BIOS flash failure

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Peteman100

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This Acer Aspire M5100 desktop was having freezing issues, so I decided to update the BIOS to see if that would fix things. The flash was going well, until the very end where the status bar showed red, indicating failure to write at those sections. The computer rebooted and failed to post. Fans spin and everything, but nothing shows up on the monitor and no beeping from the motherboard. What do you guys think? Game over? Or is there some way to revive the computer?
 
First try to reset the CMOS. Either by the jumper on the board or pull the CMOS battery for 15 min. If it still wont boot you will need to get a new bios chip.
 
I have an update to my problem. By stripping the computer to the bare minimum, I can get the motherboard to give a repeated short beep. That error is supposed to suggest a mobo or PSU problem. Everytime it beeps though, the screen becomes active as if it was going to start, before quickly going back into sleep mode. Does all this still suggest that I need a new BIOS chip? And could have the original freezing issues been caused by a faulty PSU?
 
If it failed to write, you have no option but to replace your BIOS chip.

Stripping the board to a bare minimum doesn't change the fact that your BIOS is corrupted.
 
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