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Asus Mylogo and now my Computer won't boot now...
Hey people..
I am having a major problem on this and I have tried my best to research and fix it myself, but to no avail I haven't had any success. I have emailed support @ asus... and they haven't gotten back to me. This is my issue. I have a P4G8X Deluxe Mobo. I run Windows XP (xtra problems) with Service Pack 2. Everything was fine with my computer, till I decided to install the MyLogo program from the Asus disk that was supplied with the mobo. I installed the Asus MyLogo program and followed the instructions exactly, and I note here, exactly. For those of you who aren't aware of how this program works, it takes a picture of your choice, within a certain size and makes it your logo when the computer boots up. So anyway, as I was using this program to update the logo. Its 1st progress bar shows if its completed erasing the eeprom and the second progress bar shows its programming the eeprom. Well around 44% of being programmed, the program encountered an error (unknown to me) and it stopped. It then said either to retry or to exit. I retried a few times and still it would stop at 44%. The last time it did this, I decieded to click exit as it had asked. So the program closed and there I was on my desktop. I decieded to reboot (for I thought the eeprom was still complete since it encountered errors and I exited) not realizing maybe (and I still think I should of done this)I should of just updated the original bios file before rebooting. I didn't. I rebooted and I don't even got a post screen. I tried clearing the cmos, taking the battery out for at least 20 minutes with the power cable disconnected, and to no avail my computer will just turn but have just a blank screen. When it boots up, the HD light stays lit along with the lights on my 2 burners, but about a minute after the HD light will go off and so will the 2 burner lights and the computer is on, but nothing on the screen. I have even tried to disconnect the Hard Drives (power and cable) and tried booting, but nothing (just to see if it could take me to the bios screen). One last thing, this mobo has a feature for speech post reporting. I had that selected when this happen, so I don't get to hear the beeps for the error codes. Someone please help me, this is my main computer and has very sensitive data on it, I can't afford to lose it. I appreciate all those who are willing to help me out, thanks in advance. FP Jr. |
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Asus Mylogo and now my Computer won't boot now...
"ipps [EEPS]" wrote in message
ups.com... Hey people.. I am having a major problem on this and I have tried my best to research and fix it myself, but to no avail I haven't had any success. I have emailed support @ asus... and they haven't gotten back to me. This is my issue. I have a P4G8X Deluxe Mobo. I run Windows XP (xtra problems) with Service Pack 2. Everything was fine with my computer, till I decided to install the MyLogo program from the Asus disk that was supplied with the mobo. I installed the Asus MyLogo program and followed the instructions exactly, and I note here, exactly. For those of you who aren't aware of how this program works, it takes a picture of your choice, within a certain size and makes it your logo when the computer boots up. So anyway, as I was using this program to update the logo. Its 1st progress bar shows if its completed erasing the eeprom and the second progress bar shows its programming the eeprom. Well around 44% of being programmed, the program encountered an error (unknown to me) and it stopped. It then said either to retry or to exit. I retried a few times and still it would stop at 44%. The last time it did this, I decieded to click exit as it had asked. So the program closed and there I was on my desktop. I decieded to reboot (for I thought the eeprom was still complete since it encountered errors and I exited) not realizing maybe (and I still think I should of done this)I should of just updated the original bios file before rebooting. I didn't. I rebooted and I don't even got a post screen. I tried clearing the cmos, taking the battery out for at least 20 minutes with the power cable disconnected, and to no avail my computer will just turn but have just a blank screen. When it boots up, the HD light stays lit along with the lights on my 2 burners, but about a minute after the HD light will go off and so will the 2 burner lights and the computer is on, but nothing on the screen. I have even tried to disconnect the Hard Drives (power and cable) and tried booting, but nothing (just to see if it could take me to the bios screen). One last thing, this mobo has a feature for speech post reporting. I had that selected when this happen, so I don't get to hear the beeps for the error codes. Someone please help me, this is my main computer and has very sensitive data on it, I can't afford to lose it. I appreciate all those who are willing to help me out, thanks in advance. FP Jr. My $.02... Since you state that your system "...has very sensitive data on it, [which you] can't afford to lose..." My suggestion is _First_ take the system to a knowledgeable computer person/shop that you trust, and have them put your hard drive(s) into their test system and recover all of your valuable and sensitive information. Then you can try to find out what went wrong with your motherboard/system, without risking the loss of your data. Jack R. |
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Asus Mylogo and now my Computer won't boot now...
