BIOS Updates forum

I couldn't sacrifice one machine to become a brick. Even though the hardware isn't mine, I have resposibility for it. And my conscience stops me too. The top hat flash method sound interesting though. Is there some detailed description as to how this is done? One of my main principles is reversibili...

Impressive knowledge! Hats off. As you may have already deduced, I'm not quite up to your levels in this field guys. The motherboard at work is an: Asus M2V-MX SE and I found the image somewhere at Coreboot's site. I haven't yet attempted flashing the BIOS with the Linux utility. I guess I'm a bit c...

Hiren's boot CD has a live mini XP as an alternative. It requires no hard drive at all.

An update here. While looking for something entirely else for my motherboard at work, I stumbled onto a Coreboot BIOS image for exactly that motherboard. What are the chances for that? The image has everything I'd choose myself, like support for booting Windows, since we're an XP only company. The n...

The old computer I was referring to was the Compaq Presario 524 Desktop PC and it apparently had a hidden hard disk partition for its BIOS. A friend of mine had bought one of those and unknowlingly formatted its HDD. It was a bit like cutting off your head. After next reboot the computer was dead. I...

CP, thank you for being so patient with a beginner like me... Just two more questions. The first being perhaps wishful thinking. Is there some utility that overrides the normal BIOS and instead reads in an image from the MBR or floppy? I seem to remember that Compaq had such a BIOS system very long ...

Thanks for your reply. However, it is a bit amazing that there are no ready made images out there at all. I happen to have access to lots of different computers and I really hoped that someone had made an image for a MB I'd have in reach. OK, seems I'll have to install Linux and try this out myself....

This Coreboot thingy, does anyone have some hands-on experiences with it? I have looked at their webpages, but no wiser it seems. It looks very promising. One could perhaps configure it to do things which aren't supported by the original BIOS? Like boot from USB or use a serial text console, or mayb...

I believe you can use the card without flashing it. It will not show anything at POST, but once you come to Windows or Linux it should work as any other card. Your best bet is to sell this card. You generally get more money for Mac hardware than for PC hardware. Use the money from the sale to buy so...