BBS POPUP Error massage

[alihomee]

i have a ecs mother board with a error. when i start it ,display comes and a massage appear on first screen[press f8 for bbs popup].and when i press f8 then nothing happens but it shows[go-!> boot menu]. what is that means i need help

[Mad_Professor]

Re: BBS POPUP Error massage

It's not an error. It's a boot selection menu, allows you to choose what device to boot from.

[alihomee]

Re: BBS POPUP Error massage

so when i press f8 no boot menu appears it just go-! > boot menu

[Mad_Professor]

Re: BBS POPUP Error massage

check your boot settings in the bios, it usually reflects your boot priority.

If you have hard-drives, optical drives or USB flash drives hooked up it should be listed in the boot menu. Enable your onboard lan pxe rom and see if it shows.

If it doesn't, sounds like a bad bios, reflash with the lastest bios from ecs for your board.

You can try clearing the cmos before flashing to see if it's just corrupt settings causing your issue, it will be a jumper on your board, refer to your motherboard manual for location.

[alihomee]

Re: BBS POPUP Error massage

so how can i flash bios

[Mad_Professor]

Re: BBS POPUP Error massage

go to ECS website

www.ecs.com.tw

Select download, type in your model and revision of your board, go to bios, download the latest version, and there will be instructions on how to flash. Be sure it's the correct one, and don't turn off the computer or lose power during a flash otherwise you'll brick it.

[alihomee]

Re: BBS POPUP Error massage

how can i flash biose because it does not boot on error screen it helt and no other screen comes

[Mad_Professor]

Re: BBS POPUP Error massage

can you get into the bios? del, f2?

[alihomee]

Re: BBS POPUP Error massage

no i cant access to bios

[pfrcom]

Re: BBS POPUP Error massage

Do you have any drives connected to the motherboard ? - for example hard disk, CD/DVD or floppy

If none of those are connected, may explain why you cannot access BIOS

[alihomee]

Re: BBS POPUP Error massage

no drives are connected to mobo.and i cant understand your last words

[pfrcom]

Re: BBS POPUP Error massage

You've mentioned BBS Popup, which is related to media (drives) from which it can boot

If, like you've said, you've no media connected from which it can boot, it may be getting hung up in firmware (aka BIOS) before it gets to process you pressing the (presumably) Del key to get into BIOS setup

Try connecting some known working drives

[alihomee]

Re: BBS POPUP Error massage

i have been tried it but nothing.it only stucks on first screen and when i press f8 i does nothing only the changes to[go-!> boot menu]

[pfrcom]

Re: BBS POPUP Error massage

If it "changes to[go-!> boot menu]" sounds like it wants to display a boot menu, but cannot find device(s) it thinks are capable of booting from, hence cannot display a boot menu

Are they known working drives that you have tried ? - in other words, drives that function properly with other motherboards

Do you wait after "changes to[go-!> boot menu]" ? - perhaps there is a time-out interval after which boot menu appears

Have you tried forgetting about F8 and pressing only Del, assuming Del is the appropriate key for access to BIOS settings ?

If all else fails, try clearing CMOS - there may be a jumper which does that, or for 100% certainty remove the CR2032 BIOS battery and leave it out overnight

Then next morning replace battery, start motherboard, and press only Del to access BIOS

If you do manage to access BIOS, load Default settings, then see if it co-operates

[alihomee]

Re: BBS POPUP Error massage

thanks for answer i have been tried all that you all talking about but fail to enter the bios settings

[selldoor]

Re: BBS POPUP Error massage

What machine is the motherboard from?

Have you actually tried it with a bootable source connected?

When you press F8 and get the message {go-!> boot menu]

have you tried pressing Esc.?

[alihomee]

Re: BBS POPUP Error massage

ya ihave been tried it .it is a nonbrended mothedbord made by ecs

[ratdude747]

Re: BBS POPUP Error massage

ECS?

Sure all the caps are good?

Could be a fried chipset or the like... ECS doesn't exactly scream "high quality"...

[alihomee]

Re: BBS POPUP Error massage

ya surely no bad caps.it is a 775 socket mobo with 2 ddr dimm ,2 sata,1 agp ,and 3 pci slots with a 20 pin power supply connector

[selldoor]

Re: BBS POPUP Error massage

When it flashes on does it say which bios it is using Amibios of megatrends or something. Can you post a good picture of the board? showing any board numbers.