No Post, No Video Display – Asus P6T-SE

Yesterday the new machine I built had an Asus P6T-SE motherboard. Once built and switched on we found that the machine would not boot or show any video display. A quick google resolved this to conclude the BIOS needing a new firmware update but how can you update it without video display?

Well it seemed to boot without a DVI cable attached. So remove all video cables including VGA and boot the machine wait  3/5 minutes and attach a VGA cable and the monitor should display the BIOS asking to confirm default settings.

Head over to the ASUS Support Site and download the latest firmware (Version 0403) and burn it to a CD. Don’t forget to unzip it first. Updating the motherboard was straight forward using Asus EZ  Flash utility in the BIOS and took a minute or two.

More Info: http://vip.asus.com