How is it possible that a BIOS gets corrupted when a pc is running? I had a home server running on a GA H77-DS3H motherboard until it suddenly stopped. That happened at 1st september. The motherboard had the same symptom as another GA H77-DS3H motherboard had earlier this year, only that pc is powered off after usage. The server runs 24/7.
The symptom is this: after powering on the drive starts spinning, the CPU fan makes a short movement - less then a 1/4 rotation, the drive shuts down and that's it. The GA H77-DS3H motherboard earlier this year has been succesfuly repaired under RMA.
With the server GA H77-DS3H motherboard I tried a lot without result, so it went for RMA. It came back today disallowed from RMA because of a few bent CPU socket pins. I have corrected the socket pins with a tooth pick, installed the CPU, no disk yet - same symptom. I had a USB flash drive ready with the latest F10 BIOS. I succesfully flashed 3 GA H77-DS3H motherboards with the F10 after the defective motherboard; 2 at home and 1 at my fathers place.
With the USB drive I noticed a difference: with the defective motherboard powered off, the USB drive flashed only once on insertion. While at the other pc insterted in a front connection with that pc powered off it kept flashing. So I grabbed a motherboard USB connector with breakout connection and fiddled with that.
Low and behold the motherboard booted
Is there anything to prevent a BIOS from getting corrupted?
The symptom is this: after powering on the drive starts spinning, the CPU fan makes a short movement - less then a 1/4 rotation, the drive shuts down and that's it. The GA H77-DS3H motherboard earlier this year has been succesfuly repaired under RMA.
With the server GA H77-DS3H motherboard I tried a lot without result, so it went for RMA. It came back today disallowed from RMA because of a few bent CPU socket pins. I have corrected the socket pins with a tooth pick, installed the CPU, no disk yet - same symptom. I had a USB flash drive ready with the latest F10 BIOS. I succesfully flashed 3 GA H77-DS3H motherboards with the F10 after the defective motherboard; 2 at home and 1 at my fathers place.
With the USB drive I noticed a difference: with the defective motherboard powered off, the USB drive flashed only once on insertion. While at the other pc insterted in a front connection with that pc powered off it kept flashing. So I grabbed a motherboard USB connector with breakout connection and fiddled with that.
Low and behold the motherboard booted
Is there anything to prevent a BIOS from getting corrupted?
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