Hi All,
I have an Asus P2b-DS (Dual CPU, Onboard SCSI) That I got from a moron who doesnt know computers well.
My Problem is that the moron thought that the bios was bad because he couldnt get it to post. As a result he went to eSupport.com and ordered a replacement bios chip. the board works well except that the chip he got was for the P2B-D not the DS and so the onboard scsi controller doesnt work. I tried to flash it with the correct bios from asus' website but I got an error " unable to reach source hook"?? or somthing like this.
All I want to do is flash it with some kind of bios that will allow me to use the scsi controller. any help would be apprieceated
Thanks,
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Tried them both, got the same msg on each one
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Try using UniFlash.
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I Thought about that. What I was wondering is weather Uniflash, or some other program, will "force" the system to flash regardless??
BTW Thanks for alll your replys
PopTart629
BTW Thanks for alll your replys
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UniFlash should work. If there's Atmel AT49F002(N)T chip (UniFlash will detect it), be careful. I had reports that it does not work properly.
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Ok I tried Uniflash, even tried hot flashing with another chip. I still get the message "Cant Find System BIOS Hook" first of all what is a bios hook? then, how do I get around it besides buying another chip?
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UniFlash does not have any error message like that 

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Well, I'm here to tell you, thats the message I got(=>
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Somehow I think that is not a clean boot floppy you start from. Get one at http://www.bootdisk.com
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It's a boot disk w/ Command.com, IO.sys, & MSDOS.sys. They dont get much cleaner than that me thinks.....besides It does it regardless of how I boot 

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Please see first post where it says that the board boots & works fine except the function of the scsi controller.
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Does he still have the old flashrom ?
Then he should try to reflash te old flashrom using the Hot-Swap method and use Uniflash to to get the Asus-Bios in this chip
Missing Bios hook does only appear if using Asus Flashprog Aflash on non-Asus Boards or Asus boards with non-Asus Bios
Then he should try to reflash te old flashrom using the Hot-Swap method and use Uniflash to to get the Asus-Bios in this chip
Missing Bios hook does only appear if using Asus Flashprog Aflash on non-Asus Boards or Asus boards with non-Asus Bios