BIOS Update Issue.

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Durango_Boy

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I have an Asus PSWD2.

I am upgrading to a faster chip and have downloaded the updated BIOS ROM file that will allow me to use it.

WD2B0501.ROM

I burned it onto a CD as a boot image and restarted the computer.

It boots from CD as expected, and runs a few processes.

However, when it gets to:

Searching for USB HDD Devices...

...it stops. It just sits there. It sat that way for 18 hours before I removed the CD and booted into Windows to perhaps look for a different file.

I downloaded it directly from Asus' website.

Is there something I can do to bypass that particular check? Maybe a way to install it that's a little different?

Thanks for any help,
 
Go into the BIOS and run the Instant Flash utility, then select the CD. The BIOS will update that way.
 
linkin said:
Go into the BIOS and run the Instant Flash utility, then select the CD. The BIOS will update that way.
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Linkin, thanks for the suggestion, but I couldn't find:

Instant Flash Utiility...

...anywhere in BIOS. Would it be called something else? Is there another way to access it?

Thanks.
 
Gents I still need help with this.

I tried the CD with a different version of the same file. It still stops the process at the USB HDD search.

I then put the ROM on a flash drive and booted from that. Same issue.

I couldn't find the utility in BIOS that Linkin suggested.

Anyone else have any suggestions?

Thanks,
 
tremmor said:
are you making the first boot device in the bios the usb and or cd?
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Yeah 1st boot device is CD drive.

The process starts just fine. It runs checks for about 2 minutes. It gets through most of the ports and USB devices.

The problem is when it gets to:

Searching for USB HDD Devices...

It just sits there and does nothing. At this point the keyboard doesn't have any power. That tells me it's stopping the USB devices to run checks.

Ideas?
 
Cant you just create a say a directory called work or flash and save to the hd. then reboot and tap the f8 key then exit to dos. goto the directory its saved in then exe the utility file.

as far as the cd rom im guessing your not using a external power supply and have a separate usb cable for power. find it strange you lost the keyboard usb.
I have one a rosewill external for a Asus Eee and works fine. just wondering.
 
tremmor said:
Cant you just create a say a directory called work or flash and save to the hd. then reboot and tap the f8 key then exit to dos. goto the directory its saved in then exe the utility file.

as far as the cd rom im guessing your not using a external power supply and have a separate usb cable for power. find it strange you lost the keyboard usb.
I have one a rosewill external for a Asus Eee and works fine. just wondering.
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I can put the file on a drive and start it via DOS, but getting the utility to start isn't the issue. It's that it doesn't finish once it's started.

I don't quite get your 2nd statement. The CD/DVD drive is in the tower. Direct cable to the MB via the IDE port. Powered by the standard 4 pin power cord from the tower's power supply.

The keyboard is a USB keyboard with a single cord to the USB ports in the MB.
 
Any more ideas? To recap, I tried running the installation file. I tried it on a CD and a flash drive, and restart. It recognizes the file, begins the installation process, but then it stops, and just sits...and sits...until I manually restart the machine again.

I have tried downloading the file from several different sources and the different files all get to the same point before the process halts without an apparent cause.

Ideas?
 
Are you saying it started the flash process? Or was it just loading in memory. If you started flash you might have destroyed it. Not good if it started and didn't finish. Its a good way to shut down permanently. Its risky business. If this is the case you might find a repair flash utility from the manufacture. I would have done only if i needed it or required. What was the reason for flashing anyway?
 
tremmor said:
Are you saying it started the flash process? Or was it just loading in memory. If you started flash you might have destroyed it. Not good if it started and didn't finish. Its a good way to shut down permanently. Its risky business. If this is the case you might find a repair flash utility from the manufacture. I would have done only if i needed it or required. What was the reason for flashing anyway?
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I just experienced it LOL.

nothing like ordering a new BIOS chip from ASUS $15.00.
 
tremmor said:
Are you saying it started the flash process? Or was it just loading in memory. If you started flash you might have destroyed it. Not good if it started and didn't finish. Its a good way to shut down permanently. Its risky business. If this is the case you might find a repair flash utility from the manufacture. I would have done only if i needed it or required. What was the reason for flashing anyway?
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I believe it was loading it to memory and checking the current configuration. The actual flash process had not started, I assume, because the machine works just as it has since the day I built it.

I have a faster CPU chip from the same family as the chip I put in when I built it. The MB supports it and my current BIOS 'might' support it if I simply swapped...but I wanted to be sure to install the latest BIOS update for my MB before swapping the chips.

Would ordering a new BIOS chip be a good alternative to trying and failing to re-flash the chip I have now?
 
If the flash will not do nothing for ya leave it alone. What was the reason for the flash?
Was it going to make your motherboard faster, was it critical or related to security?
Were ya having some issues. Then again the chip might be soldered on the motherboard. If you wreck it you might be changing out the motherboard or sending back for replacement from manufacture. Could be.
 
tremmor said:
If the flash will not do nothing for ya leave it alone. What was the reason for the flash?
Was it going to make your motherboard faster, was it critical or related to security?
Were ya having some issues. Then again the chip might be soldered on the motherboard. If you wreck it you might be changing out the motherboard or sending back for replacement from manufacture. Could be.
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No one told me I had to update BIOS, but it was suggested by a forum member here, that I update BIOS before changing the chip.

As far as chip difference, they are the same family, but my current is 2nd fastest and the new one is fastest.

I might get bold and just change the chip and clean up the BIOS mess after if something fails.
 
I might update if needed. Usually its related to a fix for a piece of hardware that does not work properly.
 
tremmor said:
If the flash will not do nothing for ya leave it alone. What was the reason for the flash?
Was it going to make your motherboard faster, was it critical or related to security?
Were ya having some issues. Then again the chip might be soldered on the motherboard. If you wreck it you might be changing out the motherboard or sending back for replacement from manufacture. Could be.
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I was just updating my BIOS to use my SSD correctly/ to get more performance out of my SSD. Plus they added more to the BIOS which makes OC easier and more options. As for critical, no, it was not critical persay. My chip is replacable without soldering.
 
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