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P4P800 Deluxe - Asus Update and WinXP SP2
Hi NG,
I'm trying to install the Asus Update Utility Program ver 5.28.01 from http://www.asus.com/pub/ASUS/mb/flash/Asusupdt52801.zip to my PC after I upgraded it to WinXP SP2. The Asus program states that I do not have a ASUS motherboards and then quits the installation. But I do have a P4P800 Deluxe MB. Is there a newer version of above program or some fix I should do to WinXP SP2? - Chr |
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Ok went to:
http://www.asus.com.tw/support/download/download.aspx Clicked Tools, and found this new version 5.31.01: http://www.asus.com.tw/pub/ASUS/mb/f...supdt53101.zip same result - the program states that I don't have an Asus MB. If some one knows a fix I'll be happy to hear about it :-) - Chr |
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In article , "Christian"
wrote: Ok went to: http://www.asus.com.tw/support/download/download.aspx Clicked Tools, and found this new version 5.31.01: http://www.asus.com.tw/pub/ASUS/mb/f...supdt53101.zip same result - the program states that I don't have an Asus MB. If some one knows a fix I'll be happy to hear about it :-) - Chr Always check the "More" link, for the BIOS releases listed on the download page for your board. The motherboards can have up to three methods to do the flash, and not all methods work properly for a given release. The manual says you can use AFUDOS and a MSDOS boot disk. Or, you can use EZFlash, by pressing Alt F2 at startup. I would expect EZFlash to be more forgiving, and maybe it will allow you to update. If you are at all curious, you could start by using one of the flash programs, to backup your current BIOS. Take the resulting BIOS file, and compare it to a BIOS file with a similar release number from the download page. I can promise you, that the two files will not be the same, so a direct comparison is not possible. The reason for this, is the DMI and ESCD information, is written by the BIOS, into the flash chip, every time the computer POSTs and new hardware is found. So, there will be a section of the flash image, nearer the end of the file than at the beginning, that differs from the download. Otherwise, the front part of the file should be identical to a similar release downloaded from the Asus web site. Obviously, the flash programs are checking an identifier in the BIOS chip, to see whether the new BIOS is a member of the same family as the old one. You can use a hex editor, and examine the backup and downloaded BIOS files, and see whether the identification information is the same. Check the very end of the file, for example, where there is a release number stored and the name of the board. I cannot promise this will help, but Asus has had problems before, with localization (specifically, the use of "," versus "." for the decimal point in numbers). Try Control Panel / Regional Settings /Number / Decimal Symbol and change it from "," to "." Maybe the Asus software reads the release number, and when the OS passes this as delimited with "," , the software fails. HTH, Paul |
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Hi Paul,
I cannot promise this will help, but Asus has had problems before, with localization (specifically, the use of "," versus "." for the decimal point in numbers). Try Control Panel / Regional Settings /Number / Decimal Symbol and change it from "," to "." Spot on. Made the change to my regional setup and the install of Asusupdt Version 5.31.01 works like it should. Thanks! - Chr |
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