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| Thread ID: 65357 | 2006-01-15 09:14:00 | BIOS update with no floppy | mejobloggs (264) | Press F1 |
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| 421316 | 2006-01-17 04:11:00 | Think I am needing to do a bios update . I don't want to be a party pooper but, be more certain than "Think I am needing", be absolutely certain that you need to flash your BIOS and that the pro's by far outway the con's . If you go ahead with thew flash, check your BIOS to see if it has the ability to back up the current version of the BIOS . Have a look here ( . bootdisk . com/bios . htm" target="_blank">www . bootdisk . com) for ideas, link obtained from BootDosk . com (http://www . bootdisk . com/) . |
Murray P (44) | ||
| 421317 | 2006-01-17 05:11:00 | What do you mean by backing it up? I have version 1.4, and that is available from the msi website if the new one doesn't work properly. Or do you mean something else? ** Thanks for the link Murray P, great info. |
mejobloggs (264) | ||
| 421318 | 2006-01-17 05:42:00 | What do you mean by backing it up? I have version 1 . 4, and that is available from the msi website if the new one doesn't work properly . Or do you mean something else? ** Thanks for the link Murray P, great info . Well its not really whether the BIOS can be backed up or not, its the flash program u use that has the command, that lets u back the BIOS up . Backing up a BIOS just means if the updated BIOS is worse than the earlier version of the BIOS, you can re-flash to the version of the BIOS, that was working properly . BUT if u flash with a later version of the BIOS, and something goes wrong / it dies . There's no point in backing the BIOS up . Like for ASUS mobos, afudos and Aflash are the dos flash programs that actually let u flash the BIOS . Without either one of these u cant flash the BIOS fullstop . Well u can rename the filename of the BIOS update, and press Alt + F2 to do it as well . This saves u putting DOS on the floppy . On ASUS mobos . Unless u have a rompaq or hp BIOS update, which can extract to floppy, and automatically update soon after u boot from the floppy . |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 421319 | 2006-01-17 07:03:00 | I have an MSI Neo4 Platinum. Was going to get an Asus, but they didn't have any in stock just when I ordered, so they gave me an option of this board, and the one below it. | mejobloggs (264) | ||
| 421320 | 2006-01-17 08:43:00 | Sorry for the laboured wording Joe . I mean by backing up the BIOS, is if you/the board have a the ability to cache the BIOS in a dual BIOS setup, there is no need to re-flash anything if it dies, you merely load up the saved BIOS . I have no idea if your board has that ability nor did I know what board you have, at the time I posted previously, just asking the question is all as I believe you need to take all precautions available to you if you intend to flash . |
Murray P (44) | ||
| 421321 | 2006-01-17 09:28:00 | Yep, no problem. I like info, even if it is not strictly relevant. Going do the flashcd on bootdisk.com when I am not so busy. | mejobloggs (264) | ||
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