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Is my Bios corrupted? Please advise ....
Dear All, I'm using the Asus P4S533E motherboard and have just installed a 1 GB DDR module which works well with all of my programs. My problem is, the 1.44 Mb 3.5inch floppy ( set correcty in Bios ) is recognised as a 1055.2 Mb floppy in Win'98SE and Win XP !! The computer won't even boot in DOS to a system disc in the floppy drive. I've tried 3 different Floppy drives (and connecting cables) with the same result. For these reasons, I think maybe the Bios is corrupted..... I need help in locating the latest Bios files to flash the BIOS chip on the Net and would be grateful for any help as I am new to this .... Also, I am wondering how I can go about flashing the BIOS from DOS prompt with no access to the Floppy drive? Can Bios flashing be done from Windows? Thanks for any help/ suggestions. |
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Is it set to boot from floppy - what does it look at first.
"Sham" wrote in message ... Dear All, I'm using the Asus P4S533E motherboard and have just installed a 1 GB DDR module which works well with all of my programs. My problem is, the 1.44 Mb 3.5inch floppy ( set correcty in Bios ) is recognised as a 1055.2 Mb floppy in Win'98SE and Win XP !! The computer won't even boot in DOS to a system disc in the floppy drive. I've tried 3 different Floppy drives (and connecting cables) with the same result. For these reasons, I think maybe the Bios is corrupted..... I need help in locating the latest Bios files to flash the BIOS chip on the Net and would be grateful for any help as I am new to this .... Also, I am wondering how I can go about flashing the BIOS from DOS prompt with no access to the Floppy drive? Can Bios flashing be done from Windows? Thanks for any help/ suggestions. |
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Yes, it looks @ floppy ... followed by 1st HDD and finally, the CDRom. If HDD is disabled in BIOS, the bootup after POST fails after attempting to read off the floppy..... On Sat, 25 Dec 2004 11:05:00 -0000, "HF" wrote: Is it set to boot from floppy - what does it look at first. "Sham" wrote in message .. . Dear All, I'm using the Asus P4S533E motherboard and have just installed a 1 GB DDR module which works well with all of my programs. My problem is, the 1.44 Mb 3.5inch floppy ( set correcty in Bios ) is recognised as a 1055.2 Mb floppy in Win'98SE and Win XP !! The computer won't even boot in DOS to a system disc in the floppy drive. I've tried 3 different Floppy drives (and connecting cables) with the same result. For these reasons, I think maybe the Bios is corrupted..... I need help in locating the latest Bios files to flash the BIOS chip on the Net and would be grateful for any help as I am new to this .... Also, I am wondering how I can go about flashing the BIOS from DOS prompt with no access to the Floppy drive? Can Bios flashing be done from Windows? Thanks for any help/ suggestions. |
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Sham wrote:
Yes, it looks @ floppy ... followed by 1st HDD and finally, the CDRom. If HDD is disabled in BIOS, the bootup after POST fails after attempting to read off the floppy..... On Sat, 25 Dec 2004 11:05:00 -0000, "HF" wrote: Is it set to boot from floppy - what does it look at first. "Sham" wrote in message . .. Dear All, I'm using the Asus P4S533E motherboard and have just installed a 1 GB DDR module which works well with all of my programs. My problem is, the 1.44 Mb 3.5inch floppy ( set correcty in Bios ) is recognised as a 1055.2 Mb floppy in Win'98SE and Win XP !! The computer won't even boot in DOS to a system disc in the floppy drive. I've tried 3 different Floppy drives (and connecting cables) with the same result. For these reasons, I think maybe the Bios is corrupted..... I need help in locating the latest Bios files to flash the BIOS chip on the Net and would be grateful for any help as I am new to this .... Also, I am wondering how I can go about flashing the BIOS from DOS prompt with no access to the Floppy drive? Can Bios flashing be done from Windows? Thanks for any help/ suggestions. Have you tried clearing your CMOS with the jumper? It does look like it might be a bios problem, but CLEAR CMOS first. You might want to write down the settings you have in CMOS so that critical ones can be reset if that is where your problem lies. Also, do you have any other RAM to try? If I am not mistaken, the bios is written in RAM and if there was corruption there it might be why your floppy is screwed up. |
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Go into bios and load the defaults.
