BIOS flash is all that was needed. THEN you'll always flash the latest BIOS preemptively. Archived from groups: alt.sys.pc-clone.dell () Jeff; If I knew in advance a BIOS flash is recommended, I would probably flash the BIOS. However your case is...

Biostar sent a BIOS chips with BIOS for different mobo. Hello all, Recently I had to buy a replacement BIOS chip from Biostar after a failed BIOS upgrade. When I received the replacement BIOS chip, I found out they flashed it to the TA790GXE's BIOS and...

it as a bios chip :( my acer isnt working! there was a bad flash and no recovery method worked. the laptop isnt even turning on! i know that if i got the bios chip replaced it will be fixed :) my options are identify it and then order a bios chip...

Soldered BIOS chips - a general question. (I originally incorrectly posted this on the Overclocking board/Chipsets &Bios thread and have moved it here while deleting it there). This is a general question about soldered BIOS and flashing those chips. I've...

while the update > is proceeding, your computer becomes a paperweight. NOPE, just a slightly tedious process of replacing a BIOS chip. > Not permanently, but > it's a royal pain to get it going again. So, don't update the BIOS without > good reason....

flash, make sure the chips are the same amount of KB/MB. As long as the bios chip is not soldered in you can replace it with another. If it is soldered, you need to replace the motherboard. Best to flash when there is no rain, thunder or summer air conditioners...

BIOS chips, so I made one myself out of stiff wire. Anyway, when I replaced the BIOS chip it worked. Now, I was going to do a hot swap after entering BIOS configuration, and set the old chip back to appropriate settings, to rescue it, but figured it was too...

bios; drive a can read and write the bios errors (double beep) 1. "..." configuration change (a is present and set up correctly in the bios) 2. "..." time and date change (it is no different than usual) any and all help would be GREATLY appreciated thank...

is to pick up a rom chip and flash the new bios on the replacement chip. I want to retain my existing bios just in case I have it to fall back on. I don't think I have a copy of my current bios on file and I don't know how to extract the bios from the board....

under warranty, RMAing the MB may cost you money. Normally you can just order a replacement BIOS chip from the manufacturer (or from a few small-scale BIOS vendors online), and swap out your current BIOS chip with the new one. After that, you should be good...