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I have an Epox 8RDA+ MB. Last friday I was working at my desk and my
computer shuts off. I think I knocked the power supply switch against
the back of my desk. So I curse it of and immediately turn the
computer back on. At first, I see a normal BIOS POST screen; but with
some weird "=" signs showing up. It stalls on that screen. I reboot
it a few times and the same thing happens. So I say screw it and I'll
deal with it on monday.
I come in on monday and I'm worse of then I was on friday. I don't
even get a BIOS POST screen. I'm now getting a never-ending high low
beeping noise. I open up the case and see that the POST code is a C5.
According to the MB documentation:
C5 – Call chipset hook to copy BIOS back to E000 & F000 shadow RAM.
I figured I had some bad RAM pieces. So I test both RAM pieces on
another PC and both work. I even try a brand new piece of RAM with no
luck. My only guess now is somehow the BIOS flash got corrupted.
However without the ability to boot or even get the post screen, I
can't re-flash the BIOS. I'm stuck; it's the chicken and the egg BIOS
problem.
Anyone have ideas?
I have an Epox 8RDA+ MB. Last friday I was working at my desk and my
computer shuts off. I think I knocked the power supply switch against
the back of my desk. So I curse it of and immediately turn the
computer back on. At first, I see a normal BIOS POST screen; but with
some weird "=" signs showing up. It stalls on that screen. I reboot
it a few times and the same thing happens. So I say screw it and I'll
deal with it on monday.
I come in on monday and I'm worse of then I was on friday. I don't
even get a BIOS POST screen. I'm now getting a never-ending high low
beeping noise. I open up the case and see that the POST code is a C5.
According to the MB documentation:
C5 – Call chipset hook to copy BIOS back to E000 & F000 shadow RAM.
I figured I had some bad RAM pieces. So I test both RAM pieces on
another PC and both work. I even try a brand new piece of RAM with no
luck. My only guess now is somehow the BIOS flash got corrupted.
However without the ability to boot or even get the post screen, I
can't re-flash the BIOS. I'm stuck; it's the chicken and the egg BIOS
problem.
Anyone have ideas?