[ILUG] [OT]Dead Motherboard

[D ONeill]

Hello Diarmaid:

An fscked BIOS doesn't look like anything because it can't do 
anything. Was this board dead before you got it, or did it fail 
during or after flashing the BIOS on an upgrade? If that's what 
happened it won't boot. 

I assume you've been to 
http://www.asus.com/Products/Motherboard/manual_slot1.html#p2b

As I haven't seen one of those boards in a while, I dloaded the 
manual to determine one thing: is the BIOS chip removeable, or is it 
soldered to the MOBO? I couldn't tell form having a look at the 
manual.

If it can be removed I'd say your best bet is to  replace it--but for 
what they ask for BIOS chips where I live you could probably replace 
the board for the same price. Or perhaps you could find a used board 
that was dead for a reason other than the BIOS.

Don't know about the file extension you mentioned, as all I've ever 
used is AFLASH.EXE, which MUST be run in DOS mode from a floppy.
Have you tried ASUS tech support: http://tsd@asus.com.tw
The also have a newsgroup. Sorry I don't recall the url but it can be 
found easily on their website, somewhere under tech support.

Hope this helps,

Donnchadh O'Neill

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