Dead ....

After changing a setting in my 8RDA3+ BIOS, I rebooted to get a pre-boot
message about BIOS flashing - which stayed on-screen until I press reset,
whence it refused even to redisplay the message (fans, etc powered fine).
Tried soft and hard CMOS reset and battery removal - to no avail.
Think the BIOS chip's croaked - so I've ordered another from Epox.
I was wondering whether an excessively hot Southbridge might have corrupted
it.
I'm going to actively cool my SB now, anyway - but it's certainly aroused my
suspicions.
Also, anybody know where I can get a BIOS removal tool in the UK - or is a
screwdriver sufficient ?

Cheers

Q

Q wrote:
> After changing a setting in my 8RDA3+ BIOS, I rebooted to get a
> pre-boot message about BIOS flashing - which stayed on-screen until I
> press reset, whence it refused even to redisplay the message (fans,
> etc powered fine). Tried soft and hard CMOS reset and battery removal
> - to no avail.
> Think the BIOS chip's croaked - so I've ordered another from Epox.
> I was wondering whether an excessively hot Southbridge might have
> corrupted it.
> I'm going to actively cool my SB now, anyway - but it's certainly
> aroused my suspicions.
> Also, anybody know where I can get a BIOS removal tool in the UK - or
> is a screwdriver sufficient ?
>
> Cheers
>
> Q

If you do it with a screwdriver, you'll probably bend about 4 pins on the
end opposite the screwdriver. A chip removal tool will help, but if you
don't want the chip...

RS or farnell are an ideal place to get that sort of stuff from.
www.rswww.com
www.farnell.co.uk

Ben
--
I'm not just a number. To many, I'm known as a string...

Q wrote:
> Thanks - just got one from Maplin.

I was trying to think of Maplin when I wrote those two down! Somewhere
local is always good.

Ben
--
I'm not just a number. To many, I'm known as a string...

I have been searching for one of these. What is the part number of
it.Cheers.Eric
"Q" <qed_eh_@btinternet.com> wrote in message
news:bg6jb4$b4f$1@titan.btinternet.com...
> Thanks - just got one from Maplin.
>
>
> "Ben Pope" <spam@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:bg6er7$lad4o$1@ID-191149.news.uni-berlin.de...
> > Q wrote:
> > > After changing a setting in my 8RDA3+ BIOS, I rebooted to get a
> > > pre-boot message about BIOS flashing - which stayed on-screen until I
> > > press reset, whence it refused even to redisplay the message (fans,
> > > etc powered fine). Tried soft and hard CMOS reset and battery removal
> > > - to no avail.
> > > Think the BIOS chip's croaked - so I've ordered another from Epox.
> > > I was wondering whether an excessively hot Southbridge might have
> > > corrupted it.
> > > I'm going to actively cool my SB now, anyway - but it's certainly
> > > aroused my suspicions.
> > > Also, anybody know where I can get a BIOS removal tool in the UK - or
> > > is a screwdriver sufficient ?
> > >
> > > Cheers
> > >
> > > Q
> >
> > If you do it with a screwdriver, you'll probably bend about 4 pins on
the
> > end opposite the screwdriver. A chip removal tool will help, but if you
> > don't want the chip...
> >
> > RS or farnell are an ideal place to get that sort of stuff from.
> > www.rswww.com
> > www.farnell.co.uk
> >
> > Ben
> > --
> > I'm not just a number. To many, I'm known as a string...
> >
> >
>
>

I didn't keep it, but from what I recal FD54J.
You don't need one to remove an Epox RDA BIOS chip - just a small
screwdriver.


"Eric Cooper" <mail@haysman78.freeserve.co.uk> wrote in message
news:bg8qid$9oi$1@news8.svr.pol.co.uk...
> I have been searching for one of these. What is the part number of
> it.Cheers.Eric
> "Q" <qed_eh_@btinternet.com> wrote in message
> news:bg6jb4$b4f$1@titan.btinternet.com...
> > Thanks - just got one from Maplin.
> >
> >
> > "Ben Pope" <spam@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> > news:bg6er7$lad4o$1@ID-191149.news.uni-berlin.de...
> > > Q wrote:
> > > > After changing a setting in my 8RDA3+ BIOS, I rebooted to get a
> > > > pre-boot message about BIOS flashing - which stayed on-screen until
I
> > > > press reset, whence it refused even to redisplay the message (fans,
> > > > etc powered fine). Tried soft and hard CMOS reset and battery
removal
> > > > - to no avail.
> > > > Think the BIOS chip's croaked - so I've ordered another from Epox.
> > > > I was wondering whether an excessively hot Southbridge might have
> > > > corrupted it.
> > > > I'm going to actively cool my SB now, anyway - but it's certainly
> > > > aroused my suspicions.
> > > > Also, anybody know where I can get a BIOS removal tool in the UK -
or
> > > > is a screwdriver sufficient ?
> > > >
> > > > Cheers
> > > >
> > > > Q
> > >
> > > If you do it with a screwdriver, you'll probably bend about 4 pins on
> the
> > > end opposite the screwdriver. A chip removal tool will help, but if
you
> > > don't want the chip...
> > >
> > > RS or farnell are an ideal place to get that sort of stuff from.
> > > www.rswww.com
> > > www.farnell.co.uk
> > >
> > > Ben
> > > --
> > > I'm not just a number. To many, I'm known as a string...
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>