990FXA-UD5 Rev3.0 BIOS update

[hatchet_warrior]

Hello,

I hope you guys have the answer that no one else seems to have.


I just purchased an 8320E to replace my aging 955BE. I saw that I needed to do a bios update and downloaded the newest FCh to my flashdrive. Everything looks ok until my PC tries to start up. It starts a power on power off loop and I have to flash the backup bios just to get the PC to work normally again.

I am wondering if this is a common problem with the FCh, and if there is a better version to use. I currently have the FB.

Thank you

[dmdilks]

Did you do the update than just try to reboot the computer? The best way is before you do a bios update set the bios to default setting. Reboot and than do the update. Then shut it down and pull the battery and clear the cmos for about 5 mins.

Then unclear the cmos put the battery back in than try to boot it. If it boots, again set the bios to default setting reboot that go back and reset the cmos to your settings. plus don't forget the time & date too.

[hatchet_warrior]

Well something changed when I upgraded to FCb first. I tried it the way you suggested and it would tell me the bios was corrupt and revert back to FB. I let it do the power cycle and eventually it let me get to the bios and showed FCh. I made my changed to the RAM and it booted up.

So thank you for the suggestion. I wish I could say it was as easy as you explained it, but computers never are.

[dmdilks]

Glad you got it and yes computers can be a little hard to deal with some times. When I have a problem with doing it in the bios. I go to a boot able thumb drive and do it that way. Plus when you ever update the bios. You are always taking a chance something will go wrong.