In about 2 weeks I'm going to be upgrading my system. The upgrades worth noting in this case are from a Asus A8V Delux to a DFI NF4 Ultra-D and a EVGA 6600gt to a Sapphire X800GTO2.
My problem is that in order to successfully upgrade I need to flash my 4 Maxtor 300gb Sata Drives to a new firmware because of some issues they have with the nf4 chipset. (huge post on it on dfi-street link). I'm also planning on unlocking the 4 extra pipes on the gto2.
My problem is that I do not have a floppy drive. My first thought was to buy an external one, since I really would like to avoid buying one. But... It seems that the firmware files for the maxtors are automatically extracted from the exe to the A: directory, which an external could not be named to... I think. I don't have the firmware just yet, but I will soon enough. I know that I can boot with first priority being a usb device, so I was wondering if I could actually do this with an external floppy.
As for flashing the Sapphire, I think I can do it using DRDOS and flashing it from files on my hd. I guess my main issue is really the maxtors.
On another note... is there ANY reason at all this external floppy won't work on a non dell? Link
They seem to have several different external floppies all ranging in price depending on the system... and I'm not sure if they're just selling the same floppy at different prices or something else.
My problem is that in order to successfully upgrade I need to flash my 4 Maxtor 300gb Sata Drives to a new firmware because of some issues they have with the nf4 chipset. (huge post on it on dfi-street link). I'm also planning on unlocking the 4 extra pipes on the gto2.
My problem is that I do not have a floppy drive. My first thought was to buy an external one, since I really would like to avoid buying one. But... It seems that the firmware files for the maxtors are automatically extracted from the exe to the A: directory, which an external could not be named to... I think. I don't have the firmware just yet, but I will soon enough. I know that I can boot with first priority being a usb device, so I was wondering if I could actually do this with an external floppy.
As for flashing the Sapphire, I think I can do it using DRDOS and flashing it from files on my hd. I guess my main issue is really the maxtors.
On another note... is there ANY reason at all this external floppy won't work on a non dell? Link
They seem to have several different external floppies all ranging in price depending on the system... and I'm not sure if they're just selling the same floppy at different prices or something else.
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