Please help, My mobo needs an operation!

<<Onafets>> · Sep 22, 2009, 08:22 PM

Yesterday I was playing Fallout 3 for the first time in my life. Loved it. I minimised it and exit it using my beloved windows 7 and began to do my project. All of a sudden the screen flashed white for a split second and I get no display. I reboot and I get to the Gigabyte Ultra Durable BS and it freezes. Then I reboot and I get this screen that says something something something Bios something something. then That freezes an I reboot. Now I get no display but everything is working. Has the Bios chip shat in itself? can I fix it?

SkyKast · Sep 22, 2009, 08:26 PM

what do you mean by "everything is working but I get no display" how do u know everything is working?

<<Onafets>> · Sep 22, 2009, 08:29 PM

Fans are spinning, tempature feels like normal operating temprature. Lights are working on the Mobo. I don't get it!

Asylum · Sep 22, 2009, 08:30 PM

Take your CMOS battery out and wait a few minutes and put it back in.

<<Onafets>> · Sep 22, 2009, 08:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Asylum

Take your CMOS battery out and wait a few minutes and put it back in.

Tried that...even shorted with screwdriver method.

ste2425 · Sep 22, 2009, 08:38 PM

is it dedicated or onboard vid

Asylum · Sep 22, 2009, 08:39 PM

Do you have another video card to try?

ste2425 · Sep 22, 2009, 08:40 PM

+1

thats what i was going to lead on to

<<Onafets>> · Sep 22, 2009, 08:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ste2425

is it dedicated or onboard vid

Dedicated, EVGA GTS 250 1GB.

<<Onafets>> · Sep 22, 2009, 08:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Asylum

Do you have another video card to try?

Nope...

ste2425 · Sep 22, 2009, 08:44 PM

ur mobo should have on board right? use that just to seee if it is ur gpu

<<Onafets>> · Sep 22, 2009, 09:01 PM

No onboard...

<<Onafets>> · Sep 22, 2009, 09:08 PM

Would a mobo testing card give any results?

SkyKast · Sep 22, 2009, 09:10 PM

did you try taking the CMOS battery out like Asylum said?

temp02 · Sep 22, 2009, 09:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by <<Onafets>>

Tried that...even shorted with screwdriver method.

You did that with the PSU still connected to the wall power plug?

<<Onafets>> · Sep 22, 2009, 09:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SkyKast

did you try taking the CMOS battery out like Asylum said?

Yes, see you in 6.

ste2425 · Sep 22, 2009, 10:01 PM

have you checked to see if the fan speeds up? or look for any obvious damage on the card? even the slightest burn mark? all power connectors hooked up? im not saying u dnt no what ur doing but many times ive forgot to plug the power in

Meow9000 · Sep 22, 2009, 10:12 PM

I be the bringer of bad news. Bios chip is corrupt/Died. happened on my old 939 Asus Board.

If you can remove the chip, replace it or reflash it on a similar motherboard and you should be good to go. Doesnt cost much to buy a new one. But most boards are soldered these days.

<<Onafets>> · Sep 24, 2009, 01:14 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Meow9000

I be the bringer of bad news. Bios chip is corrupt/Died. happened on my old 939 Asus Board.

If you can remove the chip, replace it or reflash it on a similar motherboard and you should be good to go. Doesnt cost much to buy a new one. But most boards are soldered these days.

I think you're right. I emailed the people I bought it from and they said they can't give me my money back. I'll have to return it and they'll RMA it. 4 Weeks without my baby!

My mobo is EP31 DS3L from gigabyte and IDK how to tell if it has a removable bios chip. can you check for me?

Oh well it was a shit mobo anyways.

Asylum · Sep 24, 2009, 01:34 AM

You can tell by looking at the chip on the board.
Look at your manual to see where it is or on the internet.
Might want to try another video card before you ship it though.
If you can barrow one or get a cheap 1 to test it with.

LittleLizard · Sep 24, 2009, 01:38 AM

gigabyte dont have remobable bios chip but the ud3r has 2 bios chip (dual bios feature). look in the manual how to boot from the second bios chip

[Ion] · Sep 24, 2009, 01:42 AM

^^This. When the primary BIOS on my Gigabyte G31M board (don't have it anymore) got corrupted, I configured some jumpers (don't remember which ones) and it booted from the backup BIOS, from where I was able to reflash the primary BIOS. Then I reset the jumpers, and all was good

<<Onafets>> · Sep 24, 2009, 01:51 AM

yay! good news!...^^.

But is there a possibility that the 2nd chip got currupted too?

[Ion] · Sep 24, 2009, 01:54 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by <<Onafets>>

yay! good news!...^^.

But is there a possibility that the 2nd chip got currupted too?

Possibly, but very unlikely. It would be hard to corrupt both the chips at onc

<<Onafets>> · Sep 24, 2009, 02:19 AM

http://asia.giga-byte.com/FileList/M...ds3l_2.1_e.pdf

I can't find the jumper!

