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TheSovereign · Post by **TheSovereign** » Sun Nov 17, 2002 12:38 pm

MY PC IS DEAD!!!!!
every time i turn it on i get
Award BootBlock 1.0
bios checksum error

please insert system disk and press enter
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ok i got the latest flasher and my system bios rom and now it says unknown flash type

how do i fix this anyone know?

PreDatoR · Post by **PreDatoR** » Sun Nov 17, 2002 1:07 pm

What motherboard do you have and were you overclocking when this happened. Sometimes you can reset the cmos and clear it up. If that don't work. better RMA it and get a new one...

TheSovereign · Post by **TheSovereign** » Sun Nov 17, 2002 1:20 pm

its a chaintech 7kjd
and no it was clocked normally
i was resetting my pc when it happen

it wont boot up or show the bios or anything

as soon as i turn it on it asks for a "system disk"

i thought it meant boot up disk but no
it wants a disk with awardflash utility on it
which i put on and then it asked for my bios rom which was also on the disk but now it says unknown flash type
im using my linux box right now
man i need my big pc!

my warrenty is up this board is over a year old

PreDatoR · Post by **PreDatoR** » Sun Nov 17, 2002 1:31 pm

sounds like the bios chip is corrupt. Can you force it to flash?

smb · Post by **smb** » Sun Nov 17, 2002 2:28 pm

write an autoexec that will automatically write the bios for you. you can use command line switches that are in the flash.exe that will flash and reset your system.

TheSovereign · Post by **TheSovereign** » Sun Nov 17, 2002 4:56 pm

its not loading an os its just executing the awdflash.exe which is auto searching the disk for a .bin file
how can i force flash it?

smb · Post by **smb** » Sun Nov 17, 2002 5:57 pm

I know with some bios you can put a switch to make it flash regardless of the bios. you may have to go to the award site and do some digging for the command line switches

TheSovereign · Post by **TheSovereign** » Sun Nov 17, 2002 5:59 pm

i dont think you understand
how can u use command line switches when it doesnt give u the ability to type anything
there is no prompt when the disk is in it immediatly executed the program with no OS loaded

CaterpillarAssassin · Post by **CaterpillarAssassin** » Sun Nov 17, 2002 6:00 pm

try putting on an older bios. Sometimes that works. Definately try resetting the cmos too. Not to insult ur intelligence but make sure that the bios is unzipped and is a .bin file. Make sure to use the recommended awdflash.exe of the vendor (should be a link for it on the BIOS download page usually). Well good luck!

VooDoo · Post by **VooDoo** » Sun Nov 17, 2002 6:56 pm

can he pull the bios chip off the mobo and get a new one

me

Slugbait · Post by **Slugbait** » Mon Nov 18, 2002 1:24 am

Something very much like this just happened to me last week with my old Asus T2P4 mobo. It was also a checksum error. Probably a different situation that what you're experiencing, but here's what I did:

Boot and immediately invoke the BIOS (usually Delete key, after video is recognized, but before anything else happens). On the main screen, choose to restore default BIOS settings. Save and exit (reboot). If it gets past the "system disc" dialog, hard reset and go back into the BIOS and verify hard drives are properly set, etc. Save and exit again.

I fixed the blasted thing so quick, I'm not sure if there was anything else that I did. Hope this helps.

TheSovereign · Post by **TheSovereign** » Fri Nov 22, 2002 6:15 pm

the first thing i see after video intialization is please insert rom image and bios flash in drive A:

no bios information
no bios key no anything
just insert floppy