Corrupt BIOS, please help

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Hi all. I was updating my BIOS in XP when it gave an error. I thought it would revert to the older BIOS. Now when I try to boot it comes up with a check sum error and asks for a system disk. I didn't back up my older BIOS and I didn't make an XP boot disk:( My motherboard is an MSI PM8PM-V and the website doesn't have a download for a BIOS re-flash boot disk:(Would an XP boot disk be the best bet? Or is there a flash disk for this motherboard? Please help. I'm posting this from my phone and only have a 98 machine to download anything with. My machine is a dual boot - xp and linux.
 
Try flashing the same bios that failed using DOS see below.


MSI Reminds you :
1. Because of the limitations of chipset, this MB does not support Win98/ME.
2. Please use MSI Live BIOS tool to upgrade BIOS of this product.
Try flashing the same bios that failed from Dos. See below

BIOS Recovery Feature:

• For AMI BIOS

For AMI BIOS
1. Rename the desired AMI BIOS file to AMIBOOT.ROM and save it on a floppy disk. e.g. Rename A569MS23.ROM to AMIBOOT.ROM
2. Insert this floppy disk in the floppy drive. Turn On the system and press and hold Ctrl-Home to force update. It will read the AMIBOOT.ROM file and recover the BIOS from the A drive.
3. When 4 beeps are heard you may remove the floppy disk and restart the computer
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• For Award BIOS

For Award BIOS
1. Make a bootable floopy disk
2. Copy the Award flash utility & BIOS file to the said floppy disk.
3. Create an autoexec.bat with "awdfl535 biosfilename" in the content e.g. awadfl535 a619mj21.bin
4. Boot up system with the said floppy (it will take less than 2 minutes before screen comes out)
5. Re-flash the BIOS & reboot
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Some more info:


Original Bios for board PM8PM-V MS-7222 Ver:2.0

http://66.249.91.104/translate_c?hl...t=80&hl=en&rls=RNWE,RNWE:2005-38,RNWE:en&sa=N

Importantly:

There are, if I can recognize that correctly, two versions of this Main board:

1. MS-7222, PCB version v2.0 (most current BIOS: v3.2)
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2. MS-7222, PCB version v3.1 (most current BIOS: v5.3)


in the most unfavorable case the BIOS must externally again be geflasht (expenses with new chip 11,99€). If I see it correct, the chip is fortunately gesockelt.
With error messages under DOS never switch the computer off again or boats. The old BIOS is then still in the RAM and one can again and again again flashen. Until it folded…
With you does not help both now unfortunately any longer. The boat block remains.
There is in the meantime the board with the following PCB:
PCB1.0 - > current finally BIOS W7222VMS.130 (W7222VMS.143)
PCB1.1 - > current finally BIOS such as PCB1.0
PCB2.0 - > current finally BIOS W7222VMS.320 (W7222VMS.332)
PCB3.0 - > current finally BIOS W7222VMS.530
recommended flash Tool: awfl865.exe
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LOL, I had the exact problem with my motherboard about a week ago. Have a ASUS mobo and flashed the BIOS so that I can update it with the latest updates, seeing I'm using Vista now and some things do not work. Got corrupted and I had to resolve back to the previous config.

Flashed it again and it worked :D Had to format my PC though as my keyboard didn't want to work, but at least everything is working now :)
 
How long is the flashing with a boot disk supposed to take? Mine is on the flash utility for about 15 minutes now with "warning: don't turn off power or reset system!" written at bottom of screen :confused:
 
I'm retracting my previous post, seems I didn't find the MSI PM8PM-V I found the MSI PM8M-V

Make sure which mobo you have.
 
Never flash from within windows. Too many horror stories on many hardware forums to even attempt.

I always flash using ezflash and my usb flash drive. Works great.
 
sky.akash said:
30 minutes:(
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There is a jumper on board that enables bios flash, was this corrected?

Should be only max 5 minutes. Houston, We have a problem. Make sure the motherboard is the correct one for the software you use. Make sure if it is the PM8PM-V MS-7222, PCB version v2.0 V3.0 or even 1.1. They are all different and as such requires a different bios file

PS make sure your next board is an Asus.
 
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I used this one first:o
NoADSLyet said:
Download this Zip file http://www.msi-korea.co.kr/program/support/bios/files/7222v30.zip for info and bios (Not original)
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Then I tried this one which worked:D
NoADSLyet said:
Some more info:


Original Bios for board PM8PM-V MS-7222 Ver:2.0

http://66.249.91.104/translate_c?hl...t=80&hl=en&rls=RNWE,RNWE:2005-38,RNWE:en&sa=N

2. MS-7222, PCB version v3.1 (most current BIOS: v5.3)
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Thanks:)

My USB ports are not working so good - looks like I'll have to try and update again:o
 
Just first read the actual motherboard version of the board directly AS STEP ONE. Do not just flash any version, you may damage the board. There is a W7222VMS.530 version if your board is version V3.0. First open the box and verify the board version!
 
sky.akash said:
The update utility now says:


It shows current and online version as 3.20.
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STOP USING WINDOWS!!! If you want to flash your BIOS in the name of all that is good do it in DOS or better yet the BIOS flash utility (For example Asus has Asus eazy flash menu in the bios that allows you flash the BIOS from within the bios, using the usual media,IE. floppy,USB, etc..)

