Flashing BIOS in EPOX 8KHA + What am i doing wrong ?

[leeland]

I am trying to flash my bios and i am getting an error, i went and looked in my owners manual and it is conficting with what i have...

in the manual it tells me to download some .exe program and run it in dos...and then use the .Bin File to update the BIOS

well on my MB when i boot the rig up it says to enter AWDFlash hit Alt+F2

so i do that and it says place the floppy with the bin file in the A:\ drive and hit enter...


and i get an error saying not the source....any ideas ???


thanks in advance


leeland

 

[Mem]

Download the bios,and unzip(extract it and put it on the floppy disk ,empty one).

Reboot with the floppy in the drive hit "ALt-F2".

There`s another way of doing it with a bootdisk,but the above way is the easiest,I would recommend you check the floppy for any disk errors before you download and put the bios files onto it.

Here`s how to do it

The ALT+F2 Method

Download the required BIOS image file from the EPoX website.
Ensure the mainboard is set at LOAD OPTIMIZED DEFAULTS and is not overclocked in any way.
Copy or extract the BIOS image file (named xxxxxxxx.bin) to a blank floppy disk with no bad sectors on it.
Restart the machine with the floppy disk in the floppy drive
When prompted at machine initialization, press ALT+F2 to begin performing the flashing of the BIOS.
The BIOS will automatically flash and reboot the machine.
After this, press DEL to enter the BIOS setup and select to "LOAD OPTIMIZED DEFAULTS". After doing this select to "SAVE & EXIT"
Please note that this does not create a backup of the BIOS binary file.
This does not require you to have a bootable floppy disk.

The Boot Disk Method

Create a bootable floppy disk in accordance with the instructions laid out in the manual of your particular operating system. This bootable floppy needs to be able to boot to a DOS console capable of executing normal MS-DOS batch and executable files.
Download the required BIOS image file from the EPoX website.
Ensure the mainboard is set at LOAD OPTIMIZED DEFAULTS and is not overclocked in any way.
Copy to this floppy disk a copy of AWDFLASH.EXE and also a copy of the BIOS binary image file called xxxxxxxx.bin
Insert the diskette into drive A, reboot your system and boot from the diskette.
When booting is finished, type awdflash *.bin /sn/py/cc/ (dependant of the name of the BIOS image file) and then press return to run BIOS upgrade program.
The BIOS will automatically flash and reboot the machine.
After this, press DEL to enter the BIOS setup and select to "LOAD OPTIMIZED DEFAULTS". After doing this select to "SAVE & EXIT"
Please note that this does not create a backup of the BIOS binary file.
For Command line help on Award Flash utility, type AWDFLASH/? at the command prompt and press return.

 

[leeland]

thanks i am a friggin moron, i figured it out...basically copied for folder and forgot to erase the folder...

another silly question...once it is done does it just say the new date at the bottom of the screen...


the reason i am doing the bios update is to upgrade the CPU...to an XP 2600 and i want to make sure it took before i go and order the CPU


thanks in advance

leeland

 

[Mem]

the reason i am doing the bios update is to upgrade the CPU...to an XP 2600 and i want to make sure it took before i go and order the CPU

Make sure you buy a XP 2600+ (266mhz FSB) cpu and not the very common XP 2600+ ( 333mhz one).As far as I know the 266 mhz FSB version of the XP 2600+ are very hard to find and I mean very hard,infact I`m not sure if you can still find them,you might be better going for the XP 2400+ (266 FSB) CPU.

Yes it will say the BIOS date info etc after flash and reboot.