need help flashing bios...

[Toothpick]

Hey Guys
I need help to flash my mobo bios. I have the Abit BH6 (ver.1.01) not the ver.1.1
I went to the Abits website and Dl, the file
for my version which I believe is file BH6SS
and then opened it up in the directory that I had Dl it into.

Then I put the newly extracted file which is called BH6_SS.bin into a diskette along with my "systems files" and a utility called
Awdflash then booted up from my "A" drive

And here is where I don't get my objective completed...need help...as there is not a good write up to do this.

Although I did print out a few pages that I thought would help me, but it didn't

I flashed my bios last year and it was a no brainer, what happened to me

P.S. Abit's website truly sucks, its painfully slowwwwwwwwwwwwww !!!!

Toothpick...really out

 

[LostBoy]

You should be able to just type awdflash at the a: prompt and then follow the onscreen instructions.

 

[Toothpick]

You should be able to just type awdflash at the a: prompt and then follow the onscreen instructions. Text

Yeah, but when I do that i then get a dialog box that asks me for what file and then I type in the name of the "bin" file and then hit the enter key and then it seems to start but nothing actually happens ?????

 

[Jeff H]

Toothpick, send me an email and I'll get back to you w/ flashing instructions, along w/ a file that seems to be harder to find on Abit's website these days (man that site is slow lately <g>) - it's called abitfae.bat. This batch file simplifies flashing. I've modified it (gee, that sounds real technical, doesn't it? Trust me, it isn't.) to allow saving of your old BIOS file.

 

[Toothpick]

I just tried to get into Abits website, but I couldn't EVEN get in, whats wrong with their website ??

And I have a DSL line....Good Grief !!!

 

[Toothpick]

Well, anybody have any suggestions ???? hmmmmmmm

 

[AngelOfDeath]

Hmmm not to sound stupid but you have to write the hole path when it asks for the destination file. I.e. if the bin file is BH6_SS.bin and it's on the floppy disk then you should write: 'A:\BH6_SS.bin'

Have you done that????

AoD

 

[Toothpick]

I'm open for suggestions still

 

[Midnight Rambler]

Go with the batch file that Jeff H has suggested.

 

[Toothpick]

Hmmmmmmmmm, I never received an email from him ???

 

[Jeff H]

Toothpick, I can't send you an email because you don't have your profile enabled. That said, if you read my previous post, I suggested you send me an email so that I could respond (rag mode off <g>).

So, send me an email, I'll send you a reply w/ instructions right off the Abit website (hard to find these days, given the difficulty getting on Abit's site recently). Along w/ the instructions I'll send you two flashing batch files (the original one that doesn't give you the option to save your current BIOS file, and one I modified that gives you that option), the most current flash utility, and the SS BIOS self-extracting file.

 

[Radarman]

Jeff was kind enough to send me the information, thanks Jeff, and it works just fine. Radarman

 

[Toothpick]

Hi Jeff
Sorry for the confusion, but I had sent you two emails. I clicked on your profile and then clicked on your email address

Anyway, I have now enabled my profile ...

 

[Toothpick]

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Mission accomplished !!

It was still a hassle...but with your help Jeff I finally got it It kept saying that I had the wrong version, but I did not, hmmmmm