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sm66ca

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Since: Dec 09, 2004
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(Msg. 1) Posted: Wed Dec 08, 2004 5:33 am
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Attention Experts:

I did a baddddddddd thing...My attempt at updating my bios went horribly wrong
when it stalled RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE of the update.I tried the "floppy" fix by
placing on it the flasher and bios update along with an autoexec file with the
suitable command to flash the bios that way, BUT to no avail. Now I'm guessing
my bios is still okay given the fact that "BootLock" on it has been activated.
The thing is while the floppy is booting I get the Award Flasher dialogue box
but no cursor where I can type in the *.bin file for the update. The keyboard
is inoperative (tried several).

I'm stuck and require the advice/service of an expert which I will gladly pay
for.

The board is as I say, an Epox: Model# ep-8rda3+ (revision 1.x)
(I'm told most all Asus boards are universal flashers)

Michael
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DaveL

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(Msg. 2) Posted: Wed Dec 08, 2004 9:19 am
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You could contact Epox and ask them to send you a new bios chip (I did this
before with Shuttle. They charged me $10). You would need to get a chip
puller from Radio Shack. There is always the hot swap method but I never
tried it.

DaveL


"Sm66ca" <sm66ca.RemoveThis@aol.com> wrote in message
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 > Attention Experts:
 >
 > I did a baddddddddd thing...My attempt at updating my bios went horribly
wrong
 > when it stalled RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE of the update.I tried the "floppy" fix
by
 > placing on it the flasher and bios update along with an autoexec file with
the
 > suitable command to flash the bios that way, BUT to no avail. Now I'm
guessing
 > my bios is still okay given the fact that "BootLock" on it has been
activated.
 > The thing is while the floppy is booting I get the Award Flasher dialogue
box
 > but no cursor where I can type in the *.bin file for the update. The
keyboard
 > is inoperative (tried several).
 >
 > I'm stuck and require the advice/service of an expert which I will gladly
pay
 > for.
 >
 > The board is as I say, an Epox: Model# ep-8rda3+ (revision 1.x)
 > (I'm told most all Asus boards are universal flashers)
 >
 > Michael
 > sm66ca.RemoveThis@aol.com<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->

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stephensheppar

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(Msg. 3) Posted: Wed Dec 08, 2004 10:42 am
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Sm66ca wrote:
 > Attention Experts:
 >
 > I did a baddddddddd thing...My attempt at updating my bios went
horribly wrong
 > when it stalled RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE of the update.I tried the
"floppy" fix by
 > placing on it the flasher and bios update along with an autoexec file
with the
 > suitable command to flash the bios that way, BUT to no avail. Now I'm
guessing
 > my bios is still okay given the fact that "BootLock" on it has been
activated.
 > The thing is while the floppy is booting I get the Award Flasher
dialogue box
 > but no cursor where I can type in the *.bin file for the update. The
keyboard
 > is inoperative (tried several).
 >
 > I'm stuck and require the advice/service of an expert which I will
gladly pay
 > for.
 >
 > The board is as I say, an Epox: Model# ep-8rda3+ (revision 1.x)
 > (I'm told most all Asus boards are universal flashers)
 >
 > Michael
 > sm66ca RemoveThis @aol.com


In the USA, <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.epoxstore.com." target="_blank">www.epoxstore.com.</a>

$10 for a replacement chip (preflashed).

$5 for the PLCC extractor.

Went this route about 8 months ago for my EP-8KTA3PRO. I also
hotflashed (risky) my old chip so now I have a backup BIOS.
Stephen Sheppard<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
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(Msg. 4) Posted: Wed Dec 08, 2004 8:17 pm
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sm66ca

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(Msg. 5) Posted: Wed Dec 08, 2004 8:21 pm
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Are you familiar with something called the Bios Savior? It resembles an actual
Bios chip. You install it into you Motherboard and then install the Corrupted,
original chip piggy-back style on top of it. Unfortunately, for me, it doees
not work as stated. Anyway, again, many thx for sage advice...

Regards,

Mike
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stephensheppar

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(Msg. 6) Posted: Thu Dec 09, 2004 3:11 pm
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Yes, I've heard of BIOS Savior. I looked into once but at the time I
didn't know if I needed the 2 mbit chip or the 4 mbit chip.

If you already have a corrupted BIOS you have to order BIOS Savior
pre-flashed with a good BIOS for your board. Once installed you boot
your machine, toggle the switch, and flash your BIOS chip. Now you
have two copies. In the future if one copy gets corrupted you repeat
the same steps

Stephen Sheppard
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(Msg. 7) Posted: Sat Dec 11, 2004 11:49 pm
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Why on earth did it halt halfway through the flash?

Heard 8rda3+ rev 1.x boards dont flash to the newer bios at all!

Cheers
michael
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Doug Lynn

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(Msg. 8) Posted: Tue Dec 28, 2004 10:26 pm
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Hi, you should use the bios flash program to update the bios on newer boards
including Epox. Its invoked using alt-F2 usually, check the manua and follow
the directions for naming the bios file on a floppy. Insert it in drive and
hit alt-F2 will bring up the bios flash program. Radio Shack
stores sells the bios chip extraction tool.

Doug
<a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.lynncomp.com" target="_blank">www.lynncomp.com</a>
Epox direct reseller


"Sm66ca" <sm66ca DeleteThis @aol.com> wrote in message
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 > Attention Experts:
 >
 > I did a baddddddddd thing...My attempt at updating my bios went horribly
 > wrong
 > when it stalled RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE of the update.I tried the "floppy" fix
 > by
 > placing on it the flasher and bios update along with an autoexec file with
 > the
 > suitable command to flash the bios that way, BUT to no avail. Now I'm
 > guessing
 > my bios is still okay given the fact that "BootLock" on it has been
 > activated.
 > The thing is while the floppy is booting I get the Award Flasher dialogue
 > box
 > but no cursor where I can type in the *.bin file for the update. The
 > keyboard
 > is inoperative (tried several).
 >
 > I'm stuck and require the advice/service of an expert which I will gladly
 > pay
 > for.
 >
 > The board is as I say, an Epox: Model# ep-8rda3+ (revision 1.x)
 > (I'm told most all Asus boards are universal flashers)
 >
 > Michael
 > sm66ca DeleteThis @aol.com<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
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