errrrr..... yet another lesson learned
Oh well, I dont know exactly why, but today I got an itch to upgrade something, so I decided to Flash my BIOS on my ASUS A7V mobo. I know anytime you flash a BIOS you are flirting with disaster... Ya know anytime ya have an itch, when ya mess up, ya mess up mutliple times. so I know to always make a backup, but for some strange reason I didnt anticipate any problems....errrrrr...
anyways, it erased my BIOS and proceeded to write over, but then errored out because it could not verify. So I neglecting rebooted and as I thought may happen, it wouldnt boot. I tried to jumper the CMOS with no luck. when it boots it nerver gets past the cd rom wind up. No video, no floppy, no nothing. So, I guess it is probably going to be cheaper to buy a new mobo.
I found this one for $24. It is a MSI K7T (Gateway OEM Version).
http://www.gearxs.com/gearxs/product_info.php?cPath=75_107&products_id=2850
Everything is compatible as the ASUS A7V, but just wanted to make sure that a Gateway OEM version isn't proprietory in any way? I don't suspect it is.
BTW, sysem specs are: AMD 1.0 ghz socket A with the required 'A' prefix, 512mb pc133 mem, standard everything else....
Thanks!
AcftMecH
Oh well, I dont know exactly why, but today I got an itch to upgrade something, so I decided to Flash my BIOS on my ASUS A7V mobo. I know anytime you flash a BIOS you are flirting with disaster... Ya know anytime ya have an itch, when ya mess up, ya mess up mutliple times. so I know to always make a backup, but for some strange reason I didnt anticipate any problems....errrrrr...
anyways, it erased my BIOS and proceeded to write over, but then errored out because it could not verify. So I neglecting rebooted and as I thought may happen, it wouldnt boot. I tried to jumper the CMOS with no luck. when it boots it nerver gets past the cd rom wind up. No video, no floppy, no nothing. So, I guess it is probably going to be cheaper to buy a new mobo.
I found this one for $24. It is a MSI K7T (Gateway OEM Version).
http://www.gearxs.com/gearxs/product_info.php?cPath=75_107&products_id=2850
Everything is compatible as the ASUS A7V, but just wanted to make sure that a Gateway OEM version isn't proprietory in any way? I don't suspect it is.
BTW, sysem specs are: AMD 1.0 ghz socket A with the required 'A' prefix, 512mb pc133 mem, standard everything else....
Thanks!
AcftMecH