Help a noob - MB died on old build - repair or replace options?

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I built a gaming PC back in like 2013: Gigabyte z87x d3h, i4670k, 16g DDR3, GTX 770. Some time last year, it decided it didn't want to boot. I remember spending a lot of time following the troubleshooting guides and found the BIOS was bad/corrupted. At one point it stayed running long enough that it tried to load the backup BIOS (I think it might have been trying to overwrite the main bios with the backup bios?), but it would just hang up and never finish. Then it just shut down one time and wouldn't boot again. No beeps - nothing.

Any idea if there is any way to repair this? Keep in mind, I don't really know much about computers, so use small words.. lol. I just followed a guide to put the build together.

If it's not repairable, what is my least expensive way to get this thing running again? The performance from this PC was adequate for what I do. I don't feel the need to upgrade anything that's not necessary. Looks like there's nothing available anymore that's compatible with my processor? I'm guessing I'll have to replace MB, processor, and ram?

Thanks for any help.
 
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Saw this posted on TweakTown, give it a try.

How to fix "dead" dual BIOS motherboard if flashing failed

It is possible to make the BIOS Auto-Recovery kick in (Dual BIOS) and re-flash the MAIN BIOS with the contents of the BACKUP BIOS.

This is a simple and easy method for anyone to try before having to resort to other more difficult methods, or a RMA.

1. Shut off the power supply using the switch on the back of the PSU, wait 10-15 seconds.
2. Press and hold the case Power On switich, then while still holding turn on the power supply from the switch on the rear.
3. Still holding the case power on switch, the board will start, once it does release the case power on switch and shut off the power supply via the...
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Thanks for the response. I gave that a try, but no luck.
 
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Gigabytes DualBIOS is designed to avoid these problems. You should contact Gigabyte for help with this issue. The motherboard is not that old and Haswell CPU's are still fast enough in 2017.

You should go to the Gigabyte website and choose Support/Technical-Support. They should have a solution for you.
 
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I gave that a shot. They won't do anything for me. They're response was more or less "too bad, you're out of warranty, repair would be too expensive, buy a new board". Guess who I won't be buying one from. Even though this build is somewhat old, I didn't mention that it had very little use on it. Probably less than 150-200 hours.

So, I guess we're back to repair or replace. I've searched, but my google-fu is probably weak. Is this possible to repair? I don't mind doing some soldering, but I'd have to know what and where to solder.. lol.
 
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Even if Gigabyte won't help you [i'm surprised at that] i don't think you should give up on this motherboard. It's a beautiful board with a great design and features. Almost anyone could use it as their main computer today. I'll think about your problem some more and get back to you with some ideas.
 
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That would be great! I appreciate you taking the time to help me. I feel the same way about it - this build did everything I needed and then some.
 
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Saw this posted on TweakTown, give it a try.

How to fix "dead" dual BIOS motherboard if flashing failed

It is possible to make the BIOS Auto-Recovery kick in (Dual BIOS) and re-flash the MAIN BIOS with the contents of the BACKUP BIOS.

This is a simple and easy method for anyone to try before having to resort to other more difficult methods, or a RMA.

1. Shut off the power supply using the switch on the back of the PSU, wait 10-15 seconds.
2. Press and hold the case Power On switich, then while still holding turn on the power supply from the switch on the rear.
3. Still holding the case power on switch, the board will start, once it does release the case power on switch and shut off the power supply via the switch on the read of the unit. (Do the latter two parts as quickly as you can once the board starts)
4. The board will shut down.
5. Turn the power supply back on using the switch on the rear of the unit.
6. Turn on the motherboard by pressing the case power on button.

Once the board starts this time you should see the Gigabyte splash screen, or POST page, then the Auto-Recovery from Dual BIOS will kick in. You will see a checksum error, and then recovery from BACKUP BIOS will begin. Once it is done reboot your machine and enter the BIOS and load optimized defaults then save/apply/reboot back to BIOS.

Now you are done, and will be using whatever BIOS was in your BACKUP BIOS, From there you can attempt whatever you were previously trying, or update your BIOS to the latest version.

 
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Sorry for not responding. Had some major things going and this got put on the back burner.

I tried the stuff in your post, but it just won't boot at all anymore. I don't get fans, beeps, or anything. I suppose it's not looking good.

Thanks again for your efforts to help me!

 
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