Re: Ruined m-board with bios update

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As far as the boot order, did you leave the floppy and CD in the order, just place them after the hard drive? If so unplug the hard drive data cables, maybe you'll be able to boot from your created recovery discs then.

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"xiowan" <xiowan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:CE0D680D-F1EF-4732-8CD0-36F0A7489EC4@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Hi All:
I have a really nice home-built pc with MCE2005 OS and today I attempted
to update the bios with the latest Intel update. I have done this many
times but this time after the update ran the computer was supposed to re-boot
automatically and I wasn't to touch it for the "next 3 minutes". Usually the
computer comes back on and the update is installed from the hard drive to the
bios and then Windows starts and a box pops up saying bios update successful.
Instead, the computer came back on but after 20 minutes I still had nothing
on the display. Well, I turned it off and decided to try a bios recovery
floppy I had prepared just in case. Followed all Intel's procedures and it
didn't work. So, I then tried a bios recovery using a recovery cd I had
already prepared. Didn't work either. Black Screen. It may be because a
few weeks ago I changed the bios boot order and moved the RAID 0 hard drives
to first in boot order to see if it would boot faster. It didn't. I should
have went back and put the cd drive first, floppy second as it was before
but I didn't. It appears the motherboard is now useless. I don't mind
buying a new motherboard but I have the following questions:
1. Will I be able to use my current MCE2005 O.S. or have to buy a new one?
(They didn't have a retail version, only the OEM version)

2. If I can legally use the current OS and am unable to just move
everything over to the new motherboard and have to re-install the O.S. will I
be able to continue to access the content on all 7 hard drives?
(a) According to Tom's Hardware site you can move a RAID 0 O.S. from
one Intel board to another and it will configure itself automatically. The
drivers for the ICH8R and ICH9R are the same I guess.
(b) If necessary, I thot maybe I could just format the existing RAID 0
system partition and re-install MCE2005 on the same partition thus leaving
the other partitions and their content intact?

3. If EULA problems prevent re-use of the current MCE2005 license and I
purchase a new MCE2005 or Vista Home Premium license will either or both OS's
be able to continue to access the content on the other RAID 0 partitions and
also the other 5 hard drives in the pc?
(a) If required to buy a new OS, can I buy a full retail Vista Home
Premium license and then use it as an upgrade to preserve access to all the
current content? Or will a clean install allow access to all the partitions
on the RAID 0 drives and the other 5 drives? I'm worried about Vista denying
access to the recorded tv programs by saying "content may not be viewed on
this pc". This happened once when I moved a tv movie from one pc to another
even though the movie was listed as not copy protected .

I'm sorry to go on at such length, but as you see all these alternatives
have me confused.
I really need to save my 2 terabytes of recorded tv. I spend 3 months a
year volunteering for the Forest Service and take the pc along in my RV and
most places I work have electricity but no tv signal. (Mountains and forests
lol). The recorded tv content is a real blessing in the evenings and on
rainy days !

Any advice will be appreciated!

xiowan...........in tucson

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