Zotac EN1060 BIOS help

[prried]

I got this mini PC awhile ago and was never fully happy with the performance. I got it primarily to play games (skyrim/Fallout) I always got CTD - screen went black, stutters etc... I recently pulled it out to see if I can get it working the way that it should have been. I started with updating everything and when I got to the BIOS, i restarted it - it went into the command line jargon then froze. After restarting, the power light (ring) will not come on, the red light (power) goes green, but the computer does not start up. Screen remains blank - I believe I fubar'd the bios but am unsure.... I was planning on surgery tonight and was curious whether anyone had any ideas..

 

[1LiquidPC]

You can try a full CMOS clear by removing the BIOS battery itself. You may have a CLR_CMOS jumper on board as well that you can move over to adjacent pins to clear everything out. What is the Mini-PC specs or model itself?

 

[prried]

Zbox EN1060 w/i5 6400t. Its just odd because this machine has never performed very well. Im hoping its because it hasnt been upgraded (software). I do not see a jumper for the CMOS after taking off the (bottom) cover. I believe I may have to take out the motherboard but I havent been able to find a diagram for it..

 

[1LiquidPC]

Without digging into it to far, what components are accessible? Is the PC clean inside, fan(s) spinning correctly during power up? Any components that can be re-seated?

 

[prried]

Without digging into it to far, what components are accessible? Is the PC clean inside, fan(s) spinning correctly during power up? Any components that can be re-seated?

 

[prried]

The only things accessible from the back cover is hdd and memory. I haven't dug into it yet, I looked for a cmos jumper and dont see one accessible..

 

[1LiquidPC]

I looked at a few pics on Zotac's site. The jumper and battery could end up being on the underside of the motherboard. Of course, you would have to disassemble to get there. Have you tried re-seating the memory?

 

[prried]

Not yet, But I figured as much (battery) - it almost looks like I need to take the front bezel off to get the motherboard out - I just need to find a screwdriver small enough.

https://www.zotac.com/product/mini_pcs/magnus-en1060

 

[prried]

You can try a full CMOS clear by removing the BIOS battery itself. You may have a CLR_CMOS jumper on board as well that you can move over to adjacent pins to clear everything out. What is the Mini-PC specs or model itself?

 

[prried]

After looking at the motherboard there is no jumper or battery.... but there is a cmos reset button under some tape. The strange (worrisome) thing is, that there are no sounds when starting up. No beeping - nothing... not sure what to do now. Does anyone have any suggestions? I can't get to bios settings because nothing is coming up to post.

 

[1LiquidPC]

Did it always make sounds before? No luck with the button I take it? There really isn't any setting in the UEFI, short of a crazy voltage setting you likely wouldn't have on an OEM PC like that that could damage the system.

 

[prried]

Yes it always beeped when starting up... now nothing. The odd thing is, is that I didn't do anything except try to flash the bios.

 

[1LiquidPC]

OK. Was the flash itself interrupted at any point? This can brick a system. A handful overall of systems have a method to recover from this, but not OEM builds that I've seen.

 

[prried]

Im not even sure it started. When I restarted with the USB stick, it pulled up a dos posting but stalled for 1/2 hour. It didnt look like a flashing - I never typed anything to start the flash... I restarted - then nothing...

 

[1LiquidPC]

OK. How was the file setup on the USB. Just a standard UEFI file, buried in a folder, ect? It that PC made to be updated some odd way vs. standard motherboards?

 

[prried]

This is the read me in the bios file..., I got to #5

Procedures for BIOS update (for UEFI-Shell, with ME / TXE Code Update) :
(Please read all the instructions carefully as below, before starting the BIOS update)

[1] Prepare a USB Flash Drive formatted in FAT32, decompress all folders and files inside this ZIP file to the root of the USB Flash Drive
[2] Plug the USB Flash Drive to a USB Port on the target PC
[3] Startup the target PC, press <Del> key to enter CMOS Setup
[4] Under the [Boot] options, select the "UEFI : USB Flash Drive" as First Priority Boot Device, Save & Exit to reboot
[5] The PC will boot to the UEFI Shell Command mode from the USB Flash Drive
[6] Type the Shell Command (FLASH), then press <Enter>, wait for the BIOS writing to complete (may take a few minutes !!!)
[7] The PC will shutdown automatically after BIOS writing completed
[8] Disconnect the power cord for 15 seconds, then reconnect the power cord
[9] Restart the target PC, press <Del> key to enter CMOS Setup
[10] Under the [Boot] options, select the "UEFI : USB Flash Drive" as First Priority Boot Device, Save & Exit to reboot
[11] The PC will boot to the UEFI Shell Command mode from the USB Flash Drive
[12] Type the Shell Command (FLASHME), then press <Enter>, wait for the ME / TXE Code writing to complete (may take a few minutes !!!)
[13] Disconnect the power cord for 15 seconds, then reconnect the power cord
[14] Remove the USB Flash Drive
[15] Restart the target PC, press <Del> key to enter CMOS Setup, check the new BIOS (with new built date and project version number) is in place
[16] Save & Exit to reboot the PC