Fried BIOS on EP-8RDA+ ??
This is a discussion about Fried BIOS on EP-8RDA+ ?? in the General Hardware category; I recently bought a new mainboard, the EPoX 8RDA+, and it ran fine. . . . . until, me being the stupid me I am decided to flash the BIOS. . . . . Without looking to thoroughly into the EPoX site, I decided to download the latest BIOS from the site.
This topic was started by airhead094, . Last reply by Zed,
I recently bought a new mainboard, the EPoX 8RDA+, and it ran fine..... until, me being the stupid me I am decided to flash the BIOS.....
Without looking to thoroughly into the EPoX site, I decided to download the latest BIOS from the site. I downloaded that and then proceeded to flash from windows, using the Flash utility off the CD supplied with the mainboard.
This is when all the troubles started.... I restarted and..... nothing, just a quiet beeping sound from the cases speaker..... hmm, I thought 'what have I done now'..... well not really but admins won't appreciate me posting the truth on here.
Newayz, I went and had a look on the EPoX site and I saw under the FAQ's this - quoted from EPoX
"Our Nvidia based motherboards use a different style of BIOS chips than our other products. To successfully flash the BIOS you will need AWDFLASH.EXE v8.22a or newer. Older flash tools will corrupt the BIOS and leave the board dead. Please ensure to only download BIOS updates for our boards from an official EPoX website. Please note BIOS update files are not interchangeable between the EP-8RDA and EP-8RDA+."
Well according to them my BIOS is rooted now
Can ne1 confirm this or had a similar experience ??
Without looking to thoroughly into the EPoX site, I decided to download the latest BIOS from the site. I downloaded that and then proceeded to flash from windows, using the Flash utility off the CD supplied with the mainboard.
This is when all the troubles started.... I restarted and..... nothing, just a quiet beeping sound from the cases speaker..... hmm, I thought 'what have I done now'..... well not really but admins won't appreciate me posting the truth on here.
Newayz, I went and had a look on the EPoX site and I saw under the FAQ's this - quoted from EPoX
"Our Nvidia based motherboards use a different style of BIOS chips than our other products. To successfully flash the BIOS you will need AWDFLASH.EXE v8.22a or newer. Older flash tools will corrupt the BIOS and leave the board dead. Please ensure to only download BIOS updates for our boards from an official EPoX website. Please note BIOS update files are not interchangeable between the EP-8RDA and EP-8RDA+."
Well according to them my BIOS is rooted now
Can ne1 confirm this or had a similar experience ??
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he he he he he....
Contact the vendor you bought it from and play stupid. Tell them your new board just suddenly quit working and you have no idea why. Ask them for a RMA to get another one if it's still under warranty (it should be). If they don't help you contact the manufacturer and ask them the same thing. Say a little as possible to them other than you want your defective board replaced.
Let this be a lesson to you. ALWAYS make sure you know what you're doing when flashing BIOS or firmware. Welcome to the club...
Contact the vendor you bought it from and play stupid. Tell them your new board just suddenly quit working and you have no idea why. Ask them for a RMA to get another one if it's still under warranty (it should be). If they don't help you contact the manufacturer and ask them the same thing. Say a little as possible to them other than you want your defective board replaced.
Let this be a lesson to you. ALWAYS make sure you know what you're doing when flashing BIOS or firmware. Welcome to the club...
OP
what's RMA?? lol
it's what you need to get the board replaced under warranty...
ok here goes im a newbie at this so plz be nice 2 me lol... :-? :-?
i have the epox 8RDA+ and i wanted 2 overclock it, i read from lots of reviews that its the most stable motherboard out when its overclocked at its maximum.. i have a friend that i know that can do it 4 me but he wants me 2 learn and find out how 2 do it myself all i would like is links to sites that could help me out i will make sure he is next 2 me when i do it and hopefully i wont be as unfortunate as airhead094 (so about that m8)
any ways thanx 4 ya help
Zed :D
i have the epox 8RDA+ and i wanted 2 overclock it, i read from lots of reviews that its the most stable motherboard out when its overclocked at its maximum.. i have a friend that i know that can do it 4 me but he wants me 2 learn and find out how 2 do it myself all i would like is links to sites that could help me out i will make sure he is next 2 me when i do it and hopefully i wont be as unfortunate as airhead094 (so about that m8)
any ways thanx 4 ya help
Zed :D
that will depend on the processor, memory, cooling and power supply you are using. I need more information to give you an answer...
sorry im running
epox 8RDA+
athlon xp 2.4
1gig of 2 512 2700 ddr ( corsair)
500 watt power supply
geforce4 ti4800se (128)
and a 100 gig western digital hard drive
epox 8RDA+
athlon xp 2.4
1gig of 2 512 2700 ddr ( corsair)
500 watt power supply
geforce4 ti4800se (128)
and a 100 gig western digital hard drive