The ASUS Mylogo program is VERY dangerous. I had everything set up
properly installed on my Asus m2n32-sli motherboard and as a final touch I wanted my own logo to come up. It overwrote code on the bios that it shouldn't and I had a dead motherboard. I took it back to the retailer and it was replaced. If you can't get it replaced, then call Asustek and get a bios chip sent to you with the latest bios installed. That should solve your problem. Ak On Thu, 05 Jul 2007 14:53:30 -0700, "ipps [EEPS]" wrote: Hey people.. I am having a major problem on this and I have tried my best to research and fix it myself, but to no avail I haven't had any success. I have emailed support @ asus... and they haven't gotten back to me. This is my issue. I have a P4G8X Deluxe Mobo. I run Windows XP (xtra problems) with Service Pack 2. Everything was fine with my computer, till I decided to install the MyLogo program from the Asus disk that was supplied with the mobo. I installed the Asus MyLogo program and followed the instructions exactly, and I note here, exactly. For those of you who aren't aware of how this program works, it takes a picture of your choice, within a certain size and makes it your logo when the computer boots up. So anyway, as I was using this program to update the logo. Its 1st progress bar shows if its completed erasing the eeprom and the second progress bar shows its programming the eeprom. Well around 44% of being programmed, the program encountered an error (unknown to me) and it stopped. It then said either to retry or to exit. I retried a few times and still it would stop at 44%. The last time it did this, I decieded to click exit as it had asked. So the program closed and there I was on my desktop. I decieded to reboot (for I thought the eeprom was still complete since it encountered errors and I exited) not realizing maybe (and I still think I should of done this)I should of just updated the original bios file before rebooting. I didn't. I rebooted and I don't even got a post screen. I tried clearing the cmos, taking the battery out for at least 20 minutes with the power cable disconnected, and to no avail my computer will just turn but have just a blank screen. When it boots up, the HD light stays lit along with the lights on my 2 burners, but about a minute after the HD light will go off and so will the 2 burner lights and the computer is on, but nothing on the screen. I have even tried to disconnect the Hard Drives (power and cable) and tried booting, but nothing (just to see if it could take me to the bios screen). One last thing, this mobo has a feature for speech post reporting. I had that selected when this happen, so I don't get to hear the beeps for the error codes. Someone please help me, this is my main computer and has very sensitive data on it, I can't afford to lose it. I appreciate all those who are willing to help me out, thanks in advance. FP Jr. |
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Asus Mylogo and now my Computer won't boot now...
