Thanks Mike
I will do that in the morning...ive just come in from having a "pint"
I can certainly remove the CMOS jumper and remove the battery.
Im also going to email Mercury (Kobian) since they have given all rights to
esupport for award BIOS upgrades. Dont know if i will get a reply tho. I
just hate problems that I cant solve. I have not yet found a suitable n/g.
but i really thank you for your advice. I will post here if/when I solve my
problem.
I wish I understood a little more about the BIOS and how it relates to the
motherboard/chipset...but i guess that gets very techy.....im getting well
off topic again!!!
Thanks again
Nigel
"Mike M" wrote in message
...
Nigel,
I wasn't trying to say don't post here, just that you might fare better by
posting to a NG supporting your mobo as well as this. As to the problem,
I'm
sorry I haven't a clue. I've been in the same position myself. Moved an
80GB
hard disk from one system to another, both using the same motherboard and
suddenly couldn't see the hard disk at all. Tore out what little remained
of
my hair, kicked the cat because of the data I'd lost only the next day to
realise that the motherboards had different versions of the bios.
Updating
the bios on the second mobo to match the first solved the problem. Sadly
though this doesn't seem to have worked for yourself. I'd be interested
in
hearing what the answer is once you've found it.
Ideas. None really but you might want to try removing the mobo battery
and/or
clearing CMOS just in case it clears something. You might even want to
try
flashing the bios again in case the initial flash was bad in some way.
Best of luck,
--
Mike Maltby MS-MVP
Lago Jardin wrote:
Mike
Yes...ur right really. Half way thru typing it I thought I was getting
"off topic"
Its not a Windows issue at all. I guess I was getting desperate!!
Sorry and I will look for a more suitable n/g and get desperate there.
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