"Sham" wrote in message ... Dear All, I'm using the Asus P4S533E motherboard and have just installed a 1 GB DDR module which works well with all of my programs. My problem is, the 1.44 Mb 3.5inch floppy ( set correcty in Bios ) is recognised as a 1055.2 Mb floppy in Win'98SE and Win XP !! The computer won't even boot in DOS to a system disc in the floppy drive. I've tried 3 different Floppy drives (and connecting cables) with the same result. For these reasons, I think maybe the Bios is corrupted..... I need help in locating the latest Bios files to flash the BIOS chip on the Net and would be grateful for any help as I am new to this .... Also, I am wondering how I can go about flashing the BIOS from DOS prompt with no access to the Floppy drive? Can Bios flashing be done from Windows? Thanks for any help/ suggestions. |
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On Sat, 25 Dec 2004 14:08:36 GMT, Ken wrote:
Sham wrote: Yes, it looks @ floppy ... followed by 1st HDD and finally, the CDRom. If HDD is disabled in BIOS, the bootup after POST fails after attempting to read off the floppy..... On Sat, 25 Dec 2004 11:05:00 -0000, "HF" wrote: Is it set to boot from floppy - what does it look at first. "Sham" wrote in message ... Dear All, I'm using the Asus P4S533E motherboard and have just installed a 1 GB DDR module which works well with all of my programs. My problem is, the 1.44 Mb 3.5inch floppy ( set correcty in Bios ) is recognised as a 1055.2 Mb floppy in Win'98SE and Win XP !! The computer won't even boot in DOS to a system disc in the floppy drive. I've tried 3 different Floppy drives (and connecting cables) with the same result. For these reasons, I think maybe the Bios is corrupted..... I need help in locating the latest Bios files to flash the BIOS chip on the Net and would be grateful for any help as I am new to this .... Also, I am wondering how I can go about flashing the BIOS from DOS prompt with no access to the Floppy drive? Can Bios flashing be done from Windows? Thanks for any help/ suggestions. Have you tried clearing your CMOS with the jumper? It does look like it might be a bios problem, but CLEAR CMOS first. You might want to write down the settings you have in CMOS so that critical ones can be reset if that is where your problem lies. Also, do you have any other RAM to try? If I am not mistaken, the bios is written in RAM and if there was corruption there it might be why your floppy is screwed up. BIOS settings are not written in RAM - they are written into a specific memory separate from the motherboard RAM. I agree the OP should try using other RAM - such as the RAM used before. And reset BIOS to default |
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Thanks everyone..... I followed "HF's" advise and cleared CMOS, reseating the 1 GB module, and finally, by setting up everything from scratch in BIOS and the 1.44Mb floppy is back ! ..... :-) Would still appreciate a link to the most revision of BIOS to reflash though ..... cos there are still ( longstanding and intermittent ) problems ( conflicts ) when hotswapping USB devices like HDDs, thumb-drives, digital cameras, etc. ...... :-) Perhaps someone could point me to the relevant Asus page ..... Thanks again..... PS: Can BIOS be flashed from within Windows? On Sat, 25 Dec 2004 14:31:14 -0000, "HF" wrote: Go into bios and load the defaults. "Sham" wrote in message .. . Dear All, I'm using the Asus P4S533E motherboard and have just installed a 1 GB DDR module which works well with all of my programs. My problem is, the 1.44 Mb 3.5inch floppy ( set correcty in Bios ) is recognised as a 1055.2 Mb floppy in Win'98SE and Win XP !! The computer won't even boot in DOS to a system disc in the floppy drive. I've tried 3 different Floppy drives (and connecting cables) with the same result. For these reasons, I think maybe the Bios is corrupted..... I need help in locating the latest Bios files to flash the BIOS chip on the Net and would be grateful for any help as I am new to this .... Also, I am wondering how I can go about flashing the BIOS from DOS prompt with no access to the Floppy drive? Can Bios flashing be done from Windows? Thanks for any help/ suggestions. |
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here_and_there wrote:
On Sat, 25 Dec 2004 14:08:36 GMT, Ken wrote: Sham wrote: Yes, it looks @ floppy ... followed by 1st HDD and finally, the CDRom. If HDD is disabled in BIOS, the bootup after POST fails after attempting to read off the floppy..... On Sat, 25 Dec 2004 11:05:00 -0000, "HF" wrote: Is it set to boot from floppy - what does it look at first. "Sham" wrote in message m... Dear All, I'm using the Asus P4S533E motherboard and have just installed a 1 GB DDR module which works well with all of my programs. My problem is, the 1.44 Mb 3.5inch floppy ( set correcty in Bios ) is recognised as a 1055.2 Mb floppy in Win'98SE and Win XP !! The computer won't even boot in DOS to a system disc in the floppy drive. I've tried 3 different Floppy drives (and connecting cables) with the same result. For these reasons, I think maybe the Bios is corrupted..... I need help in locating the latest Bios files to flash the BIOS chip on the Net and would be grateful for any help as I am new to this .... Also, I am wondering how I can go about flashing the BIOS from DOS prompt with no access to the Floppy drive? Can Bios flashing be done from Windows? Thanks for any help/ suggestions. Have you tried clearing your