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From: Kevin R on 5 Apr 2008 14:22 I would like to update my bios for the a7n8x but my floppy is not working at the moment. Is there an alternative to using the floppy for my mobo in regards to updating the bios? All im trying to do is add a third strip of 1 gig memory to my board, and for some reason my mobo won't accept it. regards Kevin
From: Kent_Diego on 5 Apr 2008 17:56 > ... > What is the BIOS.bin? I saw this mentioned in another post that I found. > I have the flash.exe file .. I had BIOS.bin as a generic name for th actual bios binary file. It could have any name like a7n1007.bin or anything. > It has been so long, I don't remember if I created an NTFS partition. > How can I check on this. Memory like an elephant ;-) Right click C:\ drive select Properties from My Computer. > I have an ISO image that I burned to CD, but my computer didn't recognize > it as something to boot > from. I googled NTFS4DOS and noticed that it was an ISO image. Is there > some special handling that A long time ago NTFS4DOS was free for floppy version and tried to sell CD version. I used Nero Burning to make bootable CD from the floppy. I also added menu to boot with ulrta DMA drivers too. Using Hiren's Boots CD is much easier. This may help: http://www.bootdisk.com/ntfs.htm http://www.hiren.info/pages/bootcd http://thepiratebay.org/tor/4105716/Hiren_s_BootCD_9.5 Usually you just burn the .ISO image to CD and boot assuming it was a bootable image to start with. You have to set boot order with CD before hard drive in BIOS setting. Some motherboards you can press F8 at boot too.
From: Kevin R on 5 Apr 2008 20:15 "Kent_Diego" <None(a)no.way> wrote in message news:HASJj.53829$yk5.52493(a)newsfe18.lga... >> ... >> What is the BIOS.bin? I saw this mentioned in another post that I found. >> I have the flash.exe file .. > > I had BIOS.bin as a generic name for th actual bios binary file. It could > have any name like a7n1007.bin or anything. > all I have is the file called AWDFLASH.exe I need a bios.bin file also? >> It has been so long, I don't remember if I created an NTFS partition. >> How can I check on this. Memory like an elephant ;-) > > Right click C:\ drive select Properties from My Computer. > thanx should have know that... >> I have an ISO image that I burned to CD, but my computer didn't recognize >> it as something to boot >> from. I googled NTFS4DOS and noticed that it was an ISO image. Is there >> some special handling that > > A long time ago NTFS4DOS was free for floppy version and tried to sell CD > version. I used Nero Burning to make bootable CD from the floppy. I also > added menu to boot with ulrta DMA drivers too. Using Hiren's Boots CD is > much easier. > > This may help: > http://www.bootdisk.com/ntfs.htm went out to bootdisk.com and downloaded there NTFSBOOT.iso image it should have enabled me to boot my computer into dos right? Didn't work... > http://www.hiren.info/pages/bootcd > http://thepiratebay.org/tor/4105716/Hiren_s_BootCD_9.5 > > Usually you just burn the .ISO image to CD and boot assuming it was a > bootable image to start with. You have to set boot order with CD before > hard drive in BIOS setting. My boot order is set for CD Some motherboards you can press F8 at boot too. > > Kevin
From: Kent_Diego on 5 Apr 2008 20:49 > ... > all I have is the file called AWDFLASH.exe > I need a bios.bin file also? > What (newer?) BIOS file are you going to flash to the mother board? Go here and get the latest: http://support.asus.com/download/download.aspx http://support.asus.com/technicaldocuments/technicaldocuments.aspx?root=198&SLanguage=en-us > > went out to bootdisk.com and downloaded there NTFSBOOT.iso image > it should have enabled me to boot my computer into dos right? Didn't > work... > Did you see something like: Loading from CD..... You have to press enter then. I have seen where the CD ROM has to be master on some motherboards. Try a different boot disk. Look here or Google: http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000217.htm
From: Kevin R on 5 Apr 2008 23:30
Solved the boot problem. I was able to find an old floppy then went out and bought another ribbon cable... Successfully flashed the bios to the newest which is 1013 for my a7n8x e However I was not able to get my computer to accept the memory module after all the effort. I thought that the a7n8x was able to support 3 gigs of ram? thank you Kevin "Kent_Diego" <None(a)no.way> wrote in message news:U6VJj.104661$Ft5.95865(a)newsfe15.lga... >> ... >> all I have is the file called AWDFLASH.exe >> I need a bios.bin file also? >> > > What (newer?) BIOS file are you going to flash to the mother board? Go > here and get the latest: > http://support.asus.com/download/download.aspx > http://support.asus.com/technicaldocuments/technicaldocuments.aspx?root=198&SLanguage=en-us >> >> went out to bootdisk.com and downloaded there NTFSBOOT.iso image >> it should have enabled me to boot my computer into dos right? Didn't >> work... >> > Did you see something like: > Loading from CD..... > You have to press enter then. > I have seen where the CD ROM has to be master on some motherboards. > Try a different boot disk. > Look here or Google: > http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000217.htm > > |