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GA-8IEXP BIOS flashing procedure
I have a 2002-vintage Gigabyte GA-8IEXP version 1.2 motherboard, now
using a 2.4GHz Pentium CPU and BIOS version F8. I am hoping to install a 3.06MHz CPU with HT (hyperthreading) and BIOS version F9, which supports HT. I have not yet installed the new CPU. I changed the original F7 BIOS to F8 in 2002 but I do not remember what procedure I used. I think it was the"Dual BIOS/Q-Flash" utility from the BIOS Setup. I have FLASH860.EXE and FLASH864.EXE programs, and 8IEXP.F8 and 8IEXP.F9 BIOS files. I have an eSATA controller board for use with an external backup drive. I made a boot diskette, extracted the FLASH864.EXE and 8iEXP.f8 Files to it, and booted from it. The program lists N82802AB firmware hubs and 28F004BX-T flash memories, and says I have an SST 49LF004A "module". (It is a firmware hub). I don't know whether to change anything, so I did not proceed. There is nothing about this that I see in the Gigabyte manual. I attempted to use the "Dual BIOS/Q-Flash" utility via the BIOS Setup but it says the main BIOS and backup BIOS are both protected, and refuses to change either of them. There is nothing about this that I see in the Gigabyte manual. How can I get around it? |
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