fc2 will not install to sata

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> No screen display says BIOS died...you should get a display from the
> boot block even with a corrupted bios according to the Asus manual.
> Whether the eeprom died because it was defective or because a problem on
> the MB killed it, it is a problem for Asus and I would definitely return
> the board to your vendor...since the eeprom did get written once in a
> programmer somewhere, the indication is that the problem probably
> originated on the motherboard...so I wouldn't attempt to flash that new
> bios without thinking long and hard.
>
>
Hi Kas

Do you think that putting in a new bios that has been "professionally
flashed" will bring the board back to life or are you saying that even that
will not help?

Jeff