Sep 22, 2009, 08:22 PM	#1
<<Onafets>> Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 757 (0.46/day) Thanks: 490 Thanked 77 Times in 73 Posts System Specs	Please help, My mobo needs an operation! Yesterday I was playing Fallout 3 for the first time in my life. Loved it. I minimised it and exit it using my beloved windows 7 and began to do my project. All of a sudden the screen flashed white for a split second and I get no display. I reboot and I get to the Gigabyte Ultra Durable BS and it freezes. Then I reboot and I get this screen that says something something something Bios something something. then That freezes an I reboot. Now I get no display but everything is working. Has the Bios chip shat in itself? can I fix it? __________________ “As long as you bypass the quantum septicular rings and interconnect the transmission module 3/4 the way down the flux capacitor you'll do just fine.” -Soylent Joe “Don't go all flash. Your website would be a resource hog, slow down people's browsers and kill little baby seals.” -xbonez

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Sep 22, 2009, 08:26 PM	#2
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Sep 22, 2009, 08:29 PM	#3
<<Onafets>> Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 757 (0.46/day) Thanks: 490 Thanked 77 Times in 73 Posts System Specs	Fans are spinning, tempature feels like normal operating temprature. Lights are working on the Mobo. I don't get it! __________________ “As long as you bypass the quantum septicular rings and interconnect the transmission module 3/4 the way down the flux capacitor you'll do just fine.” -Soylent Joe “Don't go all flash. Your website would be a resource hog, slow down people's browsers and kill little baby seals.” -xbonez

Sep 22, 2009, 08:30 PM	#4
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Sep 22, 2009, 08:38 PM	#6
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Sep 22, 2009, 08:39 PM	#7
Asylum Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: South Carolina Posts: 2,685 (1.52/day) Thanks: 849 Thanked 654 Times in 501 Posts System Specs	Do you have another video card to try? __________________ My Bad Company 2 team is recruiting. Stop by and check us out. -GuNS- CLAN HEATWARE LINK Rate My Rig

Sep 22, 2009, 08:40 PM	#8
ste2425 Join Date: May 2008 Location: Blackpool, uk Posts: 2,775 (1.52/day) Thanks: 779 Thanked 282 Times in 237 Posts System Specs	+1 thats what i was going to lead on to __________________ Womack & Womack : Duran Duran : The Specials : Madness : Lionel Richie : Indeep : Michael Jackson : Taylor Dayne : Frank Sinatra : The Gap Band : Wild Cherry : Fleetwood Mack : Blondie : Bee Gees : Wham : Snap : MC Hammer : Bill Withers : Louis Armstrong : Percy Mayfield : Ray Charles : Ben E. King : Bob Marley : The Temptations : The Marvelettes : Elvis Presley : Chic : Sister Sledge : The Clash : The Ramones : The Sex Pistols Where's all the talent gone?

Sep 22, 2009, 08:44 PM	#11
ste2425 Join Date: May 2008 Location: Blackpool, uk Posts: 2,775 (1.52/day) Thanks: 779 Thanked 282 Times in 237 Posts System Specs	ur mobo should have on board right? use that just to seee if it is ur gpu __________________ Womack & Womack : Duran Duran : The Specials : Madness : Lionel Richie : Indeep : Michael Jackson : Taylor Dayne : Frank Sinatra : The Gap Band : Wild Cherry : Fleetwood Mack : Blondie : Bee Gees : Wham : Snap : MC Hammer : Bill Withers : Louis Armstrong : Percy Mayfield : Ray Charles : Ben E. King : Bob Marley : The Temptations : The Marvelettes : Elvis Presley : Chic : Sister Sledge : The Clash : The Ramones : The Sex Pistols Where's all the talent gone?

Sep 22, 2009, 09:01 PM	#12
<<Onafets>> Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 757 (0.46/day) Thanks: 490 Thanked 77 Times in 73 Posts System Specs	No onboard... __________________ “As long as you bypass the quantum septicular rings and interconnect the transmission module 3/4 the way down the flux capacitor you'll do just fine.” -Soylent Joe “Don't go all flash. Your website would be a resource hog, slow down people's browsers and kill little baby seals.” -xbonez

Sep 22, 2009, 09:08 PM	#13
<<Onafets>> Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 757 (0.46/day) Thanks: 490 Thanked 77 Times in 73 Posts System Specs	Would a mobo testing card give any results? __________________ “As long as you bypass the quantum septicular rings and interconnect the transmission module 3/4 the way down the flux capacitor you'll do just fine.” -Soylent Joe “Don't go all flash. Your website would be a resource hog, slow down people's browsers and kill little baby seals.” -xbonez

Sep 22, 2009, 09:10 PM	#14
SkyKast Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: massachusetts Posts: 1,137 (0.68/day) Thanks: 476 Thanked 359 Times in 251 Posts System Specs	did you try taking the CMOS battery out like Asylum said? __________________ My First Mod, c'mon over - Have Our Team Make You A Custom Signature! - Check Out The Official GAU Site Graphic Artists United™ Artist “ if it's stupid but works, it's not stupid. ”

