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Decompressing BIOS image to RAM for fast booting


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Re-flash the bios. Use award bios flash utility via Floppy Disk, assuming is uses award.

 

 

Make a ms-dos floppy start up disk. Right click on the floppy drive, format, create ms-dos startup.

 

Then on another floppy drive put the new bios file (something.bin) and AWDFLASH.exe (get it from your MB driver CD)

 

Boot the PC and after post it will go to command prompt. After you have A:\ at the screen, remove the ms-dos startup disk and put the bios/award flash floppy in and type.

 

awdflash.exe \f

 

 

It will load awdflash.exe and you input the bios name and click enter, no, yes, and it will flash. Volia

 

 

/f is code for FORCE. So you can force bios flash to new/old bios.

 

 

If you have 2x1 gigs of ram, try removing one stick and booting with that.

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Re-flash the bios. Use award bios flash utility via Floppy Disk, assuming is uses award

yea thats what i wos going to say lol icon14.gif dosent that mb have dualbios this taken from there website

 

DualBIOS™ is a GIGABYTE patented technology that automatically recovers BIOS data when main BIOS has crashed or failed. Featuring 2 physical BIOS ROMs integrated onboard, GIGABYTE DualBIOS™ allows quick and seamless recovery from BIOS damage or failure due to viruses or improper BIOS updating.

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Re-flash the bios. Use award bios flash utility via Floppy Disk, assuming is uses award.

 

 

Make a ms-dos floppy start up disk. Right click on the floppy drive, format, create ms-dos startup.

 

Then on another floppy drive put the new bios file (something.bin) and AWDFLASH.exe (get it from your MB driver CD)

 

Boot the PC and after post it will go to command prompt. After you have A:\ at the screen, remove the ms-dos startup disk and put the bios/award flash floppy in and type.

 

awdflash.exe \f

 

 

It will load awdflash.exe and you input the bios name and click enter, no, yes, and it will flash. Volia

 

 

/f is code for FORCE. So you can force bios flash to new/old bios.

 

 

If you have 2x1 gigs of ram, try removing one stick and booting with that.

but how i'll choise the floppy disk if i can't even see the BIOS menu?????

 

and i've been tried to remove memory sticks and nothing happened.

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You will need to make the floppy's on another PC. My method doesn't require loading the Bios Menu.

 

 

Have you tried resetting CMOS? Its a little jumper on the MB near the power switch connectors. It will say CLR_CMOS. Move that jumper to the left or right covering the currently uncovered pin. Boot the PC and wait 30 seconds, shut down, reboot.

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You will need to make the floppy's on another PC. My method doesn't require loading the Bios Menu.

but what if i don't have floppy drive?

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this is taken from your manual

 

From GIGABYTE's website, download the latest compressed BIOS update file that matches your

motherboard model.

2. Extract the file and save the new BIOS file (e.g. 45tud3lr.f1) to your floppy disk, USB flash drive,

or hard drive. Note: The USB flash drive or hard drive must use FAT32/16/12 file system.

3. Restart the system. During the POST, press the <End> key to enter Q-Flash. Note: You can

access Q-Flash by either pressing the <End> key during the POST or pressing the <F8> key in

BIOS Setup. However, if the BIOS update file is saved to a hard drive in RAID/AHCI mode or a hard

drive attached to an independent IDE/SATA controller, use the <End> key during the POST to

access Q-Flash.

Because BIOS

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Go to the website and download the newest bios. Then, on your MB CD look for awdflash.exe

right now i don't have the mainboards cd...can i download the awdflash.exe from internet

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Here is the most current bios - http://download1.msi.com.tw/files/download...exe/7512v15.zip

 

 

Extract that .zip and put....

 

AFUD4234.exe and A75IMS.150 on one, freshly formatted floppy.

 

 

Make a MS-DOS boot disk and do what I said to do but replace awdflash.exe with AFUD4234.exe

 

 

If AFUD4234.exe doesn't work, I will find you awdflash.exe to try that. This is why I only buy ASUS boards!

 

 

 

 

 

You can also try removing the memory all together and see if you can enter bios., however, obviously, Windows won't boot.

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sory me bad got confused with a difrent post lol but ObsessedWithGTA4 has coverd everthing very good post ObsessedWithGTA4 icon14.gificon14.gif

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Sorry, your going to need a floppy to flash using AWDFLASH.exe It is a primitive method but the safest way to do things. You can buy a Floppy Drive for $10-20 locally, after your done, just return it. smile.gif

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Sorry, your going to need a floppy to flash using AWDFLASH.exe It is a primitive method but the safest way to do things. You can buy a Floppy Drive for $10-20 locally, after your done, just return it. smile.gif

nice way....but it's saturday and shops are closed now sad.gif

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WARNING!!!!!

DON'T FLASH FROM A FLOPPY DISK!!!!

DON'T FLASH WHEN YOUR SYSTEM IS RUNNING FINE!!!!

DON'T FLASH IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DOING!!!!

 

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With today's motherboards and bios' you cant mess it up. It's fine and in my opinion the only proper way to flash a bios is from a floppy and awdflash you can probably flash with awdflash with a flash drive.

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