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First post, by Panties

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hi everyone,

okay i screw up this time.
it was working fine until i updated my BIOS from asrock website.
(from original 1.0 to 3.30)
https://www.asrock.com/mb/Intel/775i65G/#BIOS

The new BIOS works for 10 mins... then i shutdown and head over lunch.

Came back, turn on... nothing on screen.

No Speaker error Beep, nothing! i even took out all the RAM,
just to hear CPU beep.. but its dead. No Beep about Ram error...etc..

after hours of troubleshooting... i am 100℅√ sure it is the Bios.

i desperately need help 😵 .

https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=1-qrwN … pYbNCND2vUukAaI

My google drive have the Bios chip photo.

please help!! i really love this PC.. i don't wanna lose it.
Can anyone with BIOS experience.... help me? 😢 cry...

Reply 4 of 13, by Panties

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Doornkaat wrote:

Do you have another machine with the same EEPROM socket? You could hot flash it with uniflash.

Alternatively where do you live?

i live in malaysia.....

and im not sure abt hotflash... how do u hotflash?

Reply 5 of 13, by Doornkaat

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Well in Malaysia I can't help you. As much as I'd like to. ^^;

Hot flash means starting a system with a compatible EEPROM socket, then removing the EEPROM after boot and inserting another EEPROM you want to flash and then running a compatible flash program like uniflash to program the newly inserted EEPROM.

It's a bit finnicky, especially with your EEPROM type but it works fine as long as you are careful.

Reply 6 of 13, by JidaiGeki

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Did you download the correct BIOS for your board? There's a few revisions of 775i65G:

https://www.asrock.com/support/index.asp?Model=775I65G

If you can't re-flash it, you might be able to buy a pre-flashed BIOS chip on eBay. Just check international item listings.

Edit: Aaaand it looks like you've flashed a Rev 3 board with a Rev 1 BIOS. See if you can't re-flash it with a Rev 3 BIOS:
https://www.asrock.com/MB/Intel/775i65G%20R3. … /index.asp#BIOS

Latest official version of R3 BIOS is 1.00 so no upgrades possible, it seems.

Reply 7 of 13, by derSammler

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Panties wrote:

after hours of troubleshooting... i am 100℅√ sure it is the Bios.

How so? It's quite unlikely that the new BIOS worked for 10 minutes and after that no longer at all. Also, the BIOS checks its integrity as one of the first steps during POST and gives a beep code when the checksum is wrong. If you don't even get that, the BIOS chip must be completely dead - which is very unlikely, as already said.

Before being fixed too much to what you believe is certainly the culprit, make sure the board itself isn't dead.

Reply 8 of 13, by Horun

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Sounds like the board has failed which could be possible from improper BIOS flash but unlikely. Look at the capacitors around the cpu socket to see if any look domed on top, if any are domed then the caps have gone bad. There are 3 versions of the 775i65G that I know of: R1.0, R2.0 and R3.0. I have a R2.0 (rev G/A 2.03) which uses same BIOS as R1.0, R3.0 uses a differant BIOS as JidaiGeki stated. The board rev is painted near the memory slots.
https://www.asrock.com/mb/Intel/775i65G/
https://www.asrock.com/mb/Intel/775i65G%20R2.0/
https://www.asrock.com/mb/Intel/775i65G%20R3.0/

Hate posting a reply and then have to edit it because it made no sense 😁 First computer was an IBM 3270 workstation with CGA monitor. Stuff: https://archive.org/details/@horun

Reply 9 of 13, by Doornkaat

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derSammler wrote:
Panties wrote:

after hours of troubleshooting... i am 100℅√ sure it is the Bios.

How so? It's quite unlikely that the new BIOS worked for 10 minutes and after that no longer at all.

If he didn't restart after flashing the system would simply continue running.

Reply 10 of 13, by Doornkaat

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Horun wrote:

Sounds like the board has failed which could be possible from improper BIOS flash but unlikely.

The last change to the system was the BIOS flash. Wrong flashes are known to render working hardware to paper weights. 😉
So how is it unlikely flashing the wrong BIOS caused the problems?

Reply 11 of 13, by Panties

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Doornkaat wrote:
Horun wrote:

Sounds like the board has failed which could be possible from improper BIOS flash but unlikely.

The last change to the system was the BIOS flash. Wrong flashes are known to render working hardware to paper weights. 😉
So how is it unlikely flashing the wrong BIOS caused the problems?

Yes.. Wrong Flash.. OMG.. This is totally my fault! T.T I flash Ver 1.00(My original Motherboard Model R3) to 3.30(Which is R2)

JidaiGeki wrote:
Did you download the correct BIOS for your board? There's a few revisions of 775i65G: […]
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Did you download the correct BIOS for your board? There's a few revisions of 775i65G:

https://www.asrock.com/support/index.asp?Model=775I65G

If you can't re-flash it, you might be able to buy a pre-flashed BIOS chip on eBay. Just check international item listings.

Edit: Aaaand it looks like you've flashed a Rev 3 board with a Rev 1 BIOS. See if you can't re-flash it with a Rev 3 BIOS:
https://www.asrock.com/MB/Intel/775i65G%20R3. … /index.asp#BIOS

Latest official version of R3 BIOS is 1.00 so no upgrades possible, it seems.

Yes, you're right... T.T

derSammler wrote:
Panties wrote:

after hours of troubleshooting... i am 100℅√ sure it is the Bios.

How so? It's quite unlikely that the new BIOS worked for 10 minutes and after that no longer at all. Also, the BIOS checks its integrity as one of the first steps during POST and gives a beep code when the checksum is wrong. If you don't even get that, the BIOS chip must be completely dead - which is very unlikely, as already said.

Before being fixed too much to what you believe is certainly the culprit, make sure the board itself isn't dead.

Okay thanks. I am pretty sure it is the BIOS.... motherboard is still healthy.

Horun wrote:
Sounds like the board has failed which could be possible from improper BIOS flash but unlikely. Look at the capacitors around th […]
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Sounds like the board has failed which could be possible from improper BIOS flash but unlikely. Look at the capacitors around the cpu socket to see if any look domed on top, if any are domed then the caps have gone bad. There are 3 versions of the 775i65G that I know of: R1.0, R2.0 and R3.0. I have a R2.0 (rev G/A 2.03) which uses same BIOS as R1.0, R3.0 uses a differant BIOS as JidaiGeki stated. The board rev is painted near the memory slots.
https://www.asrock.com/mb/Intel/775i65G/
https://www.asrock.com/mb/Intel/775i65G%20R2.0/
https://www.asrock.com/mb/Intel/775i65G%20R3.0/

Thanks man. Yes, mine is R3.0, and latest is 1.00 for that model. I am s2upid....

Today, I need to go home and check the rev. on the motherboard. After that, I will check on Ebay and update here...

Reply 13 of 13, by JidaiGeki

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Warlord wrote:

well, not sure if its worth it but you could always buy a eeprom programer like TLL86 not sure, or find somone who owns one to do it for you.

Getting the replacement BIOS for US$14 posted (https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/BIOS-CHIP-ASROCK- … =1&isGTR=1#shId) is probably easier and safer for the OP 😉 (not my auction, for the eBay link auditors!)