Get this. A 15 year old working as a casual Kmart employee. It takes him ages to work up $1500 to buy a computer. It works at the shop, he then takes it home. The poor bastard, with anticipation, then decides he will turn his computer on when BAM! AMI Bios says HOLY FUCKING SHIT YOUR MOTHERBOARD DETECTS AN UNKNOWN CPU!!! Then, when I go into the bios, it decides it can pull up all the specs of the cpu, intel core 2 duo E8200. the exact message i get before i go into the bios, says "Unknown CPU detected. Bios update is required to unleash its full power." Now, how the fuck am i supposed to update the bios without getting into the computer, as i cant do anything but get into the bios when it turns on, and it has no net access. Help me here guys, its sad to let a 9800 GTX go to waste.
Take it back to the shop?
You can also flash the BIOS. Just google it, since I don't know specifics.
You can also flash the BIOS. Just google it, since I don't know specifics.
Take it back to the shop after removing the 9800gt and replacing it with a 7600gt. Then demand a new motherboard bringing in the old one.
You're going to need three things:
1. Access to a PC, with a floppy drive, that does have internet access.
2. For your new PC to have a floppy drive.
3. A floppy disk (or two).
Now, find out what make and model your motherboard is, go to the manufacturers website, download latest BIOS update file(s) and save to floppy (you may have to extract it from a zip/exe first), take floppy to new PC, and at some point during the boot process, most likely whilst it's POSTing, you'll get the option to load the built in FLASH utility, load into that and follow the, hopefully clear, prompts.
WARNING! If you get as far as flashing the BIOS, DO NOT TURN YOUR PC OFF until it has definitely finished.
If after flashing the BIOS, just take it back to the shop and tell them it was like that when you got it home.
1. Access to a PC, with a floppy drive, that does have internet access.
2. For your new PC to have a floppy drive.
3. A floppy disk (or two).
Now, find out what make and model your motherboard is, go to the manufacturers website, download latest BIOS update file(s) and save to floppy (you may have to extract it from a zip/exe first), take floppy to new PC, and at some point during the boot process, most likely whilst it's POSTing, you'll get the option to load the built in FLASH utility, load into that and follow the, hopefully clear, prompts.
WARNING! If you get as far as flashing the BIOS, DO NOT TURN YOUR PC OFF until it has definitely finished.
If after flashing the BIOS, just take it back to the shop and tell them it was like that when you got it home.
Just take it back to the store. Don't fiddle with flashing the BIOS yourself, as that's very likely to void your warranty.
I have to agree with this.mikkel wrote:
Just take it back to the store. Don't fiddle with flashing the BIOS yourself, as that's very likely to void your warranty.
The idea of any hi-fi system is to reproduce the source material as faithfully as possible, and to deliberately add distortion to everything you hear (due to amplifier deficiencies) because it sounds 'nice' is simply not high fidelity. If that is what you want to hear then there is no problem with that, but by adding so much additional material (by way of harmonics and intermodulation) you have a tailored sound system, not a hi-fi. - Rod Elliot, ESP
You don't need a floppy. You just need a USB.Scorpion0x17 wrote:
You're going to need three things:
1. Access to a PC, with a floppy drive, that does have internet access.
2. For your new PC to have a floppy drive.
3. A floppy disk (or two).
Now, find out what make and model your motherboard is, go to the manufacturers website, download latest BIOS update file(s) and save to floppy (you may have to extract it from a zip/exe first), take floppy to new PC, and at some point during the boot process, most likely whilst it's POSTing, you'll get the option to load the built in FLASH utility, load into that and follow the, hopefully clear, prompts.
WARNING! If you get as far as flashing the BIOS, DO NOT TURN YOUR PC OFF until it has definitely finished.
If after flashing the BIOS, just take it back to the shop and tell them it was like that when you got it home.
Not always true, even some modern motherboards only support flashing through floppy. When I was on that work-trial-thing that schools arrange, I was in a computer store and we had to flash the BIOS of a P31-based (I think, some P3X at least) mobo, and sure enough, floppy was required. Although, it supported USB after the update.Zimmer wrote:
You don't need a floppy. You just need a USB.Scorpion0x17 wrote:
You're going to need three things:
1. Access to a PC, with a floppy drive, that does have internet access.
2. For your new PC to have a floppy drive.
3. A floppy disk (or two).
Now, find out what make and model your motherboard is, go to the manufacturers website, download latest BIOS update file(s) and save to floppy (you may have to extract it from a zip/exe first), take floppy to new PC, and at some point during the boot process, most likely whilst it's POSTing, you'll get the option to load the built in FLASH utility, load into that and follow the, hopefully clear, prompts.
WARNING! If you get as far as flashing the BIOS, DO NOT TURN YOUR PC OFF until it has definitely finished.
