Hi All & Terence McCarthy who typed, <snip>
Hello All,
I finally plucked up courage to upgrade my Award BIOS (VIA Apollo VP3 chipset, SOYO board), saved the original settings, flushed the chip, and then the SOYO software hung on me during flash-writing it.
I have cleared the CMOS etc., but to no avail. I would be grateful for any advice on this:
a. Can I get round this, and if so, how?
b. If not, can I get a replacement chip easily (and cheaply)?
Thanks to anyone who can help me on this.
Terence
<snip> Ouch. Odd too. Normally (IMHE), the Award BIOS thingy only needs a Borg boot floppy & comes with Award BIOS flash software, tailored to the motherboard yall have. Also, "normally," the updater asks if you wanna 'back up' your previous BIOS. So, you may have a dodgy boot floppy (you have tried a couple of times?), or dodgy download ex SOYO or Award or some other such thingy. You ought to be able to get generic BIOS from Award or VIA or even from SOYO. I have found SOYO's online help to suck badly-if you will pardon the expression. But they may even respond to you, if you ask for the previous BIOS version (1.2., instead of 1.3; for instance....) Good luck & one or more of the above has worked for me in the past. *BFN* Greek Geek :-) well-adjusted, adj.: The ability to play bridge or golf as if they were games