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Yep, my good ol' Pioneer 470K just died.

post #1 of 10
12/31/04 at 1:45pm
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Yeh, I finally managed to be able to get that BIOS upgrade 1.03 on to disk via Nero and get it to boot in BIOS. I go to install it, the red bar is about 1/3 across and bust, it dies on me, now I cannot even start it up or anything!
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post #2 of 10
1/2/05 at 2:13am
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So I am guessing I should give pioneer a call and get them to repair it ASAP.
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post #3 of 10
1/2/05 at 2:23am
Fun thing is that flashing the bios yourself is not covered under warranty.

Does the unit appear to power on at all?
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post #4 of 10
1/2/05 at 11:14am
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Nah, I hold the power button and nothing happens
It's plugged into power, it's just dead.
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post #5 of 10
1/2/05 at 5:55pm
hmm. I wonder if phoenixbios 6 has emergency recovery utilities. Definitely time to call tech support. They may know of a back door on these things in cases like this.
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post #6 of 10
1/20/05 at 11:23am
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YES! They should have my baby back by next week. Atleast I kept my trap shut about the BIOS, well, I'm luck, very lucky I guess, they said is was a GPU/Mainboard issue (original problem), I guess my BIOS stuff up was just the piece of straw which broke the camel's back.
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post #7 of 10
1/20/05 at 11:28am
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BTW, how can I get my BIOS flashed without voiding the warrenty?
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post #8 of 10
1/21/05 at 2:35pm
You can't.... thats the fun part about it UNLESS they provide you with explicit instructions to do so and they provide you the files. Chances of a bios flash failing are actually pretty slim if done properly (and there are no hardware problems)... disable your antivirus if doing it in windows
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post #9 of 10
1/25/05 at 3:22am
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Well I neglected to mention my BIOS F....up and they will give me a new unt in a week.
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post #10 of 10
1/25/05 at 3:24am
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btw they told me 'it's a mainboard failure, we have had many the same, so we will send you a replacement unit soon'.
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