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Impr3ssiv3

Impr3ssiv3

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OK i have been to the ASUS website about this and i ams till stumped


i have been told to use AFUDOS to update my BIOS and AWDFLASH to update it. But in the book it says to use AWDFLASH. now i am confused about which to use so could i get some help
 
It helps to know the model board you are trying to update. The Asus support site may have a Windows tool available for a bios update.
 
ok well i just went for it and used AWDFLASH last night and it worked, kinda. I was really trying to update it so i could put my RAM at 5-5-5-12-1T instead of 2T. Also the 0801 i couldnt download for some reason so im on 0702
 
Just wondering, how did you go about using the flash tool?

I tried it but it said it doesnt support Windows XP, so I made a VM of 98 and booted into DOS, and it worked, but it said the BIOS was incompatible (even though its not).
 
well i just formated a floppy and selected to make a boot device out of it. then booted to MS DOS and then ran the program. On the ASUS site it should say what flash program to use if you. i would think you would use AFUDOS or AFLASH
 
Just make sure when using a boot floppy you have a copy of the bios update there and at the root of the hard drive. Some boards make it easier with the EZbios ot insure you see the update go on without problems. For the A8N-SLI model here there's an update tool that runs while Windows is running! The details on this model show that it will run on 2K, XP, Winserver 2003, XP 64bit http://support.asus.com/download/download.aspx?SLanguage=en-us
 
Impr3ssiv3 said:
well i just formated a floppy and selected to make a boot device out of it. then booted to MS DOS and then ran the program. On the ASUS site it should say what flash program to use if you. i would think you would use AFUDOS or AFLASH
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I didnt have a problem getting into the AWDFLASH program, but it always said the BIOS wasnt the right one...
 
[-0MEGA-];570278 said:
I didnt have a problem getting into the AWDFLASH program, but it always said the BIOS wasnt the right one...
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What model board are you running there? I'll look up the options for it.
 
aw foobar! The Asus support site is currently bogged down at the moment. I'll edit a link when I can get back into the download section.

EDIT: There is a Windows tool available for updating the bios seen at the support site. "ASUS Update V7.06.02 Install Program for Windows 2000/XP/2003 & 64bit Windows XP/2003." You will have to go through the selection process to get to the correct download page since a direct link won't work here. http://support.asus.com/download/download.aspx?SLanguage=en-us
 
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[-0MEGA-];570278 said:
I didnt have a problem getting into the AWDFLASH program, but it always said the BIOS wasnt the right one...
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when you typed in the bios name did you put "****.bin" or "****"

cuz you need to have the ".bin"
 
0502 or something. It doesnt matter now since im selling it, but it was pretty annoying when I was trying to flash it.
 
Did you try the updater that runs while Windows is running? Asus does have a Windows flash tool there. Another thing that could hamper a dos flash is having the boot sector antivirus tool enabled. That will impede dos tools from working. Antivirus tools do the same there as well at times.
 
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