motherboard problem

NO^GUN · #1 12-05-2003, 07:04 PM

hey ppl hope u can help me

well these r my specs
Pentium4 3000C
ASUS P4C800e Deluxe
120Gig HDD Seagate 8mg cache SATA
512Mg RAM Kingston pc400 (3200) x 2
ATI Radeon 9800 pro

ok the problem
i start my pc all fine but i cant enter bios

Fastrack scans for IDE Drives doesnt find any and says
no drives connected to fastrack. no bios installed

ok this is weird and i really need help fixing it
i heard somthing about flashing my hdd?
how can i do this
thanks

LooseChippings · #2 12-06-2003, 06:01 AM

Firstly forget anything about flashing the HDD!

Has the PC worked at all since you built it?

If repeatedly tapping the 'delete key' during the POST doesn't get you int the BIOS try a different keyboard.

What is 'Fastrack'?

NO^GUN · #3 12-06-2003, 07:07 AM

the pc works im on it now however i cant access my bios at all

i press del it says press f8 to enter BBS
i press f8 and a black screen comes up with a blue line at the top with a box in the middle saying WAIT

well lets say ill be waiting for ever if i took its advice

any ideas?

LooseChippings · #4 12-06-2003, 11:13 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by NO^GUN
the pc works im on it now however i cant access my bios at all

i press del it says press f8 to enter BBS

I have just reread the Manual for your mobo, it is definately <Delete> to enter BIOS (Page 74).

What is BBS?

NO^GUN · #5 12-06-2003, 05:02 PM

well wen i press del same thing happens
a black screen blue line at the top in the middle it says WAIT...

im going to format 2nite and try everything from scratch again but i dont think it will work

this is really annoying as bios is important

curtybob · #6 12-07-2003, 12:13 AM

format won't help. Windows has nothing to do with the BIOS. Go to the manufacturer's website and see if there is a BIOS update. If so, then try flashing the BIOS. Read all you can before you proceed with BIOS flashing, it can be risky.

NO^GUN · #7 12-07-2003, 12:39 AM

i cant update as XP doesnt have have DOS

ill reset the whole setup i have cos RAID seems to be causing problems

otherwise any ideas on updateing bios using dos in xp?

LooseChippings · #8 12-07-2003, 02:44 AM

Disconnect the data cable(s) from the back of your HDDs / Optical Drives and see if you can get into BIOS.

As curtybob says BIOS has got nothing to do with what is on your HDD, so disconnecting different components may help trace the source of the problem.

NO^GUN · #9 12-07-2003, 03:03 AM

ok ill do a detailed explination

1st i bought all the hardware and set it up
i had problems with the SATA hdd didnt know if i should plug it in RAID or not
as i didnt have more than 2 HDDs i plug it in non RAID
i start up the cd searching for IDE deviced none found no BIOS installed..
ok i had no problem i continued to install XP all fine

then i thought about it and thought that BIOS is needed

2nd
as it said no bios installed i plugged the SATA hdd into RAID SATA and it detected the drive wen searching for IDE devices
said press CTRL+F to run fasttrack (or somthing similar)

i set up the HDD using that string 1 (meaning 1 hdd in RAID) etc etc i press del BIOS worked fine

ok then i said to myself as i dont need RAID ill set the hdd bak into normal SATA

3rd
i did that and nothing bios doesnt work now i press del but it just stays on a screen saying wait...

4th
i put the hdd bak into RAID SATA press del but same thing happened as above... the wait screen

so i figure ill go into RAID again press CTRL + F reset the hdd, wen i do that asks if im sure as it will delete all files on my HDD

...

well thats the story and i figure its the only way to work it out

i can update bios as i dont have DOS in XP and command prompt isnt an option as it doesnt work through that

so i hope u can help me out cos this is a seroius problem

thanks
(sorry if its a lil confusing i can reexplain just ask specifics)

LooseChippings · #10 12-07-2003, 03:38 AM

Have you tried resetting the BIOS to the default setting by clearing the CMOS.

Instructions are on pages 45 & 46 of the Mobo Manual.

If you need the BIOS Flashing files thay are at ASUS they should only be used if you are 100% confident you know what you are doing.

Most Flashing tools need to be added to a bootable floppy disk, these can be made in Windows.

Before Flashing the BIOS make sure you read and understand the instructions in the Motherboard Manual !!

NO^GUN · #11 12-07-2003, 03:39 AM

how can i update bios without dos in XP?

LooseChippings · #12 12-07-2003, 03:51 AM

You use a bootable floppy, this has a very small DOS on.

A Win 98 Boot Disk is probably the best.

NO^GUN · #13 12-07-2003, 09:10 AM

cant make the pc read da disk while starting up

cant get into bios to force it to load frm floppy

it doesnt read it while starting

any ideas??

LooseChippings · #14 12-07-2003, 09:21 AM

Disconnect the data cables from your HDD and CDROM.