crashfree bios crashed, help?

Son_of_Thunder · Sep 15, 2004, 04:55 PM

well i've got an asus a7v8x-x mobo which is supposed to have "crash free bios"

unfortuantely asus's own program, their auto updater screwed me over. i was updating my bios and it said that it couldn't verify my bios and that i should restart my machine.

i did and no post...

so i use my backup pc to find info on crash free bios and how to utilize it...ASUS doesn't give you any walk through on how to use them, they just say, "with a few easy clicks in DOS you'll be up and running in no time!"

so now i'm screwed, no post, the floppy drive is detected, but it won't read the floppy, no lights on the keyboard, no signal to the monitor, the lights on the cd drives run, but once again they don't do anything. the fans all turn on, but still no post.

i found some info on how you're supposed to put the bios info on a bootable disk, i made a bootable floppy and put the .awd file on it, along w/ aflash.exe, and flash.exe.

but the floppy drive basically just has its light constantly on, it won't read the disk.

GutterPunk · Sep 15, 2004, 05:34 PM

If the floppy drive's light is constantly on doesn't that mean the data cable is backwards or sometin?

Son_of_Thunder · Sep 15, 2004, 06:02 PM

that is what was wrong w/ the floppy, i figured that out shortly after posting.

anyways, i got this all fixed up...my mobo was acting as it should have, the problem is that i didn't know it was because my video card was fried...so now my r9800pro is on it's way back to newegg for a refund, my r9000 just stopped working, and i'm running my fx5600xt

blade5545 · Sep 15, 2004, 06:05 PM

go to www.nforcershq.com and go to the asus forums there is a lot of info in there on how to recover from a bad flash on the asus boards

MythicaL · Sep 15, 2004, 06:29 PM

Don't ever use the Windows Asus BIOS update... ever...

When my A7N8X didn't POST, I just bought a new mobo. You could however, as Neon suggested, buy a new BIOS chip.

pr0digal jenius · Sep 15, 2004, 08:21 PM

the new asus update filea all say *Do Not Use AsusUpdate To Flash This BIOS* ....now you kwno why...lol

also...go to bootdisk.com and make a dr. dos biosflasher bootdisk and put asus's bios flasher and the desired bios on there after resetting the CMOS via jumpers....my asus did the same thign and that fixed it (i did the exact same thign you did with the 1005 bios..lol)

Son_of_Thunder · Sep 17, 2004, 03:48 PM

that's really weird that it's starting to screw up though, i've been using asus's flash to update for a few months now, i never had any problems w/ it.

anyways, it is fixed now, i just had to get rid of my vid card (somehow it fried upon restart) and everything works now.

Sep 15, 2004, 04:55 PM	#1
Son_of_Thunder DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Kalamazoo, MI Posts: 1,434 Rep Power: 37 System Specs	crashfree bios crashed, help? well i've got an asus a7v8x-x mobo which is supposed to have "crash free bios" unfortuantely asus's own program, their auto updater screwed me over. i was updating my bios and it said that it couldn't verify my bios and that i should restart my machine. i did and no post... so i use my backup pc to find info on crash free bios and how to utilize it...ASUS doesn't give you any walk through on how to use them, they just say, "with a few easy clicks in DOS you'll be up and running in no time!" so now i'm screwed, no post, the floppy drive is detected, but it won't read the floppy, no lights on the keyboard, no signal to the monitor, the lights on the cd drives run, but once again they don't do anything. the fans all turn on, but still no post. i found some info on how you're supposed to put the bios info on a bootable disk, i made a bootable floppy and put the .awd file on it, along w/ aflash.exe, and flash.exe. but the floppy drive basically just has its light constantly on, it won't read the disk. __________________

Sep 15, 2004, 05:34 PM	#2
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Sep 15, 2004, 06:02 PM	#3
Son_of_Thunder DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Kalamazoo, MI Posts: 1,434 Rep Power: 37 System Specs	that is what was wrong w/ the floppy, i figured that out shortly after posting. anyways, i got this all fixed up...my mobo was acting as it should have, the problem is that i didn't know it was because my video card was fried...so now my r9800pro is on it's way back to newegg for a refund, my r9000 just stopped working, and i'm running my fx5600xt __________________

Sep 15, 2004, 06:05 PM	#4
blade5545 Shoots first ask's questions later Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Austin,TX Posts: 330 Rep Power: 0	go to www.nforcershq.com and go to the asus forums there is a lot of info in there on how to recover from a bad flash on the asus boards __________________ Dell Inspiron 700m 2 ghz Intel Mobile 2mb L2 cache 12.1 Ultrabrite 1.25 gig ram 80gig hdd 8x DVD-RW 4.5lbs 1.5" thick 5 hours battery DFI NF4 Ultra - D AMD Winchester 64 3200+ @4125+ 2.62ghz sold Swiftech H20-120-BB REV. 3 LIQUID COOLING KIT 2x512 OCZ EL DDR PC-3200 Dual Channel sold Platinum Rev 2 OCZ POWERSTREAM 520W sold ATI X700 PRO SEAGATE 160GIG SATA Windows XP PRO SP2 / PearPC - Apple OS X 10.2 Unknown "The problem with America is stupidity. I'm not saying there should be a capital punishment for stupidity, but why don't we just take the safety labels off of everything and let the problem solve itself."

Sep 15, 2004, 06:29 PM	#5
MythicaL Genuine coding face below Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: My home, of course Posts: 3,104 Rep Power: 52 System Specs	Don't ever use the Windows Asus BIOS update... ever... When my A7N8X didn't POST, I just bought a new mobo. You could however, as Neon suggested, buy a new BIOS chip. __________________ Always knew I didn't belong in this world. I wasn't made for this. But I'll never forget those who betrayed me, and those who never failed my trust.

Sep 15, 2004, 08:21 PM	#6
pr0digal jenius Delete Me Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 14,672 Rep Power: 0	the new asus update filea all say Do Not Use AsusUpdate To Flash This BIOS ....now you kwno why...lol also...go to bootdisk.com and make a dr. dos biosflasher bootdisk and put asus's bios flasher and the desired bios on there after resetting the CMOS via jumpers....my asus did the same thign and that fixed it (i did the exact same thign you did with the 1005 bios..lol)

Sep 17, 2004, 03:48 PM	#7
Son_of_Thunder DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Kalamazoo, MI Posts: 1,434 Rep Power: 37 System Specs	that's really weird that it's starting to screw up though, i've been using asus's flash to update for a few months now, i never had any problems w/ it. anyways, it is fixed now, i just had to get rid of my vid card (somehow it fried upon restart) and everything works now. __________________