ASUS A7N8X Delux BIOS upgrade problem

[Steve]

Hi

System - AMD 3000+, WinXP Pro (ntfs), ASUS A7N8X Delux M/B.

I am trying to upgrade my ASUS A7N8X Delux BIOS from revision 1006 to what
seems to be the latest revision 1007. The M/B is PCB rev 2.0.

I download the correct BIOS - c18d1007.bin and AWDFLASH
utility, put them on a bootable floppy disk (as per instructions). I also
copy them to a small FAT32 partition on my HDD

I boot to the floppy and type 'C:/' at the prompt to go to my small FAT 32
partition. If I do a 'dir' I see the awdflash utility and my new bios.

I run the flash utility, it asks me for the 'Filename to program', I type
in 'c18d1007.bin'. It then asks me if I want to save the old one - I type
'Y' and save it as old.bin succesfully.

I then press 'Y' to program.

At this point the system just freezes - it
doesn't write anything to the new bios (I can still reboot and run my OS).

Why does it not write the new BIOS? Is there a setting in the current BIOS
which prevents writing over the old one?

Cheers
Steve

 

[Ken Maltby]

Hi

System - AMD 3000+, WinXP Pro (ntfs), ASUS A7N8X Delux M/B.

I am trying to upgrade my ASUS A7N8X Delux BIOS from revision 1006 to what
seems to be the latest revision 1007. The M/B is PCB rev 2.0.

I download the correct BIOS - c18d1007.bin and AWDFLASH
utility, put them on a bootable floppy disk (as per instructions). I also
copy them to a small FAT32 partition on my HDD

I boot to the floppy and type 'C:/' at the prompt to go to my small FAT 32
partition. If I do a 'dir' I see the awdflash utility and my new bios.

I run the flash utility, it asks me for the 'Filename to program', I type
in 'c18d1007.bin'. It then asks me if I want to save the old one - I type
'Y' and save it as old.bin succesfully.

I then press 'Y' to program.

At this point the system just freezes - it
doesn't write anything to the new bios (I can still reboot and run my OS).

Why does it not write the new BIOS? Is there a setting in the current BIOS
which prevents writing over the old one?

Cheers
Steve

Sounds like it may be looking for a place to write the old BIOS
and having trouble finding the right place to put it. Assuming that
your "small FAT32 partition" has at least another 600megs or so,
and that AWDFLASH failed to use the current directory as is
normal, it may have been programmed to use the A: drive
exclusively.

I usually do it from the floppy and swap out another formatted
floppy when it's time to save the old BIOS. It was much easier
when the BIOS was small enough to fit more than one on a
floppy.

Luck;
Ken

 

[Ken Maltby]

Hi

System - AMD 3000+, WinXP Pro (ntfs), ASUS A7N8X Delux M/B.

I am trying to upgrade my ASUS A7N8X Delux BIOS from revision 1006 to what
seems to be the latest revision 1007. The M/B is PCB rev 2.0.

I download the correct BIOS - c18d1007.bin and AWDFLASH
utility, put them on a bootable floppy disk (as per instructions). I also
copy them to a small FAT32 partition on my HDD

I boot to the floppy and type 'C:/' at the prompt to go to my small FAT 32
partition. If I do a 'dir' I see the awdflash utility and my new bios.

I run the flash utility, it asks me for the 'Filename to program', I type
in 'c18d1007.bin'. It then asks me if I want to save the old one - I type
'Y' and save it as old.bin succesfully.

I then press 'Y' to program.

At this point the system just freezes - it
doesn't write anything to the new bios (I can still reboot and run my OS).

Why does it not write the new BIOS? Is there a setting in the current BIOS
which prevents writing over the old one?

Cheers
Steve

Sounds like it may be looking for a place to write the old BIOS
and having trouble finding the right place to put it. Assuming that
your "small FAT32 partition" has at least another 600megs or so,
and that AWDFLASH failed to use the current directory as is
normal, it may have been programmed to use the A: drive
exclusively.

I usually do it from the floppy and swap out another formatted
floppy when it's time to save the old BIOS. It was much easier
when the BIOS was small enough to fit more than one on a
floppy.

Luck;
Ken

 

[Kylesb]

Make certain your boot floppy is not loading himem.sys or emm386.

Also, when asked to save the old BIOS, provide a fully qualified path
to the destination file (i.e., c:\oldbios.bin).

Boot floppies can be conveniently created using the images at
www.bootdisk.com
--
Best regards,
Kyle
| Hi
|
| System - AMD 3000+, WinXP Pro (ntfs), ASUS A7N8X Delux M/B.
|
| I am trying to upgrade my ASUS A7N8X Delux BIOS from revision 1006
to what
| seems to be the latest revision 1007. The M/B is PCB rev 2.0.
|
| I download the correct BIOS - c18d1007.bin and AWDFLASH
| utility, put them on a bootable floppy disk (as per instructions). I
also
| copy them to a small FAT32 partition on my HDD
|
| I boot to the floppy and type 'C:/' at the prompt to go to my small
FAT 32
| partition. If I do a 'dir' I see the awdflash utility and my new
bios.
|
| I run the flash utility, it asks me for the 'Filename to program', I
type
| in 'c18d1007.bin'. It then asks me if I want to save the old one - I
type
| 'Y' and save it as old.bin succesfully.
|
| I then press 'Y' to program.
|
| At this point the system just freezes - it
| doesn't write anything to the new bios (I can still reboot and run
my OS).
|
| Why does it not write the new BIOS? Is there a setting in the
current BIOS
| which prevents writing over the old one?
|
| Cheers
| Steve

 

[Ben Pope]

Hi

System - AMD 3000+, WinXP Pro (ntfs), ASUS A7N8X Delux M/B.

I am trying to upgrade my ASUS A7N8X Delux BIOS from revision 1006 to what
seems to be the latest revision 1007. The M/B is PCB rev 2.0.

http://www.ben.pope.name/a7n8x_faq.html#BIOS_Flash

Ben

 

[Natéag]

It is easier to flash the BIOS from the floppy
by using the Built-inAwasrdBIOS flash utility.

See item 4.1.2. in your motherboard's manual.