To flash my bios i have to get into DOS..

**Archangel** · 08-15-2006, 10:11 PM

Well.. my motherboard has the r1.01 bios, however i need r1.08 or higher ( latest is r1.12) so my mobo supports dual core processors.
anyhow.. i know how to flash my bios,.. i just dont know how to get there.

on the website they told me to make a bootdisk ( with a link to the microsoft download page) i downloaded the program to make a bootdisk, turns out it cant run under win xp pro x64.
so,.. i popped imn a 20 GB HD, and installed win xp pro on it, since there wasnt a x64 program to make a bootdisk.
when i ran the program, its asked me for new floppy disk's to be inserted, so in the end, i had 6 floppy's wich are my boot disk.

i restart my pc,. and when it loaded all 6 floppy's.. i have 3 options.. instal win xp, repair win xp and exit setup. anyway.. in the end of all those 3 steps.. the pc restarts, no DOS.. :/

so.. anyone has an idea how to get there? because i tried a bit around, but no luck so far.

oh yes,.. the line i need to run is
A:/awdflash k8sli112.bin ( K8SLI is the mainboard name, and 112 is the version)

34erd · 08-15-2006, 10:40 PM

Forgive me if this is blatantly obvious and you've already done it, but have you set the floppy drive as the first boot option?

Also, why did you need 6 floppys for the image?

Burgerbob · 08-15-2006, 11:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 34erd

Forgive me if this is blatantly obvious and you've already done it, but have you set the floppy drive as the first boot option?

Also, why did you need 6 floppys for the image?

I agree, thats like 10MB of image...

**Archangel** · 08-16-2006, 12:31 PM

yes, the floppy is the first boot drive, but i made a Win Xp boot-disk ( wich is 6 floppy's)
however,.. i found something ( by accident to be honest), when you want to format a floppy, cou have the option to make it a MS-DOS bootdisk, i made one of those, added the bios on that disk, and i could flash it.
my mobo has R1.12 now.. but it seems that the overclocking capabilities went down because of it.
when i set the fsb back to 300MHz, it keeps resetting, i cant go over 250 anymore now it seems

mrjack · 08-16-2006, 02:27 PM

The 6 disks where actually intended for people who can't boot up from a CD, since some optical drives can have difficulties with bootable CD's. Like my LG CD/DVD drive.

tommycompton · 08-16-2006, 03:54 PM

you can't right click on floppy drive and on format click make dos boot disk?
does your mobo have a specific flash utility?

OvenMaster · 08-16-2006, 05:40 PM

If you've made your BIOS update floppy disk, what you do is put THAT floppy into your drive and then switch on your PC. The PC will boot from the BIOS update disk. Then follow the instructions shown on the screen. That's how I did mine.
Tom

**Archangel** · 08-17-2006, 10:20 AM

erm... in my 2nd post i said i already flashed it now.. thx for the tips tough..

SirKenin · 08-18-2006, 02:10 PM

Just for the record (and I'm glad you solved your problem), XP doesn't have DOS. That's why you ran into the problem. Windows Me was the last OS built on DOS. XP is built on the NT kernel.

08-15-2006, 10:11 PM	#1 (permalink)
Archangel Moderator Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Netherlands Age: 21 Posts: 8,125	To flash my bios i have to get into DOS.. Well.. my motherboard has the r1.01 bios, however i need r1.08 or higher ( latest is r1.12) so my mobo supports dual core processors. anyhow.. i know how to flash my bios,.. i just dont know how to get there. on the website they told me to make a bootdisk ( with a link to the microsoft download page) i downloaded the program to make a bootdisk, turns out it cant run under win xp pro x64. so,.. i popped imn a 20 GB HD, and installed win xp pro on it, since there wasnt a x64 program to make a bootdisk. when i ran the program, its asked me for new floppy disk's to be inserted, so in the end, i had 6 floppy's wich are my boot disk. i restart my pc,. and when it loaded all 6 floppy's.. i have 3 options.. instal win xp, repair win xp and exit setup. anyway.. in the end of all those 3 steps.. the pc restarts, no DOS.. :/ so.. anyone has an idea how to get there? because i tried a bit around, but no luck so far. oh yes,.. the line i need to run is A:/awdflash k8sli112.bin ( K8SLI is the mainboard name, and 112 is the version) __________________ Newton is dead, Einstein is dead, I don't feel very well either Xfire - Mirrari Intel Q6600 ( @3.6GHz) Asus Triton 79 Amazing 549/3200 4x 1Gb Corsair XMS2 DDR800 Asus Maximus Formula Asus & Sapphire HD3870 512Mb ( 850/1180 ) Corsair HX620W PSU