You are asking for trouble by flashing in Windows, you can reflash the bios in DOS even if it's the same or older version using the correct flashing utility. MSI provides DOS bios flashing procedure on their website. Google Windows 98SE bootdisk and download the bootdisk and then create one using a floppy disk/old hard-drive/usb flashdrive. And flash it by booting from previously mentioned media and use the CORRECT flashing utility.

Also I've had 2 of the exact same MSI motherboards previously (MSI K7N2-ILSR) one was revision 1 the other 2. Revision 1 was notorious for BIOS corruption (I had to do a bit of BIOS hot swapping to rescue the motherboard, not pleasant), seems to be a problem with MSI boards so be carefull.
 
Gnome said:
STOP USING WINDOWS!!! If you want to flash your BIOS in the name of all that is good do it in DOS or better yet the BIOS flash utility (For example Asus has Asus eazy flash menu in the bios that allows you flash the BIOS from within the bios, using the usual media,IE. floppy,USB, etc..)

You are asking for trouble by flashing in Windows, you can reflash the bios in DOS even if it's the same or older version using the correct flashing utility. MSI provides DOS bios flashing procedure on their website. Google Windows 98SE bootdisk and download the bootdisk and then create one using a floppy disk/old hard-drive/usb flashdrive. And flash it by booting from previously mentioned media and use the CORRECT flashing utility.

Also I've had 2 of the exact same MSI motherboards previously (MSI K7N2-ILSR) one was revision 1 the other 2. Revision 1 was notorious for BIOS corruption (I had to do a bit of BIOS hot swapping to rescue the motherboard, not pleasant), seems to be a problem with MSI boards so be carefull.
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I'll remeber that in future - but I'm not going to be updating an BIOS's anytime soon after this experience.:o

I used a WIN98SE boot disk to get into my system and used NOADSL's second BIOS recommendation which was the correct one and the current version. Thanks again NOADSL:D

As for the USB issue it appears to have been a once off thing as the problem hasn't happened again --> when I plugged in my Huawei E220 the first time it shut down windows and came up with a blue screen of death. Seems to be ok now.:)
 
sky.akash said:
I'll remeber that in future - but I'm not going to be updating an BIOS's anytime soon after this experience.:o

I used a WIN98SE boot disk to get into my system and used NOADSL's second BIOS recommendation which was the correct one and the current version. Thanks again NOADSL:D

As for the USB issue it appears to have been a once off thing as the problem hasn't happened again --> when I plugged in my Huawei E220 the first time it shut down windows and came up with a blue screen of death. Seems to be ok now.:)
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Well at least you got it sorted, that seems to be a issue of Msi motherboards, which is why I moved back to Asus. I'm never buying anything but Asus again, the MSI K7N2-ILSR motherboard I had was terrible, overclocking caused the BIOS to become corrupted and impossible to fix without swapping/replacing BIOS chips. Not to mention that flashing the BIOS was like rolling the dice, sometimes it failed forcing me to hot swap BIOS chips with my other board to fix it.
 
Gnome said:
, which is why I moved back to Asus. I'm never buying anything but Asus again, .
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Helping was a pleasure.

Asus is all I use and sell for the last 12 Years for the obvious reasons. What takes 20 minutes to fix from the Asus support site takes hours on another's. MSI now have the policy of not giving any more bios update files. In future they use the Auto on-line update system only. To help I had to rely on other Internet users, in Japan, by translating their site to get to the correct Bios files. This is disgusting MSI!
 
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Three golden rules of bios updating:

Do not update your bios:
  • if it is working perfectly;
  • from Windows;
  • if you don't know what you are doing!!!

I disobeyed all 3 above:o

NoADSLyet said:
Helping was a pleasure.

Asus is all I use and sell for the last 12 Years for the obvious reasons. What takes 20 minutes to fix from the Asus support site takes hours on another's. MSI now have the policy of not giving any more bios update files. In future they use the Auto on-line update system only. To help I had to rely on other Internet users, in Japan, by translating their site to get to the correct Bios files. This is disgusting MSI!
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You still need the MSI live update application to a certain extent. After you have downloaded the bios update file using the live update DO NOT run the bios update setup from windows. The downloaded file will be stored in a folder called setup files in your program files folder. The setup folder contains the flash utility as well as the bios update file which you can then copy to disk and use at start up.

I only realised what those files were after restoring my system with the files you suggested:o
 
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