Help! - Need Bios Flash for Emachines S1940 (FIC AM37L)

On Tue, 14 Mar 2006 12:49:40 -0600, Alex Zorrilla <apz RemoveThis @zxeng.com>
wrote:

>I wish I did. I see that FIC has the AM37 and AM37S listed on their
>website and FTP site, but nothing for the AM37L. Have you tried asking
>eMachines tech support?

Yes - They sent me to FIC. And FIC has an announcement on their Bios
page that says something like: "We do not support OEM boards" - which
in this case refers to the AM37L model.

>
>If there is anyone out here with an AM37L (various models of eMachines),
>I suppose they could take their existing BIOS and save it to a floppy.
>So if there is anyone out there with one of these boards......

That would be great - Does anyone have an Emachines Model S1940?
And if so, could you run the flash program to save the Bios File for
me? TIA . . .
>
>Jerry wrote:
>> Can anyone tell me where to find a Bios Flash (file) for this
>> motherboard? A power surge has corrupted the bios
>> and I need to reflash it.
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Jerry wrote:
> Well - the flash that I download from the link (below) did not work,
> so I'm guessing I will try the next alternative of $29.95

just wondering, what makes you think it is corrupt ie what is it
doing or not doing ?
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It will boot up to CMOS CHECKSUM ERROR one time only without shorting
the CMOS jumper. If you try to boot up a 2nd time, the monitor led
stays orange (instead of turning green) and the computer will not boot
at all.


On Wed, 15 Mar 2006 13:29:12 -0500, farmuse <farmuse.RemoveThis@cows.net> wrote:

>Jerry wrote:
>> Well - the flash that I download from the link (below) did not work,
>> so I'm guessing I will try the next alternative of $29.95
>
> just wondering, what makes you think it is corrupt ie what is it
>doing or not doing ?
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Jerry wrote:
> It will boot up to CMOS CHECKSUM ERROR one time only without shorting
> the CMOS jumper. If you try to boot up a 2nd time, the monitor led
> stays orange (instead of turning green) and the computer will not boot
> at all.
>
>
> On Wed, 15 Mar 2006 13:29:12 -0500, farmuse <farmuse RemoveThis @cows.net> wrote:
>
>
>>Jerry wrote:
>>
>>>Well - the flash that I download from the link (below) did not work,
>>>so I'm guessing I will try the next alternative of $29.95
>>
>> just wondering, what makes you think it is corrupt ie what is it
>>doing or not doing ?
>
>
and you changed the battery hopefully. I realize that error does not
directly point to the battery, but I would try that first.
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Measured voltage shows 3.06, so figured it was ok.


On Sat, 18 Mar 2006 19:42:57 GMT, farmuse <spammenot DeleteThis @farms.net> wrote:

>Jerry wrote:
>> It will boot up to CMOS CHECKSUM ERROR one time only without shorting
>> the CMOS jumper. If you try to boot up a 2nd time, the monitor led
>> stays orange (instead of turning green) and the computer will not boot
>> at all.
>>
>>
>> On Wed, 15 Mar 2006 13:29:12 -0500, farmuse <farmuse DeleteThis @cows.net> wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Jerry wrote:
>>>
>>>>Well - the flash that I download from the link (below) did not work,
>>>>so I'm guessing I will try the next alternative of $29.95
>>>
>>> just wondering, what makes you think it is corrupt ie what is it
>>>doing or not doing ?
>>
>>
> and you changed the battery hopefully. I realize that error does not
>directly point to the battery, but I would try that first.
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Try removing and reseating the memory modules. If this doesn't help, go into
the BIOS setup and make sure that "System BIOS Shadowing" and "System
BIOS Cacheable" are disabled. Be sure to save the change when exiting.

Ben

"Jerry" <jerry.hart.DeleteThis@ppd.uky.edu> wrote in message news:b5sl12lo14pkc4q7dsq354kfulsquiop4k@4ax.com...
> It will boot up to CMOS CHECKSUM ERROR one time only without shorting
> the CMOS jumper. If you try to boot up a 2nd time, the monitor led
> stays orange (instead of turning green) and the computer will not boot
> at all.
>
>
> On Wed, 15 Mar 2006 13:29:12 -0500, farmuse <farmuse.DeleteThis@cows.net> wrote:
>
> >Jerry wrote:
> >> Well - the flash that I download from the link (below) did not work,
> >> so I'm guessing I will try the next alternative of $29.95
> >
> > just wondering, what makes you think it is corrupt ie what is it
> >doing or not doing ?
>
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