How to flash the BIOS, shuttle AK31v3.1?

[havenmaster]

I suspect the BIOS on my motherboard is corrupted,I made a bootable disk and downloaded the BIOS from Shuttle.Now what do I do to flash the BIOS?Please tell me step by step because I've never flashed the BIOS before.Any help is greatly appreciated.

 

[o1die]

I would try using the cmos jumper before flashing the bios. Just move it over one position for a few seconds with the power supply unplugged, and return to normal operating position. For flashing the bios, I use a win 98 bootdisk, no matter what version of windows I'm running. Download the bios file to your documents section. Click on the files to see if they need unzipping. I have a program called "aladdin" available as a free download. It unzips anything. Select the files one at a time, and move them from documents to a clean floppy diskette (formatted). Reboot your system with the win98 bootdisk in, and let it load without cd drivers. You may have to go into the bios by pressing the "del" key or f1 to make your floppy the first boot device before doing this. After it finishes loading the bootdisk drivers, type in a: dir and and copy exactly the main file for your bios. My msi file is "a6547sms... (for example). Included with the bios files should be an award or ami flash file, such as amfl827 or awdflsh. This is the first file you will use to start the process. When you use the flash file (example a: awdflsh) , the screen will change and you will be asked to enter the main bios file upgrade version. Just follow the directions carefully. Once you start the flashing process, don't touch anything. Let it finish. It will tell you when the flashing process is complete. After finishing, I use the reset switch to reboot. I also re-enter the bios, save and exit using f10. Be aware if you are overclocking the system will not reboot with the same settings or freeze if the power supply causes a temporary problem during the first reboot. Hopefully, you'll hear the familar one beep to tell you all is well. If you have successfully completed the process, the date in the system will change to the same date the new bios file was released, and you will have to change it to today's date. Good luck.

 

[havenmaster]

Hello o1die,
Thanks for the reply,how can I tell if the Bios file I downloaded from Shuttle contains the awdflash file? The motherboard I am trying to flash the BIOS is in a new system I just put together.The system booted fine and everything seems ok,but when I tried to load Window 98se,setup runs fine until the "copy files" part and the system locked up.The same thing happened when I tried to load Window XP.I tried again and again and it always locked up at the same spot.I replaced the memory.CD rom,hard drive,video card and it still locked up(always at "copy files). On another computer, I made a clean bootable disk from my floppy drive (I found the instructionto make a clean bootable disk from another website) and I downloaded the BIOS from Shuttle, the file named ak31s2ei.The instruction I got from another website says the BIOS file must be on a clean bootable disk (not the window 98 bootable disk because there are not enough memory and Window 98 start up disk has other drivers on it that can't be used to flash the BIOS)I am now really confused,Too many contradictory information on how to flas the BIOS.I hope somebody can clear up the confusion.

 

[MARMADUKE]

simple..
use 2 floppys, boot up with 98boot disc, @ A prompt pop the disc and put the new bios disc in