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Award BIOS flash update failed (I think)
Since I needed to install a 120G hdd I upgraded my BIOS to 6.00 from
4.51PG yesterday. I bought this update at esupport.com after running their tool to identify my old BIOS version. The upgrade itself worked like a charm, no errors during install. At reboot I saw an error message flashing by saying something like "Flash error". The system booted perfectly and ran beautifully for hours (W2K advanced server) then started giving a blue screen stating it had a "hard error", dumped memory pages to disk and rebooted. This turned out to be a loop so it won't get past the initial windows login screen. Since it has never done this in 6 years of extensive usage I suspect the update to be the cause. I will contact support for this but I'd like to know if any of you people out there have had similar problems. Googling I stumbled on tips like re-install without any peripherals and such. I am just afraid I will screw up the BIOS permantly. Thanks |
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Remco wrote :
Since I needed to install a 120G hdd I upgraded my BIOS to 6.00 from 4.51PG wrong, 4.51 and 6.0 are hmm bios types, not bios versions. There are two types of award bios, 4.51 is older , 6.0 is newer. But they are types, not versions. yesterday. I bought this update at esupport.com after running their tool to identify my old BIOS version. wrong again, never, and I mean NEVER download bios from someone who is not your motherboard supplier. The upgrade itself worked like a charm, no errors during install. At reboot I saw an error message flashing by saying something like "Flash error". Flash chip unknown ? The system booted perfectly and ran beautifully for hours (W2K advanced server) then started giving a blue screen stating it had a "hard error", dumped memory pages to disk and rebooted. This turned out to be a loop so it won't get past the initial windows login screen. propably not bios related, more like crapping windoze (on its own) Since it has never done this in 6 years of extensive usage I suspect the update to be the cause. not likelly I will contact support for this but I'd like to know if any of you people out there have had similar problems. Googling I stumbled on tips like re-install without any peripherals and such. I am just afraid I will screw up the BIOS permantly. reinstall WINDOWS, its really that simple, and dont forget to reboot http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?si...d=128&tid=103& tid=201 :P What is your motherboard model and rev ? Pozdrawiam. -- RusH // http://randki.o2.pl/profil.php?id_r=352019 Like ninjas, true hackers are shrouded in secrecy and mystery. You may never know -- UNTIL IT'S TOO LATE. |
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RusH wrote:
Remco wrote : Since I needed to install a 120G hdd I upgraded my BIOS to 6.00 from 4.51PG wrong, 4.51 and 6.0 are hmm bios types, not bios versions. There are two types of award bios, 4.51 is older , 6.0 is newer. But they are types, not versions. Same difference. yesterday. I bought this update at esupport.com after running their tool to identify my old BIOS version. wrong again, never, and I mean NEVER download bios from someone who is not your motherboard supplier. They're authorized. If that's true, I don't know. I checked Award and they didn't supply what I was looking for. The upgrade itself worked like a charm, no errors during install. At reboot I saw an error message flashing by saying something like "Flash error". Flash chip unknown ? "unknown flash error". I checked. The system booted perfectly and ran beautifully for hours (W2K advanced server) then started giving a blue screen stating it had a "hard error", dumped memory pages to disk and rebooted. This turned out to be a loop so it won't get past the initial windows login screen. propably not bios related, more like crapping windoze (on its own) Agreed, windows is crap but I need it. Wrong, I solved the problem by resetting the bios to safe settings. Problem, and message, gone. Box running like a charm now. Obviously the default setting from the flash install were not for my system. Didn't check what the difference was thoufh. Don't care either. Since it has never done this in 6 years of extensive usage I suspect the update to be the cause. not likelly I will contact support for this but I'd like to know if any of you people out there have had similar problems. Googling I stumbled on tips like re-install without any peripherals and such. I am just afraid I will screw up the BIOS permantly. reinstall WINDOWS, its really that simple, and dont forget to reboot http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?si...d=128&tid=103& tid=201 :P What is your motherboard model and rev ? Pozdrawiam. Thanks. |
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/dev/null wrote :
wrong, 4.51 and 6.0 are hmm bios types, not bios versions. There are two types of award bios, 4.51 is older , 6.0 is newer. But they are types, not versions. Same difference. no, bios versions are usually in the same bios type, I never saw any transits between 4.51 to 6.0 in one motherboard model. wrong again, never, and I mean NEVER download bios from someone who is not your motherboard supplier. They're authorized. If that's true, I don't know. I checked Award and they didn't supply what I was looking for. motherboard ! Award is NOT your motherboard manufacturer. Asus / Abit / ECS .. "unknown flash error". I checked. on boot ? thats strange Agreed, windows is crap but I need it. Wrong, I solved the problem by resetting the bios to safe settings. Problem, and message, gone. Box running like a charm now. Obviously the default setting from the flash install were not for my system. there are no default flash settings. Settings are stored in CMOS. CMOS is permanent on your motherboard and its not changing between flashes. It is wery wise to "load default setings" after every bios upgrade, because new bios can havwe different placement of parrameters in CMOS memory. Pozdrawiam. -- RusH // http://randki.o2.pl/profil.php?id_r=352019 Like ninjas, true hackers are shrouded in secrecy and mystery. You may never know -- UNTIL IT'S TOO LATE. |
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RusH wrote:
/dev/null wrote : wrong, 4.51 and 6.0 are hmm bios types, not bios versions. There are two types of award bios, 4.51 is older , 6.0 is newer. But they are types, not versions. Same difference. no, bios versions are usually in the same bios type, I never saw any transits between 4.51 to 6.0 in one motherboard model. wrong again, never, and I mean NEVER download bios from someone who is not your motherboard supplier. They're authorized. If that's true, I don't know. I checked Award and they didn't supply what I was looking for. motherboard ! Award is NOT your motherboard manufacturer. Asus / Abit / ECS .. I get your point. I'll check them later today. "unknown flash error". I checked. on boot ? thats strange Your telling me.. Thing is I discovered that if I set floppy drive to none the message is gone. Even stranger. Agreed, windows is crap but I need it. Wrong, I solved the problem by resetting the bios to safe settings. Problem, and message, gone. Box running like a charm now. Obviously the default setting from the flash install were not for my system. there are no default flash settings. Settings are stored in CMOS. CMOS is permanent on your motherboard and its not changing between flashes. It is wery wise to "load default setings" after every bios upgrade, because new bios can havwe different placement of parrameters in CMOS memory. Pozdrawiam. Well, I did a repair on w2k and changed the setting for floppy to the one present. The box has been running ever since. I just hope it stays that way.... Thanx. |
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