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| Thread ID: 65909 | 2006-02-04 01:40:00 | Asus motherboard bios flash | Midavalo (7253) | Press F1 |
| Post ID | Timestamp | Content | User | ||
| 427081 | 2006-02-17 09:10:00 | The situation this chap now finds himself in, is exactly why BIOS flashes should only be done by "the local high priest and requires goat sacrifices" I wasn't really paying much attention during the flash Yeah..... Anyway, I nearly screwed my own asus board with a corrupt bios file, it would freeze just before it showed the cpu info.. so at a guess I manually set the FSB/RAM speeds with the onboard jumpers and it worked! I was then able to flash with a good file... you could always try pulling everything out except for essentials... something might happen, but I wouldn't count on it. |
Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 427082 | 2006-02-17 13:49:00 | Just a thought, have any of the people with bad BIOSs flashes, apart from doing them in Windows (dumb @&^*#), ever checked the MD5's to confoirm that the file arrived and was copied to the media in pristine condition? It kinda does make a big difference, because unlike an app, (and unless certain swtcj\hes are used), it doesn't return an error and give you a chance to recover. |
Murray P (44) | ||
| 427083 | 2006-02-17 14:07:00 | I've never known any motherboard manufacturer to give MD5's, which would be useful :annoyed: My corruption experience came from modding the bios on an NTFS system, which I found out later causes problems . . . Every other bios mod I do now happens on a Fat32 drive, with no problems so far . . . . |
Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 427084 | 2006-02-17 20:14:00 | Hmm I've never known a BIOS to like / or not like FAT32, or NTFS either, when updating the BIOS . Actually, I dont think it cares . Since its got nothing to do with FAT32 or NTFS . Since you usually put a BIOS on a floppy, and boot from a floppy (or a usb key) to update, not on the hard drive . BUT, if you're talking of flashing within Windows, then it is a stupid idea, to do this in the first place . The guy who thought of this should be shot! |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 427085 | 2006-02-17 22:10:00 | I'm talking about modifiying the bios file (EPA logo, enabling/disabling options etc), not flashing it . when flashing though, I usually use a floppy disk, or sometimes a harddrive that has booted dos with no drivers (better because floppies are slow) And I've noticed that in most readme's that come with bios updates it says right at the top in capitals: "DON'T FLASH FROM A FLOPPY DISK" I'm not sure if this is because 1) floppy disks are unreliable and do stuff up somtimes, or 2) because they want you to do it in windows, screw your board and then have to buy a new one . |
Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 427086 | 2006-02-17 23:54:00 | "DON'T FLASH FROM A FLOPPY DISK" Which is most probably why I ripped it out of this . I've got enough cables in the case, without the floppy . I just use a USB key . Just as good, and at least I can boot from it . |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 427087 | 2006-02-18 00:52:00 | Floppies are good things. BUT. When they are to be used with something critical, it's not enough to just grab one from the box of new ones (or from the bin of old ones). It's essential to do a full format (on the drive it will be used in). If there are any bad sectors, reject the disk. Disk image writing is even worse than DOS file writing; there is no error checking at all. Even if a bad sector has been "mapped out" by the formatter it will still be written to. This is not helpful. :( If the programme which takes the data and copies it to the BIOS chip does not check, it's disastrous. :badpc: | Graham L (2) | ||
| 427088 | 2006-02-18 02:06:00 | Floppies are good things. BUT. When they are to be used with something critical, it's not enough to just grab one from the box of new ones (or from the bin of old ones). It's essential to do a full format (on the drive it will be used in). If there are any bad sectors, reject the disk. Disk image writing is even worse than DOS file writing; there is no error checking at all. Even if a bad sector has been "mapped out" by the formatter it will still be written to. This is not helpful. :( If the programme which takes the data and copies it to the BIOS chip does not check, it's disastrous. :badpc: Agreed. |
Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 427089 | 2006-02-19 12:58:00 | Of course you can clear (reset would be a better term) the cmos (settings), with the battery in. You only need to pull the battery out and wait a real long time if there is no cmos clear jumper, button or sometimes they just have two contact points you short out. Where about is this 2 contact point? |
Blitz (9744) | ||
| 427090 | 2006-03-03 08:59:00 | I just got a Asus A8N32-SLI deluxe and i flashed the bios using the windows program.. and now im in the same boat.. monitor stays in standby and all seems lost.. i guess there is no simple way to recover from this :( | fallchild (9746) | ||
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