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Join Date: 2004-03-13 Member: 27317Members, Constellation
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<div class="IPBDescription">BIOS ERASED!</div> <!--QuoteBegin--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->Award Bootblock BIOS v1.0
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Scanning BIOS image in hard drive...
Unknown Flash MEMORY!
Can not find BIOS image in Hard Drive or diskette!
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This occurred after I was having problems with the BIOS and cleared my CMOS by removing the battery.
I've tried creating a Floppy with the newest BIOS for my mobo, but either I'm doing it wrong or my system is ignoring the floppy.
Help me internet; you're my only hope!
Athlon 2600 + Barton
Giga-byte GA-7n400L
512 MB RAM
Radeon 9500 Pro.
Copyright © 2000, Award software, Inc.
Scanning BIOS image in hard drive...
Unknown Flash MEMORY!
Can not find BIOS image in Hard Drive or diskette!
<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
This occurred after I was having problems with the BIOS and cleared my CMOS by removing the battery.
I've tried creating a Floppy with the newest BIOS for my mobo, but either I'm doing it wrong or my system is ignoring the floppy.
Help me internet; you're my only hope!
Athlon 2600 + Barton
Giga-byte GA-7n400L
512 MB RAM
Radeon 9500 Pro.
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Good luck.
I'm so happy I'll be building a new computer soon....soooooo soon.
edit: don't email, you have a phone right? It's much quicker.
I've heard bad things can happen if that is the case...
I've heard bad things can happen if that is the case... <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
Ditto.
Does Gigabyte have a specific program for flashing the BIOS (which I highly doubt) or have you tried a third-party DOS program.
I'm pretty much a n00b when it comes to mobo BIOSes but I know a lot more about Video Card BIOSes, so if I'm saying stupidities tell me.
Thats what I usually do:
1. Google
2. Mainboard Homepage
3. Google
4. Tech support
If your bios is cleared than I think the only thing to do is order a new bios chip. Should be possible.
the bios is a program that tells the motherboard how to use electricity and keyboards and basic stuff like that. cleared means all of the settings are reset to defaults, time goes to january 1, and people often do this to reset bad values. pulling the power cord then removing the battery, then leave it alone for an hour or so will acheive this.
erased implies the programming as been wiped by some power surge. if thats the case you need a new chip, because there isnt enough programming left to be used to reprogram it! it needs to know how to use a floppy drive for instance in order to flash itself.
i dont know which state your particular board is in, as most computers with an ERASED bios wont give you anything on the screen at all, and most with CLEARED bios will simply tell you so and reset the values to defaults happily.
<!--QuoteBegin--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->Award Bootblock BIOS v1.0
Copyright © 2000, Award software, Inc.
Scanning BIOS image in hard drive...
Unknown Flash MEMORY!
Can not find BIOS image in Hard Drive or diskette! <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
So, maybe the BIOS is corrupted. I don't know much about mobo's, and this one has been pretty good so far. I think maybe I'm trying to flash incorrectly. It's really important to me that I don't lose the data on my HD though, particularly the songs I have been producing and working on lately. So, I'd much rather not get a new mobo. Also, considering that I won't even be using that computer in 2-3 months (building my own), investing more money would be a waste.
Flashing BIOS > new mobo.
And just to let some people know, Giga-Byte apparantly does not have actual phone tech support. There are contact numbers but no tech support number.
Not worth it. I still haven't received any response to my tech support email, and my patience with Giga-Byte grows thin. I'm not home much tonight, so I'll give them the benefit of the doubt that I'll have some sort of reply by tonight.
if it's not detecting your floppy drive, maybe it'll detect your hard disk? you could take out the HD, put it in whatever computer you're using now, load up the BIOS image onto it, and put it back in the computer you want to flash?
the bios is a program that tells the motherboard how to use electricity and keyboards and basic stuff like that. cleared means all of the settings are reset to defaults, time goes to january 1, and people often do this to reset bad values. pulling the power cord then removing the battery, then leave it alone for an hour or so will acheive this.
erased implies the programming as been wiped by some power surge. if thats the case you need a new chip, because there isnt enough programming left to be used to reprogram it! it needs to know how to use a floppy drive for instance in order to flash itself.
i dont know which state your particular board is in, as most computers with an ERASED bios wont give you anything on the screen at all, and most with CLEARED bios will simply tell you so and reset the values to defaults happily. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
Uh sorry you're right. It was 4 o'clock in the morning mixing things up.
Hemm it's giga-byte, im thankful he's still alive to tell the tail...
Either get a new bios chip or a new mobo. Go asus and you can get a decent on for $60 or so. I got mine for £40 and it has SATA, AGP 8x, 400Mhz FSB, pc4000 ram ,yadda yadda
And I'm still waiting to hear back from Giga-Byte tech support. I'm going to give their corporate office a call later on today when I get home from work.
Also, if someone can please post directions for creating a floppy disc containing BIOS that will be in whatever format needed for the mobo to pick it up, that'd be great.
Oh yeah, just to add to the problem, I have only 1 floppy in my house. My mom tossed the rest awhile back and didn't tell me.
The only way i know to flash a bios is through dos mode, i don't think it can be done before then.
to get to DOS try making a boot floppy from bootdisk.com, and if that wont work, gigabyte MIGHT have a special way to get it done, but youre on your own with that one.
I will try this "boot disc" tonight. Muahahahahahahaha.
(is on lunch break).
Saddening.
I do have this second computer right now. Can I remove the bad comp's HDD, put it in this one, replace the bios with the new one and go from there?
After all, the computer says it is scanning the HDD.
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What's that supposed to mean?
The store i bought my gigabyte mobo from said it was one of the best. <!--emo&???--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/confused-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='confused-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->
if it is scanning a harddrive for a new bios, then that is a speacial feature of your motherboard that is very nonstandard. that means youre going to have to look up the manual for the board and read carefully how to do this reprogramming of bios.
i can only tell you how it is done normally, and that isnt working in your situation.
heres a TON of technical information on gigabyte motherboards. <a href='http://forums.pcper.com/forumdisplay.php?f=11' target='_blank'>http://forums.pcper.com/forumdisplay.php?f=11</a> theres a search feature you can try from there too.
read your motherboard manual, with most motherboards they have a failsafe thing that if a virus messed up your bios, or you had a bad flash you can put a *.bin image on a floppy and hold down some modifier keys and it will reprogram the eeprom so you can boot again.
i have a super micros dual PIII board and i had to do that thing once because the power to the computer was interrupted during the flash and the bios got corrupt.