Today I did something very dumb. I tried to update the bios on my newly build machine (my first build ever) and... screwed it up in a major way. Ok, so long story short I went to the ASRock website and downloaded the windows bios update tool they have (for my specific mobo) and ran it. The result? After The popup about closing all programs it immediately rebooted and I was greeted with blank screen (there was no input).
It wasn't until after I made such a wonderful move that I realized the website didn't say the tool was compatible with Windows 8, but just xp and vista. No idea if that's the overall cause of the failure or not, but I'm sure it didn't help.
I have tried resetting the CMOS and no dice, so I'm stuck with a computer that will power on, but wont POST or do much of anything at all other than run some fans and flash some LED lights on my RAM.
Is there anything I can do to recover from this, or am I going to have to send it in for repair (or god forbid having to buy a new board)?
Also, I have contacted ASRock support, so I'm waiting for them to get back to me on this.
It wasn't until after I made such a wonderful move that I realized the website didn't say the tool was compatible with Windows 8, but just xp and vista. No idea if that's the overall cause of the failure or not, but I'm sure it didn't help.
I have tried resetting the CMOS and no dice, so I'm stuck with a computer that will power on, but wont POST or do much of anything at all other than run some fans and flash some LED lights on my RAM.
Is there anything I can do to recover from this, or am I going to have to send it in for repair (or god forbid having to buy a new board)?
Also, I have contacted ASRock support, so I'm waiting for them to get back to me on this.
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