Bios flashing problems. Fake Asus "i440BX-<<P2B&g

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numleif
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I'm having a hard time trying to upgrade my computer.
I bought a Powerleap "PL-iP3/T" upgrade kit, and a 1200Mhz cpu.
However, when I installed the new cpu the screen went blank.
This problem was mentioned in the manual and the solution was
to flash bios... Tried with asus' "aflash.exe" but got the message:
"flash memory: unknown". So I contacted asus and they suggested
I'd try an older flasher("pflash2.exe"), as aflash might not work with
older ROM's. So I tried with pflash2.exe and got pretty much the
same message .(memory type: unknown). Now I've found out that
my motherboard is a fake one...

I ran "bios agent" and it said:
BIOS ID: <<P2B>>
BIOS DATE: 10/09/98
BIOS Signon: 10/09/98-i440BX-<<P2B>>-00
BIOS Type: Award Modular BIOS v4.51PG
Super I/O: Winbond 977TF rev 0 found at port 3F0h
Chipset: Intel 440BX/ZX rev 3
OEM Signon: ASUS P2B ACPI BIOS Revision 1006

I don't know much about bios flashing, except what I've read
on wimsbios the past couple of days, and desperately need some help... :cry:

*Is my bios writable/flushable?
*Where do I get a new one if it's not?
(I live in Norway, and can't think of any suppliers...)

Thanks in advance... Leif W. Husdal
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Tualatin CPUs work fine with the latest 1014 BETA 003 BIOS. You can try UniFlash.
Patched and tested BIOSes are at http://wims.rainbow-software.org
UniFlash - Flash anything anywhere
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What he said. But what makes you believe your mobo is a fake?
Flash your BIOS at your own risk.
ajzchips
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Soupy, IIRC, you once supplied a nice link about the fake ASUS boards. Still have it somewhere? It had excellent pictures for determining fakes.
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Flash your BIOS at your own risk.
ajzchips
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I could have googled on my own... :wink:

But, I was much convinced that it was an asus.com link... my mistake, then.
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Hehehehe... :wink:

There was, at one point, but ever since their website "improvements", I can't find it.
Flash your BIOS at your own risk.
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There was also a modification for some of their LX chipset based boards to support power-hungry AGP cards - it disappeared too.
Patched and tested BIOSes are at http://wims.rainbow-software.org
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Rainbow wrote:There was also a modification for some of their LX chipset based boards to support power-hungry AGP cards - it disappeared too.
http://www.asuscom.de/support/FAQ/faq034_lx_tntrew.htm

In german but the pictures should be good enough
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Yes, the pictures says much.
Also, it can be translated:
·By Google: http://www.google.com/translate_c?langp ... tntrew.htm
·By BabelFish (Altavista): http://babelfish.altavista.com/babelfis ... tntrew.htm
Keep in mind that images can not be translated, and software translations can have insues. But the above results are enought suficient to be acepptable. :)
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