gigabyte ga-965p-dq6 wont post after it deleted bios please help.

[david419]

morning all,

i have a gigabyte-ga-965p-dq6 and a c2d e6600,

the problem is i turned on my pc 1 morning and i see the bios screen and it said deleting bios??

after that happened it reset and failed to post, i could not see any bios or hear no beeps, it just seemed dead.

i tried the usual things like clearing cmos but that never worked. i then disconected everything but the cpu and 1 stick of ram and left the speaker on but still no luck.

i know its not the power supply,ram or cpu as i tried them in another machine and they work fine,

just wanted to know if any one else has seen this problem or if anyone knows how i can reset the bios even tho i cant get into it?

many thanks.

 

[new_rez]

Did it delete both the main bios and backup bios? Because these motherboards should boot into the backup bios if anything has gone wrong, with the main one.

I have no idea whether it will work, but if you have access to a floppy disk, and have a fdd on your pc, try putting the latest bios for your board on it. Then boot with the fdd in.

http://www.giga-byte.com/Support/Motherboard/BIOS_Model.aspx?ProductID=2295#anchor_os
I'd recommend bios F12. I had it on my DS4 and it worked well

You could also try mashing the delete key upon start up, see if it gets you into the board options?

 

[david419]

Did it delete both the main bios and backup bios? Because these motherboards should boot into the backup bios if anything has gone wrong, with the main one.

I have no idea whether it will work, but if you have access to a floppy disk, and have a fdd on your pc, try putting the latest bios for your board on it. Then boot with the fdd in.

http://www.giga-byte.com/Support/Motherboard/BIOS_Model.aspx?ProductID=2295#anchor_os
I'd recommend bios F12. I had it on my DS4 and it worked well

You could also try mashing the delete key upon start up, see if it gets you into the board options?

hi, i think it must of deleted both main and backup as it dont even boot from backup i will try the floppi idea but i thought i had to change boot priority in bios beforehand, still it cant hurt giving it a go, many thanks.

 

[phanbuey]

ive had this happen too... a long time ago with a 965P DS3...

i cant remember how it fixed itself but it took a bit of fiddling....

Have you tried leaving it unplugged and taking out the battery for 10 mins? I know you said CLRCMOS but i remember doing that and thinking it was weird.

the auto-recover bios might have bricked your board. Shoot an email to Gigabyte and see what they say.

 

[new_rez]

The fdd should be the first thing to boot on your board...i think Ill have a check around to see if i can find anythign else for you

You could also try here http://www.giga-byte.com/Support/ServiceCenter.aspx