"John" said:
I created a disk using format a:/s. It is bootable and downloaded the
latest bios file from asus. In the manual it shows at the a prompt to type
in afudos /filename. I am showing 4 files on my diskett. The afudos.exe
file, a K8V1005.exe file, a 1005.ami file, and a patch.ini file. which one
do I type in as a file name? Is it the KEV1005.exe or is it the 1005.ami. In
the manual it is giving a example of a .rom file.
Thanks
I take it your board is "K8V Deluxe" ? I see a K8V1005.zip file
on the download page:
http://www.asus.it/support/download/item.aspx?ModelName=K8V Deluxe&Type=All
The warning on the file says:
"K8V Deluxe BIOS 1005 **Please flash BIOS using K8V1005.exe, and
do not flash from 1001, 1002 or 1003 to version 1004 through
EZFlash/AFUDOS/LiveUpdate** "
If I unzip that file, I see:
1005.AMI
AFUDOS.exe
k8v1005.exe
patch.ini
In the patch.ini file, it says:
1005.AMI
KEEPDMI
I would go to the command line and execute "k8v1005.exe", as
that file knows about the patch.ini file, which is supposed to
be kept with the k8v1005.exe file. The k8v1005 executable is
a wrapper for the enclosed AFUDOS.exe - k8v1005 reads patch.ini
and figures out the command line arguments to feed to AFUDOS.exe,
so you don't have to figure it out yourself. If you have a hex
editor, inside the k8v1005.exe file, you'll see the text
string "afudos.exe/pbnc" , where the /pbnc options indicate
to AFUDOS what to do.
Procedures like this are used sometimes, when Asus wants to change
the boot block or other sensitive areas in the BIOS.
Make sure you have the right file for your motherboard before
proceeding - any time a boot block is going to be updated, you
lose any possible recovery via crashfree or crashfree2. Only
a duplicate flash chip, like the ioss.com.tw BIOS Savior, can
protect you from every possible calamity.
HTH,
Paul
