I tihkn i've messed up my computer. Any help would be would be welcome.

[Nick Smith]

Hello all, and a Merry Christmas to all of you.

This morning, i got an Intel E7300, and decided i would go and fit it to my PC.
I put it in my mobo, and it would not work. I then realised i had to flash the bios to a later rev. to make the CPU compatible.
I flashed my board (or atleast thought i did), and put the new CPU in again. Same thing happend, and it did not detect it whatsoever, and jut a blank screen appeared on my monitor, like it did the first time i put the E7300 in my motherboard.
I then swapped back to my old CPU, to re-attempt to flash the mobo, but now, the same thing happens to my PC when i have the old CPU in. which is just a blank screen.

I think i may have broken my motherboard, as everything seems to work. (Fans, DVD Drive, GFX card fan, PSU)

Does anyone have any suggestion as you what may have happened?

Thanks, and merry christmas to you all.

ps. Sorry for my lack of coherence/spelling etc, im in a rush, as christmas dinner draws ever nearer.

[unrealhacker12]

What are your specs?

[Nick Smith]

See 'My System'

[format]

What are your specs?

See his system under his avatar etc.

Sounds like a bad flash.
Sorry I can't be of more help.

[unrealhacker12]

Try flash the BIOS back to what version you originally had try your old CPU and see if that works. Then go from there.

[Jay]

you may have killed the board with the flash. You did reboot the entire system after the flash and make sure it booted ok?

[Nick Smith]

Try flash the BIOS back to what version you originally had try your old CPU and see if that works. Then go from there.

I can't, the monitor doesn't display anything.

It's not the graphics card though - i've established that, as the fan spins, and the same thing results with 2 different cards.

I really am stuck.

I may just have to get a new motherboard, seeing as nothing else seems to be broken at all. (apart from RAM/CPU, but i have no means of testing that)

You did reboot the entire system after the flash and make sure it booted ok?

Yes. I did.

[Jay]

make sure all the pins on the cpu socket are ok and reset the bios via the jumper. reboot with the CPU you know works

[nvening]

Put the old cpu in and try resettign the cmos

[Nick Smith]

I've tried both of those options.

[Jay]

it sounds like bad news

I think it maybe the motherboard. Put the CPU in take the memory out, boot it and see if it beeps at all.

[Nick Smith]

it sounds like bad news

I think it maybe the motherboard. Put the CPU in take the memory out, boot it and see if it beeps at all.

No beep.

I assume the motherboard has died then.

It's served me well, i guess. 2 years exactly.

[Jay]

good excuse to upgrade to a better board anyway

[Nick Smith]

good excuse to upgrade to a better board anyway

Is what i was thinking too.

thanks matey.

Merry Christmas.

[format]

Depending on what kind of BIOS chip you have, you may be able to replace the chip.
I did this after a nightmare of problems with an old Abit AB9 board, looked for a replacement chip on Ebay, cost me about £5 from Holland.

Worth a shot.

[Nick Smith]

Depending on what kind of BIOS chip you have, you may be able to replace the chip.
I did this after a nightmare of problems with an old Abit AB9 board, looked for a replacement chip on Ebay, cost me about £5 from Holland.

Worth a shot.

I think that that's a bit beyond my capabilities mate! Thanks for the suggestion though.