Award Bootblock BIOS 1.0 HELP!!!

Hi. I'm in a big trouble. I tried to update my BIOS through windows
with a program made by the mainboard's manufacturer but the update
failed and when I tried to restart my computer the first thing that
came up after a few bips is

"Award BootBlock BIOS 1.0"


"Scanning BIOS Image in Hard Drive"


"Can not find BIOS image in Hard Drive"


Nothing else comes up. It's the only single thing that apppears after I

press the power button to turn the computer on.


I tried to put a BIOS on my HD with my sister's computer but still
didn't work. I tried to put a BIOS on a floppy which is what everyone
would do unfortunatly it doesn't search for anything on the floppy. I
doesn't go far enough to scan the floppy or the CDROM drives. Like I
said it's the first thing that appears so yea.


I also tried to remove the battery for about 10 minutes and I even
unplug the powersupply from the mainnboard but still nothing.


I'm desperate can someone please help me?


My mainboard is a Gigabyte. Model GA-8IPE1000 (Rev 1.0)
The program I used to try to update my BIOS was @BIOS by Gigabyte


Here's my e-mail if someone wants to contact me
"beretta92fs_i...@hotmail.com"


Thanks

Just a wild shot in the dark here but have you tried reading the motherboard
manual regarding flashing the bios? Did you follow the instructions exactly?
If all else fails www.badflash.com can help you.

On Fri, 19 May 2006 02:03:04 GMT, "Venom" <>
wrote:

> Just a wild shot in the dark here but have you tried reading the motherboard
> manual regarding flashing the bios? Did you follow the instructions exactly?
> If all else fails www.badflash.com can help you.

I suspect that the Gigabyte mobo has the BIOS chip soldered so recovery
from a bad flash is pretty difficult.

--
Steven

So what do you guys suggest me to do? Because yes I did read the manual
and it didn't help much and badflash.com doesn't help much either
unless I want to get my BIOS reprogrammed for money. A free solution
would be much more appreciated.

On 18 May 2006 19:15:23 -0700, wrote:

> So what do you guys suggest me to do?

Can you see the BIOS chip ? It will probably be a small square chip
with a label on top. If it is in a socket then you could remove it and
find someone to re-flash it. If it is soldered to the mobo then it is a
pig to remove (unless you are skilled at such things).

If it is removeable and it is a 32-pin PLCC chip then I can help with
the re-flashing if you are stuck. I have a burner but since I am
probably on the other side of the world this is a pretty last resort
sort of solution.

--
Steven

disconnect the hard drive IDE cable to force it to look on the floppy drive.


wrote:

> Hi. I'm in a big trouble. I tried to update my BIOS through windows
> with a program made by the mainboard's manufacturer but the update
> failed and when I tried to restart my computer the first thing that
> came up after a few bips is
>
> "Award BootBlock BIOS 1.0"
>
>
> "Scanning BIOS Image in Hard Drive"
>
>
> "Can not find BIOS image in Hard Drive"
>
>
> Nothing else comes up. It's the only single thing that apppears after I
>
> press the power button to turn the computer on.
>
>
> I tried to put a BIOS on my HD with my sister's computer but still
> didn't work. I tried to put a BIOS on a floppy which is what everyone
> would do unfortunatly it doesn't search for anything on the floppy. I
> doesn't go far enough to scan the floppy or the CDROM drives. Like I
> said it's the first thing that appears so yea.
>
>
> I also tried to remove the battery for about 10 minutes and I even
> unplug the powersupply from the mainnboard but still nothing.
>
>
> I'm desperate can someone please help me?
>
>
> My mainboard is a Gigabyte. Model GA-8IPE1000 (Rev 1.0)
> The program I used to try to update my BIOS was @BIOS by Gigabyte
>
>
> Here's my e-mail if someone wants to contact me
> "beretta92fs_i...@hotmail.com"
>
>
> Thanks
>

Many new motherboards store the BIOS not in a separate part at all but
in flash memory on the CPU chipset itself.


Steven Saunderson wrote:

> On 18 May 2006 19:15:23 -0700, wrote:
>
>
>>So what do you guys suggest me to do?
>
>
> Can you see the BIOS chip ? It will probably be a small square chip
> with a label on top. If it is in a socket then you could remove it and
> find someone to re-flash it. If it is soldered to the mobo then it is a
> pig to remove (unless you are skilled at such things).
>
> If it is removeable and it is a 32-pin PLCC chip then I can help with
> the re-flashing if you are stuck. I have a burner but since I am
> probably on the other side of the world this is a pretty last resort
> sort of solution.
>

On Fri, 19 May 2006 04:29:06 GMT, Barry Watzman
<> wrote:

> Many new motherboards store the BIOS not in a separate part at all but
> in flash memory on the CPU chipset itself.

Okay, thanks for the info. I saw your other post about disconnecting
the hard drive. This sounds good and made me realise I hadn't read the
original post properly.

--
Steven

"Steven Saunderson" <> wrote in message
news:...
> On Fri, 19 May 2006 02:03:04 GMT, "Venom" <>
> wrote:
>
> > Just a wild shot in the dark here but have you tried reading the
motherboard
> > manual regarding flashing the bios? Did you follow the instructions
exactly?
> > If all else fails www.badflash.com can help you.
>
> I suspect that the Gigabyte mobo has the BIOS chip soldered so recovery
> from a bad flash is pretty difficult.
>
> --
> Steven
>
>
Bummer !!!

On Fri, 19 May 2006 05:47:08 GMT, "Venom" <>
wrote:

> > I suspect that the Gigabyte mobo has the BIOS chip soldered so recovery
> > from a bad flash is pretty difficult.
> >
> Bummer !!!

I just checked the giga-byte site and it shows the mobo with the PLCC
chip soldered on. However, what I missed in the OP is that the PC boots
enough to look for a BIOS image. So, perhaps all is not lost.

--
Steven