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  1. May 26th, 2002, 10:37 AM #1
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    Unhappy HELP!!! Just killed an old mobo!

    Hi.

    I was fooling around with an old system which has an ATREND (I think) mobo, an ATC-1000 with Interl 42830FX chipset.

    I tried to update the bios using uniflash and it gave me a warning, something about bootblock (if I remember correctly) not being present but I went ahead anyway. Uniflash gave me a "Success" message and after rebooting... well, NOTHING!!

    Oh yeah, I backed up the previous bios but I have no way to access it now. When I turn on the system I just get a blank screen, nothing else.

    I would REALLY appreciate any help on this.

    Thanx!
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  2. May 26th, 2002, 10:49 AM #2
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    If you have flashed bios incorrectly then I think you will need a pre flashed chip or a hot swap setup to flash the chip at home. Ruslans posts are the ones to check for info on hotswaping but you may be able to get a preflashed chip from badflash.com.
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  3. May 26th, 2002, 11:27 AM #3
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    ATC-1000 is really A-Trend FX chipset motherboard.
    Latest BIOS and manual can be found on their FTP ( ftp://ftp.atrend.com.tw ).
    So far as I remember that particular motherboard, that motherboard was having problems with reflashing BIOS because of that damned boot block.
    You're not alone,by the way. It's quite often thing with A-Trend motherboards.
    It could be also Uniflash's bug, though...

    Nevertherless,that problem can be fixed, and, by the way - not worth to spend 20-25USD for motherboard, what costs 10 USD max, IMHO [Wink] .

    Read my latest BIOS recovery topic here: http://forums.windrivers.com/cgi-bin/forum3/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=17;t=008570#000009
    About hot-swaps here: http://forums.windrivers.com/cgi-bin/forum3/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=17;t=008634

    Good luck!
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  4. May 27th, 2002, 06:09 AM #4
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    Seeing as you're in Europe, a Dutch guy called Arthur Keermeester (sp?) may be able to help, his URL's www.flashbios.org
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  5. June 6th, 2002, 05:31 PM #5
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    Thanks Ruslan for a very informative post bookmarked again
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  6. June 7th, 2002, 02:53 PM #6
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    If You have some questions - ask me. [Wink]
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    Oh thanks for the excellent advice in the past
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