System Soft Bios Upgrade CTX Laptop

[casemods]

I am trying to get an upgrade for a CTX EZBook 700E. The reason I am trying to get an upgrade is because I am having problems formatinf a harddrive. It will format to 12% and then stop. I have read a couple articles that state flash the bios. I have also talked to a couple techs
and they say do the same it can not hurt. Unless done wrong. I have flashed many a bios so this is not a problem. The problem is finding out the bios version and finding an update. The board has a Intel 430TX Chipset. The processor is an AMD 233mhz. The bios is a System Soft Bios.
CTX is worthless for information. Emailed
and called (left message) two days ago and no responce yet.
http://www.ctxintl.com/index.html
System Soft's page is the same way.
http://www.systemsoft.com/l-2/l-3/support-bios.htm
They say contact the manufacturer. Done.
The only information stated on the boot screen is
SystemSoft Bios Intel 430TX V 1.01 (2482-00)
SystemSoft Bios for Intel 430TX, Sub Version 1.23.09

Hopefully someone can give me a little info.

[soupy]

Hm, I once encountered a virus that stopped a HDD format. Have you scanned with an anti-virus floppy?

CTX is out of the laptop game, so they don't care anymore.
http://www.ctxintl.com/sts/nfaq.htm#1

You could try Veridata; they made systems for CTX (the monitor folk, who share the same parent corporation).

You can also try Unicore.

[Rainbow]

Guess what I found on my HDD - CTX EZBook 700E BIOS. Readme says that it's v1.23.11 (5.3.1999). I can't find it anymore on CTX FTP - I uploaded it at http://www.wimsbios.com/~rainbow/CTX%20 ... 123_12.exe
BTW.: According to the filename, it looks to be v1.23.12