Help with Bios update

[boncoe]

My motherboard is an Asrock P67 Pro3, yesterday I decided to update the bios to 3.10 for this model from the official website. When I do the installation it restarts a couple of times and on the third time the screen freezes without responding to the keyboard or mouse. Faced with this, I decide to remove the battery for a few minutes and when I put it back it shows me this:
CMOS Date/Time Not Set
Press F2 or Del to run Setup
Press F1 to Continue
As the keyboard does not respond, there is nothing I can do, the motherboard gives me the error A3 which, according to my motherboard manual, says "Ide enable".
I decide to do a Clear cmos from the button that the motherboard has on the back and there is no way, finally I do it from the jumper leaving it for 15 minutes and nothing either.
I am desperate and I don't like this at all, please could someone help me?

[kelven]

What type of keyboard do you have USB or PS2?.. try using a different one than the one you have.

[boncoe]

@kelven:

¿que tipo de teclado tienes USB o PS2?.. prueba a usar uno diferente al que tengas.

Puede ser que sea eso pero lo dudo. Creo que la actualizacion que me he descargado es para Windows Xp y Vista y no para el Window7 que tengo. He probado hacer Clear Cmos quitando la pila y nada, quitando la pila y cambiando el jumper y nada, pulsando el boton que trae la placa en la parte trasera para hacerlo y nada.
Estoy aburrido ya, he mandao una incidencia al Asrock a ver si me pueden ayudar

[Franziskaner]

check how you have the keyboard/mouse configured in the bios, I haven't checked ASrock but Asus lets you choose between PS/2 and USB (I think, I'm telling you from memory, and not a very good one ;D) if for example you have it as PS/2 and use a USB it will give you problems.
regards and you won't be hearing from me again

[boncoe]

@Franziskaner:

check how you have your keyboard/mouse configured in the bios, I haven't checked ASrock but Asus lets you choose between PS/2 and USB (I think, I'm telling you from memory, and not a very good one ;D) if for example you have it as PS/2 and you use a USB it will give you problems.
regards and you won't be posting anymore

Well, you're right, it was as you said Fraciskaner. Anyway, I had a keyboard in the drawer with a socket that I've had for ages, luckily I keep everything.
My situation now is that I can access the bios but I see that the version that I downloaded 3.10 for my motherboard the P67 Pro3 has been installed despite the fact that I've done the Clear Cmos several times, strange isn't it?
The problem now is that when I reboot and it seems like windows is going to load, I get the screen with the options for safe mode, last known good configuration, etc. It says it finds errors, I hit repair and it reboots but the screen with the options appears again.
Right now I'm installing windows 7 Pro from scratch and I'll see what happens, if it keeps doing the same thing then I'll understand that the 3.10 update isn't for windows 7 so I would have to look for a way to download and install the 2.0 version that comes with the bios from the factory.

Any suggestions? because the truth is that you're really helping me out

[ferelxyx]

well the best thing is to reinstall the OS.

regards

[boncoe]

@ferelxyx:

well the best thing is to reinstall the OS.

regards

That's what I've done, the only thing is that when I was doing the installation I saw on my 128 gb SSD a partition (which I didn't create) of 100 megs for the system and the other of 119 gb. I chose the 119 one and when it finished installing I only had 78 gb left :frio:. I understand that it didn't format that partition and it must have left the installation in a part of the disk and in what was left it made a second installation.
My question is if I connect my other hard drive on which I still have the operating system installed and with the SSD connected, can I format the SSD from my mechanical hard drive. Do you think it would format well? or should I reinstall Windows on the SSD directly? this second option is the most appropriate but I don't know how I did it that I didn't get the option to format

[Franziskaner]

sure that some charitable soul will recommend some application for hard drives (like crystal, I think it was) if you can't use a live CD of Ubuntu or similar, you delete the partitions and that's it, then you reinstall the OS

[Fassou]

First, make sure you know what you want in terms of partitions.

Once that's sorted out, the Windows installation DVD allows you to format and partition disks, and if, as you say, you installed over a previous installation without deleting the initial 100MB partition, the best thing to do if you want to have the OS on the SSD is to reinstall, but when it asks where you want to install it, take the opportunity to delete the existing partitions, and then point it to the empty SSD as the destination.

Cheers!

P.S.: If you have more questions, create a post in the relevant subforum.

[boncoe]

I just downloaded the EraseUS Partition Master Free Edition, I will delete the 100 mg partition and see what happens...

[garfield]

The 100MB partition is a system partition. Deleting it may prevent the OS from functioning. Think carefully about what you are touching before you do it.

[Bm4n]

@garfield:

The 100MB partition is a system partition. Deleting it may not allow the OS to work. Look before you leap.

This is when you install Windows it creates two partitions one with boot data and another with the OS, you should not delete it. In linux it's the same thing. In my case my hard drive is divided into 4 partitions for the two systems:

400MB - 200GB Windows
500MB - 22,90GB Linux
14,69GB Unallocated (for the OP's SSD, if they use it?, I suppose :lol:

[boncoe]

@Bm4n:

This is when you install Windows creates two partitions one with boot data and another with the OS, you should not delete it. In linux it's the same thing. In my case my hard drive is divided into 4 partitions for the two systems:

400MB - 200GB Windows
500MB - 22,90GB Linux
14,69GB Not allocated (for the OP of the SSD, if he uses it?, I suppose :risitas:).

