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need help for bios update
Posted: Tue Nov 29, 2005 6:09 pm
by ramjimh
i got a via chipset based motherboard.while power on, no display.after inserting a vga card in the pci slot it says award boot block v1.0,bios rom checksum error.it is accesing the floppy drive.i downloaded the bios from the manufacturer website and i created a bootable floopy disk ,in that i copied the bios file and flash file.in the autoexec.bat i wrote the following lines as,
awdflah biosfile.bin /pb and saved.i booted with that floppy,but it is not updating the bios.ny other procedure forupdating the bios means please provide.needed very urgently.
with rgds,
ramjimh
Posted: Wed Nov 30, 2005 2:05 am
by ajzchips
I'd recheck your switches... /pb?
Re: need help for bios update
Posted: Wed Nov 30, 2005 4:25 am
by KURIAKI
ramjimh wrote:awdflah biosfile.bin /pb
You mean "awdflash biosfile.bin /sy ?
Syntax/Flags:
Usage: AWDFLASH [FileName1] [FileName2] [/[/...]
FileName1 : New BIOS Name For Flash Programming
FileName2 : BIOS File For Backing-up the Original BIOS
?: Show Help Messages
py: Program Flash Memory
pn: No Flash Programming
sy: Backup Original BIOS To Disk File
sn: No Original BIOS Backup
Sb: Skip BootBlock programming
Wb: Always Programming BootBlock
cd: Clear DMI Data After Programming
sd: Save DMI data to file
cp: Clear PnP(ESCD) Data After Programming
cc: Clear CMOS Data After Programming
LD: Destroy CMOS Checksum And No System Halt For First Reboot
After Programming
Tiny: Occupy lesser memory
QI: Qualify flash part number with source file
E: Return to DOS When Programming is done
R: RESET System After Programming
F: Use Flash Routines in Original BIOS For Flash Programming
cks: Show update Binfile checksum
cksXXXX: Compare Binfile CheckSum with XXXX
Example: AWDFLASH KT7_A9.bin /py/sn/cd/cp
Posted: Wed Nov 30, 2005 9:56 am
by Ritchie
The
/sy
could be a good idea for backing up the BIOS but I would think that
/py
would be more important in this instance as it stands for "program YES". Without
/py
the AWDFLASH program may be waiting for a user prompt to continue.
bios update
Posted: Wed Nov 30, 2005 1:56 pm
by ramjimh
sorry for the mistake,but i corrected the line,still the same.the floppy drive led is glowing,but not doing anything.shorted bot high address pins in the bios chip.
with rgds,
ramjimh
Posted: Wed Nov 30, 2005 11:47 pm
by Ritchie
What exactly does the line of text inside your AUTOEXEC.BAT file say?
Also, did you remember to include the AWDFLASH.EXE program on the floppy disk, that the AUTOEXEC.BAT file will actually call?
Finally, someone please correct me if I am wrong, but I do not remember AWARD Bootblock BIOS operating off a floppy boot disk. I remember something more to do with the BIOS image being flashed directly from the floppy without the O/S boot files.
