am i using the wrong flash program?

acq128 · Sat Feb 28, 2004 8:06 am

i used the AWD, award flasher 8.12 for my
BIOS ID: 10/21/1998-i440BX-W977-2A69KTJAC

using the Totem TM-P2BXAT data file i found on the wims.rainbow-software.org site

using that it isn't the right file, incorrect file

so i'm wondering if its an issue whether i got the wrong data file to flash it with or the wrong flasher to flash it with

i'm doing this in order to fit a larger than 32gb hard drive.

sorry if i've posted too much but the thread i made in the other bios update issues board wasn't being responded to......=\ its been there for a day

Sat Feb 28, 2004 12:58 pm

Please post your FULL Bios ID including the BIOS OEM message (as the patched Bios has) looking like TM-P2BXAT Ver:1.3

Uniflash should work but unless your mainboard is properly identified either with full Bios-ID and/or looking for a model number on your board it may render your board useless (if the Bios is wrong) .

acq128 · Sat Feb 28, 2004 2:04 pm

BIOS Date: 10/21/98
BIOS Type: Award Modular BIOS v4.51PG
BIOS ID: 10/21/1998-i440BX-W977-2A69KTJAC
OEM Sign-On: TM-P2BXAT Ver:1.1
Chipset: Intel 440BX/ZX rev 3
Superio: Winbond 977TF rev 0 found at port 3F0h
OS: Win2000
CPU: Pentium® II (0.25 µm) 350 MHz
BIOS ROM In Socket: Unknown
BIOS ROM Size: Unknown
Memory Installed: 127 MB
Memory Maximum: Unknown

i'm needing to update that Ver:1.1 to 1.3

and if uniflash would work i'll try that soon, hopefully.....

i'll be worshipping you if it does

Sat Feb 28, 2004 10:21 pm

The 1.3 Bios is listet as upgrade for all revision of the P2-BXAT .
Maybe they changed the Bios-ID during 1.10 to 1.20 upgrade - who knows

Use Uniflash to update your Bios - make sure you make a backup copy of your old Bios stored on a freshly formated Floppy !

acq128 · Sun Feb 29, 2004 2:05 am

roger that, i'll go through with it using uniflash and make sure to keep a copy onto disk

if it fails, how would i recover it using that backup?

but u guess by that time i try to restore it, it would have went kaput right......

well i'll see, thanks for ur help man

acq128 · Sun Feb 29, 2004 4:58 am

SWWWWWWWWWWWWEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEETTTTTTTT DEAL DUDE

thanks man that worked fine and i see my hard drive working and its all cool

ur the best man, appreciate it alot and alot

jamsah · Sat Sep 18, 2004 1:31 pm

Denniss wrote:The 1.3 Bios is listet as upgrade for all revision of the P2-BXAT .
Maybe they changed the Bios-ID during 1.10 to 1.20 upgrade - who knows

Use Uniflash to update your Bios - make sure you make a backup copy of your old Bios stored on a freshly formated Floppy !

Dear acq128,

How can I make a backup copy of my current/old Bios onto a Floppy diskette, please?
Where and how can I find my current BIOS on my PC if I do not know its name?

Thanks

Sat Sep 18, 2004 11:41 pm

Go to www.uniflash.org and download the "executable files" 1.37.
Unzip the uniflash.doc and read it.
Follow the instructions.

jamsah · Mon Sep 20, 2004 5:34 pm

Dear acq128,
I used the Uniflash flasher utility (Uniflash.exe unzipped from uf137 file) and the AWARD BIOS patched version AWD64 Patch to upgrade my Award Modular 4.51PG. It all worked fine. But my m/b is ECS P5ST-A.

acq128 wrote:i used the AWD, award flasher 8.12 for my
BIOS ID: 10/21/1998-i440BX-W977-2A69KTJAC

using the Totem TM-P2BXAT data file i found on the wims.rainbow-software.org site

using that it isn't the right file, incorrect file

so i'm wondering if its an issue whether i got the wrong data file to flash it with or the wrong flasher to flash it with

i'm doing this in order to fit a larger than 32gb hard drive.

sorry if i've posted too much but the thread i made in the other bios update issues board wasn't being responded to......=\ its been there for a day

jamsah · Mon Sep 20, 2004 5:38 pm

Dear nickS,
thanks for your reply.
I've already done it by backing up the current/old BIOS file and CMOS image.

NickS wrote:Go to www.uniflash.org and download the "executable files" 1.37.
Unzip the uniflash.doc and read it.
Follow the instructions.