Problem with A8AE-LE bios upgrade

Thu Oct 05, 2006 9:55 pm

I have one report of a failed flash with the 314.bin given to me. Beware. Make sure you use a NEW floppy to avoid errors as much as possible.

70mustang · Thu Oct 05, 2006 11:53 pm

The D: drive (restoration partion) on my pc is FAT32 so it can be accessed from the DOS promp. I recommend using the HD as it is much more reliable than storing the files on a floppy.

Perry

i4ni · Fri Oct 06, 2006 3:09 pm

edwin wrote:even with the CD route you can make a virtual floppy or ram disk which is read/write and this should work the same way a normal floppy would.

Yeah well... I've given up on this already lol

Fri Oct 06, 2006 10:23 pm

70mustang wrote:The D: drive (restoration partion) on my pc is FAT32 so it can be accessed from the DOS promp. I recommend using the HD as it is much more reliable than storing the files on a floppy.

Perry

If it's a relatively new harddisk, yes. But I have seen too many reports of failed flashes from a harddisk to not 100% believe this is the best method. Whatever the medium you choose, make sure it's not too old and abused...

70mustang · Sat Oct 07, 2006 2:45 am

You have a point about the age/wear of the media but I would still recommend a HD over a floppy for flashing the BIOS. Were all those failed flashes confirmed to be due to HD failure?

Sat Oct 07, 2006 3:31 pm

Yes, either that or bad cabling. In one case a virus.

I have a guaranteed working bios file now:
http://www.wimsbios.com/phpBB2/topic8350.html