11-18-2016, 04:13 AM
Hi guys. I have tried to repair the forementioned motherboard because the post freezes on RAM detection. I couldn't make it boot from floppy or cd so I decided to visit my friend with eprom programmer. Bios chip is 4 Mbit MX25L4005AM2C-12G. The bios file is F9E (http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=2691#ov). Since the file didn't have any extension I wasn't able to tell the friend if the file was in binary or hex format. We chose "binary" option, the chip was recognised and flashing went fine. I carefully soldered the chip but unfortunately the PC didn't post. Fans were spinning but no beeps and video output. Southbridge is warm to tuch. If I presume I soldered the chip fine what could be the reason? Is there any specific problem I should be aware of? Are all bios files in binary format? Someone told me that asus bios files with "rom" extension are in hexadecimal format while award bios uses binary format? Thanks in advance.