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am i using the wrong flash program?
Posted: Sat Feb 28, 2004 8:06 am
by acq128
i used the AWD, award flasher 8.12 for my
BIOS ID: 10/21/1998-i440BX-W977-2A69KTJAC
using the Totem TM-P2BXAT data file i found on the wims.rainbow-software.org site
using that it isn't the right file, incorrect file
so i'm wondering if its an issue whether i got the wrong data file to flash it with or the wrong flasher to flash it with
i'm doing this in order to fit a larger than 32gb hard drive.
sorry if i've posted too much but the thread i made in the other bios update issues board wasn't being responded to......=\ its been there for a day
Posted: Sat Feb 28, 2004 12:58 pm
by Denniss
Please post your FULL Bios ID including the BIOS OEM message (as the patched Bios has) looking like TM-P2BXAT Ver:1.3
Uniflash should work but unless your mainboard is properly identified either with full Bios-ID and/or looking for a model number on your board it may render your board useless (if the Bios is wrong) .
all info
Posted: Sat Feb 28, 2004 2:04 pm
by acq128
BIOS Date: 10/21/98
BIOS Type: Award Modular BIOS v4.51PG
BIOS ID: 10/21/1998-i440BX-W977-2A69KTJAC
OEM Sign-On: TM-P2BXAT Ver:1.1
Chipset: Intel 440BX/ZX rev 3
Superio: Winbond 977TF rev 0 found at port 3F0h
OS: Win2000
CPU: Pentium® II (0.25 µm) 350 MHz
BIOS ROM In Socket: Unknown
BIOS ROM Size: Unknown
Memory Installed: 127 MB
Memory Maximum: Unknown
i'm needing to update that Ver:1.1 to 1.3
and if uniflash would work i'll try that soon, hopefully.....
i'll be worshipping you if it does
Posted: Sat Feb 28, 2004 10:21 pm
by Denniss
The 1.3 Bios is listet as upgrade for all revision of the P2-BXAT .
Maybe they changed the Bios-ID during 1.10 to 1.20 upgrade - who knows
Use Uniflash to update your Bios - make sure you make a backup copy of your old Bios stored on a freshly formated Floppy !
Posted: Sun Feb 29, 2004 2:05 am
by acq128
roger that, i'll go through with it using uniflash and make sure to keep a copy onto disk
if it fails, how would i recover it using that backup?
but u guess by that time i try to restore it, it would have went kaput right......
well i'll see, thanks for ur help man
Posted: Sun Feb 29, 2004 4:58 am
by acq128
Posted: Sat Sep 18, 2004 1:31 pm
by jamsah
Denniss wrote:The 1.3 Bios is listet as upgrade for all revision of the P2-BXAT .
Maybe they changed the Bios-ID during 1.10 to 1.20 upgrade - who knows
Use Uniflash to update your Bios - make sure you make a backup copy of your old Bios stored on a freshly formated Floppy !
Dear acq128,
How can I make a backup copy of my current/old Bios onto a Floppy diskette, please?
Where and how can I find my current BIOS on my PC if I do not know its name?
Thanks
Posted: Sat Sep 18, 2004 11:41 pm
by NickS
Go to
www.uniflash.org and download the "executable files" 1.37.
Unzip the uniflash.doc and read it.
Follow the instructions.
Re: am i using the wrong flash program?
Posted: Mon Sep 20, 2004 5:34 pm
by jamsah
Dear acq128,
I used the Uniflash flasher utility (Uniflash.exe unzipped from uf137 file) and the AWARD BIOS patched version AWD64 Patch to upgrade my Award Modular 4.51PG. It all worked fine. But my m/b is ECS P5ST-A.
acq128 wrote:i used the AWD, award flasher 8.12 for my
BIOS ID: 10/21/1998-i440BX-W977-2A69KTJAC
using the Totem TM-P2BXAT data file i found on the wims.rainbow-software.org site
using that it isn't the right file, incorrect file
so i'm wondering if its an issue whether i got the wrong data file to flash it with or the wrong flasher to flash it with
i'm doing this in order to fit a larger than 32gb hard drive.
sorry if i've posted too much but the thread i made in the other bios update issues board wasn't being responded to......=\ its been there for a day
Posted: Mon Sep 20, 2004 5:38 pm
by jamsah
Dear nickS,
thanks for your reply.
I've already done it by backing up the current/old BIOS file and CMOS image.
NickS wrote:Go to
www.uniflash.org and download the "executable files" 1.37.
Unzip the uniflash.doc and read it.
Follow the instructions.