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BIOS problem
I am going to ask this question, and then duck so that I don't get hit by
all the stuff that is about to be thrown at me. Machine specs - Gateway 1ghz - Win98SE I was updating my BIOS and did a Ctrl-Break in the middle of the update (hey that old shoe just missed me) I know, I know STUPID - but it was late and it was an accident Now my machine is dead - lights come on but no one is home Is there a way I can get this machine to run again, or should I throw it off a cliff (or maybe jump off a cliff with it) |
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"Brian Gotjunk" wrote:
I am going to ask this question, and then duck so that I don't get hit by all the stuff that is about to be thrown at me. Machine specs - Gateway 1ghz - Win98SE I was updating my BIOS and did a Ctrl-Break in the middle of the update (hey that old shoe just missed me) I know, I know STUPID - but it was late and it was an accident Now my machine is dead - lights come on but no one is home Is there a way I can get this machine to run again, or should I throw it off a cliff (or maybe jump off a cliff with it) Have you contacted Gateway? Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada -- Microsoft MVP On-Line Help Computer Service http://onlinehelp.bc.ca In memory of a dear friend Alex Nichol MVP http://aumha.org/alex.htm |
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Brian,
Read carefully manual to motherboards: many of BIOS contain a non-erasable boot block, that helps to reprogram the main part of BIOS. If so -- there has to be also an instruction: how to create a bootable diskette at the other computer with the image of BIOS (this image has to be on CDROM for motherboard then, too). You can estimate the presence of such boot block yourself: if, when you turn the computer on, its floppy drive blinks for a few seconds -- most likely you are lucky. In my similar case a problem was in the defective EPROM (a chip, that holds BIOS), so the presence of the boot block didn't help -- and this chip was replaced and reprogrammed in the repair shop. -- Mikhail Zhilin http://www.aha.ru/~mwz Sorry, no technical support by e-mail. Please reply to the newsgroups only. ====== On Thu, 17 Mar 2005 16:16:12 GMT, "Brian Gotjunk" wrote: I am going to ask this question, and then duck so that I don't get hit by all the stuff that is about to be thrown at me. Machine specs - Gateway 1ghz - Win98SE I was updating my BIOS and did a Ctrl-Break in the middle of the update (hey that old shoe just missed me) I know, I know STUPID - but it was late and it was an accident Now my machine is dead - lights come on but no one is home Is there a way I can get this machine to run again, or should I throw it off a cliff (or maybe jump off a cliff with it) |
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"Mikhail Zhilin" wrote in message ... Brian, Read carefully manual to motherboards: many of BIOS contain a non-erasable boot block, that helps to reprogram the main part of BIOS. If so -- there has to be also an instruction: how to create a bootable diskette at the other computer with the image of BIOS (this image has to be on CDROM for motherboard then, too). You can estimate the presence of such boot block yourself: if, when you turn the computer on, its floppy drive blinks for a few seconds -- most likely you are lucky. In my similar case a problem was in the defective EPROM (a chip, that holds BIOS), so the presence of the boot block didn't help -- and this chip was replaced and reprogrammed in the repair shop. -- Mikhail Zhilin http://www.aha.ru/~mwz Sorry, no technical support by e-mail. Please reply to the newsgroups only. ====== On Thu, 17 Mar 2005 16:16:12 GMT, "Brian Gotjunk" wrote: I am going to ask this question, and then duck so that I don't get hit by all the stuff that is about to be thrown at me. Machine specs - Gateway 1ghz - Win98SE I was updating my BIOS and did a Ctrl-Break in the middle of the update (hey that old shoe just missed me) I know, I know STUPID - but it was late and it was an accident Now my machine is dead - lights come on but no one is home Is there a way I can get this machine to run again, or should I throw it off a cliff (or maybe jump off a cliff with it) My cd-rom light flashes when I turn the power on, but not the floppy |
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Then you should follow Ron Martell's advice...
