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ASUS PC-DL bios disaster
Hi
I recently purchased an ASUS PC-DL and have constucted my new PC with it. Specs on my machine a MoBo: ASUS PC-DL CPU: 2 Xeon (Socket 604, 533FSB, 512K) 3.06GHz OEM RAM: DDRAM TRANSCEND|PC2700 1GB RTL Graphics card: ATi Radeon 9700 PRO 128MB 8X AGP W/TV DVI HD: Maxtor 200GB UIDE 3LP 1in 7200RPM MX6Y200P0 PSU: Vantec 520A (520 Watts) - has the 24pin SSI and the 8-pin ATX power I have been through the Ram and Power Supply trials (had to swap Ram and the PS) and it seemed I was well on my way to OS installation, but nooo...... I flashed the bios to ver6 (PCDL1006.bin) and now it will not boot. It starts the boot, I get a video signal, which displays "ASUS..Dual XEON.. Capability , Stability, Reliabiltiy Press [Alt f2] to enter setup" but nothing happens. just freezes there. does not respond to any keystrokes, not even Ctrl-alt-del. It seems I had a bad BIOS flash. so I thought I should try flashing the bios again. I Cleared the RTC ram using the CLRTC jumper, and then rebooted and pressing del. I get the same ASUS screen, but at the bottom it says "Entering Setup....." but it never enters setup. again no response from any key combinations, including ctrl-alt-del. I am wondering if I did indeed get a bad bios flash. If I had a bad bios flash, would I even get a video signal? Do my symptoms indicate a faulty bios? I am assuming that I did experience a bad BIOS flash, and I'm not sure what to do next. Is it possible to recover from a bad BIOS flash using the CLRTC1 jumper reset method? (I have tried this a couple times with no luck) Or must I replace the BIOS ROM chip? I suppose I should send it back to the manufacturer for an RMA swap. Does anyone know which version of the BIOS is best? is v004 more stavle than v006? thanks Thomas |
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Paul
thanks for your lengthy detailed response! a lot of GREAT info in there. actually I managed to get out of my tar pit by doing the old reliable method of resetting the bios by removing the CMOS battery. It worked like a charm! After I pulled it out, waited a few minutes, and put it back in, it allowed me to reflash the bios (from a floppy of course). I used v1004 (to be safe, as many postings have stated this one to be stable). And I was able to proceed with installing windows!!!! My only remaining problem is that on the boot I get the warning: "Warning. CPU FAN FAIL!" but the fans are spinning just fine. This doesn't seem consequential, as the boot happens anyway. Any ideas how to clear that last lil bugger would be appreciated. Thomas |
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I have the same problem, although I didn't flash any BIOS, and I have a
different motherboard (P4C800E-DLX). The fan is spinning fine though. It's not the stock fan, it's the Zalman 7000, and it comes with a potentiometer with which you can set the maximum speed of the fan. I set it myself to low speed which is well sufficient to cool the CPU. When I set it to max, the message "CPU fan error!" disappear at boot time. "biomorphic" wrote in message ... Paul My only remaining problem is that on the boot I get the warning: "Warning. CPU FAN FAIL!" but the fans are spinning just fine. This doesn't seem consequential, as the boot happens anyway. Any ideas how to clear that last lil bugger would be appreciated. Thomas |
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