i downloaded the abit flash utility from the abit website here:
http://www.abit-usa.com/downloads/bios/flashmenu.php
i downloaded the BIOS for the NF7-S series from here:
http://www.abit-usa.com/downloads/
[it is the link "NF7 Series BIOS 28 (NF7/NF7-S Revision 1.0~1.2 &
NF7-M) "]
then i followed the instructions found here:
http://www.abit-usa.com/downloads/bioshelp.php
but instead of doing the floppy disk i used the flash utility. i had
already made the floppy disk and had transferred the 5 extracted
files to it when i realized i could just use the flash utility and it
would do it all for me. so i did the flash utility "from file" and
selected the .bin file that had been extracted. the flash utility
took it from there and it went fine and then told me it was going to
reboot and i said okay. than it rebooted but never booted back up. i
let it sit there for like 5 minutes, nothing on the monitor or
anything. then i realized that i had left the floppy in. so i took it
out and had to power it down by holding the botton for like 3 secs.
then i turned it back on a still nothing. it "reads" the hard drive
(the light is on for about 10 secs) but nothing else. nothing on the
monitor. i tried the whole "F2" or "F8" but neither worked. put in my
windows CD and still nothing.
any ideas? is there a way i can get it to boot from the floppy to "re-flash"
the BIOS that is on there? am i looking at a new motherboard? or a
new "BIOS chip" if there is such a thing?
http://www.abit-usa.com/downloads/bios/flashmenu.php
i downloaded the BIOS for the NF7-S series from here:
http://www.abit-usa.com/downloads/
[it is the link "NF7 Series BIOS 28 (NF7/NF7-S Revision 1.0~1.2 &
NF7-M) "]
then i followed the instructions found here:
http://www.abit-usa.com/downloads/bioshelp.php
but instead of doing the floppy disk i used the flash utility. i had
already made the floppy disk and had transferred the 5 extracted
files to it when i realized i could just use the flash utility and it
would do it all for me. so i did the flash utility "from file" and
selected the .bin file that had been extracted. the flash utility
took it from there and it went fine and then told me it was going to
reboot and i said okay. than it rebooted but never booted back up. i
let it sit there for like 5 minutes, nothing on the monitor or
anything. then i realized that i had left the floppy in. so i took it
out and had to power it down by holding the botton for like 3 secs.
then i turned it back on a still nothing. it "reads" the hard drive
(the light is on for about 10 secs) but nothing else. nothing on the
monitor. i tried the whole "F2" or "F8" but neither worked. put in my
windows CD and still nothing.
any ideas? is there a way i can get it to boot from the floppy to "re-flash"
the BIOS that is on there? am i looking at a new motherboard? or a
new "BIOS chip" if there is such a thing?