I was trying to get into the bios and I pressed F10 as the computer started
up. Then it popped up and said do you want to start "Flash recovery" I think. Being click happy I pressed "Y". Then my computer restarted and would access the drives and it would then beep 4 times and restart this process. It does this for several hours and then goes into simply beeping 12 times and then takes a breath and beeps 12 more times and so on. I let it run for two days while doing this, all the while nothing shows up on the monitor. Boot disks don't help, disconnecting hardware doesn't help. I have no idea what's going on or how to fix this.

Sounds like your BIOS is damaged.

What is the make & model of the computer?

The motherboard?

The BIOS?

MSI 865PE Neo2 motherboard, with the original bios. It's a custom comp though.

MSI 865PE Neo2 motherboard, with the original bios. It's a custom comp though.

Is this the board?

http://www.msi.com.tw/program/produc...il.php?UID=433

BIOS

http://www.msi.com.tw/program/suppor...UID=433&kind=1

Manual

http://www.msi.com.tw/program/suppor...UID=433&kind=1

From the manual:

Power on the computer and the system will start POST (Power On Self
Test) process. When the message below appears on the screen, press <DEL>
key to enter Setup.
DEL:Setup F11:Boot Menu F12:Network boot TAB:Logo
If the message disappears before you respond and you still wish to enter
Setup, restart the system by turning it OFF and On or pressing the RESET
button. You may also restart the system by simultaneously pressing <Ctrl>,
<Alt>, and <Delete> keys.

I don't see a F10 option... Are your sure that is what you pressed?

Also from the manual:

Q: After flashing the BIOS, my system for unknown reason dont want to boot,
what should I do?
A: Please refer to the following suggestions: 1. Try the BIOS boot recovery
feature as described in http://www.msi.com.tw/support/bios/boot.htm 2. Try
to clear the CMOS If problem still persists, ask your reseller for new BIOS
chip or contact one of MSI office near your place for new BIOS chip http://
www.msi.com.tw/contact/main.htm

Q: After flashing the bios and rebooting the system, the screen went blank.
A: For AMI BIOS
Rename the desired AMI BIOS file to AMIBOOT.ROM and save it on a
floppy disk. e.g. Rename A569MS23.ROM to AMIBOOT.ROM
Insert this floppy disk in the floppy drive. Turn On the system and press
and hold Ctrl-Home to force update. It will read the AMIBOOT.ROM file
and recover the BIOS from the A drive.
When 4 beeps are heard you may remove the floppy disk and restart the
computer.
For Award BIOS
Make a bootable floopy disk
Copy the Award flash utility & BIOS file to the said floppy disk
Create an autoexec.bat with "awdfl535 biosfilename" in the content e.g.
awdfl535 a619mj21.bin
Boot up system with the said floppy (it will take less than 2 minutes before
screen comes out)
Re-flash the BIOS & reboot.

I flashed the bios using the AMI method and it beeped four times just like it said it would. I restarted my computer and then nothing. It doesn't initialize any of the drives or anything. No beeps though.

And yes that was my motherboard and bios.

Originally Posted by jephree

Is this the board?

http://www.msi.com.tw/program/produc...il.php?UID=433

BIOS

http://www.msi.com.tw/program/suppor...UID=433&kind=1

Manual

http://www.msi.com.tw/program/suppor...UID=433&kind=1

From the manual:



I don't see a F10 option... Are your sure that is what you pressed?

Also from the manual:

Did you try clearing the CMOS?

I tried flashing the bios but I haven't tried to completely clear the cmos.