very urgent please help

[project187]

**** it no point is there
iof i decide to get a differrent type of mobo what happens with the hard drive then it just gets wiped yer?

[Splash]

No, it will only get wiped if you format it. A reinstall of Windows is strongly recommended if you switch motherboards, but not 100% necessary in all cases.

Take a look at this thread - seems to suggest you may be able to wangle a replacement chip from Asus and that the chip is in a retainer, rather than soldered on...

[project187]

yer that phone number is american lol

[Naggallywoo]

ok my pc was working ok last nite but i go to turn it on this morning and all the fans come on and stuff like nomal but it doesnt post so the monitor stays on standby and i cant do anything, there was no bios beep so it just stays on but nothing on the screen and no post?????? i find it hard to belive it would be a faulty component as they are all under a month old??

I have the exact same problem ,only thing is the mobo and PSU are recenty delivered *b-grade* from an overclockers.co.uk, last time I had this problem the 4-pin power connecter near the cpu wasn't pluged in but this isn't the case this time.

Motherboard: Asus a8n Sli Premium
PSU: Alaska 400W Maxpower
Graphics card: New XFX 7800 GT

[project187]

I just ordered a replacement bios chip from biosflash.com

[jimborae]

The chip is soldered onto the board below the second PCI slot - personally I would be looking to replace the board rather than spend money on another BIOS chip and risk damaging the board further while removing the old one and replacing it.

That and the fact that I have no idea where you'd get a replacement chip!

What, stop talking twaddle! The bios chip is not soldered to the motherboard, no enthusiast's board has the bios chip soldered to the board.

If the board is new then rma it and get another if it's not new then I'll sent you a link to where you can a new chip with whatever bios you want pre-flashed onto it.

*edit* - that was one of the places i was going to send you too. There's also badflash.com who I've used a number of times but I think they cost a bit more than biosflash.com

[project187]

tahnks mate some **** through all my packagin away so no rma for me

[iranu]

if a bios upgrade crashes during this proceedure its likely you lose the motherboard.

Its written all over most bios upgrades that do not turn power off half way through etc, for that precise reason.

This is the reason for not using a program in windows to flash the bios. Always do it on a floppy - less chance of a crash and corruption. Asus have a good flash procedure where you hit F2 on boot up and then just insert the floppy with new, correctly named bios on and bob's your uncle, done.

[Splash]

What, stop talking twaddle! The bios chip is not soldered to the motherboard, no enthusiast's board has the bios chip soldered to the board.

I did a bit of googling - according to some review sites on some revisions of the board the BIOS chip is soldered. Note I also stated in my post at 16.46 that another site states that the chip is in a retainer.

Let's not get into a flame war here people.

[jimborae]

I did a bit of googling - according to some review sites on some revisions of the board the BIOS chip is soldered. Note I also stated in my post at 16.46 that another site states that the chip is in a retainer.

Let's not get into a flame war here people.

Well give me link & I'll eat humble pie & apologize, coz as far as I know no revision of any Asus sli board ever had a bios chip soldered on.

But either way I wasn't trying to start flame war, I think my nicotine patch must have been running out.

@project187 - exactly what make of board is it cos you say you went to the Asus site but you said later on that the board is an AN8 sli which is an Abit board. ??

[Splash]

I googled for AN8-SLI BIOS chip - second page, top hit. I'll admit I was wrong here - it was referring to a Foxconn board, but my point is that we're trying to help project187...

Anyways, humble pie is luvely with custard (chomp chomp)

[project187]

ffs its an a8n-sli easy typo lol erm looks to me like its in a retaner and i order from omtherboard-flash.com he sold me a new chip and remover tool,
are you all sure this will cure the prob?
what will i have to do on boot for the first time?

[Splash]

once you've replaced the BIOS chip you'll need to set your BIOS up (exactly as with a new motherboard) but that should be it. And if you need to flash your BIOS in future I strongly recommend a boot floppy rather than doing it through Windows, but I think you probably know that now

[project187]

thanks for all your help
**** windows and winflash i only took the shortcut coz my floppy drive is broke

[jimborae]

ffs its an a8n-sli easy typo lol erm looks to me like its in a retaner and i order from omtherboard-flash.com he sold me a new chip and remover tool,
are you all sure this will cure the prob?
what will i have to do on boot for the first time?

Well we can't be sure of anything now can we, but as said before it's the most likely cause. You did ask them to put a bios on the chip for you didn't you? Otherwise if they're just sending you a blank chip nothing will happen when you put it in.

[project187]

lol just rang him yer its comes programmed