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flashing bios to NTFS any diff than to FAT32 Win XP?
I just flashed a bios to an older Epox 8KHA+ MB that will be used for
emergency replacement and extra storage, etc(I'll be replacing an Athlon 1600+ with a 2400+ cpu------never wanted to chance a bios change until now because everything was working very smooth). That system had a FAT32 formatted Win XP system, and I used a abrev. DOS boot floppy with the awdflash utility and correct bin file; all went smooth. Tomorrow I receive my new MB replacement(a P4P800 deluxe) for a new system with a Pent 4 2.8c processor , and I will start assembling it probably tomorrow night. The system will be formatted NTFS this time. Will my approach to flashing a bios be much different? Can a person use a Dos boot floppy to flash a NTFS formatted system? I know there are instructions at the ASUS site, and I sort of looked them over (not much yet). Can CDROMS be used in place of the floppy for a flash -- just curious( I know I would need to change boot order --- my NTFS system of my father was set up with CDROM boot first by me)? Floppies seem to be the chief bios flashing media --is this for NTSF too? The bios instructions at any site never seem to address if there are any different aspects to flashing different systems formatted differently, and what precautions to take. Most bios instructions never mention things like being case sensitive when typing in awdflash xxxxx.bin commands in some cases or if you need to use switches, clear cmos jumpers, etc. Its almost dangerous to read too much on bios flashing on the Net-- it could lead one down a dreary bios chip wasted path, but it does show a person there are many reasons bios flashes fail. Sincerely -- Randyman |
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On Tue, 5 Aug 2003 23:38:33 -0500, Randyman pondered exceedingly, then took
quill in hand and carefully composed... | I just flashed a bios to an older Epox 8KHA+ MB that will be used for | emergency replacement and extra storage, etc(I'll be replacing an Athlon | 1600+ with a 2400+ cpu------never wanted to chance a bios change until now | because everything was working very smooth). That system had a FAT32 | formatted Win XP system, and I used a abrev. DOS boot floppy with the | awdflash utility and correct bin file; all went smooth. Tomorrow I receive | my new MB replacement(a P4P800 deluxe) for a new system with a Pent 4 2.8c | processor , and I will start assembling it probably tomorrow night. The | system will be formatted NTFS this time. | | Will my approach to flashing a bios be much different? Can a person use a | Dos boot floppy to flash a NTFS formatted system? I know there are | instructions at the ASUS site, and I sort of looked them over (not much | yet). Can CDROMS be used in place of the floppy for a flash -- just | curious( I know I would need to change boot order --- my NTFS system of my | father was set up with CDROM boot first by me)? Floppies seem to be the | chief bios flashing media --is this for NTSF too? If you're concerned about flashing directly from a floppy (and some motherboard manufacturers do advise against it), boot with a Win9x startup diskette. It will create a RAM drive. Use a second diskette to copy the flash files to the RAM drive and flash from there. Larc §§§ - Please raise temperature of mail to reply by e-mail - §§§ |
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says... I just flashed a bios to an older Epox 8KHA+ MB that will be used for emergency replacement and extra storage, etc(I'll be replacing an Athlon 1600+ with a 2400+ cpu------never wanted to chance a bios change until now because everything was working very smooth). That system had a FAT32 formatted Win XP system, and I used a abrev. DOS boot floppy with the awdflash utility and correct bin file; all went smooth. Tomorrow I receive my new MB replacement(a P4P800 deluxe) for a new system with a Pent 4 2.8c processor , and I will start assembling it probably tomorrow night. The system will be formatted NTFS this time. Will my approach to flashing a bios be much different? Can a person use a Dos boot floppy to flash a NTFS formatted system? Dead easy. Stick a floppy in the drive. Go to Windows Explorer, right click on the floppy, select format, ensure the "Create startup disk" is ticked and away youu go. It'll create a bare bootable floppy. Copy the FLASH utility and BIOS file to the floppy and boot off that. The only time you'll have a problem is if you try and boot off a floppy and want to read a BIOS file stored on a HDD partitioned using NTFS. FWIW alot of motherboards now come with a flash utility that works in Windows. You click on an icon, it goes to the mobo FTP site, downloads the BIOS and flashes it. -- ________________________ Conor Turton ICQ:31909763 ________________________ |
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Thank you Strontium, Larc, and Conor(and anyone else who adds some insight )
for constructive advice and info. The last floppy for the Epox flash was made right in Win XP "my computer or was it Win explorer like Conor. I deleted a few unnecessary files in the Dos boot disk to make room the expanded flash. I'm glad each of you added some detail You-all have a great week. Any of you out there on the Net do a flash a Asus P4P800 Dx MB? Any suggestions or things to watch out for when doing a bios flash on that board besides not doing it in a thunder storm. Thanks ----- *];o)] Sincerely - Randyman ================================================ "Randyman" wrote in message ... I just flashed a bios to an older Epox 8KHA+ MB that will be used for emergency replacement and extra storage, etc(I'll be replacing an Athlon 1600+ with a 2400+ cpu------never wanted to chance a bios change until now because everything was working very smooth). That system had a FAT32 formatted Win XP system, and I used a abrev. DOS boot floppy with the awdflash utility and correct bin file; all went smooth. Tomorrow I receive my new MB replacement(a P4P800 deluxe) for a new system with a Pent 4 2.8c processor , and I will start assembling it