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-System Specs-
-Pentium 4 2.4ghz 800fsb
-2x 256mb HyperX PC3200
-Asus P4P8X motherboard
-ATI Radeon 9000 128mb
-and honestly, the rest of the components were scrapped from another PC.
Out of nowhere, last night my PC kept shutting down on me. I figured it was just overheating due the the summer heat and me leaving my PC on all day. So i left it alone for a few hours, then tried it again....same problem. It was running at around 78 degree F. I figured i'd try it again in the morning.
Woke up today, tried to hop online to surf the web and maybe play some counter-strike....bam, "Bad BIOS Checksum". It was looking for a floppy, no floppy w/ the bios, so i threw in the CD-Rom.....flashed.....told me to turn off power and restart it up. I did.....Bad BIOS Checksum, loaded the bios, flashed, told me to restart.....blah blah blah.
Well......i'm stuck in a major loop. I figured it may be bad RAM, so i got it replaced. Tried to clear my cmos, nothing. I've tried using boot floppies.....nothing. I've tried pretty much everything i can think of. But for some reason, i cannot get beyond that point.
I'm stuck. I need help. I tried calling tech support for asus (they have a division in my city), and they closed 15 minutes early
I'm working tomorrow till 7pm, so earliest i can call again is Thursday.....and honestly, do not want to wait that long. PLEASE HELP ME!
If anyone would be willing, i'll even bite the charges and call someone, or someone can call me so i can speak with someone live who knows what the hell to do.
Ugh, someone please help.
-Pentium 4 2.4ghz 800fsb
-2x 256mb HyperX PC3200
-Asus P4P8X motherboard
-ATI Radeon 9000 128mb
-and honestly, the rest of the components were scrapped from another PC.
Out of nowhere, last night my PC kept shutting down on me. I figured it was just overheating due the the summer heat and me leaving my PC on all day. So i left it alone for a few hours, then tried it again....same problem. It was running at around 78 degree F. I figured i'd try it again in the morning.
Woke up today, tried to hop online to surf the web and maybe play some counter-strike....bam, "Bad BIOS Checksum". It was looking for a floppy, no floppy w/ the bios, so i threw in the CD-Rom.....flashed.....told me to turn off power and restart it up. I did.....Bad BIOS Checksum, loaded the bios, flashed, told me to restart.....blah blah blah.
Well......i'm stuck in a major loop. I figured it may be bad RAM, so i got it replaced. Tried to clear my cmos, nothing. I've tried using boot floppies.....nothing. I've tried pretty much everything i can think of. But for some reason, i cannot get beyond that point.
I'm stuck. I need help. I tried calling tech support for asus (they have a division in my city), and they closed 15 minutes early
If anyone would be willing, i'll even bite the charges and call someone, or someone can call me so i can speak with someone live who knows what the hell to do.
Ugh, someone please help.