BIOS Failure on GA8INXP

[treykee]

Sorry I meant to post this under the 8INXP thread to start with, but I guess I'll leave a copy here also.Here's my problem, I flashed my bios up to F4 from within Windows. Once I rebooted, It hung after showing a certain amount of data, I've included a link to the picture I took of the screen. If anyone has any idea how to fix this without RMA'ing the board it would be greatly appreciated.
-Trey

this is what it looks like.

 

[DieHardware]

Did you power off and clear CMOS after you flashed?

 

[treykee]

I powered off, unplugged the psu, removed the battery then reconnected everything and it still did that.
-Trey

 

[DieHardware]

Pentium 4 2.66 @ 3.33GHz|Asus V9280/S GeForce 4 Ti4200

Did you flash with your system overclocked?

 

[treykee]

No, I returned to stock clocks to flash.
-Trey

 

[DieHardware]

Have you been able to get your board to POST and then to a DOS prompt with only videocard and one stick of RAM connected? If so have you tried to flash back to the previous BIOS?

 

[treykee]

No, did you look at the pic I linked to? That is as far as it gets, period no matter what.

 

[caboob]

I'm sure there must be a key you must hold down during POST to allow the backup BIOS to kick in. Dont have the manual handy at the moment.

 

[treykee]

No its supposed to be automatic...

 

[caboob]

just went through the manual and it looks like its hosed. RMA time. sorry.

 

[treykee]

Thats what I thought, just checking here to see if anyone had any miracle ideas since we all know the agony that is RMA. Thanks a bunch guys.
-Trey