Thanks guys!
The only solution I could gather is to reinstall the BIOS. The hold up to that is, I am unable to find a Version 3 BIOS dump. The .rar file attached under download have BIOS versions from V4 and above. Is there any one (running on 3rd version) who could perhaps take a backup of their BIOS and share the same?
This is turning out to be the worst purchase I have ever made