Cannot flash BIOS.

[vash]

K, got my K7D Master-L today and the BIOS is 1.1. When I try to flash the BIOS from floppy, the system constantly hangs and I cannot get it back. From numerous reports, the 1.3 BIOS is much better than the 1.1 (stability, etc), so I am definitely wondering why I cannot flash the system. So far, I've tried taking out one CPU, changing ram, etc, but no dice.

Anyone with a tip to get the system flashed?

vash

 

[o1die]

If the 1.3 bios file is in zip format, try copying it to your documents file, then unzipping it there. Then copy the unzipped files to a bootable floppy, or use a win98 bootdisk, then change to the bios floppy when ready.

 

[Iron Woode]

maybe there is a BIOS setting that allows/disallows flashing the BIOS.

 

[Mem]

Download and install MSI LiveUpdate 2,it will download the bios file and make a DOS bootdisk and then all you`ve to do is reboot with the floppy in and it will autoflash,before you do this make sure virus protection is disabled in bios.

BTW I did this lastweek with the LiveUpdate 2 program and it worked fine on my MSI board and yes it did make a DOS floppy bootdisk with the new bios file etc and autoflash on bootup.

You may ask while I did this,well I was having trouble with it flashing from my own floppydisk that I made , it would not flash for some reason(first time it would not flash the bios for me) so I decided to try the MSI LiveUpdate 2 program and it worked fine from that.

 

[vash]

Figured this out, after searching the amdmd.com forums. Basically, there is a bug in the way you flash the 1.1 BIOS of this board. You have to do two things:

1. Clear the CMOS and DO NOT change settings (get our your PS/2 keyboard).
2. Jumper board to 100Mhz FSB.

Then you can flash the system to 1.3. Doing this, I got my system flashed and the board looks fine now. Win2k is working like a champ and Gentoo is getting installed as I type this. So far, so good.

vash