overcrash

I am getting
Award BootBlock Bios v 1.0

Scanning BIOS image in hard drive ...

BIOS Auto-recovering ................................................

After that pc resets and same thing happens, over and over again.

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chris_robb

Apparently that BIOS creates an image of itself in hidden sectors on the hard drive. If the BIOS fails then it looks for this image to load from to recover itself, which in this case it obviously can't find. Have you tried taking the battery out and leaving it 10mins before putting it back in to reset the BIOS? That *might* sort it.
Chris

overcrash

I've tried almost everthing, the last step before RMA is taking the HDD to a friend of mine with the same motherboard, installing windows on new FAT32 partition, installing Xpress recovery and then puting the HDD back in my PC. If that doesn't sort it out I don't know what will.

I've fixed the problem using the method described above. Also copied the bios on the new partition

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Adrian_P

please can u explain your process? Do I really need a same motherboard, or I can install Xpress recovery with another one? I am in a same mess U where, so please can U help me.
Thx allot!

And where did U installed new bios on that fresh FAT32 partition?

P.S: I know U fixed this a long ago but any thing can help me.

Adrian_P

maxextz

could a dodgy battery even a "new" dodgy battery cause this problem not being able to save settings so looking for backup.
sounds like it to me.

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Adrian_P

Well, board is new, but i can't RMA-it. This happened when I tried to update my bios from F4 to F5(board is Gigabyte EP35-DS3L). And because I am not able to flash bios over floppy, I believe that HDD method is mine only option. But I don't know where to start. And I am not able to have a same motherboard around.

lsdmeasap

Please see here for recovery options you may be able to use, and how to blind flash if you have a floppy Already installed. >>>

http://forums.tweaktown.com/f69/bios...h-guide-27576/

And please do try clearing your CMOS with the method I outline there, and then try starting your PC with only one stick of ram.

If you cannot get to qflash you will not be able to flash from a FAT32 Partition. If you can get to Qflash then you can easily flash from USB

If none of that helps you in my guide, please PM me here or there and I will send you a link that has saved MANY boards from RMA

Adrian_P

Thx for reply!

I was already there (mine first thing) trying to find a fix before posting here.

I tried to clear cmos couple of times with 30+ minutes, just as U described. As U noted in your guide Floppy MUST be set as first boot device, and it was not in mine case. And I believe that bootblock is searching for a recovery bios on HDD (somewhere in hidden partition). I read entire guide 3 times because I thought a maybe misspelled something.

So I will PM U.

lsdmeasap

Ahh well sounds like you will need the last resort fix then if you cannot get your CMOS cleared and you have tried everything else.

I will check my PM now and send you a link

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lsdmeasap

So, Adrian P.... Did you have any luck with the PM?

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