commercesooner wrote:That looks like the one to me. How do I download the bios from that site? I downloaded a file, it is a .bin, there is no executable. Thanks a TON for all the help. We're getting closer, I can feel it.
You need to download the program which writes that BIOS .BIN file into the PC'S BIOS Flash EEPROM,. You'll find this described as a BIOS Flasher program, AWDFLASH being the one created by Award for their BIOSes and it will have a name along the lines of awdfl822.exe. The FAQ on the main Wim'sBIOS site covers the basics of how to flash, or there are instructions on almost every motherboard manufacturer's website. In outline:
- Check for any "flash enable" jumper or setting in the CMOS setup
- create a bootable diskette with no config.sys or autoexec.bat and copy onto it the flash program and the binary image, then boot from the diskette.
- Take a backup of the existing image using a command along the lines of
"awdfl822 savebios.bin /sy/pn"
- Flash the new BIOS using a command along the lines of
"awdfl822
biosname.bin /sn/py/cc/cd"