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by Calder
Fri Mar 29, 2002 10:25 pm
Forum: My motherboard is dead
Topic: Award BootBlock wont read floppy
Replies: 21
Views: 16115

Last try

I`m just doing this now.

It involves taking the PSU and various bits out of this (working) PC.

Will be offline a while but will return with my findings.

Calder
by Calder
Fri Mar 29, 2002 8:27 pm
Forum: My motherboard is dead
Topic: Award BootBlock wont read floppy
Replies: 21
Views: 16115

I give up

Thanks for all your responses. Sadly, I think I will give up. I threw all my old ISA IO cards a few years ago. And despite having three PC running in this house and two in pieces, none of them have ISA IO cards OR the same BIOS socket as the Epox. I am now writing a cheque out for £6 to Epox for a n...
by Calder
Thu Mar 28, 2002 4:29 am
Forum: My motherboard is dead
Topic: Award BootBlock wont read floppy
Replies: 21
Views: 16115

Award BootBlock wont read floppy

I ruined my 8KTA3+ mobo a few months back - this was a bad flash scenario. I have just pulled it out of the cupboard in the hope that I can re-flash it. I get the Award Bootblock message and have created a floppy with AWARDFLASH and a suitable BIOS file and AUTOEXEC.BAT. The floppy seems to start to...