probably tomorrow night. The system will be formatted NTFS this time. Will my approach to flashing a bios be much different? Can a person use a Dos boot floppy to flash a NTFS formatted system? I know there are instructions at the ASUS site, and I sort of looked them over (not much yet). Can CDROMS be used in place of the floppy for a flash -- just curious( I know I would need to change boot order --- my NTFS system of my father was set up with CDROM boot first by me)? Floppies seem to be the chief bios flashing media --is this for NTSF too? The bios instructions at any site never seem to address if there are any different aspects to flashing different systems formatted differently, and what precautions to take. Most bios instructions never mention things like being case sensitive when typing in awdflash xxxxx.bin commands in some cases or if you need to use switches, clear cmos jumpers, etc. Its almost dangerous to read too much on bios flashing on the Net-- it could lead one down a dreary bios chip wasted path, but it does show a person there are many reasons bios flashes fail. Sincerely -- Randyman |
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Not me, sorry. I, really, wanted to run the P4C800. My overclocked
(BIOS-wise) Asus GF3Ti200 prevented that. I'm running the wIntel D865GBF, because the shop (after frying 3 CMOS chips with my video card...yes I'm sure they hate me, now) was not getting the 875 boards from wIntel until the next day. After three days of HELL, I was not about to wait. Saved me $100, to boot. - Randyman stood up at show-n-tell, in , and said: Thank you Strontium, Larc, and Conor(and anyone else who adds some insight ) for constructive advice and info. The last floppy for the Epox flash was made right in Win XP "my computer or was it Win explorer like Conor. I deleted a few unnecessary files in the Dos boot disk to make room the expanded flash. I'm glad each of you added some detail You-all have a great week. Any of you out there on the Net do a flash a Asus P4P800 Dx MB? Any suggestions or things to watch out for when doing a bios flash on that board besides not doing it in a thunder storm. Thanks ----- *];o)] Sincerely - Randyman ================================================ "Randyman" wrote in message ... I just flashed a bios to an older Epox 8KHA+ MB that will be used for emergency replacement and extra storage, etc(I'll be replacing an Athlon 1600+ with a 2400+ cpu------never wanted to chance a bios change until now because everything was working very smooth). That system had a FAT32 formatted Win XP system, and I used a abrev. DOS boot floppy with the awdflash utility and correct bin file; all went smooth. Tomorrow I receive my new MB replacement(a P4P800 deluxe) for a new system with a Pent 4 2.8c processor , and I will start assembling it probably tomorrow night. The system will be formatted NTFS this time. Will my approach to flashing a bios be much different? Can a person use a Dos boot floppy to flash a NTFS formatted system? I know there are instructions at the ASUS site, and I sort of looked them over (not much yet). Can CDROMS be used in place of the floppy for a flash -- just curious( I know I would need to change boot order --- my NTFS system of my father was set up with CDROM boot first by me)? Floppies seem to be the chief bios flashing media --is this for NTSF too? The bios instructions at any site never seem to address if there are any different aspects to flashing different systems formatted differently, and what precautions to take. Most bios instructions never mention things like being case sensitive when typing in awdflash xxxxx.bin commands in some cases or if you need to use switches, clear cmos jumpers, etc. Its almost dangerous to read too much on bios flashing on the Net-- it could lead one down a dreary bios chip wasted path, but it does show a person there are many reasons bios flashes fail. Sincerely -- Randyman -- Strontium "It's no surprise, to me. I am my own worst enemy. 'Cause every now, and then, I kick the livin' **** `outta me." - Lit |
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When you flash a BIOS the hard drive has nothing to do with it. BIOS is
accessed before it reaches the hard drive bot stage. The biggest danger is that the floppy drive will quit working in the middle. It might be possible to make a bootable CDROM and put the files on a CDR. "Randyman" wrote in message ... I just flashed a bios to an older Epox 8KHA+ MB that will be used for emergency replacement and extra storage, etc(I'll be replacing an Athlon 1600+ with a 2400+ cpu------never wanted to chance a bios change until now because everything was working very smooth). That system had a FAT32 formatted Win XP system, and I used a abrev. DOS boot floppy with the awdflash utility and correct bin file; all went smooth. Tomorrow I receive my new MB replacement(a P4P800 deluxe) for a new system with a Pent 4 2.8c processor , and I will start assembling it probably tomorrow night. The system will be formatted NTFS this time. Will my approach to flashing a bios be much different? Can a person use a Dos boot floppy to flash a NTFS formatted system? I know there are instructions at the ASUS site, and I sort of looked them over (not much yet). Can CDROMS be used in place of the floppy for a flash -- just curious( I know I would need to change boot order --- my NTFS system of my father was set up with CDROM boot first by me)? Floppies seem to be the chief bios flashing media --is this for NTSF too? The bios instructions at any site never seem to address if there are any different aspects to flashing different systems formatted differently, and what precautions to take. Most bios instructions never mention things like being case sensitive when typing in awdflash xxxxx.bin commands in some cases or if you need to use switches, clear cmos jumpers, etc. Its almost dangerous to read too much on bios flashing on the Net-- it could lead one down a dreary bios chip wasted path, but it does show a person there are many reasons bios flashes fail. Sincerely -- Randyman |
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