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procedure for updating BIOS P4P800
Just built a system with the P4P800, win Xp Pro, and I want to update the
BIOS from the 08.00.09 (11/06/03) to the latest 08.10.15 It says to not use the EZflash utility unless the current BIOS is the 1014, otherwise create a DOS boot disk. But my XP is NTFS so there is no DOS to boot to? How do I update the BIOS then? -- T Lansberry |
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"Tim Lansberry" wrote in message ... Just built a system with the P4P800, win Xp Pro, and I want to update the BIOS from the 08.00.09 (11/06/03) to the latest 08.10.15 It says to not use the EZflash utility unless the current BIOS is the 1014, otherwise create a DOS boot disk. But my XP is NTFS so there is no DOS to boot to? How do I update the BIOS then? -- T Lansberry If you have a w98 machine you can create a startup disk and delete some unneeded progs if you need extra room for your flashing stuff. You can go to www.bootdisk.com and download a bootdisk. Be sure to send in a few dollars if it works for you; this guy is providing a good service. Billh |
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"Tim Lansberry" wrote in message
... Just built a system with the P4P800, win Xp Pro, and I want to update the BIOS from the 08.00.09 (11/06/03) to the latest 08.10.15 It says to not use the EZflash utility unless the current BIOS is the 1014, otherwise create a DOS boot disk. But my XP is NTFS so there is no DOS to boot to? How do I update the BIOS then? -- T Lansberry You can create a startup floppy and use it to boot to DOS regardless of whether you have NTFS or FAT or whatever. http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT...01022709560139 |
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Tim
Under XP you can create a floppy boot disc using My Computer - shove the floppy in the drive, right click on a: and select format and then tick the option at the bottom: Create an MS Dos startup disk. HTH - Tim "Tim Lansberry" wrote in message ... Just built a system with the P4P800, win Xp Pro, and I want to update the BIOS from the 08.00.09 (11/06/03) to the latest 08.10.15 It says to not use the EZflash utility unless the current BIOS is the 1014, otherwise create a DOS boot disk. But my XP is NTFS so there is no DOS to boot to? How do I update the BIOS then? -- T Lansberry |
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Thanks, I did that but I'm not sure there is enough room on the floppy to
put the extra apps to load the bios on the floppy since the C; drive is not available (NTFS). There seems to be 2 or 3 different methods to update the bios on this board depending on the current bios version and OS - a tad confusing. I'll look again to see if there's a combination that works. -- Tim Lansberry |
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In article , "Tim Lansberry" wrote:
Thanks, I did that but I'm not sure there is enough room on the floppy to put the extra apps to load the bios on the floppy since the C; drive is not available (NTFS). There seems to be 2 or 3 different methods to update the bios on this board depending on the current bios version and OS - a tad confusing. I'll look again to see if there's a combination that works. If you are using XP, just go to where you format a floppy and tell it to create DOS startup disk. It is a little different than with ME or 98 etc where it put all the ide and scsi drivers etc on the disk. It will just create a bootable floppy that will boot you to a dos prompt. There is plenty room on the floppy for the bios file and the flash program. |
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Tim
Once you have the boot floppy you then need to have at hand only the bios update files - IE the flash program (name changes often), the bios and usually thats it. Nothing to do with C drive or any of the other utilities that are mentioned - the bios update runs from DOS using a program written for DOS that usually fits nicely onto a boot floppy - if not get another blank floppy and put the bios update program and new bios file on there. Take a look at the documentation - it is more complete. - Tim "Tim Lansberry" wrote in message ... Thanks, I did that but I'm not sure there is enough room on the floppy to put the extra apps to load the bios on the floppy since the C; drive is not available (NTFS). There seems to be 2 or 3 different methods to update the bios on this board depending on the current bios version and OS - a tad confusing. I'll look again to see if there's a combination that works. -- Tim Lansberry |
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