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The repairs guy said he couldn't do anything. The MOBO is pretty much bricked, but at least the other equipment works. Ended up buying another motherboard.

Well - I tried tweaking the BIOS settings. Even lowered CPU to 1 core, ram to its minimum - nothing. I had one last idea just now. I downloaded BIOS from 2011, which is what my MOBO had previously. I thought maybe I could "update" again and revert to the old BIOS. Finally got to the BIOS...

I really think I've just had one of the worst experiences trying to figure out just what is wrong. I updated my MOBO bios - it's a P868something-M (ASUS). After it was done - the nightmare began. I would get a black screen...literally black, on startup. No BIOS screen no nothing. Suspected the...