying the testing fee rather than buying a new chip.