BIOS Chip Bad?

[TrojanSquirrel]

I recently had a problem with my MSI K7N2 Delta2-LSR MB and after a full clean XP install and update I ran the MSI Live Update prog. Rather stupidly I decided to update the BIOS using Live Update. As the PC rebooted after the BIOS flash the PSU decided to eat itself and the system refused to boot all the way to Windows and afterwards not at all.

I have since tested the PSU with another MB and the 12v rail was unable to keep up with the load from the graphics card (I had spread the 12v load over all the rails provided!). After replacing the PSU with no problems on the backup MB I tried the MB with the suspected faulty BIOS and it refuses to boot at all. The PSU and CPU fans fire up for a second and then all is quiet. Is there anyway of recovering from a bad BIOS flash, or shall I just bin the MB, or get a replacement BIOS chip?

Thanks in advance.

 

[KenB]

I have a MSI mobo and have used Live Update on the BIOS with good luck. It may have been that the flashing added enough stress on a marginal PSU to push it over the edge. I'd suspect the mobo being fried first then maybe the BIOS as being bad.

HTH
Ken