"Fail-safe" or "Optimized-defaults" for flashing?

[Frazas]

For flashing the BIOS on the 8RDA which of the options should be set?

Thanks!

[robbie]

FAIL-SAFE. By all means.
Rob

[Holst]

fail safe sounds good to me.

[Frazas]

Ok. Thanks!

PS: Let's hope that tomorrow morning I won't post a thread requesting help for a corrupted BIOS.

[Gokou]

i forgot once and flashed while i was overclocked by quite a lot....

no side effects though :P

[Frazas]

It is very strange. I have had 3 Epox boards (8KHA, 8K3A and 8RDA) and this is the first one I have heard of this problems. Before BIOS corruption would occur only if you were very unlucky and power went down during flash....

[Frazas]

Well, the BIOS update worked but I can tell you I got scarred *****less.

I loaded the fail-safe settings and went with the boot-disk with Dr.DOS. The flash went well but when I reset the system... no boot. I got no video and the post codes on the LCD didn't pass C1 (like in a loop). I powered down and cleared the CMOS. Powered up and the same stuff. I was getting crazy with this thing.... I power down again and went to dinner to get my head cleared (and try and prepare the story for the computer shop).

On one last try I powered up and the joy and happiness when I heard the 1-beep-ok code I couldn't believe it.... Now let's see if the board is stable.

[timbob2469]

Frazas , It probably wouldn't hurt and may help to boot up with the optimized settings and then restart to make your overclocking changes , changes most here would agree should be done 1 setting at a time and in small increments (1-3 MHz or .5-1 multiplier at a time).
bob

[Frazas]

I wasn't overclocking and I am still not overclocking... for now...

[jcool]

I always load the optimized defaults before flashing my Bios.
Why?
Well, when I try to flash one of my 8K3As after loading the fail-safe defaults it wouldn't recognize the floppy
At least it used to be like that, I think the latest Bios might have fixed that

[Frazas]

I am not sure but "fail-safe" is suposed to disable many of the options on the BIOS and last night it did disable my floppy drive. I don't think it is a bug on the BIOS. It may be like that always.

[jcool]

But how do you flash without using your floppy... *g*
Its possible of course, but it's to complicated to do it every time u want to flash your Bios

[Frazas]

I guess you would have to load the fail-safe defaults and then go into the BIOS again and activate only the floppy. I don't think that it is a critical option for the flash to go wrong.

That's how I did mine....

[Uncle Bob]

Originally posted by Frazas
I guess you would have to load the fail-safe defaults and then go into the BIOS again and activate only the floppy. I don't think that it is a critical option for the flash to go wrong.

That's how I did mine....

You are exactly right. I don't believe it's a fault, just a feature of fail safe. I do exactly the same with no problems...'knock wood'.

[jcool]

No no, I meant, that loading the fail safe defaults deactivates the Floppy no matter if you set floppy to enabled or disabled afterwards!
This was the case with my 8K3As and, I think, with the Bios my old 8RDA+ was shipped with, too...

[dresuk]

I experienced the same thing as Jcool, when i set fail safe i could not reactivate my floppy either.

To get my devices workin I just had to set it too optimised defaults then save and exit.

All was well after......which brings the question.....is this meant to happen?

[Uncle Bob]

Originally posted by jcool
No no, I meant, that loading the fail safe defaults deactivates the Floppy no matter if you set floppy to enabled or disabled afterwards!
This was the case with my 8K3As and, I think, with the Bios my old 8RDA+ was shipped with, too...

Doesn't seem to work with mine, not sure what to say!