[Ham-Computers] Flasshing BIOS gone bad... (UPDATE)

[Mike D.]

"Crisis averted-everything is super."

For anyone interested, here's how I fixed the problem.

I removed the CMOS battery from the motherboard and cleared the RTC ram by
moving a jumper. I restarted the computer and was able to load the BIOS
default settings and then booted into DOS from a floppy. I used a DOS BIOS
flash utility from ASUS and reflashed the BIOS. 

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> 
> I just put a new system together using an ASUS P5LD2, socket 
> 775 motherboard. I installed the operating system, loaded 
> drivers, updates, etc.
> I checked the BIOS and there had been many updates, since the 
> one that came flashed on the board. I installed the current 
> BIOS and the install utility verified it flashed okay. I 
> rebooted the system and now it won't do anything-not even post.
> 
> I tried the ASUS recovery program and, of course, the 
> computer won't read from an optical or floppy drive. I can't 
> find anything helpful on the ASUS Web site.