Help, Bad Bios?

[crizgon]

HELP
i have a luckystar 5mvp3 ce(512kb)motherboard, VIA chipset, AMD k6-2 500, ZIF Socket 7. I think my bios is bad. When i turn on the computer I get only the power supply to start up and then noyhing else, no beeps no nothing!
I have tested the power supply it's OK. The battery is good also. My bios is Award full PnP Bios, flash rom bios. Any suggestions! Can I purchase new bios? or can I download new firmware from the net, and if so HOW DO i install it when my computer doesn't read the A drive?

crizgon
crizgon@home.com

 

[OJ]

Try AMDzone forums, they are experts on these chips and motherboards.

AMDzone Forums

 

[sohcrates]

First thing you should do is pull ALL the power cables and IDE cables etc. from the mobo and re-do the wiring from scratch. Also, pull all cards except the video card. Most times, a bios doesn't go bad that easily. But by removing EVERYTHING and then slowly adding it back, you might find that a card or floppy drive or something is malfunctioning and causing the lack of a POST.

If none of this works, try clearing the BIOS, or removing the battery for half an hour or so while the computer is unplugged.

Worst comes to worst, a new BIOS comes on a chip that you put on the mobo, so you have no need for a floppy drive to install a new BIOS.

you need to go slowly and try to track down EXACTLY what piece of hardware could be causing these problems.

 

[obenton]

for bios upgrades look at http://unicore.com/

 

[Diatomic]

You should check here: badflash.com