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ROGBot
Hi.
Yesterday my daughter spilled water on my computer case (have fan space on top, so water was spilling through there). Right away I unpluged it, put it on side, so water couldn't reach components and left for overnight.
Today I took out all components to check for water. As I could see, there were none on motherboard or in any socket. But, there was a little bit on video cards backplate (ASUS GTX 970 Strix OC). I proceeded to disassemble it from fans and backplate to check main board - no water there.
There were some water on hard drive and on cases bottom. I cleaned as much as I could.
Then I put motherboard back in case, connected basic components to test the system (CPU, RAM, Video card).
When I switched it on, it showed me, that I need to check BIOS settings (can't remember the exact words) and I had to press F1 to enter UEFI to continue. So, I checed settings, everything seemed fine and presses F10 to Save & Exit.
Then the system restarted but this time there was no post (fans and leds were working). There was a red CPU led light shining next to PSUs 24pin connector and F.F. error code. There were times when I could turn system on, but some times it did not respond.
I tried to clear CMOS with button on back (does this button had to be on all the time? Can't remember) with no results.
I tried to reflash BIOS by copying latest BIOS file on FAT32 formated flash drive connected in ROG Connect port. The ROG Connect button was blinking. Flash read/write light was blinking (which means that flash drive was accessed and being read from) and there was a red led light blinking by the BIOS chip. After about a minute, when there was no blinking, I tried to turn computer on but it did not react.
After I tried to connect my notebook to ROG Connect port. When I was checking notebooks screen when I turned computer on, the post stops at CPU Init.
So, does anyone have any ideas what could it be? Corrupt BIOS or CPU? I dont have any other CPU to test with.
Also, I was searching and found a BIOS Programmer
Would it be compatible with Formula Z BIOS chip? Physically it would fit but would I be able to program?
Thank you.
Yesterday my daughter spilled water on my computer case (have fan space on top, so water was spilling through there). Right away I unpluged it, put it on side, so water couldn't reach components and left for overnight.
Today I took out all components to check for water. As I could see, there were none on motherboard or in any socket. But, there was a little bit on video cards backplate (ASUS GTX 970 Strix OC). I proceeded to disassemble it from fans and backplate to check main board - no water there.
There were some water on hard drive and on cases bottom. I cleaned as much as I could.
Then I put motherboard back in case, connected basic components to test the system (CPU, RAM, Video card).
When I switched it on, it showed me, that I need to check BIOS settings (can't remember the exact words) and I had to press F1 to enter UEFI to continue. So, I checed settings, everything seemed fine and presses F10 to Save & Exit.
Then the system restarted but this time there was no post (fans and leds were working). There was a red CPU led light shining next to PSUs 24pin connector and F.F. error code. There were times when I could turn system on, but some times it did not respond.
I tried to clear CMOS with button on back (does this button had to be on all the time? Can't remember) with no results.
I tried to reflash BIOS by copying latest BIOS file on FAT32 formated flash drive connected in ROG Connect port. The ROG Connect button was blinking. Flash read/write light was blinking (which means that flash drive was accessed and being read from) and there was a red led light blinking by the BIOS chip. After about a minute, when there was no blinking, I tried to turn computer on but it did not react.
After I tried to connect my notebook to ROG Connect port. When I was checking notebooks screen when I turned computer on, the post stops at CPU Init.
So, does anyone have any ideas what could it be? Corrupt BIOS or CPU? I dont have any other CPU to test with.
Also, I was searching and found a BIOS Programmer
Would it be compatible with Formula Z BIOS chip? Physically it would fit but would I be able to program?
Thank you.
