So here's the situation:
I'm updating the bios for my motherboard (Asus A8n-SLI Deluxe) through windows and the updating program goes "not responding" I Ctrl+alt+del and close the program and try to restart it again. At this point I get a weird error (it had funny symbols and whatnot) and then a message box saying that the updater could not start. I click okay and it automatically closes.
Next I download a update to ANOTHER PROGRAM (not the Bios updater) and it asks me to restart my computer. I comply and upon rebooting I'm presented with this message
I've removed the CMOS battery, turned off the power for 5 minutes, and moved the CMOS clear jumper from position 1-2 to 2-3 and I still can't get passed this screen. Moreover, I'm not even seeing my Bios load before this screen. When I bootup the comp the only thing I see is this. Pressing Del during bootup with a blank screen doesn't result in me seeing the Bios.
Did I just brick my comp?
... Oh holy hell...
I'm updating the bios for my motherboard (Asus A8n-SLI Deluxe) through windows and the updating program goes "not responding" I Ctrl+alt+del and close the program and try to restart it again. At this point I get a weird error (it had funny symbols and whatnot) and then a message box saying that the updater could not start. I click okay and it automatically closes.
Next I download a update to ANOTHER PROGRAM (not the Bios updater) and it asks me to restart my computer. I comply and upon rebooting I'm presented with this message
Award BootBlock BIOS v1.0
Copyright (c) 2000, Award Software, Inc.
BIOS ROM checksum error
Detecting IDE ATAPI device ...
Found CDROM, try to Boot from it ... Fail
Detecting floppy drive A media...
Drive A error. System halt
I've removed the CMOS battery, turned off the power for 5 minutes, and moved the CMOS clear jumper from position 1-2 to 2-3 and I still can't get passed this screen. Moreover, I'm not even seeing my Bios load before this screen. When I bootup the comp the only thing I see is this. Pressing Del during bootup with a blank screen doesn't result in me seeing the Bios.
Did I just brick my comp?
... Oh holy hell...