Well I had to be the bright guy, now i'm paying the price. I have an AsusA7V133 at work that said it had a clock multiplier of 10x and a cpu frequency of 100. The same MOBO as home said 7.5x and 133 respectively so I decided to change one at work since home unit seemed to work better..BAD IDEA. After changing the settings at office computer to home settings the computer went off and I don't know how to get back to original settings. Both stations are using an Athlon 1000 and there is PC-100 memory at home and PC-133 at work. I'm in a hurry to fix as I have several important jobs to finish tomorrow. Thanks for help now and later.
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changed BIOS...now won't boot?
- Thread starter Tybee
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This is a job that should be left to someone that has experience.
Hopefully, you learn by making mistakes, but you have to be willing to pay the consequences when you fool with things without having the knowledge.
I take no responsibility if you damage something.
With that said, if you want to try this yourself here is the procedure:
Turn off the computer.
Remove the cover to expose the motherboard.
Ground yourself by touching the metal frame.
Unplug the computer. Make sure the green light on the motherboard is off.
Next to the CMOS battery (along the edge of the motherboard) there are two solder points marked CLEAR CMOS - CLRTC.
Short these two solder points with a screw driver.
Plug the computer in and restart. Press DEL to enter the BIOS setup.
Reset BIOS settings. Time, date, etc.
On the Advanced tab set the CPU Operating Frequency Setting to Standard.
If the machine has PC133 memory, set the DRAM Frequency to 133MHz.
If you don't know what the other settings are:
Set them to Auto or leave them on the default setting.
See page 59 of the motherboard manual for more info on clearing the CMOS.
Read the BIOS SETUP section of the manual for BIOS settings.
Hope this helps. Good luck.
John
Hopefully, you learn by making mistakes, but you have to be willing to pay the consequences when you fool with things without having the knowledge.
I take no responsibility if you damage something.
With that said, if you want to try this yourself here is the procedure:
Turn off the computer.
Remove the cover to expose the motherboard.
Ground yourself by touching the metal frame.
Unplug the computer. Make sure the green light on the motherboard is off.
Next to the CMOS battery (along the edge of the motherboard) there are two solder points marked CLEAR CMOS - CLRTC.
Short these two solder points with a screw driver.
Plug the computer in and restart. Press DEL to enter the BIOS setup.
Reset BIOS settings. Time, date, etc.
On the Advanced tab set the CPU Operating Frequency Setting to Standard.
If the machine has PC133 memory, set the DRAM Frequency to 133MHz.
If you don't know what the other settings are:
Set them to Auto or leave them on the default setting.
See page 59 of the motherboard manual for more info on clearing the CMOS.
Read the BIOS SETUP section of the manual for BIOS settings.
Hope this helps. Good luck.
John
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Even if you supposedly have the knowledge, things can still go wrong...
My colleague obtained the correct upgrade and flashed the BIOS on a Gigabyte mobo, only to find it failed to start afterwards. Clearing CMOS, removing battery etc., still failed to get it working - it's being sent back as a duff board. Yes, ok, we could hot swap the BIOS chip, but it's a little risky and we don't feel inclined to mess about further with it after having got stuck with Gigabyte's bum BIOS upgrade...
So take heart Tybee, and good luck!
ROGER - GØAOZ.
My colleague obtained the correct upgrade and flashed the BIOS on a Gigabyte mobo, only to find it failed to start afterwards. Clearing CMOS, removing battery etc., still failed to get it working - it's being sent back as a duff board. Yes, ok, we could hot swap the BIOS chip, but it's a little risky and we don't feel inclined to mess about further with it after having got stuck with Gigabyte's bum BIOS upgrade...
So take heart Tybee, and good luck!
ROGER - GØAOZ.
I know there is a company that will reflash the eprom chip as a last result!! you send them all the board info etc, they flash the eprom chip and send it back to you.
they are called badflash.not sure exactly of the Email address?? put the name in a search engine it should turn it up for you. Martin
they are called badflash.not sure exactly of the Email address?? put the name in a search engine it should turn it up for you. Martin
Psychosylph
Technical User
Maybe I'm just being naive, but it doesn't sound like you did anything to the BIOS - sounds like you just messed up the CMOS settings. If that's the case, all you should have to do is clear the CMOS with the jumper (see motherboard man.). Then it should boot with fail-safe defaults. Go back in the CMOS and put the stuff back (10x, 100 FSB). Just like overdoing an overclock...
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