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  • bigbeark
    Badcaps Veteran
    • Jan 2010
    • 661
    • Canada
    #1

    AMI BIOS questions

    I think there may be a BIOS problem with my ASUS P5-E. I addressed this with a post in the Asus motherboard forum, but I think this may be a corrupted BIOS problem, not hardware. The board booted once and loaded the OS. Now it's stopping in the BIOS

    The BIOS codes that show up on the PCI card are 85, 60 and D4(twice). This is using 1 stick of RAM and moving it from DIMM A1 to A2 to A3 to A4.

    85 is Password/soft error check (DIMM A1)
    60 is DMA #1 base register test (DIMM A2)
    D4 is Uncompressed RUNTIME code (DIMM B1 and B2).

    85 is very close to the end of the BIOS sequence.
    I could buy a replacement BIOS chip but it's worth more than the board.
    Want to know if this sounds like a BIOS problem.
    Are there any BIOS programmers you can buy that will work on this chip, do they require a lot of skill to use, and how do I tell what kind of BIOS chip I have.

    Thanks for your advice.
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    • stj
      Great Sage 齊天大聖
      • Dec 2009
      • 30941
      • Albion
      #2
      Re: AMI BIOS questions

      out of curiosity, how much is a pre-programmed chip?

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        • bigbeark
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          • Jan 2010
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          #3
          Re: AMI BIOS questions

          Originally posted by stj
          out of curiosity, how much is a pre-programmed chip?
          Bios Depot on Ebay sells them for $15. I got one for a SOYO board a couple of years ago after trying everything else but it didn't fix it.

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            • stj
              Great Sage 齊天大聖
              • Dec 2009
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              • Albion
              #4
              Re: AMI BIOS questions

              can you post a photo? searching p5-e gives me several different boards!

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                • bigbeark
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                  • Jan 2010
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                  #5
                  Re: AMI BIOS questions

                  Originally posted by stj
                  can you post a photo? searching p5-e gives me several different boards!
                  Sorry the full description is P5-E VM DO. The BIOS appears to be AMI Win BIOS.
                  The codes are here: http://www.bioscentral.com/postcodes/amibios.htm.

                  The board is here: https://www.asus.com/Motherboards/P5EVM_DO/. There are 8 4v 680uf polys around the CPU socket. They are series TWV. They are UCC for sure. There are a number of KZE 6.3v 330uf on the board. These are non-vented type There is one of these near the Northbridge and two near the Southbridge. There is another UCC cap 16v 470uf between the PCI-E and first PCI slot. I can't see the Series ID, but given it's location maybe this one is bad. Will try to get photos tomorrow. Thanks.

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                    • stj
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                      • Dec 2009
                      • 30941
                      • Albion
                      #6
                      Re: AMI BIOS questions

                      o.k. it looks like an 8pin serial bios that is soldered in with an 8pin header next to it for programming.

                      so you dont replace it, you re-flash it from the connector.

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                        • diif
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                          • Feb 2014
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                          Re: AMI BIOS questions

                          You reflash it from USB. From https://www.asus.com/Motherboards/P5EVM_DO/

                          CrashFree BIOS 3
                          Simply restore corrupted BIOS data from USB flash disk
                          The ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3 allows users to restore corrupted BIOS data from a USB flash disk containing the BIOS file. This utility saves users the cost and hassle of buying a replacement BIOS chip.

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                            • piernov
                              Super Moderator
                              • Jan 2016
                              • 4435
                              • France
                              #8
                              Re: AMI BIOS questions

                              Official AMIBIOS8 POST code list may be more meaningful.
                              OpenBoardView — https://github.com/OpenBoardView/OpenBoardView

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