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What is the *.BIN?

Posted: Fri Feb 06, 2004 9:30 pm
by Air_V
Hi, I have the upgrade flash that I need to upgrade my BIOS

BIOS Type: Award BIOS Date: 11/02/99
BIOS ID String: 11/02/1999-I440ZX-SMC60X-2A69KB0JC-00 OEM
Signon: TZA1101B
Chipset: INTEL 440BX/ZX REV 3
But it seems that every thing I read says to include the *.bin on the same floppy as the upgrade.

Also, when my puter is booing I get a message informing me to flash my BIOS I need to press ALT & F9. When I do this with the disk in the drive my computer freezes.

Thanx much in advance for your help

Posted: Fri Feb 06, 2004 11:01 pm
by NickS
You get a BIOS binary file such as this one:

ftp://ftp.biostar-usa.com/bios/M6TZA/TZA0616D.BIN

In this case the *.bin is TZA0616D.BIN

Step-by-step guides to upgrading your BIOS:
Look here