Hi Caravel,

Thank you for the information.

I wish I had known what you have just explained to me before I flashed my BIOS (or just after). I made the big mistake of re-booting my system after I flashed the BIOS, because I thought it had "Hung"
In fact it was still "reconfiguring" the BIOS when I foolishly re-booted.

I just got confirmation from Gigabyte the my MOBO is not a "Dual BIOS" board.

Maybe your info will remind some other members NEVER TO REBOOT OR TURN OFF the computer until the flash is completed. As for me, I will never flash a BIOS again. I now have to buy a new MOBO.

Thanks heaps. I am sadder but wiser.

Roger

Hi Dave 427SS

Thanks for that Gigabyte BIOS site. I got lots of good information there, but alas my board won't even begin the booting process - everything's dead including the monitor, Floppy DD and my HDD.

Gigabyte just informed me that my MOBO is not a DUAL BIOS board, so I think I have no alternative but to purchase a new MOBO.

I also will NEVER flash my BIOS again.

Thanks so much for your time and help. (I will let you know if I can retrieve the HD on my friend's computer, but I think it should be ok (I hope).

Roger

Hi to "you use a 286"

Well everything's dead - no power to monitor, no floppy disk drive power, no HDD power, no boot, no access to "setup". So I can't do anything at all. Have you been able to recover from a situation like this, without buying a new motherboard???

Thanks

Roger