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flashing bios
i think i have a bios problem with my computer after trend anti-virus
showed me a boot sector virus alert. i want to flash the bios and went to the mainboard manucfacturer's website and download the file but on unzipping it, i discovered there was no instruction in it for doing so, i.e flashing but instead found only one file with .rom extension. how do i resolve this issue? thanks david |
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flashing bios
"emekadavid" wrote in message ups.com... i think i have a bios problem with my computer after trend anti-virus showed me a boot sector virus alert. i want to flash the bios and went to the mainboard manucfacturer's website and download the file but on unzipping it, i discovered there was no instruction in it for doing so, i.e flashing but instead found only one file with .rom extension. how do i resolve this issue? thanks david First, if you've got a boot sector virus, why would you flash the BIOS? That's like a heart transplant to solve a broken leg. The latest BIOS firmware is usually saved to a single file, often with a "ROM" extension. But you need to create a bootable dos floppy disk and install a BIOS flashing program (also downloaded from the manufacturer of your mainboard) on it, in order to write the data to the BIOS chip. But if you've got a boot sector virus, you're still going to have a boot sector virus after flashing your BIOS chip. Oh, and you risk damaging your mainboard by doing so. -Dave |
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sorry, i didn't state the problem properly. i've already removed the
boot virus but discovered my bios *must* be corrupted because it refused to register the vga driver and lan drivers that came with the system board. i've also fixed that. but i wanted to reset the bios through the utility on the system board but was not successful that is why i was thinking of flashing it. my POST gives funny messages. i have the flashing executable on my system cd and found a .rom file on the manc. website, does it mean i'd run the .rom file using the executable? the virus was the cause of the problem but has been fixed. TIA Ummmm, try removing the CMOS battery and shorting the clear_CMOS jumper for about 15 minutes, and then put the jumper and battery back where they belong. -Dave |
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Dave wrote: sorry, i didn't state the problem properly. i've already removed the boot virus but discovered my bios *must* be corrupted because it refused to register the vga driver and lan drivers that came with the system board. i've also fixed that. but i wanted to reset the bios through the utility on the system board but was not successful that is why i was thinking of flashing it. my POST gives funny messages. i have the flashing executable on my system cd and found a .rom file on the manc. website, does it mean i'd run the .rom file using the executable? the virus was the cause of the problem but has been fixed. TIA Ummmm, try removing the CMOS battery and shorting the clear_CMOS jumper for about 15 minutes, and then put the jumper and battery back where they belong. -Dave cleared cmos centuries ago. twice. |
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