Bios Virus

[Trip411]

Thanks for all the replies I yanked the mobo out and put in a P6N that I had upgraded from it cleared it up and I contacted MSI and mailed the new one back today. I tried to flash the bios but it wouldn't let me. Any attempts to access the bios rebooted the system. I talked to MSI and sadly they told me that it has happened more with the P7N and they are looking into the problem. And yea I had updated the bios to what MSI recommended 2days before the problems started. As far as the overclock goes I know of quite a few people that have my CPU and are clocking it to 4.51 with no problems and it was solidly stable for 2months now at 4.2. Anyway thanks again I really appreciate it.

[kukmuk]

Glad to hear you got the issue cleared up! Sorry to hear about the RMA, but I guess it happens sometimes.

Originally Posted by Public

Cant flash bios with a new verison until you can post to download a new version.

I believe he said he was able to get it to post if he waited an obscene amount of time.

[nitehawk606a]

Originally Posted by stevieg

my bet is the overclock or motherboard as well, a cmos clear jumper will reset the bios as well as get rid of the overclock. does that work?

steve

you will have to look at the papers that came with your mother board but there should be a jumper to reset the bios...


its been a really long time since i've heard of someone getting a bios based virus i didnt think that was done anymore

[Cravin]

Originally Posted by Public

Cant flash bios with a new verison until you can post to download a new version.

That's not always correct. on the Intel Mobo they have a bios recovery mode. You pull a jumper and have a bios image loaded on a USB Thumb Drive or on a CD and the system will flash the bios without ever posting.