BIOS flash froze...........

[xformer1]

While flashing the BIOS on a Jetway 663ASA motherboard with an Award Bios that I downloaded right from Jetways website and using the latest Award BIOS flash utility The process froze before it was complete. I was only able to boot the computer by using a Windows boot disk after that. When I tried to reflash the BIOS I get an error messege stating "program file's bios-lock string does not match with your system". I then tried using the BIOS flashing utility called uniflash, now I can't even boot using the boot disk. Is this junk or is there something I can do to get a working bios back on this chip? If the chip is junk I will probably just buy a different MB. Jetway wants $35 for a new chip with the BIOS loaded onto it. The board is only about $50.
thanks ,
Dave

 

[MrCoyote]

sounds to me like you are out of luck. I suppose that board doesn't have a backup BIOS? My Gigabyte 7dxr has a backup to restore it. Does the board even power up? Anything on screen? If you can't get to DOS to try flashing again, I'd say toss the board out.

 

[SlapAss]

This might not work since the bios has been flashed already, but it's a free try! Take out your cmos battery on the mobo for at lest 1 min. There should also be a jumper with a 3 pin set-up by the battery, jump the other pin and then put it back to reset the cmos to factory settings. Hope it works for ya. Good Luck!