This is precisely why I hate flashing the BIOS on a computer.
Because of an issue I was having with XP Pro recognizing all the space on my hard drive when installing it (but not with Home or Windows 7), it was recommended to me that I flash the BIOS.
Since my motherboard is an Asus M2N-SLI Deluxe, I went to the Asus website and downloaded the BIOS update 1701. I followed the instructions in the manual to update the BIOS through the Asus EZ Flash utility built into the BIOS. After doing some writing to the BIOS chip, it gave me an error that said (paraphrasing here), this file is not the correct one for this BIOS.
It rebooted itself. Well, it tried to anyway. It just came up to a blank screen. No diagnostic beeps. No BIOS flash screen. No nothing. But, I feel that it could have at least given me an ASCII picture of somebody flipping me off, because that’s pretty much what’s happened.
Now when I power the computer on, it stays on for about 4 seconds, then powers itself off. Doing some checking around, I’ve read that 1701 is an incorrect version for my motherboard, despite it being listed on the website for my board. Thanks Asus. I appreciate it.
Upon further research, other people with this problem have had luck with the following:
- Open case.
- Pop CMOS battery.
- Move jumper block CLRTC from 1-2 to 2-3.
- Wait about 10-20 seconds to drain and clear.
- Move jumper block back to pins 1-2.
- Place CMOS battery back in.
- Close case.
- Power the puppy up.
Unfortunately, I’m not one of those other people. Mine still powers down after about 4 seconds.
Is there anything else I can do to try to get the motherboard to at least POST again?
Thanks.
cf’75