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    ECS 661FX-M Bootblock??

    Hello Everyone,

    Today I purchased an ECS 661FX-M motherboard that was deemed faulty by a customer and the owner of the store didn't have time to fix it at all. All he told me was that this motherboard was strange and he couldn't enter the BIOS.
    I got it for only $10 thinking that I would be able to repair it.
    When I got home, I plugged my CPU, RAM and AGP graphics card in (For some odd reason the onboard video doesn't work) and then I turned it on.

    First I see the video BIOS (obviously this comes first) then the motherboard gives out a message.

    *Award Bootblock v 1.0
    *Copyright (C) 2000 Award Software, Inc.

    *BIOS ROM Checksum error

    *Detecting Drive A: Media....


    What does all this mean?? I already downloaded a BIOS from ECS (Only a .BIN file, nothing else) and it doesn't seem to work at all. I also adjusted the jumpers so that it didn't write protect the BIOS.

    If I do that, all it comes up with is:

    *Media is 1.44MB

    *Remove All Disks and Press any key to restart.

    Does anyone know what all this means?? I can only guess that the previous owner of the board "attempted" to flash thier BIOS but failed somewhere.

    Here is a link to the motherboard details: http://www.ecs.com.tw/ECSWebSite/Pro...nuID=1&LanID=0

    I think that this board is probably fixable but maybe I haven't done something correctly yet. Unfortunately the BIOS chip is soldered onto the board so I can't reprogram the BIOS chip.

    Thanks.
    Don't find love, let love find you. That's why its called falling in love, because you don't force yourself to fall, you just fall. - Anonymous
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    #2
    Re: ECS 661FX-M Bootblock??

    try putting the .bin from the PROPER bios on a 1.44 and letting it recover.that is what its trying to do.

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      #3
      Re: ECS 661FX-M Bootblock??

      Make a bootable MS-DOS floppy, you can also use DR-DOS if you like, here is an image ready to be written:

      http://motherboards.mbarron.net/download/drdflash.exe

      Now copy the bios BIN file to the floppy, along with the flash program (awdflash.exe)

      Next create a text file called autoexec.bat in it write the command to flash the BIOS without user intervention:

      AWD865.exe fxm110.bin /py /cd /cp /cc /LD /sn /Wb

      Make sure to use a known good floppy / drive and if possible run the system from a UPS, an incorrect flash will kill the BIOS and possibly also the award rescue bootblock!!!

      After the flash has completed completely power off the system

      Make sure you use a BIOS for your system!!! If it complains that it is the wrong BIOS but you are more than 100% sure that it is correct and have triple checked it 5 times add /f to the commandline (force flash, undocumented switch... very very dangerous!)
      "The one who says it cannot be done should never interrupt the one who is doing it."

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        #4
        Re: ECS 661FX-M Bootblock??

        Hello kc8adu and Per Hansson, Thank You So Much!!!!

        You guys helped me revive this motherboard back to life.... thanks for your help guys!!!!

        Now it boots and works well. Even to make sure, I reflashed it twice to make sure everything was OK. Now I'm going to explore this motherboard to see what it has onboard etc.

        Thank You.
        Don't find love, let love find you. That's why its called falling in love, because you don't force yourself to fall, you just fall. - Anonymous

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          #5
          Re: ECS 661FX-M Bootblock??

          Glad it worked fine for you and hope you gained some knowledge in the process ;-)
          "The one who says it cannot be done should never interrupt the one who is doing it."

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