> Hi Sluggers, > > I have a Gigabyte motherboard (GA-686BX) - quite old, > and I have tried reflashing the bios with an update > from the Gigabyte website gigabyte.com.tw .. the Flash > update froze half way through and I now can not start > my system. Nothing comes up on my monitor either.
:( Where you using windows boot disk with memory management on it. > A few friends have already suggested looking for a > "reset jumper" or removing the little round battery, > waiting five minutes, and replacing it .. Some boards have a jumper that will reset the bios to default or you may have to remove the battery for an hour. Some bios have a bit of hard code that is unerasable and will allow you to boot when jumped. If corrupted you may be able to get hold of a bios from a similar motherboard boot your machine to dos and swap chips while on. Reboot and swap chips again while on then reflash the bios. Or grab a new board. Antony -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
