Bios Update

  • Thread starter Thread starter Guest
  • Start date Start date
G

Guest

Blake, Ken, Malke, Crazy Rick from the UK. MVP's, etc...
I recently purchased an old K-7 AMD Duron. I need assistance on a web site
to go to for Bios Flash. Respectfully,
Woz
 
Woz said:
Blake, Ken, Malke, Crazy Rick from the UK. MVP's, etc...
I recently purchased an old K-7 AMD Duron. I need assistance on a web
site to go to for Bios Flash. Respectfully,
Click to expand...


The first question is why do you want to flash the BIOS?

Certainly don't do it just because it's X years old and there are upgrades
available. Although a BIOS upgrade normally goes well, it is not without
danger. If something goes wrong while the upgrade is an progress (for
example, a lapse in power) you can be left with no BIOS at all, and an
unbootable computer.

Do a BIOS upgrade if you need to--because you are having a problem that the
new version is known to fix--not just because one is available.
 
Hey guys I agree, I'm the Lecturer on not flashing the Bios. Installed a
200Gig. Seagate HDD. I have a Server License 2003, with 5 Cals. I'm not
showing The 48 LBA allocation. And I Don't know if Server 2003 has the
patchces like WinXP. I don't want to Install and the lose the end of my HDD.
I know i can go ahead and format the drive at 137.gigs, but thats a lot of
waste. I'm intuitive to any Suggestions.
Thanks, Woz
 
=?Utf-8?B?V296IE9mZmljZTpTREtfQkVUQSBPL1M=?= said:
Blake, Ken, Malke, Crazy Rick from the UK. MVP's, etc...
I recently purchased an old K-7 AMD Duron. I need assistance on a web site
to go to for Bios Flash. Respectfully,
Click to expand...

Bios flash programs are best had from the motherboard maker. Be sure the
file addresses a problem you need to solve.
 
I have flashed a BIOS on a number of occasions but unless you need the
'updated' BIOS because of some incompatibility with hardware i'd leave well
alone. I remember very well the time i flashed the BIOS and didn't notice
that an error message had appeared telling me the checksum didn't match. The
end result was a useless motherboard!

--
John Barnett MVP
Associate Expert
http://xphelpandsupport.mvps.org

The information in this post is supplied "as is". No warranty of any kind,
either expressed or implied, is made in relation to the accuracy,
reliability or content of this post. The Author shall not be liable for any
direct, indirect, incidental or consequential damages arising out of the use
of, or inability to use, information or opinions expressed in this post..
 
Old whatever means nothing. Nonspecific website and its specific address
for the bios update means even less.
 
John said:
I have flashed a BIOS on a number of occasions but unless you need the
'updated' BIOS because of some incompatibility with hardware i'd leave well
alone. I remember very well the time i flashed the BIOS and didn't notice
that an error message had appeared telling me the checksum didn't match. The
end result was a useless motherboard!
Click to expand...

Grin. It's happened to all of us :)
 
Yes but why do we have the impulse to press the OK button knowing very well
that the checksum is wrong. It's like pressing the self destruct button:-)

--
John Barnett MVP
Associate Expert
http://xphelpandsupport.mvps.org

The information in this post is supplied "as is". No warranty of any kind,
either expressed or implied, is made in relation to the accuracy,
reliability or content of this post. The Author shall not be liable for any
direct, indirect, incidental or consequential damages arising out of the use
of, or inability to use, information or opinions expressed in this post..
 
Back
Top