Gigabyte 6VXE7+ MB dead after BIOS update

Hot-swapping and Boot-Block flash & Boot block flash and floppy support
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Punkpez
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So I know you're probably all sick of people who screw up their BIOS but here's the deal. I made the mistake of trusting Gigabyte that a BIOS update could be done within windows using their stupid utility. Now I have a Win Server 2003 dead and I need it to be working(the HW at least).

When I try to boot I get three beeps and then another beep that sounds like R2-D2 saying uh oh. No boot screen, it lights up the floppy drive but I can't boot off of anything. It's an AWARD bios and I found another board I had that has similar specs so I'm thinking of trying this hot swapping thing. When should I remove the good BIOS and put in the old one? I guess I would have to do it right before it tries to boot off the floppy or maybe after floppy boot up. If anyone knows any other things I might try please let me know, thanks

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That beeps most probably mean that the bootblock was activated, but graphics card is not initialized and the floppy cannot be read. Put in an ISA graphics card - you should see the messages then. You can also try ISA floppy controller.
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