CMOS with the jumper? It does look like it might be a bios problem, but CLEAR CMOS first. You might want to write down the settings you have in CMOS so that critical ones can be reset if that is where your problem lies. Also, do you have any other RAM to try? If I am not mistaken, the bios is written in RAM and if there was corruption there it might be why your floppy is screwed up. BIOS settings are not written in RAM - they are written into a specific memory separate from the motherboard RAM. I agree the OP should try using other RAM - such as the RAM used before. And reset BIOS to default You are not thinking of CMOS settings are you? I was talking about the BIOS data being written to RAM. Perhaps I am mistaken, but I thought the bios data was read and written to RAM, and then it sought the settings for it saved in CMOS. The settings in CMOS are what is saved with the help of the battery on the MB. If the data is written in RAM and it is corrupt, then the settings in CMOS would not be meaningful. |
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Sham wrote:
Thanks everyone..... I followed "HF's" advise and cleared CMOS, reseating the 1 GB module, and finally, by setting up everything from scratch in BIOS and the 1.44Mb floppy is back ! ..... :-) Would still appreciate a link to the most revision of BIOS to reflash though ..... cos there are still ( longstanding and intermittent ) problems ( conflicts ) when hotswapping USB devices like HDDs, thumb-drives, digital cameras, etc. ...... :-) Perhaps someone could point me to the relevant Asus page ..... Thanks again..... PS: Can BIOS be flashed from within Windows? On Sat, 25 Dec 2004 14:31:14 -0000, "HF" wrote: Go into bios and load the defaults. "Sham" wrote in message . .. Dear All, I'm using the Asus P4S533E motherboard and have just installed a 1 GB DDR module which works well with all of my programs. My problem is, the 1.44 Mb 3.5inch floppy ( set correcty in Bios ) is recognised as a 1055.2 Mb floppy in Win'98SE and Win XP !! The computer won't even boot in DOS to a system disc in the floppy drive. I've tried 3 different Floppy drives (and connecting cables) with the same result. For these reasons, I think maybe the Bios is corrupted..... I need help in locating the latest Bios files to flash the BIOS chip on the Net and would be grateful for any help as I am new to this .... Also, I am wondering how I can go about flashing the BIOS from DOS prompt with no access to the Floppy drive? Can Bios flashing be done from Windows? Thanks for any help/ suggestions. How about http://www.asus.com.tw/support/downl...33&Type=Latest |
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On Sat, 25 Dec 2004 19:22:50 GMT, Ken wrote:
here_and_there wrote: On Sat, 25 Dec 2004 14:08:36 GMT, Ken wrote: Sham wrote: Yes, it looks @ floppy ... followed by 1st HDD and finally, the CDRom. If HDD is disabled in BIOS, the bootup after POST fails after attempting to read off the floppy..... On Sat, 25 Dec 2004 11:05:00 -0000, "HF" wrote: Is it set to boot from floppy - what does it look at first. "Sham" wrote in message om... Dear All, I'm using the Asus P4S533E motherboard and have just installed a 1 GB DDR module which works well with all of my programs. My problem is, the 1.44 Mb 3.5inch floppy ( set correcty in Bios ) is recognised as a 1055.2 Mb floppy in Win'98SE and Win XP !! The computer won't even boot in DOS to a system disc in the floppy drive. I've tried 3 different Floppy drives (and connecting cables) with the same result. For these reasons, I think maybe the Bios is corrupted..... I need help in locating the latest Bios files to flash the BIOS chip on the Net and would be grateful for any help as I am new to this .... Also, I am wondering how I can go about flashing the BIOS from DOS prompt with no access to the Floppy drive? Can Bios flashing be done from Windows? Thanks for any help/ suggestions. Have you tried clearing your CMOS with the jumper? It does look like it might be a bios problem, but CLEAR CMOS first. You might want to write down the settings you have in CMOS so that critical ones can be reset if that is where your problem lies. Also, do you have any other RAM to try? If I am not mistaken, the bios is written in RAM and if there was corruption there it might be why your floppy is screwed up. BIOS settings are not written in RAM - they are written into a specific memory separate from the motherboard RAM. I agree the OP should try using other RAM - such as the RAM used before. And reset BIOS to default You are not thinking of CMOS settings are you? I was talking about the BIOS data being written to RAM. Perhaps I am mistaken, but I thought the bios data was read and written to RAM, and then it sought the settings for it saved in CMOS. The settings in CMOS are what is saved with the help of the battery on the MB. If the data is written in RAM and it is corrupt, then the settings in CMOS would not be meaningful. The CMOS settings are the BIOS data. WHen first you boot, the BIOS is read in conjunction with the data in CMOS. That defines the basic paramaters for the computer operation - such aas peripheral devices, boot order, CPU frequency. In effect, the BIOS (Basic Input Output System) is a loader program to prepare the computer. Then, according to what device is specified, a bootstrap routine looks for the beginning of the operating system i.e. Windows or Linux or whatever. |
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