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From: Daniel Prince on 30 Apr 2010 11:56
Paul <nospam(a)needed.com> wrote:

>If you look on the DVD, using the file "explorer", you should be
>seeing a file that was used to burn the BIOS on your recovery
>attempt. If you can figure out what version that BIOS is, and
>compare it to 0409, that may tell you whether this is just a
>version issue, or something else happened (such as the flash
>going bad, and the flashed info being corrupted). (If the file
>name is not suggestive of a version, use a hex editor and look
>through the file. Try looking near the end of the file.)

I think the file is M4N78PRO.ROM 6/22/2009 1:03 AM. I can not tell
from that what the version is unless it is 0609 or 0103.

The end of the file is:

00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 24 42 43 53 ............$BCS
E0 63 CA B6 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 �cʶ............
00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
E9 10 32 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 �.2.............
00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 E9 D3 00 00 00 00 ..........��....
24 49 49 4D 3C 14 06 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 $IIM<...........
00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 24 42 54 53 ............$BTS
41 31 31 39 31 30 30 31 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 A1191001........
00 08 FE FF 00 08 FE FF 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ..��..��........
EA AA FF 00 F0 30 36 2F 31 30 2F 30 39 00 FC 00 ��.�06/10/09.�.

Can you tell what the BIOS version is?
--
I don't understand why they make gourmet cat foods. I have
known many cats in my life and none of them were gourmets.
They were all gourmands!
From: Paul on 30 Apr 2010 12:27
Daniel Prince wrote:
> Paul <nospam(a)needed.com> wrote:
>
>> If you look on the DVD, using the file "explorer", you should be
>> seeing a file that was used to burn the BIOS on your recovery
>> attempt. If you can figure out what version that BIOS is, and
>> compare it to 0409, that may tell you whether this is just a
>> version issue, or something else happened (such as the flash
>> going bad, and the flashed info being corrupted). (If the file
>> name is not suggestive of a version, use a hex editor and look
>> through the file. Try looking near the end of the file.)
>
> I think the file is M4N78PRO.ROM 6/22/2009 1:03 AM. I can not tell
> from that what the version is unless it is 0609 or 0103.
>
> The end of the file is:
>
> 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
> 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 24 42 43 53 ............$BCS
> E0 63 CA B6 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 �cʶ............
> 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
> 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
> 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
> E9 10 32 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 �.2.............
> 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 E9 D3 00 00 00 00 ..........��....
> 24 49 49 4D 3C 14 06 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 $IIM<...........
> 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 24 42 54 53 ............$BTS
> 41 31 31 39 31 30 30 31 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 A1191001........
> 00 08 FE FF 00 08 FE FF 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ..��..��........
> EA AA FF 00 F0 30 36 2F 31 30 2F 30 39 00 FC 00 ��.�06/10/09.�.
>
> Can you tell what the BIOS version is?

Sorry. If I'd thought about it at the time, I should have downloaded
one and figured out what offset in the file to look at.

I downloaded M4N78 PRO BIOS 1111 (the latest one), unzipped it
and got a 1024KB file. With a hex editor, I went to offset
0x7FF30 (about half way along) and found this.

$ASUSAMI$ M4N78 1111 01/06/2010-15:55:06 MCP78U PRO ASUS rombuild419

I would search for "ASUSAMI" and see what is next to it.

Paul
From: Daniel Prince on 30 Apr 2010 13:51
Paul <nospam(a)needed.com> wrote:

>Sorry. If I'd thought about it at the time, I should have downloaded
>one and figured out what offset in the file to look at.
>
>I downloaded M4N78 PRO BIOS 1111 (the latest one), unzipped it
>and got a 1024KB file. With a hex editor, I went to offset
>0x7FF30 (about half way along) and found this.
>
>$ASUSAMI$ M4N78 1111 01/06/2010-15:55:06 MCP78U PRO ASUS rombuild419
>
>I would search for "ASUSAMI" and see what is next to it.

This is what I found:

$ASUSAMI$ M4N78 0903 06/10/2009-14:55:04 MCP78U PRO ASUS rombuild418

Version 0903 should be new enough for his CPU.
--
I don't understand why they make gourmet cat foods. I have
known many cats in my life and none of them were gourmets.
They were all gourmands!
From: Paul on 30 Apr 2010 14:13
Daniel Prince wrote:
> Paul <nospam(a)needed.com> wrote:
>
>> Sorry. If I'd thought about it at the time, I should have downloaded
>> one and figured out what offset in the file to look at.
>>
>> I downloaded M4N78 PRO BIOS 1111 (the latest one), unzipped it
>> and got a 1024KB file. With a hex editor, I went to offset
>> 0x7FF30 (about half way along) and found this.
>>
>> $ASUSAMI$ M4N78 1111 01/06/2010-15:55:06 MCP78U PRO ASUS rombuild419
>>
>> I would search for "ASUSAMI" and see what is next to it.
>
> This is what I found:
>
> $ASUSAMI$ M4N78 0903 06/10/2009-14:55:04 MCP78U PRO ASUS rombuild418
>
> Version 0903 should be new enough for his CPU.

So now the question is, whether it has a working boot block
in the BIOS flash chip or not. If it asks for the DVD, or
manages to write something on the screen, there is hope.
Otherwise, somebody is going to have to reflash it for
you.

I'd try clearing the CMOS, if you haven't tried that already.
Turn off all power (unplug), before following any instructions
in the manual for using the clear CMOS jumper or interface.

Paul
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