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| Thread ID: 65909 | 2006-02-04 01:40:00 | Asus motherboard bios flash | Midavalo (7253) | Press F1 |
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| 427091 | 2006-03-03 09:05:00 | 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 :(Very easy way - buy a new motherboard :) not a cheap way, but easy :D Mike. |
Mike (15) | ||
| 427092 | 2006-03-03 09:13:00 | 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 :( Did u try putting the mobo cd in and booting from it? To see if it reflashed the BIOS back to the original BIOS?? |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 427093 | 2006-03-03 09:28:00 | Someone needs to get the information out to NOT flash within windows... Put up a sticky at least.... :horrified |
Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 427094 | 2006-03-03 11:20:00 | Someone needs to get the information out to NOT flash within windows . . . Put up a sticky at least . . . . :horrified Really . . . it works fine for me . I find it had to believe that Asus would promote the use of a utility that ruins BIOSes . It seems in most cases here, the BIOS is updating sucessfully but there is something wrong with the later BIOS revision software itself . Maybe ASUS standards are just dropping - I had an apparent dud board from them the other day . It got stuck on the Video Card Bios screen and nothing would let it POST properly - got a second board of the same model and it worked straight away . Time to return the board under warranty . . . . . |
gibler (49) | ||
| 427095 | 2006-03-03 19:04:00 | Really... it works fine for me. I find it had to believe that Asus would promote the use of a utility that ruins BIOSes.I have flashed the BIOS using the Asus update utility in Windows and not had problems before. And it seems they are still promoting it (and I believe they've added to it, so you can actually change bios settings now from within Windows, taking out most of the need to ever go into the BIOS itself). Mike. |
Mike (15) | ||
| 427096 | 2006-03-03 19:12:00 | It may depend on whats running in the background, whether the BIOS update flashes properly or not, if u do in Windows . Disabling AV programs while u flash the BIOS may also help . Programs like auto-protect, if u use Nortons, wouldnt help . Altho, I've never used Live update myself, I just boot from a USB key, and flash the BIOS . |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 427097 | 2006-03-03 19:51:00 | I can't believe theres no way to recover from this.. $220 motherboard that gets ruined by using their program to flash the and gets screwed up with no way to recover from it is unbelieveable. Also i didnt have anything running when i did the flash. and yes i did try booting witht he asus cd in the drive | fallchild (9746) | ||
| 427098 | 2006-03-03 19:56:00 | I can't believe theres no way to recover from this.. $220 motherboard that gets ruined by using their program to flash the and gets screwed up with no way to recover from it is unbelieveable. Also i didnt have anything running when i did the flash. and yes i did try booting witht he asus cd in the driveWell there's always the EEPROM option, or possibly hotswapping might be an option for you too, if you know someone with the same board that would be willing to let you try it ;) The thing is, aren't there warnings etc. in the update utility about the risks of flashing your BIOS? If not then you might have a case to plead with Asus about it. But good luck with that! Mike. |
Mike (15) | ||
| 427099 | 2006-03-03 21:16:00 | Really... it works fine for me. I find it had to believe that Asus would promote the use of a utility that ruins BIOSes. It seems in most cases here, the BIOS is updating sucessfully but there is something wrong with the later BIOS revision software itself. Maybe ASUS standards are just dropping - I had an apparent dud board from them the other day. It got stuck on the Video Card Bios screen and nothing would let it POST properly - got a second board of the same model and it worked straight away. Time to return the board under warranty..... I have never flashed in windows and I don't intend to. too much possibility of things going wrong due to running programs, and i've heard too many stories of it going wrong. Never had a problem with flashing from DOS. (unless of course the bios file is as you say, badly made or incompatible etc - in which case it wouldn't matter where you flashed) Asus probably makes a pretty decent windows flash program, but because windows is windows, I just don't trust it for something that critical. |
Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 427100 | 2006-03-03 22:51:00 | Hmm well I posted this very question in an ASUS newsgroup . Here are a few answers . Boot block method . If the boot block is still alive, it'll try to access the floppy drive . A floppy with bootable MSDOS, a . bat file, and the flashing tool, is supposed to be able to reflash a BIOS . But if there is no attempt by the computer, to touch the floppy drive, then that likely won't work . You have to work blind, unless you happen to own an old PCI video card, and you install that . (bet noone has tried another videocard yet) . Some also say an ISA card may work as well, if the mobo supports ISA . A second method is "hot-flashing" . The idea is, a board with a similar environment to the dead motherboard, is booted into DOS . The tricky part then is, pull the flash chip out of the good board . Plug the flash chip from the dead board into the good board, being careful to get the orientation correct on the first try . Program the dead flash chip, using the flashing tool . For this to work, I recommend a very similar motherboard . At the very least, an Award motherboard to flash a dead Award BIOS, or an AMI motherboard to flash a dead AMI BIOS . For PLCC sockets, you can get an extraction tool, to assist in removing the chip . This method scares the hell out of me, due to the difficulty of dealing with the PLCC socket . The old dual in line plastic (DIP) packaged flash chips make this a lot easier . You can also go to badflash . com (http://www . badflash . com) and order a new flash chip . That is pretty simple . A BIOS Savior (duplicate BIOS chip device) is another device you can consider purchasing . For roughly $25, it can be inserted in a motherboard, and gives you two flash chips to work with . But for easiest use, you have to get this _before_ you flash . There is one dealer who carries the BIOS Savior, who offers to program the Savior before sending it to you, which makes their offering similar to buying a chip from badflash . com . But they charge a fair amount for the service . Really, forget most of the methods above, and go to badflash . com . So few people are that lucky, or have access to equipment like EEPROM programmers, that it is unlikely anything other than getting a new BIOS chip, is going to give you a quick fix . And You can also order the correct BIOS chip from Asus for $25 . 00 . They used to ship them already flashed with the latest BIOS update . |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
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