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Thread: I reset my Bios and the NF7-s Died!

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    Quote Originally Posted by viet cong zombi
    i flashed the bios of the nf7-s last week with the flash menu app, to the most recent version.

    today i fixed up some fans and rebooted the comp.
    after 5 minutes in windows with a normal post etc, windows tells me that the maxtor raid drive has become unplugged and that it may damage the hardware.
    so i switch off, see that all the cables are very well fixed, and reboot.
    i get a cpu overheat type warning, so i reset the CMOS, and reboot.
    no sound, just whirring fans.
    i've tried everything and the board makes no sound, only beebs if i try to boot with the cmos dipswitch in the reset position.
    anything like missing agp card or missing ram still produces no beeps, even with the maiboard out of the box.

    the board is 2 months old, did i kill the bios or the mainboard even?
    Did you flash the BIOS whilst being overclocked ?
    |Abit NF7-S V 2.0|1.8v Vdd |XP 1700+ 1.95v @ 2518 Mhz 219 x 11.5|
    | 2 x 256 TwinMos w/Winbond BH-5 DC 11, 2, 2, CL2 @ 3.0v Vdimm |
    |Herc ATI Rad 9800SE AIW | Innovatek H2o on CPU & NB, SB Cooling|
    | Adaptec 39160 | Seagate Cheetah ST318406LW | ST336706LW |

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    i flashed it at 180 fsb 2k ghz last week, and ran it stable at hours of quake all week. it never crashes below 200 fsb.

    i rebooted it a couple of times since then when i went to bed etc, and yesterday i rebooted it from fixing in a new fan.

    when i was in windows again i got a sata maxtor scsi device has become unplugged message in windows so i gave it a hard shut down, probably switched the psu right off or a soft reboot i dunno.
    i checked the sata was ctually really well fixed and obviously had a hardware detection error.

    when i switched on i got an error beep code that has never happened at 180fsb, so i switched off and reset the cmos switch, and since then it has been dead to any hardware configurations.

    i wonder what nf7-s does when bios chip is defunct.
    i've tested it completely it is a ghosted mainboard.

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    Quote Originally Posted by viet cong zombi
    i flashed it at 180 fsb 2k ghz last week, and ran it stable at hours of quake all week. it never crashes below 200 fsb.
    The reason I asked was that its well documented that your should never flash a BIOS while you board is overclocked due the the fact that if the overclock is unstable then it will result in a corrupted BIOS. Now I'm not saying this is the cause of the problems you're experiencing, but many a BIOS corruption issue have had these begginings.
    |Abit NF7-S V 2.0|1.8v Vdd |XP 1700+ 1.95v @ 2518 Mhz 219 x 11.5|
    | 2 x 256 TwinMos w/Winbond BH-5 DC 11, 2, 2, CL2 @ 3.0v Vdimm |
    |Herc ATI Rad 9800SE AIW | Innovatek H2o on CPU & NB, SB Cooling|
    | Adaptec 39160 | Seagate Cheetah ST318406LW | ST336706LW |

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    that is true although i think that the comp was uncrashable at the rate it was at.
    tbh i just realised that the voltages were all at maximum since a week, so we may actually be talking fried board, i dunno yet.

    thanks though !!!

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