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Dfran
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PostPosted: Mon, 25 Apr 2005 00:26:12    Post Subject: A8N-SLI, need help flashing bios Reply with quote View Single Post

Everything is brand new, just powered up for the first time with only floppy and gpu on mobo. I put the new bios and flash tool on a dos-startup formatted disk. I read where I need to select "Load Setup Default" then re-boot with disk in, but nothing happens it doesn't boot from the floppy, it just goes back into the bios. What else should I be doing?
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PostPosted: Mon, 25 Apr 2005 04:49:39    Post Subject: Reply with quote View Single Post

I personally don't like flashing the bios from a floppy anymore. Asus has excellent software to update your bios from within windows. I find it alot easier, and safer.
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PostPosted: Mon, 25 Apr 2005 08:26:29    Post Subject: Reply with quote View Single Post

I have no OS yet and an unformatted HDD, all new.
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PostPosted: Mon, 25 Apr 2005 08:53:48    Post Subject: Reply with quote View Single Post

The original bios will work find until you put an OS and format the hard drive. No sense flashing the bios a more risky and difficult way.
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PostPosted: Mon, 25 Apr 2005 12:27:45    Post Subject: Reply with quote View Single Post

The main issue you'll probably find until you flash the bios, is that when you go to do a restart you might have to actually power the machine off instead of a restart. At least that's the issue I encountered on this MB.

Oh yea, ASUS and any software benchmark tool has been misreporting the RAM voltage, although the BIOS reports it correctly.
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PostPosted: Wed, 27 Apr 2005 14:51:17    Post Subject: Reply with quote View Single Post

OK, so I RMA'd my floppy because it seems to be faulty. Without that how do I format my WD HDD so I can put windows on it and then do the Asus ez-flash?
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PostPosted: Wed, 27 Apr 2005 17:21:00    Post Subject: Reply with quote View Single Post

Dfran wrote:
OK, so I RMA'd my floppy because it seems to be faulty. Without that how do I format my WD HDD so I can put windows on it and then do the Asus ez-flash?


Just boot using your Windows XP CD... you can format and install right from there. No need to use the floppy at all.

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PostPosted: Wed, 27 Apr 2005 17:35:06    Post Subject: Reply with quote View Single Post

boot from a CD. You can do that now. Modern technology continues to improve.

Edit: No fair Jim! You posted when my boss was asking me about robocopy. Mad
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PostPosted: Wed, 27 Apr 2005 18:03:02    Post Subject: Reply with quote View Single Post

Kilamon wrote:
boot from a CD. You can do that now. Modern technology continues to improve.

Edit: No fair Jim! You posted when my boss was asking me about robocopy. Mad


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PostPosted: Wed, 27 Apr 2005 19:05:38    Post Subject: Reply with quote View Single Post

JimBowy wrote:
Dfran wrote:
OK, so I RMA'd my floppy because it seems to be faulty. Without that how do I format my WD HDD so I can put windows on it and then do the Asus ez-flash?


Just boot using your Windows XP CD... you can format and install right from there. No need to use the floppy at all.


Oh.... I thought I needed Data Lifeguard Tools to format first.
thanks.
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