08-15-2006, 10:40 PM	#2 (permalink)
34erd Diamond Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Age: 15 Posts: 2,842	Forgive me if this is blatantly obvious and you've already done it, but have you set the floppy drive as the first boot option? Also, why did you need 6 floppys for the image? __________________ DFI Lanparty UT nF4 SLI DR Athlon 64 3500+ Venice 1 Gig OCZ VX DDR500 DDR BFG GeForce 7800GT 160 Gig SATA HDD CD-RW DVD-ROM Antec NeoPower 480 Thermaltake Tsunami Last edited by 34erd; 08-15-2006 at 10:43 PM.

08-16-2006, 12:31 PM	#4 (permalink)
Archangel Moderator Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Netherlands Age: 21 Posts: 8,125	yes, the floppy is the first boot drive, but i made a Win Xp boot-disk ( wich is 6 floppy's) however,.. i found something ( by accident to be honest), when you want to format a floppy, cou have the option to make it a MS-DOS bootdisk, i made one of those, added the bios on that disk, and i could flash it. my mobo has R1.12 now.. but it seems that the overclocking capabilities went down because of it. when i set the fsb back to 300MHz, it keeps resetting, i cant go over 250 anymore now it seems __________________ Newton is dead, Einstein is dead, I don't feel very well either Xfire - Mirrari Intel Q6600 ( @3.6GHz) Asus Triton 79 Amazing 549/3200 4x 1Gb Corsair XMS2 DDR800 Asus Maximus Formula Asus & Sapphire HD3870 512Mb ( 850/1180 ) Corsair HX620W PSU

08-16-2006, 02:27 PM	#5 (permalink)
mrjack VIP Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Finland Age: 17 Posts: 2,363	The 6 disks where actually intended for people who can't boot up from a CD, since some optical drives can have difficulties with bootable CD's. Like my LG CD/DVD drive. __________________ Main rig: Intel Core 2 Duo E7200 @ 3GHz \| MSI P7N Zilent 2x2048Mb OCZ Titanium 800MHz DDR2 Samsung Spinpoint T166 320Gb SATAII Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 250Gb SATAII Western Digital Caviar 500Gb SATAII MSI NX8800GT OC 512Mb @ 660MHz/950MHz Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Audio \| Antec Truepower Trio 550W

08-16-2006, 03:54 PM	#6 (permalink)
tommycompton Silver Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: winnipeg, ca Posts: 180	you can't right click on floppy drive and on format click make dos boot disk? does your mobo have a specific flash utility? __________________ amd athlon 64x2 4800+ toledo 3dmark 06 9349 my rig http://s36.photobucket.com/albums/e2...20rig/newcase/

08-16-2006, 05:40 PM	#7 (permalink)
OvenMaster VIP Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Red Sox Nation Age: 49 Posts: 2,025	If you've made your BIOS update floppy disk, what you do is put THAT floppy into your drive and then switch on your PC. The PC will boot from the BIOS update disk. Then follow the instructions shown on the screen. That's how I did mine. Tom __________________ Frankenbox III: CPU: AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+ * MOBO: Biostar K8M800 Micro AM2 * RAM: 2x1GB Kingston DDR2 667 HDD: WD 80GB Master, Seagate 320GB Slave * OPT: two Pioneer DVR-115DBK DVD burners PSU: Antec Basiq 500W * GPU: PNY GeForce FX5200 256MB AGP 8x * MON: ViewSonic LCD VA721 CASE: EvTek minitower * SND: Diamond Xtreme 5.1 * OS: XP Home SP2 * ROUTER: Linksys BEFSR41

08-17-2006, 10:20 AM	#8 (permalink)
Archangel Moderator Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Netherlands Age: 21 Posts: 8,125	erm... in my 2nd post i said i already flashed it now.. thx for the tips tough.. __________________ Newton is dead, Einstein is dead, I don't feel very well either Xfire - Mirrari Intel Q6600 ( @3.6GHz) Asus Triton 79 Amazing 549/3200 4x 1Gb Corsair XMS2 DDR800 Asus Maximus Formula Asus & Sapphire HD3870 512Mb ( 850/1180 ) Corsair HX620W PSU

08-18-2006, 02:10 PM	#9 (permalink)
SirKenin banned Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 4,711	Just for the record (and I'm glad you solved your problem), XP doesn't have DOS. That's why you ran into the problem. Windows Me was the last OS built on DOS. XP is built on the NT kernel.

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