BIOS problem

Badluck Inc · June 26th, 2008

Back in Feb. i built a new pc for my step-son . He is now stationed in Korea till Jan of next year . Couple weeks ago he turned his computer on and got this msg " scanning BIOS image on hard drive " and then it just sits there . I had him unplug the computer , clear the cmos and take out the battery and he left it like that for 24 hours and still didnt help . A friend told him to replace the cmos battery so he did and that didnt work . The computer was not over clocked at all . Any idea of a way to fix it other then getting a new MB ? Here are the specs of his computer.

Gigabyte GA-EP35-DS3R
Intel E6750 cpu w/ stock cooler
2gig Crucial Ballistix Tracer DDR2 800
EVGA 8800gt
Seagate 500gid HD
750w THermaltake PSU

Badluck Inc · June 26th, 2008

Am going to try and have him flash the BIOS , but since he cant get into the BIOS screen . Can he just unplug the HD , put in the usb drive and flash it like that?

**Capper** · June 26th, 2008

That might work....its worth a shot......but what might be faster is simply RMAing the motherboard.

Badluck Inc · June 26th, 2008

I thought about that but his wife tossed out the motherboard box even though i told her to save it incase it had to go back to newegg . Wonder if they will take it back anyways or should he send it back to gigabyte ?

**Capper** · June 26th, 2008

Newegg won't, but I'd be surprised if Gigabyte wouldn't work with you on this if you explain the circumstances.

Badluck Inc · June 26th, 2008

Ok , thanks for the help Capper !

screwballl · June 26th, 2008

Gigabyte does not need the original box for RMA work... as long as it is secure (not bouncing around) and preferably in a anti-static bag, there should be no problems.

**simple_inhibition** · June 26th, 2008

if he has the driver cd that came with the motherboard, he could try putting that in the dvd rom drive and restart the computer. gigabyte puts a copy of the bios on that for just such reason. instead of trying to get it off the hard drive, it will pull it off of the disk. now it may or may not work, but its worth a shot

June 26th, 2008	#1
Badluck Inc Go Ahead Punk. Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: New Hampshire Posts: 221	BIOS problem Back in Feb. i built a new pc for my step-son . He is now stationed in Korea till Jan of next year . Couple weeks ago he turned his computer on and got this msg " scanning BIOS image on hard drive " and then it just sits there . I had him unplug the computer , clear the cmos and take out the battery and he left it like that for 24 hours and still didnt help . A friend told him to replace the cmos battery so he did and that didnt work . The computer was not over clocked at all . Any idea of a way to fix it other then getting a new MB ? Here are the specs of his computer. Gigabyte GA-EP35-DS3R Intel E6750 cpu w/ stock cooler 2gig Crucial Ballistix Tracer DDR2 800 EVGA 8800gt Seagate 500gid HD 750w THermaltake PSU Thermaltake Armor Plus Asus Maximus Formula X38 Intel Q6600 G0 @ 3.2 w/ Arctic Silver 5 Cooler master Gemin II w/ 2 Arctic Cooling 120mm 4x1gig Crucial Ballistix @ 800 2x Seagate Barracuda 250g RAID 0 EVGA 8800GTS (g92) Silverstone Decathlon 850w Samsung DVD+R DVD burner w/ Lightscribe Vista Home Premium 32bit Samsung 22" widescreen Logitch G5 mouse and Wave Keyboard Last edited by Badluck Inc; June 26th, 2008 at 08:56.

June 26th, 2008	#2
Badluck Inc Go Ahead Punk. Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: New Hampshire Posts: 221	Re: BIOS problem Am going to try and have him flash the BIOS , but since he cant get into the BIOS screen . Can he just unplug the HD , put in the usb drive and flash it like that? Thermaltake Armor Plus Asus Maximus Formula X38 Intel Q6600 G0 @ 3.2 w/ Arctic Silver 5 Cooler master Gemin II w/ 2 Arctic Cooling 120mm 4x1gig Crucial Ballistix @ 800 2x Seagate Barracuda 250g RAID 0 EVGA 8800GTS (g92) Silverstone Decathlon 850w Samsung DVD+R DVD burner w/ Lightscribe Vista Home Premium 32bit Samsung 22" widescreen Logitch G5 mouse and Wave Keyboard

June 26th, 2008	#3
Capper We take both criticism and positive comments very positively Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Las Vegas, NV Posts: 6,045 Blog Entries: 6	Re: BIOS problem That might work....its worth a shot......but what might be faster is simply RMAing the motherboard. INTEL QX9650 // Gigabyte EP45 Extreme // 8GB PC2-8500 // BFG GTX260 MaxCore // DD Torture Rack // Seagate 750GB HDD // OCZ Vendetta // PC Power & Cooling 620W PSU

June 26th, 2008	#4
Badluck Inc Go Ahead Punk. Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: New Hampshire Posts: 221	Re: BIOS problem I thought about that but his wife tossed out the motherboard box even though i told her to save it incase it had to go back to newegg . Wonder if they will take it back anyways or should he send it back to gigabyte ? Thermaltake Armor Plus Asus Maximus Formula X38 Intel Q6600 G0 @ 3.2 w/ Arctic Silver 5 Cooler master Gemin II w/ 2 Arctic Cooling 120mm 4x1gig Crucial Ballistix @ 800 2x Seagate Barracuda 250g RAID 0 EVGA 8800GTS (g92) Silverstone Decathlon 850w Samsung DVD+R DVD burner w/ Lightscribe Vista Home Premium 32bit Samsung 22" widescreen Logitch G5 mouse and Wave Keyboard Last edited by Badluck Inc; June 26th, 2008 at 14:13.

June 26th, 2008	#5
Capper We take both criticism and positive comments very positively Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Las Vegas, NV Posts: 6,045 Blog Entries: 6	Re: BIOS problem Newegg won't, but I'd be surprised if Gigabyte wouldn't work with you on this if you explain the circumstances. INTEL QX9650 // Gigabyte EP45 Extreme // 8GB PC2-8500 // BFG GTX260 MaxCore // DD Torture Rack // Seagate 750GB HDD // OCZ Vendetta // PC Power & Cooling 620W PSU

June 26th, 2008	#6
Badluck Inc Go Ahead Punk. Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: New Hampshire Posts: 221	Re: BIOS problem Ok , thanks for the help Capper ! Thermaltake Armor Plus Asus Maximus Formula X38 Intel Q6600 G0 @ 3.2 w/ Arctic Silver 5 Cooler master Gemin II w/ 2 Arctic Cooling 120mm 4x1gig Crucial Ballistix @ 800 2x Seagate Barracuda 250g RAID 0 EVGA 8800GTS (g92) Silverstone Decathlon 850w Samsung DVD+R DVD burner w/ Lightscribe Vista Home Premium 32bit Samsung 22" widescreen Logitch G5 mouse and Wave Keyboard

June 26th, 2008	#7
screwballl Colonel Calamity Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Sandy South Posts: 6,278 Blog Entries: 6	Re: BIOS problem Gigabyte does not need the original box for RMA work... as long as it is secure (not bouncing around) and preferably in a anti-static bag, there should be no problems. Thanks HL and Corsair! My opinions are my own and not representative of this site or its members.

June 26th, 2008	#8
simple_inhibition socket 939 junkie Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: In front of my pc in Ft Bragg XD Posts: 1,474 Blog Entries: 1	Re: BIOS problem if he has the driver cd that came with the motherboard, he could try putting that in the dvd rom drive and restart the computer. gigabyte puts a copy of the bios on that for just such reason. instead of trying to get it off the hard drive, it will pull it off of the disk. now it may or may not work, but its worth a shot

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