Solve : bios troubles?

1.	Solve : bios troubles?
Answer» I am not a newbie. I clicked the right button but it didn't show. I'm an intermediate user. Dell Dimension 2400 XP Pro - After flashing the BIOS my computer POSTS. I SEE the bios screen all details are correct and then when the computer tries to boot it doesn't go past the black screen with a white blinking cursor in the top left corner. No boot from any drive,no keyboard accessWhy did you flash the BIOS ? ?I lost one of my USB Hubs so I tried the firmware update.Ouch... That was probably unneccessary and you may have bricked the PC... Check the Dell site to see if there is a reversal method.Hi Perhaps reset the cmos with the jumper on the motherboard. Make sure the date and time are correct. Check the harddrive is detected. And then check in the cmos the drive boot order is cd then HD, Remove any usb pendrives and see if it boots. The BIOS flash was a last resort. Dell site pointed to MS and MS pointed to Dell. As far as what does happen when I hit the power button--I get past the Dell / Bios page to a black screen with a left corner blinking cursor. I have no capabilities of booting or any keys. Stops Dead. I have tried all I know and that's why I'm here. ThanxQuote from: JUSTBOBS on January 05, 2012, 03:38:22 PM The BIOS flash was a last resort. Dell site pointed to MS and MS pointed to Dell. As far as what does happen when I hit the power button--I get past the Dell / Bios page to a black screen with a left corner blinking cursor. I have no capabilities of booting or any keys. Stops Dead. I have tried all I know and that's why I'm here. Thanx Quote from: JUSTBOBS on January 04, 2012, 11:41:21 AM I am not a newbie. I clicked the right button but it didn't show. I'm an intermediate user. Dell Dimension 2400 XP Pro - After flashing the BIOS my computer POSTS. I see the bios screen all details are correct and then when the computer tries to boot it doesn't go past the black screen with a white blinking cursor in the top left corner. No boot from any drive,no keyboard access If you can't find a reversal for the bios flash, and you're feeling adventurous, you could look around for another bios chip (a bios chip dealer may have one already programmed), de-solder the old one and solder the new one on. If your not familiar with soldering you can look on YouTube for some good tutorials on "SMD soldering" You haven't got anything to LOOSE if the motherboard is already bricked, except some time, maybe. You'll need a bios chip from the exact model of the current motherboard.Thanx I was going to try that as a last resort also. My flash chip is a plug in type so I guess I'll UNPLUG it and find someone to load my up to date BIOS to the chip. I have the floppy disc loaded already. I found quite a few online but I am gonna try locally !!! thanx againIf your chip is the plug in type that will certainly make it easier.download the bios again and try re-flashing it, unlikely you would be able to revert BACK to an older bios version (main reason its not a good idea to flash to the newest bios version), if something that previously worked has stopped working its unlikely to be the fault of the bios, more likely to be a corrupted os or a hardware fault.

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I am not a newbie. I clicked the right button but it didn't show. I'm an intermediate user.
Dell Dimension 2400 XP Pro -
After flashing the BIOS my computer POSTS. I SEE the bios screen all details are correct and then when the computer tries to boot it doesn't go past the black screen with a white blinking cursor in the top left corner. No boot from any drive,no keyboard accessWhy did you flash the BIOS ? ?I lost one of my USB Hubs so I tried the firmware update.Ouch...

That was probably unneccessary and you may have bricked the PC...
Check the Dell site to see if there is a reversal method.Hi

Perhaps reset the cmos with the jumper on the motherboard. Make sure the date and time are correct. Check the harddrive is detected. And then check in the cmos the drive boot order is cd then HD, Remove any usb pendrives and see if it boots.

The BIOS flash was a last resort. Dell site pointed to MS and MS pointed to Dell. As far as what does happen when I hit the power button--I get past the Dell / Bios page to a black screen with a left corner blinking cursor. I have no capabilities of booting or any keys.
Stops Dead. I have tried all I know and that's why I'm here.
ThanxQuote from: JUSTBOBS on January 05, 2012, 03:38:22 PM

The BIOS flash was a last resort. Dell site pointed to MS and MS pointed to Dell. As far as what does happen when I hit the power button--I get past the Dell / Bios page to a black screen with a left corner blinking cursor. I have no capabilities of booting or any keys.
Stops Dead. I have tried all I know and that's why I'm here.
Thanx

Quote from: JUSTBOBS on January 04, 2012, 11:41:21 AM

I am not a newbie. I clicked the right button but it didn't show. I'm an intermediate user.
Dell Dimension 2400 XP Pro -
After flashing the BIOS my computer POSTS. I see the bios screen all details are correct and then when the computer tries to boot it doesn't go past the black screen with a white blinking cursor in the top left corner. No boot from any drive,no keyboard access

If you can't find a reversal for the bios flash, and you're feeling adventurous, you could look around for another bios chip (a bios chip dealer may have one already programmed), de-solder the old one and solder the new one on. If your not familiar with soldering you can look on YouTube for some good tutorials on "SMD soldering" You haven't got anything to LOOSE if the motherboard is already bricked, except some time, maybe. You'll need a bios chip from the exact model of the current motherboard.Thanx
I was going to try that as a last resort also. My flash chip is a plug in type so I guess I'll UNPLUG it and find someone to load my up to date BIOS to the chip. I have the floppy disc loaded already. I found quite a few online but I am gonna try locally !!!
thanx againIf your chip is the plug in type that will certainly make it easier.download the bios again and try re-flashing it, unlikely you would be able to revert BACK to an older bios version (main reason its not a good idea to flash to the newest bios version), if something that previously worked has stopped working its unlikely to be the fault of the bios, more likely to be a corrupted os or a hardware fault.

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