Possible Hardware issue?

[Scrufuss]

(6th November 2009 21:22)EricCartman Wrote:  Not sure if the floppy would work in my case seeing as how I removed the drive a month ago and replaced it with a fan controller. Anyway to flash it via cd-rom/dvd?

Take the cover off, plug that floppy back in and run it, just let it sit there on something, dont need to mount it for the few minutes you will use it.
The computer wont melt w/o the fan for a few minutes.

[Benny2guns]

(6th November 2009 21:25)Mothergoose729 Wrote:  Most of the time you can flash your bios from within windows. Visit your motherboard manufactures website and look into it. My AMD foxcon board and my asus netbook both flash using a tool you download and install within windows. Your board should support something similar.

The danger is though, if your computer is not all stable, it can be problematic. Just be sure your computer is not likely to crash during the flash, because if it does it will likely kill the board (or at least the bios chip).

Mothergoose, that is not recomended even by M/B manufactures. Even though they make software to do it they still recomened useing a floppy drive. Before Abit sold out i was Abit tech support and i can tell you that this is a fact.
If you have no floppy installed you can hook one up long enough to flash with, just take the side off the case and plug it in.
I do not recomend any other means of flashing a bios period.

[Scrufuss]

(6th November 2009 23:48)Benny2guns Wrote:  

(6th November 2009 21:25)Mothergoose729 Wrote:  Most of the time you can flash your bios from within windows. Visit your motherboard manufactures website and look into it. My AMD foxcon board and my asus netbook both flash using a tool you download and install within windows. Your board should support something similar.

The danger is though, if your computer is not all stable, it can be problematic. Just be sure your computer is not likely to crash during the flash, because if it does it will likely kill the board (or at least the bios chip).

Mothergoose, that is not recomended even by M/B manufactures. Even though they make software to do it they still recomened useing a floppy drive. Before Abit sold out i was Abit tech support and i can tell you that this is a fact.
If you have no floppy installed you can hook one up long enough to flash with, just take the side off the case and plug it in.
I do not recomend any other means of flashing a bios period.

Wow I wish I thought of that.
Anyway I should have added (above) that it is MUCH safer to do it from a floppy drive at the dos window because so much less can go wrong. I would recommend that the floppy disk be formatted first before the software is copied to it and then test that you can copy the data back off of it before you actually use it. As Mothergoose said, you will get no second chance with this process

[Benny2guns]

(7th November 2009 02:13)Scrufuss Wrote:  

(6th November 2009 23:48)Benny2guns Wrote:  

(6th November 2009 21:25)Mothergoose729 Wrote:  Most of the time you can flash your bios from within windows. Visit your motherboard manufactures website and look into it. My AMD foxcon board and my asus netbook both flash using a tool you download and install within windows. Your board should support something similar.

The danger is though, if your computer is not all stable, it can be problematic. Just be sure your computer is not likely to crash during the flash, because if it does it will likely kill the board (or at least the bios chip).

Mothergoose, that is not recomended even by M/B manufactures. Even though they make software to do it they still recomened useing a floppy drive. Before Abit sold out i was Abit tech support and i can tell you that this is a fact.
If you have no floppy installed you can hook one up long enough to flash with, just take the side off the case and plug it in.
I do not recomend any other means of flashing a bios period.

Wow I wish I thought of that.
Anyway I should have added (above) that it is MUCH safer to do it from a floppy drive at the dos window because so much less can go wrong. I would recommend that the floppy disk be formatted first before the software is copied to it and then test that you can copy the data back off of it before you actually use it. As Mothergoose said, you will get no second chance with this process

Actually we posted at the same time and yours came up first. Go figure. But you can take it if you want it. More than one person that knows what they are on about is not a good thing. Have fun.

[Scrufuss]

(7th November 2009 03:03)Benny2guns Wrote:  Actually we posted at the same time and yours came up first. Go figure. But you can take it if you want it. More than one person that knows what they are on about is not a good thing. Have fun.

Actually it IS a good thing that more then 1 person harps the same tune... (now if he screws up his bios using the floppy he will be convinced we jinxed him..)

[Benny2guns]

(7th November 2009 03:09)Scrufuss Wrote:  

(7th November 2009 03:03)Benny2guns Wrote:  Actually we posted at the same time and yours came up first. Go figure. But you can take it if you want it. More than one person that knows what they are on about is not a good thing. Have fun.

Actually it IS a good thing that more then 1 person harps the same tune... (now if he screws up his bios using the floppy he will be convinced we jinxed him..)

Was there a Bios version that addressed his problem?

[Scrufuss]

(7th November 2009 03:11)Benny2guns Wrote:  

(7th November 2009 03:09)Scrufuss Wrote:  

(7th November 2009 03:03)Benny2guns Wrote:  Actually we posted at the same time and yours came up first. Go figure. But you can take it if you want it. More than one person that knows what they are on about is not a good thing. Have fun.

Actually it IS a good thing that more then 1 person harps the same tune... (now if he screws up his bios using the floppy he will be convinced we jinxed him..)

Was there a Bios version that addressed his problem?

It wasn't mentioned... We both know there is one.. Still no matter, the bios can fry..

[Benny2guns]

(7th November 2009 03:37)Scrufuss Wrote:  

(7th November 2009 03:11)Benny2guns Wrote:  

(7th November 2009 03:09)Scrufuss Wrote:  

(7th November 2009 03:03)Benny2guns Wrote:  Actually we posted at the same time and yours came up first. Go figure. But you can take it if you want it. More than one person that knows what they are on about is not a good thing. Have fun.

Actually it IS a good thing that more then 1 person harps the same tune... (now if he screws up his bios using the floppy he will be convinced we jinxed him..)

Was there a Bios version that addressed his problem?

It wasn't mentioned... We both know there is one.. Still no matter, the bios can fry..

Well certainly it is always possible. Especially When you don't WAIT and then WAIT some more.

[Scrufuss]

(7th November 2009 03:39)Benny2guns Wrote:  

(7th November 2009 03:37)Scrufuss Wrote:  

(7th November 2009 03:11)Benny2guns Wrote:  

(7th November 2009 03:09)Scrufuss Wrote:  

(7th November 2009 03:03)Benny2guns Wrote:  Actually we posted at the same time and yours came up first. Go figure. But you can take it if you want it. More than one person that knows what they are on about is not a good thing. Have fun.

Actually it IS a good thing that more then 1 person harps the same tune... (now if he screws up his bios using the floppy he will be convinced we jinxed him..)

Was there a Bios version that addressed his problem?

It wasn't mentioned... We both know there is one.. Still no matter, the bios can fry..

Well certainly it is always possible. Especially When you don't WAIT and then WAIT some more.

Spoken like a true ex-service man. Army and Marines; Hurry up and wait.