Jack R wrote:
"ipps [EEPS]" wrote in message ups.com... Hey people.. I am having a major problem on this and I have tried my best to research and fix it myself, but to no avail I haven't had any success. I have emailed support @ asus... and they haven't gotten back to me. This is my issue. I have a P4G8X Deluxe Mobo. I run Windows XP (xtra problems) with Service Pack 2. Everything was fine with my computer, till I decided to install the MyLogo program from the Asus disk that was supplied with the mobo. I installed the Asus MyLogo program and followed the instructions exactly, and I note here, exactly. For those of you who aren't aware of how this program works, it takes a picture of your choice, within a certain size and makes it your logo when the computer boots up. So anyway, as I was using this program to update the logo. Its 1st progress bar shows if its completed erasing the eeprom and the second progress bar shows its programming the eeprom. Well around 44% of being programmed, the program encountered an error (unknown to me) and it stopped. It then said either to retry or to exit. I retried a few times and still it would stop at 44%. The last time it did this, I decieded to click exit as it had asked. So the program closed and there I was on my desktop. I decieded to reboot (for I thought the eeprom was still complete since it encountered errors and I exited) not realizing maybe (and I still think I should of done this)I should of just updated the original bios file before rebooting. I didn't. I rebooted and I don't even got a post screen. I tried clearing the cmos, taking the battery out for at least 20 minutes with the power cable disconnected, and to no avail my computer will just turn but have just a blank screen. When it boots up, the HD light stays lit along with the lights on my 2 burners, but about a minute after the HD light will go off and so will the 2 burner lights and the computer is on, but nothing on the screen. I have even tried to disconnect the Hard Drives (power and cable) and tried booting, but nothing (just to see if it could take me to the bios screen). One last thing, this mobo has a feature for speech post reporting. I had that selected when this happen, so I don't get to hear the beeps for the error codes. Someone please help me, this is my main computer and has very sensitive data on it, I can't afford to lose it. I appreciate all those who are willing to help me out, thanks in advance. FP Jr. My $.02... Since you state that your system "...has very sensitive data on it, [which you] can't afford to lose..." My suggestion is _First_ take the system to a knowledgeable computer person/shop that you trust, and have them put your hard drive(s) into their test system and recover all of your valuable and sensitive information. Then you can try to find out what went wrong with your motherboard/system, without risking the loss of your data. Jack R. And as soon as they find your Porno-files, expect a call from Law enforcement. |
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ipps [EEPS] wrote:
Hey people.. I am having a major problem on this and I have tried my best to research and fix it myself, but to no avail I haven't had any success. I have emailed support @ asus... and they haven't gotten back to me. This is my issue. I have a P4G8X Deluxe Mobo. I run Windows XP (xtra problems) with Service Pack 2. Everything was fine with my computer, till I decided to install the MyLogo program from the Asus disk that was supplied with the mobo. I installed the Asus MyLogo program and followed the instructions exactly, and I note here, exactly. For those of you who aren't aware of how this program works, it takes a picture of your choice, within a certain size and makes it your logo when the computer boots up. So anyway, as I was using this program to update the logo. Its 1st progress bar shows if its completed erasing the eeprom and the second progress bar shows its programming the eeprom. Well around 44% of being programmed, the program encountered an error (unknown to me) and it stopped. It then said either to retry or to exit. I retried a few times and still it would stop at 44%. The last time it did this, I decieded to click exit as it had asked. So the program closed and there I was on my desktop. I decieded to reboot (for I thought the eeprom was still complete since it encountered errors and I exited) not realizing maybe (and I still think I should of done this)I should of just updated the original bios file before rebooting. I didn't. I rebooted and I don't even got a post screen. I tried clearing the cmos, taking the battery out for at least 20 minutes with the power cable disconnected, and to no avail my computer will just turn but have just a blank screen. When it boots up, the HD light stays lit along with the lights on my 2 burners, but about a minute after the HD light will go off and so will the 2 burner lights and the computer is on, but nothing on the screen. I have even tried to disconnect the Hard Drives (power and cable) and tried booting, but nothing (just to see if it could take me to the bios screen). One last thing, this mobo has a feature for speech post reporting. I had that selected when this happen, so I don't get to hear the beeps for the error codes. Someone please help me, this is my main computer and has very sensitive data on it, I can't afford to lose it. I appreciate all those who are willing to help me out, thanks in advance. FP Jr. You haven't lost anything. Your BIOS is corrupted, so the motherboard won't be able to boot. You should be able to transport the hard drive(s) to another computer, and get at the files that way if necessary. The BIOS chip can be replaced as long as the BIOS chip is socketed. Most Asus boards are that way. A company called badflash.com offers a service where they will prepare a replacement chip for you - price around $25. It is also possible, that a local computer store has an EEPROM programmer, and can reprogram your chip for you. (The PLCC with the yellow label, next to PCI slot 3, is your BIOS chip.) http://www.xbitlabs.com/images/mainb...e-bay/asus.jpg One thing you could have tried, if you were prepared, was after Mylogo2 failed to program the chip, change back to the Asus Windows BIOS flashing tool. Then, flash a known good BIOS image (like a backup image of the existing BIOS load). As long as you did that, before the reboot, you'd still be using the board right now. It is possible to do a set of limited checks on modified BIOS files. The file size after the mod should be an exact power-of-two (i.e. 524288 bytes or 262144 bytes etc). Tools like awdsplit or mmtool, can be used to try and decipher what is in the BIOS. (There is a tool called CBROM, but I don't have a copy of that one.) If these tools can no longer open the modified BIOS, then you'd know the BIOS was no good, before attempting to flash it. Good luck, Paul |
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On Jul 5, 11:51 pm, Paul wrote:
ipps [EEPS] wrote: Hey people.. I am having a major problem on this and I have tried my best to research and fix it myself, but to no avail I haven't had any success. I have emailed support @ asus... and they haven't gotten back to me. This is my issue. I have a P4G8X Deluxe Mobo. I run Windows XP (xtra problems) with Service Pack 2. Everything was fine with my computer, till I decided to install the MyLogo program from the Asus disk that was supplied with the mobo. I installed the Asus MyLogo program and followed the instructions exactly, and I note here, exactly. For those of you who aren't aware of how this program works, it takes a picture of your choice, within a certain size and makes it your logo when the computer boots up. So anyway, as I was using this program to update the logo. Its 1st progress bar shows if its completed erasing the eeprom and the second progress bar shows its programming the eeprom. Well around 44% of being programmed, the program encountered an error (unknown to me) and it stopped. It then said either to retry or to exit. I retried a few times and still it would stop at 44%. The last time it did this, I decieded to click exit as it had asked. So the program closed and there I was on my desktop. I decieded to reboot (for I thought the eeprom was still complete since it encountered errors and I exited) not realizing maybe (and I still think I should of done this)I should of just updated the original bios file before rebooting. I didn't. I rebooted and I don't even got a post screen. I tried clearing the cmos, taking the battery out for at least 20 minutes with the power cable disconnected, and to no avail my computer will just turn but have just a blank screen. When it boots up, the HD light stays lit along with the lights on my 2 burners, but about a minute after the HD light will go off and so will the 2 burner lights and the computer is on, but nothing on the screen. I have even tried to disconnect the Hard Drives (power and cable) and tried booting, but nothing (just to see if it could take me to the bios screen). One last thing, this mobo has a feature for speech post reporting. I had that selected when this happen, so I don't get to hear the beeps for the error codes. Someone please help me, this is my main computer and has very sensitive data on it, I can't afford to lose it. I appreciate all those who are willing to help me out, thanks in advance. FP Jr. You haven't lost anything. Your BIOS is corrupted, so the motherboard won't be able to boot. You should be able to transport the hard drive(s) to another computer, and get at the files that way if necessary. The BIOS chip can be replaced as long as the BIOS chip is socketed. Most Asus boards are that way. A company called badflash.com offers a service where they will prepare a replacement chip for you - price around $25. It is also possible, that a local computer store has an EEPROM programmer, and can reprogram your chip for you. (The PLCC with the yellow label, next to PCI slot 3, is your BIOS chip.)http://www.xbitlabs.com/images/mainb...e-bay/asus.jpg One thing you could have tried, if you were