I need an idiot guide to flashing bios.

[slowjoecrow]

I have the ecs k7s5a board. I have checked the ecsusa site but i need the idiot version that explaines everything. I need to know how and where to get the .rom,.exe and other files to create a bootable floppy. I need a step by step description for the ecs board and Win2000 pro. help would be greatly appriciated.

 

[tommydn]

try ocworkbench.com They have newest bios and instruction there. Read the FAQ for the board for instruction.

A word of warning: If you flash on win2k do not do a floppy flash. Your board and win2k might have problem writting correct data to floppy. Better boot from a CD(like win98se cd or winme cd) and then flash from the HD.

Goodluck...

 

[slowjoecrow]

 

[slowjoecrow]

so i put in a win98se cd to bootup, incert a disk with the bios from ocworkbench and at the a:\ type in the file name, then follow the instructions. is this correct?

 

[tommydn]

Do you have a Fat32 partition on your HD, put the rom there and cd to it.

I.E. I have win2k on main partition and my backup partition is a FAT32.

When i boot with my win98se cd it make my Fat32 parition C drive.
I just cd to C drive and flash from there. all files are on root directory "C:\" of my backup partition.

Rules of Thumb:
1. Beside your OS partition always have a backup partition to save data.
2. Backup partition is best format as FAT32 since most OS will be able to read FAT32. WHY? NTFS can't be read by other OS except NT types. Unix Part like Linux Ext2 can only be read by UNIX. But Linux, NT, and other OS can always read FAT32. FAT32 is faster than NTFS in benchmark too..

 

[slowjoecrow]

I have the hdd using NTFS. Can I do a clean format of hd and reload win2000pro using fat32?

 

[yz426]

This is how I did it with win98se

I did it allready though went without a problem typed in at the a: prompt with a floppy loaded with system files only 4 of them plus the 2 for flashing. Typed in just like this.

aminf326 ovK7S5AL.rom /a

This is win 98se with lan Used aminf326.exe with ovK7S5AL.rom. System files that were on floppy by formatting floppy with system files only are

Command.com
Drvspace.bin
Io.sys
Msdos.sys

If you can not see these file you might have to go to my computer, view, folder options, view and check show all file types then uncheck hide file extinsions for know file types.

Hope this helps some people out.

 

[gcy]

Link to FAQ for K7S5a bios