GA-8KNXP 2.0 - FJ BIOS

"Karen Parker" wrote in message
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The correct procedure is to Flash the Bios, reboot, set Fail Safe
Defaults
then reboot again, then set your own Custom settings..

This is the ONLY Way..

Wrong. You reset to fail safe defaults before flashing, reboot...enter BIOS
and flash then main BIOS. Reboot...enter BIOS and flash the backup BIOS,
reboot.

At this stage both main and backup BIOS are flashed, if one fails the backup
will also be the latest BIOS version.

Now now can set BIOS to what you want.

"Brendan S (Scratch User)" wrote in message
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Richard Dower wrote:
http://www.giga-byte.com/Motherboard/Support/BIOS/BIOS_GA-8KNXP%20(Rev%202.0).htm

Download here, dated September 15th 2004:

http://www.giga-byte.com/Download/Do..._8knxp2_fj.exe


Not tried them, i just HOPE they fixed the boot delay issue i experienced
using SATA drives in RAID 0, will report my experience in using this new
BIOS.

Loading FJ bios renders my system unbootable. Rolled back to backup bios.
sigh

Brendan

Works perfect for me Brendan, as stated...every motherboard/system reacts
differently.

If you flashed the main BIOS to FJ and are booting off the backup, you'll
need to flash the man BIOS back to your previous BIOS.

Whenever I try to update my BIOS to FI or FJ through the Qflash utility , I
press enter to bring the
Update from floppy, then I highlight the bios file. Whenever I press enter
to start the update, I get an error Stating wrong file size. What would be
causing this problem? Thanks,

"Richard Dower" wrote in message
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http://www.giga-byte.com/Motherboard/Support/BIOS/BIOS_GA-8KNXP%20(Rev%202.0).htm

Download here, dated September 15th 2004:

http://www.giga-byte.com/Download/Do..._8knxp2_fj.exe


Not tried them, i just HOPE they fixed the boot delay issue i experienced
using SATA drives in RAID 0, will report my experience in using this new
BIOS.

"Strike" wrote in message
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Whenever I try to update my BIOS to FI or FJ through the Qflash utility ,
I press enter to bring the
Update from floppy, then I highlight the bios file. Whenever I press enter
to start the update, I get an error Stating wrong file size. What would be
causing this problem? Thanks,


Are all three files on the floppy disk?...the file you need to highlight is
the one titled "8knxp2.fj", it's 512kb in size.

Also, make sure you have a version 2 board.

"Richard Dower" wrote in message
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"Strike" wrote in message
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Whenever I try to update my BIOS to FI or FJ through the Qflash utility ,
I press enter to bring the
Update from floppy, then I highlight the bios file. Whenever I press
enter to start the update, I get an error Stating wrong file size. What
would be causing this problem? Thanks,


Are all three files on the floppy disk?...the file you need to highlight
is the one titled "8knxp2.fj", it's 512kb in size.

"Kilgore Trout Jr" wrote in message
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Also, make sure you have a version 2 board.

Indeed, VERY important to downlaod the correct BIOS. If ever in doubt, DO
NOT FLASH!

You'll reneder your motherboard useless and might as well throw it away.

"Richard Dower" wrote in message
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"Kilgore Trout Jr" wrote in message
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Also, make sure you have a version 2 board.

Indeed, VERY important to downlaod the correct BIOS. If ever in doubt, DO
NOT FLASH!

You'll reneder your motherboard useless and might as well throw it away.



Not with a GA-8KNXP - just reflash from the backup BIOS. :-)

John.

"Bioboffin" wrote in message
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Not with a GA-8KNXP - just reflash from the backup BIOS. :-)

John.

True, but once you have flashed and the BIOS are stable you should flash
both the main and backup BIOS to the same version.

In the above scenario, wrong BIOS flash, you would boot from the backup BIOS
and then flash the main BIOS to the same version as your backup.

Playing devils advocate, My 8KNXP.2 came with FD, I am now on FJ and I have NEVER set fail safe defaults when flashing.
My RAM timings are 2,3,2,6 & the only thing I have not enabled is CIA. I flash the main BIOS, use it for 2 weeks,
then flash the backup if I'm happy. NOT saying this is the proper way to go, just that it CAN be done.

I AM happy with FJ, it seems to have cleared up a problem I had with my digital capture card, a real buss hog.
It's running fine now (knock wood). Also, when I rebooted & logged on I was doing other stuff and was not paying attention.
When I returned to the screen I had a message stating "Your new hardware has been installed successfully, you need to reboot ....".
I don't know what it installed, used to know how to find out, but at the moment it escapes me.

Karen wrote:
On Sun, 19 Sep 2004 14:43:07 +0100, "Richard Dower"
wrote:


"Karen Parker" wrote in message
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Did you Flash, reboot and then set the Fail Safe defaults then reboot
again
before you entering your setting..?

This is a MUST..

I reset to failsafe defaults before upgrading BIOS, then upgraded both the
main and backup BIOS to FJ.

The Intel, ITE and Sil BIOS were exactly the same.





You have it all wrong After you Flash you reboot then set Fail Safe then
Reboot Again Then set your Defaults.

.

"Rick" wrote in message
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Playing devils advocate, My 8KNXP.2 came with FD, I am now on FJ and I
have NEVER set fail safe defaults when flashing. My RAM timings are
2,3,2,6 & the only thing I have not enabled is CIA. I flash the main BIOS,
use it for 2 weeks, then flash the backup if I'm happy. NOT saying this is
the proper way to go, just that it CAN be done.

I AM happy with FJ, it seems to have cleared up a problem I had with my
digital capture card, a real buss hog. It's running fine now (knock wood).
Also, when I rebooted & logged on I was doing other stuff and was not
paying attention.
When I returned to the screen I had a message stating "Your new hardware
has been installed successfully, you need to reboot ....".
I don't know what it installed, used to know how to find out, but at the
moment it escapes me.

It added a few more items to Device Manager, under System Devices i had 27
items listed, now i have 29.

Added ACPI Fan + ACPI Thermal Zone.