Joel Crane
09-22-2009, 03:58 AM
So my brother gave me a rackmount server with a dual Athlon 2800 motherboard. Finally, some fast hardware! I decided to install Windows 7, because for the first time I have a machine that will run it, and it bluescreened during started, complaining that the motherboard doesn't support ACPI.
No matter, time for a BIOS flash. I burned the Award flasher and image to a CD, and used a Windows 98 CD to boot to the dos promt. I switched CDs and flashed the BIOS chip.
I went to reboot it, and all I have is a black screen and one little beep every 5 minutes or so.
I've tried clearing the CMOS and removing the battery for an hour. What else? I really, really, REALLY want to revive this board, it's driving me nuts.
No matter, time for a BIOS flash. I burned the Award flasher and image to a CD, and used a Windows 98 CD to boot to the dos promt. I switched CDs and flashed the BIOS chip.
I went to reboot it, and all I have is a black screen and one little beep every 5 minutes or so.
I've tried clearing the CMOS and removing the battery for an hour. What else? I really, really, REALLY want to revive this board, it's driving me nuts.