Hello All;
I am hoping someone can help me with a problem that I have?
First of my hardware configuration:
Intel Core2 Duo E5200
GIGABYTE GA-EP45-DS3R Motherboard
2- 1 Meg Corsair XMS2 (CM2X1024-6400) DDR2-800
1- LG LCD 19" W1952TQ 19" LCD Wide Screen Monitor
EVGA NiVidia GeForce 7600GT (CO) 256mb Video Card (Dec. 2006)
Hard Drives:
- Seagate #ST3250318AS SATA 2 drive
- Western Digital #WD5000AADS SATA 2 drive, 500 GB with 5 year warranty Purchased January 11, 2009
LG SATA DVD Drive
Lite-On DVD Drive
Operating system: Windows XP service pack 3
Special Noted: I overclock the E5200 to 3Ghz. Using air and have Prime tested it and everything is well and with in tolerances.
I developed a problem or should I say I have had a problem since day one with my mother board and that being two of my SATA ports being loose, as in wobbly. I moved my hard drives to other ports and all seemed well for about 6 or 8 months then I developed all sorts of Hard drive problems. I though that the problems where related to Seagate hard drive issues but that proved no to be the case when the problematic drives where put into another system and they where fine!
I RMA’ed the motherboard and received a replacement and reinstalled the logic board and configured everything. All seemed well until I tried to over clock this board and nothing would stick. What I am saying is that on reboot my BIOS reverted back to stock 2.5GHZ. I checked out the BIOS that came with the board and it was a F11C BIOS from Gigabyte. In my previous board I was using the F9 BIOS. I tried to install the F9 Bios in place of the F11C BIOS and all I could get was an error (”invalid Bios Image”). This was done using Gigabytes Q-Flash utility. I then down line loaded a new copy of the F9 BIOS and tried again and the same message.
My question is how do I get rid of the F11C BIOS and replace it with the F9 BIOS?
I tried shorting the BIOS jumpers and this did not work, then removed the battery and this did not work. The Bios was reset yes but the F11C version was still there.
Please can anyone help me?
Thanks in advance
Al