Corrupt Bios/CMOS settings

[tedstevens]

Hey everyone. I was "upgrading" my BIOS today using Gigabyte's @BIOS crappy utility. Anyway, the program gave me a message telling bios upgrade failed. So I reboot and I get this CMOS checksum error and my OS won't boot. I tried going into BIOS/CMOS settings and I get this blank screen with only a small line flickering at the top-left of my screen. I'm guessing the BIOS or CMOS settings were erased or corrupted. I tried clearing the CMOS jumper by shorting it with my car keys. That didn't seem to work. But I'm still stuck with the blank screen when I try to go into BIOS settings. Help!!!

 

[Slaymate]

Sounds like your screwed unless you can re-flash it. You probably need to replace the bios chip or replace the mobo.

 

[keba]

Did you read the sticky?
http://www.techist.com/forums/f77/pc-troubleshooting-procedure-list-208005/