Try clearing and reseting the bios using the cmos jumper with the system unplugged. If that doesn't do it, then remove the board battery for one minute. I use the "live update" flash program for msi, which automatically flashes to the latest bios file. I did a similar flash years ago with a different board, but it's a little too risky. I won't do it again. If the bios chip is removable, you would have to borrow one and replace it to boot up the system, then do a "hot flash" on the old bios chip to restore it. But it's not easy to find a spare board like yours. You might find a dead board on ebay that you can use for parts and pull out the bios chip. The tool for pulling a bios chip is available if you look for it in some local computer shops; it's about $10. Biosman might help, but you might find a similar board on ebay for about the same $$. Fry's has the v2 board on sale through today (thursday, in stores only with sempron cpu) for $74. http://shopping.dallasnews.com/ROP [...] 527&type=. good luck
Message edited by o1die on 01-19-2012 at 01:26:54 PM
really appreciated the help
i have tried cmos jumper, tried battery out for 1 hour, tried only critical components too but no avail
i will try the steps as stated in biosmen.com, looks like it can make a dead board come alive
i thought that i lost this board forever and started a new thread for a new board, but now seems this board can work, and thus reuse it or can sell it so as to invest in a new board
really appreciated the help
i have tried cmos jumper, tried battery out for 1 hour, tried only critical components too but no avail
i will try the steps as stated in biosmen.com, looks like it can make a dead board come alive
i thought that i lost this board forever and started a new thread for a new board, but now seems this board can work, and thus reuse it or can sell it so as to invest in a new board
ok now i managed a floppy disk and a drive
when i turn on my pc then light of floppy drive and keboard lights up for split second and also fans of cpu and gpu also spins for 1-2 seconds.
Is this a good sign?
Is that mean that boot blocks of my board are in good condition?
And if can i recover my bios by using floppy disk method?