HELP......motherboard problem

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  1. mintsauce5

    mintsauce5 Geek Trainee

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    i need help please urgently , i updated the bios on my asus a8n sli mobo this afternoon using the asus update utility , once it was downloaded and it rebooted it just keeps going to the start windows in safe mods screen and no further , also it wont even start in the safe mode it just keeps restarting and booting to the same safe mode start screens , any body got any ideas what i can do to put it right , any ideas would be appreciated.
    regards
    Tony :confused:
     
    mintsauce5, Jul 28, 2005
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  2. Addis

    Addis The King

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    Try reinstalling windows, doing a repair install if you have the disc.
     
    Addis, Jul 28, 2005
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  3. pelvis_3

    pelvis_3 HWF Member For Life

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    SOME NOTES ON BIOS FLASHING
    BIOS SHOULD NEVER BE FLASHED UNLESS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY
    YOU SHOULDNT JUST FLASH IT BECAUSE YOU CAN OR THERE IS AN UPDATE!
    [QUOTE it just keeps restarting QUOTE]

    Its a shame your baord doesnt have dual BIOS. It sounds like a bad BIOS flash so since u cannot access windows try downloading the BIOS directly from ASUS website on a friends computer and follow ASUS's instructions on how to flash and just reflash the BIOS and after the flash turn on your computer and it should come up with a message saying blah blah blah dont turn off your computer during BIOS saving settings or something like that and let is restart again and enter the BIOS, turn off the comp, clear BIOS with the jumper on MOBO and then turn on and see what happens!
    sorry its a bit long but hope it helps!
     
    pelvis_3, Jul 31, 2005
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  4. mintsauce5

    mintsauce5 Geek Trainee

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    hi , thanks for the advice i fixed it by doing a windows repair install ,now everythins ok , thanks again.
     
    mintsauce5, Jul 31, 2005
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  5. Willz

    Willz MiCrO$oFt $uK$ :D

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    i heard somewere that windows xp does not respond well to hardware changes, and when i first upgraded from my old 1.2ghz celeron computer to my new build computer, i put a hdd in with windows allready installed, and i had the exact same problem.

    just thought i would say :)
     
    Willz, Jul 31, 2005
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  6. Matt555

    Matt555 iMod

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    i flashed my bios the other day, as there was an update to fix the cpu temp monitor in the bios, flashed it and all worked fine, then when i loaded up the bios was altered and i had to then correct settings. then when windows loaded up it had to re-find all my hardware and i had to let it do that...
     
    Matt555, Jul 31, 2005
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  7. Willz

    Willz MiCrO$oFt $uK$ :D

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    well, all motherboard are differnet, i heard somewere that if you have more than 6 hardware changes in like 6 months you have to put a new copy of windows xp on, it will of had to find hardware becouse as i said, windows xp dont respond to hardware changes very well.
     
    Willz, Jul 31, 2005
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