P5B-e is dead because bios v1702 update

xigital

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used asus updater in windows
1.attempt - erasing-100%
- saving -100%
- verifying-4%-error
2.attempt - erasing-4%-error (after 3-5 trays,same)
3.rebooting-bios is dead(blank screen on monitor,no booting,no audio,no keyboard)
4.asus bios recovery- don't work
boot-block (for ami bios)-don't work
5.i disconect power,video card and take of ram for about 1hr serveral times, then i put the video card and only 1gb ram and power but nothing happend

Asus P5B-e, quadcore extreme, nvidia 7300GT, 4gigs ram in vista 64
 

cfvh600

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Never flash your BIOS unless totally necessary.ASUS warns customers on their forums not to use the updater in Windows. It corrupts alot of BIOS chips.Your BIOS is probably corrupted and needs replacement.
 
You can try resetting the BIOS with the jumper, if that doesn't help, sorry you have just turned your motherboard into a worthless pile of junk.

There is NOTHING you can do yourself to fix it.

There must be a working BIOS on the board to initialize things like your CPU, Memory, drives, basically everything your computer needs to even start is contained in the BIOS. If it gets erased, or corrupted, you have to obtain a new BIOS chip from the manufacturer if it is a removable chip. If it is not removable, you either have to send the motherboard back to the manufacturer for a new BIOS install, or simply buy a new motherboard.
 

mr2smokinu

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I had the same problem. You won't be able to bring the BIOS back to normal. Just RMA it. I called ASUS and there is really nothing you can do.