Award flash erases BIOS just by reading?
Posted: Sat Jun 08, 2002 9:47 am
I have a Soyo SY-6bb v. 1.0 motherboard (Intel 440BX) that loses its BIOS a couple of times a year and boots into boot block mode. For a long time I didn't know why, but I think it happens only when I ran the Award flash program v. 7.xx the day before. The odd thing is, the last time I ran this program, all I did was make a backup of the BIOS. I once tried changing the BIOS chip to a different brand, but this didn't seem to help. This also has never happened with my other motherboards. I'm sure that I don't have a virus or power supply problem (swapped supply with one of the computers that's never crashed its BIOS). This motherboard doesn't have a jumper or BIOS setting to prevent flashing the chip.
Does AWDFLASH /PN /SY do anything that can erase a BIOS, if not immediately then later on?
Does AWDFLASH /PN /SY do anything that can erase a BIOS, if not immediately then later on?