Hi,
I'm not sure ho many experts are still active here but I thought I'd give this a shot!
I decided to ressurect my old EX475 (after blowing off the dust!) that's been sitting idle for a while, and install Ubuntu server for some local file storage. In doing the Ubuntu setup and formatting the drives, I accidentally formatted the internal USB disk, and in doing so, assume I also then wiped the BIOS as it won't now go past the initial BIOS screen, and doesn't even start the IDE drive detection. (I have the KVM VGA/Keyboard adaptor fitted).
Is it beyond repair or is there a way I can re-flash / re-code the BIOS? Obviously it won't boot from USB stick either so I can't use normal BIOS flas tools.
There's a guy local to me selling a refurbed motherboard but at £129 I'd rather not have to go that route!
Any suggestions for recovery would be appreciated.
Many thanks
Vaughn.

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Regards,

Vaughn.

If it were me.
I would have re installed the original os.
Just to make sure of no hardware issues since it was sitting idle for a while before attempting a Ubuntu install.
Could be a drive is faulty ,corrosion in the cpu or ram or backplane sockets.
I have never dealt with the ex47X series I have the ex490.
But I will say a lot of people have posted strange behavior and it came down to a dead bios battery and the date was out of sync.
If you think about it the server has been around a long time.
Battery replacement is probably long overdue.
Just look at the post date

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EX-490
WHS v1
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Q9450s CPU
Stock Ram
ESATA Sansdigital Towerraid TR5M-B
Popcorn C-200
Popcorn A-200
Dune HD Connect
Rasberry PI OSMC(KODI)
ReadyNAS RN316
Amazon FireStick
Amazon ECHO
AnyDvD
MyMovies

Thanks for the suggestions. The battery has been replaced prior to booting up (I realise these boxes have been around for a while!). The drives were working fine, tested and reformatted. I had the Ubuntu server up and running but made some changes to partitions, and mistakenly deleted the USB SSD at which point it failed after reboot. The power supply is a new upgraded. The fans are all running good, and interior all clean of dust and dirt. I bricked the BIOS, end of, I just need to know if I can rebuild it. I have done plenty of BIOS reflashes in my time but never had a scenario like this!

Anyother suggestions would be welcome!

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Regards,

Vaughn.