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Old 4th December, 2002, 06:32 PM
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How to flash bios?
i loaded that bios flasher on the cd but that didnt do anything it is called magic bios.

i downloaded the beta bios dec 3 on the sticky

i am used to easy flashin w/ *** by just typin in runme on a bootable disk.

how do i flash this .bin file?
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Download the BIOS image. Unzip if it's zipped, then putting JUST the BIOS image onto a floppy reboot when the boot screen appears hit ALT+F2 the BIOS auto updates. Watch the bottom of your screen and it will tell you when to go for it. How simple is that! ":O}

This is just one way to update the BIOS there are two others that I know of...

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Old 4th December, 2002, 09:44 PM
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hey nothing happens when i push Alt+F2 i put the .bin file on a 100% blank disk and absolutly nothing happens it just attempts to load windows but wont let me because the disk is not bootable..

i have win2k btw
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Hitting ALT-F2 is kind of like hitting the Del key to get into the BIOS. You have to do as soon as you see the POST and do it repeatedly. Otherwise, use the Magic Bios thing from Windows.
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Old 4th December, 2002, 10:59 PM
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Alt F2 will NOT work for me. i have tried it a million diff ways

holdin alt and hittin F2
holdin F2 and hittin Alt
tapping both of them at the same time
i hit the keys repeadedly over and over again. it does not do anything for me. tried on a usb and ps2 keyboard.

magic bios WILL not work either because you cant flash betas w/ it only official ones located on epox's site.

how in the world do i flash this? why is this so hard
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I guess you'll just have to do it the old fashioned way.

1) Make a bootdisk. Download one from www.bootdisk.com
2) copy awdflash.exe and the ********.bin(the BIOS) to the floppy
3) Set the BIOS for first boot device as Floppy Drive
4) Boot from floppy
5) run awdflash.exe
6) follow the prompts.

Awdflash.exe will ask you for the exact name of the binary file so it's good to actually write it down somewhere.
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Sorry emericana, I can't think why this wouldn't work for. Done it myself 6 or 8 time and never had a problem. Are you watching for the message at the very bottom of your boot screen?
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Old 4th December, 2002, 11:12 PM
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i am gonna try the awdflash method but where do i get awdflash?

there is no message at the bottom of the screen that says press alt + f2
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Or you could just use winflash from windows . Thats what I did with the beta. No problem. If your talking about the 8rda winflash is on the cd.
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does winflash work w/ 2k or just 9x?
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i am gonna try the awdflash method but where do i get awdflash?
About 2/3 from the bottom of the page.
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before i try awdflash the winflash method looks real easy but does it work in windows 2000 cause i really really dont want a dead board
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I used it with XP, not sure. documentation should be in a readme on the cd?
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i am gonna try the awdflash method but where do i get awdflash?

there is no message at the bottom of the screen that says press alt + f2
Sorry, I should have asked this right off....What Motherboard are you using?
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Sorry, I should have asked this right off....What Motherboard are you using?
He wants the Beta BIOS from Dec 3 in the Sticky. I presume he has an 8RDA+.
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awwww cmon Mooky, your making us look foolish............. like that's difficult..
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ok not wantin to risk a failure i flashed successfully w/ awdflash

ya its 8rda+ sorry for confusion

awdflash will be my way of flashin the bios w/ this board i guess it is not that bad
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He wants the Beta BIOS from Dec 3 in the Sticky. I presume he has an 8RDA+.
I knew that really I did, it just slipped my mind. You see a man of my years.... I'm just so full of it! LOL

Did they discontinue the ALT+F2 Flash option? I thought that was just so cool!
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Did they discontinue the ALT+F2 Flash option? I thought that was just so cool!
I don't know...my board's at work right now...didn't bring it home...
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And you call your self a... hey, wait, how do you reprimand a guy who calls himself Mookydooky? ":O}
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