Could this be the result of a bad flash?
Posted: Fri Mar 22, 2002 12:24 am
I am a newb to BIOS flashing so bear with me.
I have an ASUS A7M266 on which I attempted to update the BIOS recently using the ASUS LiveUpdate utility. I have subsequently come to realize that that was probably not wise (like right after I rebooted and things went poorly).
The strange part is that the board still works ... sort of. It will boot both from the CD, and hard drive, but not the floppy (yes I've set it to seek only the floppy during startup).
I'm attempting to reinstall Win98SE. When I run the Win98 setup, it will run through to the point at which it is trying to set up PnP devices then give me a file could not be read (CAB file read) error. I have eliminated the CD as the source of the problem (I have 2 disks, both will install fine on other computers). I have eliminated the CD drive (I have 2 drives- both of which work on other machines yet produce the same results (CAB read error) on this machine). After a number of tries, I have now found that the mouse (PS2) is not being supported properly (will move up and down, but not side to side). The mouse error is a new development and very puzzling. I am going to try to flash the BIOS this evening from DOS and will report on my success or failure for your entertainment.
Has anyone else had a similar experience?
I have an ASUS A7M266 on which I attempted to update the BIOS recently using the ASUS LiveUpdate utility. I have subsequently come to realize that that was probably not wise (like right after I rebooted and things went poorly).
The strange part is that the board still works ... sort of. It will boot both from the CD, and hard drive, but not the floppy (yes I've set it to seek only the floppy during startup).
I'm attempting to reinstall Win98SE. When I run the Win98 setup, it will run through to the point at which it is trying to set up PnP devices then give me a file could not be read (CAB file read) error. I have eliminated the CD as the source of the problem (I have 2 disks, both will install fine on other computers). I have eliminated the CD drive (I have 2 drives- both of which work on other machines yet produce the same results (CAB read error) on this machine). After a number of tries, I have now found that the mouse (PS2) is not being supported properly (will move up and down, but not side to side). The mouse error is a new development and very puzzling. I am going to try to flash the BIOS this evening from DOS and will report on my success or failure for your entertainment.
Has anyone else had a similar experience?