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  1. April 7th, 2000, 10:44 PM #1
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    I have an Asus TX97-E motherboard that I think needs a new BIOS chip. Even though it
    was surge protected I think a power surge
    disrupted the EEPROM so that the keyboard is
    no longer detected. I tried clearing the
    CMOS but no luck. The only price I could
    find is 69.00, and have not been able to
    locate anyone with a "burner".
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  2. April 8th, 2000, 05:58 AM #2
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    I think if you have fried your Bios.. The only suggestion I can think of, is to buy another motherboard, because you don't know what other damage you could have done. I think it would be cheaper in the long run..sorry about that...but I could be wrong and probably are...
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  3. April 15th, 2000, 01:01 AM #3
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    Ouch thats gotta hurt, I agree , I think a new mother board is on order unless you can find some one with the exact same board and try a hot bios swap ( Not reccommended )
    You cant use a chip burner since it is an eeprom and not an eprom , Maybe you can I am not sure
    Did you try another keyboard

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  4. April 17th, 2000, 12:44 PM #4
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    NO NO NO!

    You can just buy a new BIOS from Asus. Call up Asus and tell them that you want to buy a BIOS for your particular model of motherboard. Im not sure that they will do this, but i have a motherboard from Abit and they sold me a BIOS for 10 bucks. I called them directly and 2 days later had the BIOS in my hand. 10bucks plus shipping and handling.


    Originally posted by Falcon100:
    I have an Asus TX97-E motherboard that I think needs a new BIOS chip. Even though it
    was surge protected I think a power surge
    disrupted the EEPROM so that the keyboard is
    no longer detected. I tried clearing the
    CMOS but no luck. The only price I could
    find is 69.00, and have not been able to
    locate anyone with a "burner".
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  5. April 17th, 2000, 10:53 PM #5
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    Thanks for everyone's help. I once bought
    a BIOS from Mylex but I thought Asus would be
    unreachable. My dad keeps asking when I'm
    going to fix his computer so I guess I'll be
    doing something soon even if it means scraping the motherboard.
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  6. April 18th, 2000, 12:12 AM #6
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    Cool

    Thanks Kernal I never knew they would do that, Now don't crash Okay

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