[TechAssist] Re: Gateway G5 233 wrongly flashed BIOS
- From: Gary McCartney <number63@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 09 Sep 2002 19:11:33 -0400
If the BIOS flash failed, the computer probably isn't able to boot up at
all, so having the old bios saved wouldn't do any good. You might have
to obtain a new bios chip from the motherboard manufacturer, if you are
lucky enough to have one that plugs into a socket. If the motherboard is
a Gigabyte, there is a chance that there is a backup bios chip built
right in.
What brand and model of motherboard is it? Maybe I or someone else has
one which we could make a copy of the bios chip and send it to you.
Gary McCartney
McCartney Electronics
7134 Fife Rd, RR 7
Guelph Ontario Canada N1H 6J4
Fax: (519)821-1530
email: number63 (at) inetsonic.com
jose.aviles5@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>
> Hi Amos:
>
> Did you save your old bios on a disk? If you did then all you have to do is
> reinstalled it. If not then you must get the right bios and installed it on
> a Dos startup disk and try to upgrade it. Also check the position of your
> floppy disk cable. When the light stays on this indicates that the cable is
> backward or the floppy is defective. Remember you must start the computer
> with the DOS startup disk.
>
> Good luck
>
> Jose
> From: "Ndegwa, Amos" <A.NDEGWA@xxxxxxxxx>
> Date: 2002/09/09 Mon AM 05:35:59 CDT
> To: "'techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'" <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [TechAssist] Gateway G5 233 wrongly flashed BIOS
>
> I tried updating this AMI OAAES052 BIOS but this process was not
> successful. When I power On the machine it just keeps on giving short beeps
> whilst the FDD LED is ON. The interval changes when I put in a diskette.
>
> Does someone know how to recover this flash BIOS.
>
> Thanks
> Amos Ndegwa
> Computer Hardware Support
> ILRI Kenya
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