Haven't seen this posted elsewhere, so here it is.  I've been running Bios 23 for a while, no issues to speak of.  I upgraded to 23 since I had some issues with 22, but still had the same problems (which ended up being caused directly or indirectly by a Promise Ultra66 PCI card, without it installed it's running like a champ).

 

If you are having issues with 22, or just like to live on the edge, here's a link to Bios 23:

 

http://downloads.thetechguide.com/m516a23.zip

Been on "Please Wait !" for 10 minutes.. Is this normal? How long did yours take?

 

EDIT: 30 minutes.

 

 

Is it probably bricked, and hows the best way to fix it .

 

 

Second EDIT: Reflashed back to 22, crisis averted . Guess I was just unlucky.

note that this is a "prerelease" thus BETA bios..

 

 

Second EDIT: Reflashed back to 22, crisis averted . Guess I was just unlucky.

 

Hi,

How did you reflash back to 22?

 

Last night i flashed my BIOS from 16 to 22, and now it won't boot up any longer  :'( - When I power up i see the name of the videocard for a sec, and then black screen - nothing happens.

 

Cheers,

Søren

Second EDIT: Reflashed back to 22, crisis averted . Guess I was just unlucky.

 

Hi,

How did you reflash back to 22?

 

Last night i flashed my BIOS from 16 to 22, and now it won't boot up any longer  :'( - When I power up i see the name of the videocard for a sec, and then black screen - nothing happens.

 

Cheers,

Søren

 

22 should work fine.

 

try this:

 

power off on power supply

press power button to discharge capacitors

set cmos clear jumper to clear and leave it for 30 seconds

take out your ram, put 1 stick in dimm 4 only

reset the cmos jumper

see if that boots

go into bios, reset to optimized

power down, re-install your ram

 

if that doesnt work then your ram needs special settings so once in bios you need to change settings for your ram

Hi

 

I have Ab9 NON Pro, Can i install this beta bios 23? This bios is also for Non pro version of this motherboard?