can anyone please help or advise, my pc kept crashing mostly when i was on the net, BIOS error was the most common message. so went to mercury website (motherboard manufacturer) printed out details to reset & update bios. basically it said use flash file on CD, save BIOS which i did on floppy, then using download update BIOS and flash file from CD i was installig new BIOS, the screen showing progress, so i thought all was ok, then screen went black no warnings nothing!.i left it on for about an hour but still just blank screen. now it wont boot at all not off floppy,CD or hard drive, it used to show MERCURY logo before booting to windows,CMOS or floppy, now it doesnt even do that. the BIOS is AMI and the CPU AMD Duron 2.1GHz, o/s Windows XP Pro. Can anyone please advise or help ?
thankyou EAMONN.
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Jump to PostJust a long shot Eamonn,
but I was having BIOS problems, machine not booting up, incorrect beep codes, BIOS errors etc .. As a last resort I decided tp replace the button battery on the mortherboard, and all was well!! Cured with a £1-99 battery from Maplins. Might be worth …
Jump to PostTwo out of ten flash attempts results in creating expensive door stops.
Sounds like a trip back to the manufacturer or to one of the specialty shops that can reprogram your bios.
Jump to PostI dont see any info on your machine...
Non-beep machine? AMI uses beep codes if the internal speaker is hooked up.
(Is this a laptop?)Is your bios chip removeable?
If it is removeable and you have a copy of the chip you can probably find someone …
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