Blank Screen & Error 6F - AW9D-MAX

[Optical668]

Updating the BIOS to 14 this morning all seemed to go well, Flashed the BIOS using the Uguru, Loaded the correct BIOS file for my MOBO rebooted the system and pooof no more booting up. Screen is totally blank nothing comes up, motherboard attempts to boot up but stops at Post Error 6F. Unplugged the PSU Cleared the CMOS first still no go, took the battry out left it out for a hr tried again still no go, took the RAM out only had 1Gb left in, still no go but motherboard now says Error 7F. Motherboard is 5 days old..

Please Advise...

My specs are

AW9D-MAX
Intel P4 3.2ghz
4x 1Gb Geil PC2-6400 800MHZ
Ge-Force 8800-GTS 640Mb
Akasa 400w PSU (Yes its just enough to power the GFX, played 4 hours of ArmA with no problems)
BIOS Updated to Version 14

[dave24]

Try with 1 stick of ram and if needed try different slots

[Optical668]

Tried with only one stick still no go. Insted of 6F with the 4Gbs error i get 7F error.

[dave24]

have you tried different slots

[Optical668]

Yup dont matter what slot it just dont like it.

[Blitzen]

I just bought this board and used the 'One-Click-Update' and seemed to work ok.

Can you not revert to the old bios version or flash it back?

[DratUK]

Not if he cant post.
can you at least get into the bios, I suspect you cant. If you can then you can reflash to 1.3.
Ah I have just seen you are going back to Asus.

http://forum.abit-usa.com/showthread.php?t=121646



I suspect then it was the bootblock option that could have caused this issue. It shouldnt be set to on by default as this seems to have caused this problem with a number of users.

[Optical668]

Yeh ive given up i just cant be arsed anymore really, im just gonna get a different motherboard that supports memory better and dont go berserk when you do a simple BIOS Update which was supposed to have fixed stuff, i was thinking about getting a new BIOS but i thought i just cant be borthered with the hassle of changing them over and sorting out postal orders sending that off, spending another £18 on the BIOS Chip itself and then proberly in the future the motherboard does the same and goes wrong all over again or something else happens, its like when youve lost your trust in your hardware your scared to do anything after that, So sorry Abit but i really really am not impressed at all.

[ABIT Sean]

Yeh ive given up i just cant be ****ed anymore really, im just gonna get a different motherboard that supports memory better and dont go berserk when you do a simple BIOS Update which was supposed to have fixed stuff, i was thinking about getting a new BIOS but i thought i just cant be borthered with the hassle of changing them over and sorting out postal orders sending that off, spending another £18 on the BIOS Chip itself and then proberly in the future the motherboard does the same **** all over again or something else happens, its like when youve lost your trust in your hardware your scared to do anything after that, So sorry Abit but i really really am not impressed at all.

I would be happy to send you a replacment bios chip. Please PM me with your details if you are intrested?

[Blitzen]

I would be happy to send you a replacment bios chip. Please PM me with your details if you are intrested?

Does that count for anyone with this problem?
I am going to update tonight and my board is only 3 days old and im a little put off by this as the AW9D-Max seemed the most reliable of your newer breed of boards.

[ABIT Sean]

Does that count for anyone with this problem?
I am going to update tonight and my board is only 3 days old and im a little put off by this as the AW9D-Max seemed the most reliable of your newer breed of boards.

I will judge it case by case. If you are not having any issues with your motherboard then there is really no reason to do a bios update.

If you really need to update then update to bios 13.

[DratUK]

1.3 is a good bios, totally stable for me, 1.4 only if you really need to.

[Blitzen]

I will judge it case by case. If you are not having any issues with your motherboard then there is really no reason to do a bios update.

If you really need to update then update to bios 13.

I used the One Click Update and it put on version 13. Does this mean that version 14 is unstable and is not automatically flashed when using One Click Update?

[ABIT Sean]

I used the One Click Update and it put on version 13. Does this mean that version 14 is unstable and is not automatically flashed when using One Click Update?

Not sure. That facility is run by abit HQ. It seems to me that some memory are having problems with version 14.

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[dave24]

i have a couple of spare bios chips for the max,if anyone wants them in the UK,£5 each

[Blitzen]

i have a couple of spare bios chips for the max,if anyone wants them in the UK,£5 each

Which bios version do they have?
I am interested. Please PM how you want paying fella.
Never hurts to have back up does it