Well I'm afraid I read the post a bit late, but I think I didn't do too badly because for now everything works. Following the above, I formatted the ssd again leaving it clean, I deleted the 100 Mg partition that the program created before and proceeded to install Windows 7 from scratch. The results are satisfactory since the system recognizes the 119 Gb of the 128 Gb disk that it is.
Anyway, when I deleted the 100Mb partition I imagine that it created another new one when I installed the operating system since everything is working well (I don't want to speak too loudly).
Thanks to everyone for your help, as always this forum always responds and guides me perfectly ;D

[wwwendigo]

@boncoe:

Well, you're right, I was like you said Fraciskaner. Anyway, I had a keyboard in the drawer with a jack that I've used for ages, luckily I keep everything.
My situation now is that if I can access the bios but I see that the version I downloaded has been installed, the 3.10 for my motherboard the P67 Pro3 even though I've done the Clear Cmos several times, strange no?
The problem now is that when I restart and it seems like Windows is going to load, I get the screen with the safe mode options, last known good configuration, etc. It says it finds errors, I hit repair and it restarts but the screen with the options appears again.
Right now I'm installing Windows 7 Pro from scratch and I'll see what happens, if it keeps doing the same thing then I'll understand that the 3.10 update is not for Windows 7 so I would have to look for a way to download and install the 2.0 version that comes with the bios.

Any suggestions? because honestly you're really helping me out

About the highlighted:

1.- The clear CMOS only erases the configuration data and personalized parameters of the BIOS that you have in your case, and loads the default data that the BIOS comes with, which are also quite safe.
It doesn't erase the BIOS, nor does it go "back to the previous", it stays in the same but with default values instead of the ones you put, thus avoiding problems of bad configurations. Of course the version 3.10 remains, because that is a version of the BIOS, not those values that you reset with the clear CMOS.
2.- Instead of repairing what you should have done is hit safe mode. Or ask before formatting.
In many cases after a BIOS version change the system needs to re-detect the devices connected to the motherboard, for which safe mode is a good option. For god's sake, even normal mode or last good boot is valid for this, there's usually no problem with device re-detection, and if there are, it boots into safe mode and that's it.
But by no means is it necessary to repair the computer. You could have probably saved yourself the formatting you've already done.
3.- The BIOS update is for Windows 7, for 8, for NT for linux or whatever.
Rare are the BIOS and especially more modern revisions that are not for operating systems with which the motherboard worked well before. These revisions are used to fix problems, not to cause them. Certainly this revision should be 100% compatible with Windows 7. If something fails it's for another reason, but for a BIOS update, that win7 stops working….. for ¿incompatibility?, that's not it.
What a mess you've gotten into with a simple BIOS update... :troll:

[Franziskaner]

@boncoe:

Well, I'm afraid I read the post a bit late, but I think I didn't do too badly because for now everything works. Following the previous advice, I formatted the ssd again leaving it clean, I deleted the 100 Mb partition that the program I mentioned before created and proceeded to install Windows 7 from scratch. The results are satisfactory since the system recognizes the 119 Gb of the 128 Gb disk that it is.
Anyway, when I deleted the 100 Mb partition I imagine it created another new one when I installed the operating system since everything works well (I don't want to talk too loudly).
Thanks to everyone for your help, as always this forum always responds and guides me perfectly ;D

doing a format always goes well ;D
the partition? Windows does it all by itself (it's something like Skynet, it just needs you to turn on the PC and give it an Internet connection, from that moment on, to Windows you are a parasite :troll:)
well, enjoy
greetings

[boncoe]

@wwwendigo:

On the emphasized:

1.- The clear CMOS only erases the configuration data and personalized parameters of the BIOS that you have in your case, and loads the default data that the BIOS comes with, which are also safe.

The BIOS is not erased, nor is it returned to "the previous one", it remains the same but with default values instead of the ones you set, thus avoiding problems of bad configurations. Of course, version 3.10 remains, because that is a BIOS version, not those values that you reset with the clear CMOS.

2.- Instead of repairing what you had to do was put it in safe mode. Or ask before formatting. In many cases after a BIOS version change the system needs to re-detect the devices connected to the motherboard, for which safe mode is a good option. For God's sake, even normal mode or the last good start is valid for this, there is usually no problem with the re-detection of devices, and if there are, it starts in safe mode and that's it.

But in no way is it necessary to repair the computer. You could have possibly saved yourself the formatting where you got into already.

3.- The BIOS update is for windows 7, for 8, for NT for linux or whatever. Rare are the BIOS and especially more modern revisions that are not for operating systems with which the motherboard worked well before. These revisions are used to fix problems, not to cause them. Certainly this revision must be 100% compatible with windows 7. If something fails it is for another reason, but for a BIOS update, that win7 stops working….. for ¿incompatibility?, that's not going to be it.

What a mess you got into with a simple BIOS update... :troll:

Well as you put it it looks good but many times in practice things don't usually turn out as one expects. A simple bad connection, static discharge, can give you more than one headache, the truth is that if you are right on the issue of what seemed like a simple BIOS update in what it has ended, but well the truth is that I am not very used to these things and there I am learning as I can and as I am advised here.

[Kernel1.0]

Since you're here, update to the latest Bios 3.20 ;D.

[ferelxyx]

The main thing to flash the bios is to enter the bios and set system default and then update
then you enter and configure it again

regards

[boncoe]

@ferelxyx:

the main thing to flash the bios is to enter the bios and set system default and then update
then you enter and configure it again

regards

A question, the fact of formatting the system's hard drive if you leave the bios parameters configured to your liking for example. leave the sata option in IDE or AHCI, when you finish installing Windows and I go back into the bios is it still the same?. And if I enter the bios after installing the system and change the configuration it may not be advisable and cause reboots or problems in the startup of Windows?

[Kernel1.0]

Of course, if you install in AHCI mode and then when you change the Bios, it defaults to ide, you will have problems booting windows, but that can be changed and you're good to go.