Broken BIOS

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Broken BIOS

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Is it possible to recover a BIOS that has been lost due to a crash while flashing it? We have a PC at work that's had this happen and we don't know if it's recoverable. It's a Gigabyte GA-686BX, if that helps. Ta! :aww:
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Post by Dr. kitteny berk »

Yes.

however, in the case (and age) of that motherboard, look at one of those services that sell you a shinynew bios chip pre-flashed.

edit: more to the point, why flash the bios of such an old machine? it's asking for trouble
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Post by TezzRexx »

Woah, that is an oldboard.
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TezzRexx wrote:Woah, that is an oldboard.
You might say it's... a Grandmotherboard!
Ahahahahaahaaha!

*cough*
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Stoat wrote:
TezzRexx wrote:Woah, that is an oldboard.
You might say it's... a Grandmotherboard!
Ahahahahaahaaha!

*cough*
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Post by deject »

I know that there are a few motherboards that allow booting from a floppy in order to save a fuxx0red BIOS flash (like the Shuttle AZ11 I used to have), but I don't know of many that do this. Your best bet is to use a BIOS 3rd party reseller, as teh berk mentioned.
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TezzRexx wrote:
Stoat wrote:
TezzRexx wrote:Woah, that is an oldboard.
You might say it's... a Grandmotherboard!
Ahahahahaahaaha!

*cough*
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Tezz, your anims make me go all warm and squishy inside :)
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Dog Pants wrote: Tezz, your anims make me go all warm and squishy inside :)
Why thank you :boogie:
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