Hello all,
I recently received a computer from a friend who believes it to be scrap. I took it home, connected it, hit the power button, and was amazed to see that it turned on.
Turns out however, it couldn't go past the first screen which reads:
Intel(r)915G/915GV/g10GL PCI Accerlerated SVGA BIOS
Build Number: 3402 PC Dev 08/23/2004 13:03:07
DECOMPILATION OR DISASEMBLY PROHIBITED
Copyright © 2000-2003 Intel Corp. All Rights Reserved.
Bad BIOS checksum. Starting BIOS Recovery...
Checking for floppy...
Floppy not found!
Checking for CD-ROM...
CD-ROM not found!
<this repeats indefinitely>
**Note that during this time, my keyboard does not work and I cannot hit any keys to bring me anywhere else.**
I opened up the computer and quickly noticed that there wasn't a hard drive inside. Thinking this was likely the problem, I connected a spare hard drive of mine containing a Windows 7 installation. I hit the power button again, but the screen read the same as before.
I did a bit of research and saw a suggestion on taking out the CMOS battery for 5 minutes, then replacing with a new one. Tried that and got the same result.
The computer is a Compaq Presario SR1430NX.
A chip on the motherboard reads: ASUS A8000 D0440 A2L1410 8H110732A (but I can’t find any information of this type online).
My next course of action is to try burning a disk with a BIOS recovery file. But I want to hold off on that until I hear back from the community. Will this even work or is it worth a shot? Where can I find a BIOS Recovery file?
Does anyone have any suggestions to help?
I recently received a computer from a friend who believes it to be scrap. I took it home, connected it, hit the power button, and was amazed to see that it turned on.
Turns out however, it couldn't go past the first screen which reads:
Intel(r)915G/915GV/g10GL PCI Accerlerated SVGA BIOS
Build Number: 3402 PC Dev 08/23/2004 13:03:07
DECOMPILATION OR DISASEMBLY PROHIBITED
Copyright © 2000-2003 Intel Corp. All Rights Reserved.
Bad BIOS checksum. Starting BIOS Recovery...
Checking for floppy...
Floppy not found!
Checking for CD-ROM...
CD-ROM not found!
<this repeats indefinitely>
**Note that during this time, my keyboard does not work and I cannot hit any keys to bring me anywhere else.**
I opened up the computer and quickly noticed that there wasn't a hard drive inside. Thinking this was likely the problem, I connected a spare hard drive of mine containing a Windows 7 installation. I hit the power button again, but the screen read the same as before.
I did a bit of research and saw a suggestion on taking out the CMOS battery for 5 minutes, then replacing with a new one. Tried that and got the same result.
The computer is a Compaq Presario SR1430NX.
A chip on the motherboard reads: ASUS A8000 D0440 A2L1410 8H110732A (but I can’t find any information of this type online).
My next course of action is to try burning a disk with a BIOS recovery file. But I want to hold off on that until I hear back from the community. Will this even work or is it worth a shot? Where can I find a BIOS Recovery file?
Does anyone have any suggestions to help?
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