prepared, was after Mylogo2 failed to program the chip, change back to the Asus Windows BIOS flashing tool. Then, flash a known good BIOS image (like a backup image of the existing BIOS load). As long as you did that, before the reboot, you'd still be using the board right now. It is possible to do a set of limited checks on modified BIOS files. The file size after the mod should be an exact power-of-two (i.e. 524288 bytes or 262144 bytes etc). Tools like awdsplit or mmtool, can be used to try and decipher what is in the BIOS. (There is a tool called CBROM, but I don't have a copy of that one.) If these tools can no longer open the modified BIOS, then you'd know the BIOS was no good, before attempting to flash it. Good luck, Paul I want to say thanks to those who have given me good answers and a humorous one. Well I will take the advice that has been given, and I appreciate the help in further understanding what has happened in my system. Thanks guys. FP Jr. |
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I appreciate the answer and help. Sounds like a great idea. Btw,
whats something like that cost in canadian dollars and how hard is it to go about ordering it?? I can't afford a new mobo right now so I'm opting for a bios chip then. Btw, where is the bios chip on the board? Regards, FP Jr. On Jul 5, 10:34 pm, Alfred Kaufmann wrote: The ASUS Mylogo program is VERY dangerous. I had everything set up properly installed on my Asus m2n32-sli motherboard and as a final touch I wanted my own logo to come up. It overwrote code on the bios that it shouldn't and I had a dead motherboard. I took it back to the retailer and it was replaced. If you can't get it replaced, then call Asustek and get a bios chip sent to you with the latest bios installed. That should solve your problem. Ak |
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One can get them much cheaper on the Net :
http://www.badflash.com/orderbios.html I once gpt a much cheaper one from another supplier. It came in the mail in a letter-size envelope. Unfortunately Icannot seem to find the web address. But, Iam looking for it now and will post. "ipps [EEPS]" a écrit dans le message de ups.com... I appreciate the answer and help. Sounds like a great idea. Btw, whats something like that cost in canadian dollars and how hard is it to go about ordering it?? I can't afford a new mobo right now so I'm opting for a bios chip then. Btw, where is the bios chip on the board? Regards, FP Jr. On Jul 5, 10:34 pm, Alfred Kaufmann wrote: The ASUS Mylogo program is VERY dangerous. I had everything set up properly installed on my Asus m2n32-sli motherboard and as a final touch I wanted my own logo to come up. It overwrote code on the bios that it shouldn't and I had a dead motherboard. I took it back to the retailer and it was replaced. If you can't get it replaced, then call Asustek and get a bios chip sent to you with the latest bios installed. That should solve your problem. Ak |
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Asus Mylogo and now my Computer won't boot now...
I think you'll need to read the manual (download one if you can't find
the one that came with your motherboard) and that will show you the location of the bios chip. To get a cheap new bios chip for your motherboard, go to www.ebay.ca and type "bios chip" in their search box. It is cheaper than Asustek? Were you using a Asus beta bios? Ak On Fri, 06 Jul 2007 00:20:54 -0700, "ipps [EEPS]" wrote: I appreciate the answer and help. Sounds like a great idea. Btw, whats something like that cost in canadian dollars and how hard is it to go about ordering it?? I can't afford a new mobo right now so I'm opting for a bios chip then. Btw, where is the bios chip on the board? Regards, FP Jr. On Jul 5, 10:34 pm, Alfred Kaufmann wrote: The ASUS Mylogo program is VERY dangerous. I had everything set up properly installed on my Asus m2n32-sli motherboard and as a final touch I wanted my own logo to come up. It overwrote code on the bios that it shouldn't and I had a dead motherboard. I took it back to the retailer and it was replaced. If you can't get it replaced, then call Asustek and get a bios chip sent to you with the latest bios installed. That should solve your problem. Ak |
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On Jul 6, 4:03 pm, Alfred Kaufmann wrote:
I think you'll need to read the manual (download one if you can't find the one that came with your motherboard) and that will show you the location of the bios chip. To get a cheap new bios chip for your motherboard, go towww.ebay.ca and type "bios chip" in their search box. It is cheaper than Asustek? Were you using a Asus beta bios? Ak Downloaded the manual and found where my bios chip is. Thanks again ;] Thanks for the suggetion yet I found a place actually pretty close to me that was posted by another user. So I going to try them since its local to me. I wasn't using a Asus Beta Bios. I had the second last revision for my bios. Again many thanks... F. |
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