Author: Xaltar
Subject: No video... At all.
Posted: 24 Dec 2018 at 1:37am
Welcome to the forums![]()
First up, all is not lost for your original board. Contact ASRock Tech support:
https://event.asrock.com/tsd.asp
You will need them to send you a new BIOS chip for your board, it will come preflashed with the BIOS version of your choice. Include the model and revision of your board in your message to them.
Secondly, whenever upgrading and encountering issues the first step is to return to a "last working" state. Revert everything back to how it was, and I mean everything, even SATA cables etc. You would be very surprised how often the fault comes back to something completely innocuous. The problem we have now is that we don't know if your replacement board is any good, it could be damaged being purchased used. If it is the exact same model as your original one you can however try to swap the BIOS chip from the new one onto your old one that you know at least gave you the ASRock POST logo before the bad flash.
Swapping the BIOS ROM chip is pretty simple, it is socketed and has 8 pins (4+4). Pull the BIOS chips from both boards and swap the newer one into the older board being sure to orient it correctly, there should be a small notch on both the chip and the socket that must be aligned. From there, connect only the very basics, 1 stick of RAM, CPU and power supply. See if this gets you a post screen and allows you access to the BIOS without freezing.
Honestly, I suspect the issue lay elsewhere from the start, boards don't typically just die right after an upgrade. PSUs, cables and hard disks, now those can give up after an upgrade on occasion. The symptoms you describe tell me the system was not happy with something but before we can figure out what that was we need to get the system working with it's original components again.
Subject: No video... At all.
Posted: 24 Dec 2018 at 1:37am
Welcome to the forums
First up, all is not lost for your original board. Contact ASRock Tech support:
https://event.asrock.com/tsd.asp
You will need them to send you a new BIOS chip for your board, it will come preflashed with the BIOS version of your choice. Include the model and revision of your board in your message to them.
Secondly, whenever upgrading and encountering issues the first step is to return to a "last working" state. Revert everything back to how it was, and I mean everything, even SATA cables etc. You would be very surprised how often the fault comes back to something completely innocuous. The problem we have now is that we don't know if your replacement board is any good, it could be damaged being purchased used. If it is the exact same model as your original one you can however try to swap the BIOS chip from the new one onto your old one that you know at least gave you the ASRock POST logo before the bad flash.
Swapping the BIOS ROM chip is pretty simple, it is socketed and has 8 pins (4+4). Pull the BIOS chips from both boards and swap the newer one into the older board being sure to orient it correctly, there should be a small notch on both the chip and the socket that must be aligned. From there, connect only the very basics, 1 stick of RAM, CPU and power supply. See if this gets you a post screen and allows you access to the BIOS without freezing.
Honestly, I suspect the issue lay elsewhere from the start, boards don't typically just die right after an upgrade. PSUs, cables and hard disks, now those can give up after an upgrade on occasion. The symptoms you describe tell me the system was not happy with something but before we can figure out what that was we need to get the system working with it's original components again.
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