bios flash not going...

[Fayd]

MSI p35 neo2-FR

trying to do the bios flash from windows, using v1.3 bios (current version 1.1)

keeps saying "bootblock checksum is bad".

does not compute 🙁

 

[Fayd]

no help?

 

[tomatom]

Please research other's efforts in the net-groups . Bios flashing from Windows
is very dangerous . BACKUP YOUR CURRENT WORKING BIOS ! I know most-many
people don't have floppy drives , but using a floppy is the safest path .
Plan for the worst . A failed flash and dead mobo . If you have made
a floppy disc for flashing , make a second one for " blind flashing " . Its the
same as the 1st. one but has an AUTOEXEC.BAT file that runs the flash
program automatically , even though you don't have a moniter signal-picture .

Search : bios + failure + flash + autoexec.bat + floppy

Check your Bios settings . Some block any change to your Bios !
Also , Don't change the " Boot Block " part of your Bios , or you might loose
the floppydrive ability .

Many new Bioses are comming for the 690G chipset mobos for HD-DVD
writing and playing .

Better to be over prepared than guessing .

 

[Drexl]

You may be able to do it with a USB flash drive if you don't have a floppy drive.