New BIOS

[brian johnson]

I have a CUV4x and I cannot get any XP boot CD to boot. At bootup the drive
lites up then the HD boots. Trying to boot from the 2nd cd-rom is not any
better.

I can boot from CD using any other OS, (Wx, NT, Linux and so on). A BIOS
sales company told me I need a new BIOS ($65 USD, only $25 in a follow-up
e-mail) as I'm trying to boot file system that the BIOS does not recognize.

BIOS info:
Award Modular BIOS v6.0
ASUS CUV4X ACPI BIOS Revision 1009
Chipset: VIA 82C60

Although the new BIOS is 'Windows XP Compliant something does not quite add
up.

Anyone else face this?

thanks

 

[Ayoub]

try hitting esc at startup.
with my old asus board it gave a one-off boot menu without having to go into
bios.
cheers

 

[Paul]

I have a CUV4x and I cannot get any XP boot CD to boot. At bootup the drive
lites up then the HD boots. Trying to boot from the 2nd cd-rom is not any
better.

I can boot from CD using any other OS, (Wx, NT, Linux and so on). A BIOS
sales company told me I need a new BIOS ($65 USD, only $25 in a follow-up
e-mail) as I'm trying to boot file system that the BIOS does not recognize.

BIOS info:
Award Modular BIOS v6.0
ASUS CUV4X ACPI BIOS Revision 1009
Chipset: VIA 82C60

Although the new BIOS is 'Windows XP Compliant something does not quite add
up.

Anyone else face this?

thanks

Have a look in Google - these people seem to think a beta BIOS
enables WinXP. The latest beta version is 1010.003 .
I tried search terms: cuv4x winxp

http://groups.google.com/[email protected]

ftp://ftp.asuscom.de/pub/ASUScom/BIOS/Socket_370/VIA_Chipset/Apollo_Pro_133Z/CUV4X

Wichtig:
Laden Sie VOR & NACH jedem Update
im BIOS die "Setup defaults" !
Ein BIOS-Update geschieht generell

Importantly: Load BEFORE & TO each update in the BIOS "Setup defaults"!
An BIOS update generally happens (?!?)

Many sad tales start this way:

"A BIOS sales company told me... "

HTH,
Paul

 

[Canus_Lupis]

If you need a new bios chip, go here.
www.badflash.com

I think around $15 will do it. I can`t be bothered looking.

 

[Rick Towler]

I have a CUV4x and I cannot get any XP boot CD to boot. At bootup the drive
lites up then the HD boots. Trying to boot from the 2nd cd-rom is not any
better.

I can boot from CD using any other OS, (Wx, NT, Linux and so on). A BIOS
sales company told me I need a new BIOS ($65 USD, only $25 in a follow-up
e-mail) as I'm trying to boot file system that the BIOS does not recognize.

That sounds like a load of crap to me. If it is true that you can boot
other "bootable" cds then you should be able to boot the XP cd. Of
course a BIOS company is going to say you need a new BIOS.

Have you tried the XP cd on another machine? Are you sure it is
bootable? (Is this a "back-up" copy that while containing the files
doesn't have the boot junk on it?).

google for "bart bootable cd". There are instructions there for
creating a bootable XP cd with slipstreamed SP-1 (you could slipstream
SP-2 now if you wish). You don't have to slipstream the service pack,
though it is convienient.


And if the XP cd does boot on another machine, then maybe the BIOS guys
are right. But like I said, it sounds like a load to me.

-R