bios corrupt?

[xdkimx]

when i press del to enter bios i just get a black screen with a blinking underscore, the strange thing is that everything else works perfectly, i can get into windows and the benchmarks i use show the same score

 

iv tried flashing and clearing the bios, replacing the ram + mobo battery and unplugging the harddrive but none of that fixed it

 

is my bios corrupt? how would i fix this, should i replace the mobo or could it be something else?

 

and is there a way to hot flash the bios without having to do anything extreme?

 

thanks

[Sharp]

Hello,

 

How long did you clear the CMOS for?

Try 10 minutes.

 

Also you must never load a cmos reloaded profile from a different BIOS when using another BIOS. Have you ever done this?

[red930]

You know Sharp! I'm seeing the CMOS Reloaded problem from time to time with the newer BIOSes. I even dorked one of my setups by accedentally loading a saved CMOS onto a new BIOS. Had to use the Long Clear CMOS to recover.

 

CMOS Reloaded is stored off of the BIOS chip in NVRAM. Old settings can really play havoc with a new BIOS.

 

The only consistant results I've gotten when this happens is the Long Clear CMOS as detailed here...

http://www.dfi-street.com/forum/showpost.p...04&postcount=24

[xdkimx]

iv already seen that post and tried clearing the bios for 15 hours (overnight) with those exact instructions

 

"Also you must never load a cmos reloaded profile from a different BIOS when using another BIOS. Have you ever done this?" nope iv never done that before, iv saved the settings once on slot 1 but iv never loaded it before

[JiminyC]

You have that tornadoe plugged into cpu fan header? Also any case fans plugged into mobo fan headers? Definately pull the tornadoe off if it is and slap on 4 pin or use a control panel if you want to control speed. Should only use fan headers for *sensing* not for power. Just try it, take tornadoe and put on 4 pin then reboot. They suck way more power then fan headers supply. I had exact same probelm and pulling fans off headers solved mine.

[Sharp]

What kind of keyboard are you using?

USB or PS/2.

 

And how did you flash the BIOS?

Floppy disk or bootable CD?

[xdkimx]

iv tried always used usb but iv also tried 2 different ps2 keyboards

 

i used a floppy to flash

 

for the fans theyre all plugged into a fan controller

 

this problem happened right after my bios couldnt handle ram overclocks on the next reboot

 

thanks

[red930]

Try another PSU if you can get your hands on one. I know it might not seem logical but I've seen weirder things.

[JiminyC]

Take the fans off the mobo headers, one; you'll blow fan headers two; it took awhile for the problem to surface for me three; it may solve your problem

[Boppo]

Before you replaced the motherboard I would suggest you try a different BIOS chip.

 

One thing you could try is get TMods utility CD. He has a kill CMOS program on there that will clear it for sure. That might get you into it. He also sells BIOS chips if you want to try another one.

http://www.dfi-street.com/forum/showthread.php?t=22031

[xdkimx]

hm well just incase it isnt the bios i think ill just get a new mobo, iv already ordered a new one and it should be here tomorrow, ill post back after i see how it goes

 

thanks for all the help