Sep 22, 2009, 10:01 PM	#17
ste2425 Join Date: May 2008 Location: Blackpool, uk Posts: 2,775 (1.52/day) Thanks: 779 Thanked 282 Times in 237 Posts System Specs	have you checked to see if the fan speeds up? or look for any obvious damage on the card? even the slightest burn mark? all power connectors hooked up? im not saying u dnt no what ur doing but many times ive forgot to plug the power in __________________ Womack & Womack : Duran Duran : The Specials : Madness : Lionel Richie : Indeep : Michael Jackson : Taylor Dayne : Frank Sinatra : The Gap Band : Wild Cherry : Fleetwood Mack : Blondie : Bee Gees : Wham : Snap : MC Hammer : Bill Withers : Louis Armstrong : Percy Mayfield : Ray Charles : Ben E. King : Bob Marley : The Temptations : The Marvelettes : Elvis Presley : Chic : Sister Sledge : The Clash : The Ramones : The Sex Pistols Where's all the talent gone?

Sep 22, 2009, 10:12 PM	#18
Meow9000 Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Wales, Uk Posts: 278 (0.20/day) Thanks: 14 Thanked 81 Times in 63 Posts System Specs	I be the bringer of bad news. Bios chip is corrupt/Died. happened on my old 939 Asus Board. If you can remove the chip, replace it or reflash it on a similar motherboard and you should be good to go. Doesnt cost much to buy a new one. But most boards are soldered these days.

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Sep 24, 2009, 01:34 AM	#20
Asylum Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: South Carolina Posts: 2,685 (1.52/day) Thanks: 849 Thanked 654 Times in 501 Posts System Specs	You can tell by looking at the chip on the board. Look at your manual to see where it is or on the internet. Might want to try another video card before you ship it though. If you can barrow one or get a cheap 1 to test it with. __________________ My Bad Company 2 team is recruiting. Stop by and check us out. -GuNS- CLAN HEATWARE LINK Rate My Rig

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LittleLizard Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Latin America, Uruguay Posts: 3,380 (2.06/day) Thanks: 339 Thanked 584 Times in 516 Posts System Specs	gigabyte dont have remobable bios chip but the ud3r has 2 bios chip (dual bios feature). look in the manual how to boot from the second bios chip __________________ "oh no, i make a very good person. I eat poop and sleep just like everyone else. My sense of humour just happens to fall under the DnD category of Chaotic Evil." - Mussels "I was expecting a line of EVGA FTW condoms or something like that." - DrPepper "I like my sex like my basketball, one on one, and with as little dribbling as possible" - Robert-The-Rambler

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Sep 24, 2009, 01:42 AM	#22
[Ion] WCG Team Assistant Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: North Carolina, US Posts: 10,666 (7.92/day) Thanks: 8,249 Thanked 9,329 Times in 4,261 Posts System Specs	^^This. When the primary BIOS on my Gigabyte G31M board (don't have it anymore) got corrupted, I configured some jumpers (don't remember which ones) and it booted from the backup BIOS, from where I was able to reflash the primary BIOS. Then I reset the jumpers, and all was good __________________ Ion's WCG Essentials Thread Crunching (64 Threads + 896 CUDA Cores + 6272 Shaders): i3-2100@ 3.1 + HD7850 -- Atom D510 @ 1.66 -- C2D-M T9600 @ 2.8 -- i7-3612QM @ 2.8 -- i7-860 @ 2.9 + HD7950 -- i7-2700k @ 4.4 + 2xGTX470 -- PentDC-M T4200 @ 2.0 -- i7-920 @ 3.83 + 3xHD7770 -- DP Xeon E5420 @ 2.5 + HD7930 -- E1600 @ 2.4

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Sep 24, 2009, 01:51 AM	#23
<<Onafets>> Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 757 (0.46/day) Thanks: 490 Thanked 77 Times in 73 Posts System Specs	yay! good news!...^^. But is there a possibility that the 2nd chip got currupted too? __________________ “As long as you bypass the quantum septicular rings and interconnect the transmission module 3/4 the way down the flux capacitor you'll do just fine.” -Soylent Joe “Don't go all flash. Your website would be a resource hog, slow down people's browsers and kill little baby seals.” -xbonez

Sep 24, 2009, 02:19 AM	#25
<<Onafets>> Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 757 (0.46/day) Thanks: 490 Thanked 77 Times in 73 Posts System Specs	http://asia.giga-byte.com/FileList/M...ds3l_2.1_e.pdf I can't find the jumper! __________________ “As long as you bypass the quantum septicular rings and interconnect the transmission module 3/4 the way down the flux capacitor you'll do just fine.” -Soylent Joe “Don't go all flash. Your website would be a resource hog, slow down people's browsers and kill little baby seals.” -xbonez

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