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by solacedagony » Thu Dec 28, 2006 11:13 am

GlassWolf wrote:for what it's worth I've never had an issue with ASUS or ABIT in regards to a motherboard exchange or repair call.
I've even had both companies upgrade me to a top model board before due to being out of stock on my models.
I'm going to call them and see what I can do about getting it repaired if it's not going to cost much, I've just been lazy around the holidays. I bought a brand new one for just 50$ to replace it with. Can't hurt to have an extra one laying around. I have one of everything else (almost) laying around lol.

by CaptainPioneer » Thu Dec 28, 2006 10:54 am

Woah welcome back Wolf!! Its been forever since u have been back...

by OnYrMrk » Thu Dec 28, 2006 10:53 am

Chris from Washington wrote:does your motherboard have any dipswitches that need to be switched to allow a flash of the bios?

Some do, and if they aren't set in the right position, you can't reload the bios.

my mother used to call me a dipswitch :)

by GlassWolf » Thu Dec 28, 2006 10:51 am

CaptainPioneer wrote:Ok well ASUS is most definitely not going to do anything about that... Same deal happend with my brother, and unless you have some qualifications on PC Repair or installation they will say that you f'ed it up and its your fault...


Just out of curiosity, what kind of Heatsink did u get?
for what it's worth I've never had an issue with ASUS or ABIT in regards to a motherboard exchange or repair call.
I've even had both companies upgrade me to a top model board before due to being out of stock on my models.

by solacedagony » Wed Dec 27, 2006 9:41 am

Got everything squared away now. New motherboard in. Ended up having issues with Windows thinking that my backup drive was corrupt, so now all my backup stuff is labeled File0000.chk, File0001.chk.... on my harddrive. That's 23,000 files I need to go through. Good thing I found a utility that'll rename the extension for me. I'll still have to figure out what each file is though.

by solacedagony » Thu Dec 21, 2006 10:24 am

Nope. I've updated it before. You just stick in the CD and it updates and reboots. Takes just a few seconds.

by Chris from Washington » Thu Dec 21, 2006 9:59 am

does your motherboard have any dipswitches that need to be switched to allow a flash of the bios?

Some do, and if they aren't set in the right position, you can't reload the bios.

by solacedagony » Thu Dec 21, 2006 9:48 am

My vid card BIOS goes through and then I get Bad BIOS Checksum. Checking for floppy... NO floppy! Checking for CD... Reading "K8V.ROM". Complete. Flash has failed! And it stops. lol

by CaptainPioneer » Thu Dec 21, 2006 5:23 am

So you dont even get a screen at all when u start up?

by solacedagony » Thu Dec 21, 2006 5:08 am

I don't smell anything, but the BIOS won't reflash no matter what I do.

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