If after flashing the BIOS, just take it back to the shop and tell them it was like that when you got it home.
The idea of any hi-fi system is to reproduce the source material as faithfully as possible, and to deliberately add distortion to everything you hear (due to amplifier deficiencies) because it sounds 'nice' is simply not high fidelity. If that is what you want to hear then there is no problem with that, but by adding so much additional material (by way of harmonics and intermodulation) you have a tailored sound system, not a hi-fi. - Rod Elliot, ESP
mikkel wrote:
Just take it back to the store. Don't fiddle with flashing the BIOS yourself, as that's very likely to void your warranty fuck your PC if you're asking these kind of questions.
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As freezer points out - floppy is more likely to work.Zimmer wrote:
You don't need a floppy. You just need a USB.Scorpion0x17 wrote:
You're going to need three things:
1. Access to a PC, with a floppy drive, that does have internet access.
2. For your new PC to have a floppy drive.
3. A floppy disk (or two).
Now, find out what make and model your motherboard is, go to the manufacturers website, download latest BIOS update file(s) and save to floppy (you may have to extract it from a zip/exe first), take floppy to new PC, and at some point during the boot process, most likely whilst it's POSTing, you'll get the option to load the built in FLASH utility, load into that and follow the, hopefully clear, prompts.
WARNING! If you get as far as flashing the BIOS, DO NOT TURN YOUR PC OFF until it has definitely finished.
If after flashing the BIOS, just take it back to the shop and tell them it was like that when you got it home.
We've all had to it for the first time once max.max wrote:
mikkel wrote:
Just take it back to the store. Don't fiddle with flashing the BIOS yourself, as that's very likely to void your warranty fuck your PC if you're asking these kind of questions.
And all those saying "it'll void you warranty" - meh, just lie - OP it appears the shop you got it from a shop that know jack-shit, you're not physically fiddling with any hardware, you should be fine - now-a-days BIOS flashing is pretty reliable, chances are it'll just work.
yes, but I didn't do it to the PC I spend ages to finance. You should only really venture out into new territory if you can afford to loose that bit of equipmentScorpion0x17 wrote:
We've all had to it for the first time once max.max wrote:
mikkel wrote:
Just take it back to the store. Don't fiddle with flashing the BIOS yourself, as that's very likely to void your warranty fuck your PC if you're asking these kind of questions.
And all those saying "it'll void you warranty" - meh, just lie - OP it appears the shop you got it from a shop that know jack-shit, you're not physically fiddling with any hardware, you should be fine - now-a-days BIOS flashing is pretty reliable, chances are it'll just work.
once upon a midnight dreary, while i pron surfed, weak and weary, over many a strange and spurious site of ' hot xxx galore'. While i clicked my fav'rite bookmark, suddenly there came a warning, and my heart was filled with mourning, mourning for my dear amour, " 'Tis not possible!", i muttered, " give me back my free hardcore!"..... quoth the server, 404.
A PC he can't use anyway.max wrote:
yes, but I didn't do it to the PC I spend ages to finance. You should only really venture out into new territory if you can afford to loose that bit of equipmentScorpion0x17 wrote:
We've all had to it for the first time once max.max wrote:
And all those saying "it'll void you warranty" - meh, just lie - OP it appears the shop you got it from a shop that know jack-shit, you're not physically fiddling with any hardware, you should be fine - now-a-days BIOS flashing is pretty reliable, chances are it'll just work.
How likely is it that a shop that didn't do the BIOS update for him is going to know that the reason it's now fubar'd is 'cos he tried to update the BIOS himself?
I'd still take it to the shop. Just to make sure. If he spent tons on it and saved for ages, it's the best thing to do. That comes without any risk. Once a random power flick killed a mobo when I was flashing it.Scorpion0x17 wrote:
A PC he can't use anyway.max wrote:
yes, but I didn't do it to the PC I spend ages to finance. You should only really venture out into new territory if you can afford to loose that bit of equipmentScorpion0x17 wrote:
We've all had to it for the first time once max.
And all those saying "it'll void you warranty" - meh, just lie - OP it appears the shop you got it from a shop that know jack-shit, you're not physically fiddling with any hardware, you should be fine - now-a-days BIOS flashing is pretty reliable, chances are it'll just work.
How likely is it that a shop that didn't do the BIOS update for him is going to know that the reason it's now fubar'd is 'cos he tried to update the BIOS himself?
The idea of any hi-fi system is to reproduce the source material as faithfully as possible, and to deliberately add distortion to everything you hear (due to amplifier deficiencies) because it sounds 'nice' is simply not high fidelity. If that is what you want to hear then there is no problem with that, but by adding so much additional material (by way of harmonics and intermodulation) you have a tailored sound system, not a hi-fi. - Rod Elliot, ESP