Fasttrak BIOS: "Bios is not installed"

The computer
CPU:   Pentium-4 2.8C
MB:     MSI 865PE Neo2-FIS2R @ 200mhz FSB (1:1 ratio)
MAT:   Ultra-Turbo
DOT:   Disabled
RAM:   2x512mb of Kingston HyperX ram (2.7v)
PSU:    Generic PSU
CASE:  Chieftec Dragon Silver Case
HDD:    2xMaxtor 80GB 6Y080M0 SATA150 Hard Drive
The problem: A cold cathode inverter went up in smoke and part of the computer caught fire. Luckily, nothing major was damaged. Just a few wires burned through. I taped up the wires that look with electric tape and disconnected thes stuff that looked bad.
The problem that caused: When drives are connected to the promise controller. It does not recognize any drives. It simply says "BIOS is not installed". Will a BIOS flash re-install the promise BIOS or is that irreperable? If a BIOS flash would do it, what's the best way to flash the BIOS (which parameters do I use & what not).
Any help as to why this is doing htis would be greatly appreciated.
P.S. The BIOS constantly forgets it's settings and says "CMOS checksum error, BIOS defaults loaded". I replaced the battery, disconnected the AC cord, and I'm waiting till tomorrow to turn it back on again to see if the new battery fixed the problem. If it doesn't, sounds like I need to RMA the motherboard, no?
BTW. I can RMA the motherboard because it was not damaged the slightest bit in the fire. The fire was very small and the radius of the "inferno" didn't go anywhere near the board. Which is why I don't understand why I'm getting this error. I wonder if just being disconnected for so long caused the battery to burn out. Anyway, to make a long story short, I hope it was just a dead battery and not a FUBAR board.

the raids not detecting the drives
so you need to find out why
either a bad sata lead,bad drive
or this fire buggered up more than you think

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