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Help with BIOS Flashing please
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Help with BIOS Flashing please
and then asks for name of Save Current BIOS:
... so I typed in a name: nf7d_27A ...all well so far... ..bit later got message Disc Full or File Error...damn!!...abandonded the attempt... ...and sure enough the floppy disc is full as it tried to save current BIOS details. Looking at the details of what's on the Floppy:- Awdflash.exe 40kb nf7d_27.bin 512kb OK, you need a cleaner floppy to run off of. The way you do that is to format b: /sys from any DOS bootable floppy disk with format.com on it. A:\format b: /sys (my DOS is rusty, it might be format b: /s) If you don't have a DOS bootable floppy disk with format.com on it, you can download a program to create one from www.bootdisk.org Actually, I just checked the main page there, and they have driver free disks specifically for BIOS flashing, so try one of those first. -Dave |
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Help with BIOS Flashing please
-Dave -------------- Not wishing to dispute your knowledge Dave..but are you sure?... in the original Abit NF7/NF7-M/NF7-S motherboard users manual (page F-2) it says:- We strongly recommend you use the above parameters following "awdflash" to flash your BIOS. DO NOT just type "awdflash se6_sw.bin" without the parameters following the ".bin" file. Well, I'm going by the error message. The error message directly contradicts what you have said is written in the manual. If you have to follow the procedure from the manual verbatim, you already know that it won't work. It's possible that the procedure written in the manual contains some parameters that are no longer recognized/supported by the flashing program. (thus the error message) Now, the qualifiers are probably telling the flashing program to flash in some kind of "safer" method. So I wouldn't blame Abit for posting the warning in the manual. They are trying to cover their ass. But the bottom line is, there is no 100% safe way to flash a BIOS. If you could get the flash to work with all the parameters listed in the Abit manual, you'd STILL run a risk of damaging or destroying your mainboard, simply by flashing the BIOS. So before you try to flash the BIOS, REGARDLESS of how you flash the BIOS, you've got to be willing to accept the risk of mainboard damage resulting from the procedure. From what I've read in this thread, a BIOS flash is needed. As long as you are SURE that the .BIN file you downloaded is the correct one for your mainboard (don't forget version!, as there can be more than one version of a specific model mainboard), then I'd advise you to do the flash without all of the parameters, as that appears to be the only way that it is going to get done. -Dave ----------------- Job done..blimey bios flashing should be added to the list of marriage, moving house and death for high stressfulness level :-) And wouldn't have been possible to accomplished without the help of knowledgeable newsgroup members for which very grateful. Did the flashing just with A:\awdflash nfc_27.bin and deleted all from floppy except Io.sys, Command.com and Msdos.sys Mind you things a bit wobbly afterwards..but then remembered the need to reset CMOS :-) Thanks again. J ------------------------------------- |
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