-- Mikhail Zhilin http://www.aha.ru/~mwz Sorry, no technical support by e-mail. Please reply to the newsgroups only. ====== On Thu, 17 Mar 2005 19:16:25 GMT, "Brian Gotjunk" wrote: "Mikhail Zhilin" wrote in message .. . Brian, Read carefully manual to motherboards: many of BIOS contain a non-erasable boot block, that helps to reprogram the main part of BIOS. .. You can estimate the presence of such boot block yourself: if, when you turn the computer on, its floppy drive blinks for a few seconds -- most likely you are lucky. In my similar case a problem was in the defective EPROM (a chip, that holds BIOS), so the presence of the boot block didn't help -- and this chip was replaced and reprogrammed in the repair shop. ... On Thu, 17 Mar 2005 16:16:12 GMT, "Brian Gotjunk" wrote: I am going to ask this question, and then duck so that I don't get hit by all the stuff that is about to be thrown at me. Machine specs - Gateway 1ghz - Win98SE I was updating my BIOS and did a Ctrl-Break in the middle of the update (heythat old shoe just missed me) I know, I know STUPID - but it was late and it was an accident Now my machine is dead - lights come on but no one is home Is there a way I can get this machine to run again, or should I throw it off a cliff (or maybe jump off a cliff with it) .. My cd-rom light flashes when I turn the power on, but not the floppy |
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On Thu, 17 Mar 2005 20:54:36 +0300, Mikhail Zhilin
wrote: Read carefully manual to motherboards: many of BIOS contain a non-erasable boot block, that helps to reprogram the main part of BIOS. If so -- there has to be also an instruction: how to create a bootable diskette at the other computer with the image of BIOS (this image has to be on CDROM for motherboard then, too). You can estimate the presence of such boot block yourself: if, when you turn the computer on, its floppy drive blinks for a few seconds -- most likely you are lucky. if so this may help: http://users.volja.net/jerman55/FlashBiosFD.zip -- ˛˛ ˛˛ Regards , SPAJKY ® \\.//_. mail addr. @ my site @ http://www.spajky.vze.com \°/ ".. long live & prosper.." - 3rd Anniversary running it: || "Tualatin OC-ed / BX-Slot1 / inaudible setup!" |
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"Spajky" wrote in message ... On Thu, 17 Mar 2005 20:54:36 +0300, Mikhail Zhilin wrote: Read carefully manual to motherboards: many of BIOS contain a non-erasable boot block, that helps to reprogram the main part of BIOS. If so -- there has to be also an instruction: how to create a bootable diskette at the other computer with the image of BIOS (this image has to be on CDROM for motherboard then, too). You can estimate the presence of such boot block yourself: if, when you turn the computer on, its floppy drive blinks for a few seconds -- most likely you are lucky. if so this may help: http://users.volja.net/jerman55/FlashBiosFD.zip -- ?? ?? Regards , SPAJKY ® \\.//_. mail addr. @ my site @ http://www.spajky.vze.com \°/ ".. long live & prosper.." - 3rd Anniversary running it: || "Tualatin OC-ed / BX-Slot1 / inaudible setup!" I will try the program, but my cd-rom light flashes but not my floppy drive - will it still work? |
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On Thu, 17 Mar 2005 23:09:09 GMT, "Brian Gotjunk"
wrote: if so this may help: http://users.volja.net/jerman55/FlashBiosFD.zip I will try the program, but my cd-rom light flashes but not my floppy drive - will it still work? cd-rom light flashes always when gets electricity .. :-( FD not ? IMHO you are toasted! will not work! search info for - hot flash bios - replacement bios chips on google for your MoBo .. -- ˛˛ ˛˛ Regards , SPAJKY ® \\.//_. mail addr. @ my site @ http://www.spajky.vze.com \°/ ".. long live & prosper.." - 3rd Anniversary running it: || "Tualatin OC-ed / BX-Slot1 / inaudible setup!" |
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Some computers have a jumper that can be repositioned to allow the BIOS =
to be=20 flashed from a floppy. You may have to download the user's manual to = see if this is the case. http://support.gateway.com/support/s...file=3Ddt.htm= l Ben "Brian Gotjunk" wrote in message = nk.net... I am going to ask this question, and then duck so that I don't get hit = by all the stuff that is about to be thrown at me. =20 Machine specs - Gateway 1ghz - Win98SE =20 I was updating my BIOS and did a Ctrl-Break in the middle of the = update (hey that old shoe just missed me) =20 I know, I know STUPID - but it was late and it was an accident =20 Now my machine is dead - lights come on but no one is home =20 Is there a way I can get this machine to run again, or should I throw = it off a cliff (or maybe jump off a cliff with it) =20 |
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Brian Gotjunk wrote:
"Spajky" wrote in message ... On Thu, 17 Mar 2005 20:54:36 +0300, Mikhail Zhilin wrote: Read carefully manual to motherboards: many of BIOS contain a non-erasable boot block, that helps to reprogram the main part of BIOS. If so -- there has to be also an instruction: how to create a bootable diskette at the other computer with the image of BIOS (this image has to be on CDROM for motherboard then, too). You can estimate the presence of such boot block yourself: if, when you turn the computer on, its floppy drive blinks for a few seconds -- most likely you are lucky. if so this may help: http://users.volja.net/jerman55/FlashBiosFD.zip -- ?? ?? Regards , SPAJKY ® \\.//_. mail addr. @ my site @ http://www.spajky.vze.com \°/ ".. long live & prosper.." - 3rd Anniversary running it: || "Tualatin OC-ed / BX-Slot1 / inaudible setup!" I will try the program, but my cd-rom light flashes but not my floppy drive - will it still work? Brian: Try removing all cards except for the video card. Better yet install a PCI or ISA video card. you may also want to search sor a program called "Uniflash" ( uf132.zip ). http://www.uniflash.org/ http://www.wimsbios.com/ http://www.rainbow-software.org/hardware/hotflash.html I went through a simular situation a few years ago and ended up "Hot Swapping" the BIOS chip on another MB. Hey I had nothing to loose!! John -- \\\\\// "Don't take life so seriously... | | ...it's only a temporary condition." (.) (.) ========================================oOO==(_)== OOo== _____________________________________________ | John G. Dulak | | Gnomeway Services | /)| E-mail me from my home page at: |(\ / )| http://users.telerama.com/~jdulak/email.htm |( \ ( (|____________________________________________ |) )_ ((( \ \ /_) ( \ / / ))) (\\\ \ \_/ / \ \_/ / ///) \ / \ / \ _/ \_ / / / \ \ |
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