[medallion]

I'm going to try and reprogram a made for HP, HP tweaked Asus MEW Mobo next week. Having read a dozen online tutorials, how does the following one compare to the Best Way You know How ?
I thought the boot disk and the flasher and the bios file all went on the same floppy............

From tyan:
Two separate diskettes are needed. The first diskette is the Windows 95/98 Boot Disk. The second diskette should contain the flash utility and the file to program (unzipped) with no other files on the diskette. Procedure:
Hard boot the system using the boot disk.
Make sure that you hit the F5 key when the book disk first starts running to make sure no other programs are loaded in the background without your knowledge.
You will come to an A: prompt. Remove the first diskette.
Insert the second diskette containing the flash utility and the file to program. Type "dir" to check the disk contents.
Type in the name of the flash utility followed by a space, followed by the file to program and any special triggers that would be required after the file program name. As a general rule all Award based bios flashes use the /py /sn /f /cc /r at the end of the flash utility to work correctly. AMI as a general rule uses /a /b /c at the end of their flash utility to work correctly. Not all flash utilities or versions require triggers on the end of the flash line. If there are special triggers to add on the end of the flash utility it would be stated in any FAQ's that would be on the website. EXAMPLE: flashv73 1854v107.bin /py /sn /f /cc /r (enter key) or phlash16 2460v104.rom (enter key)
Clear the CMOS jumper. Reboot system and the flashed version of the BIOS should now be seen during the POST screen details.

- M

 

[Triple6]

It doesn't matter what other manufacturers or people say though; its what it specifically says for your board, in your case HP. HP bios flashes are unique in most cases and make their own boot disk and put the BIOS and flash utility on it.

Is there's a specific reason you're flashing the bios?

 

[rugrat]

Just chiming in, as Triple6 asked, is there a specific reason you are flashing the bios? Unless you are trying to gain some specific hardware support such as a faster processor or other device, no performance increase will be noted. A BIOS flash could render the machine useless unless done correctly. So, bottom line, what are you trying to gain?

Let us know

 

[medallion]

Thanks for asking. I bought this board on ebay a few months ago, only to witness a blue HP logo, then a 'no system found' message. No Post as we know it, therefore I assumed that the HP tweak in bios needs to be removed for this board to work. I never restarted to at least see if I could even get into CMOS settings. If you two gurus have any experience in these 'tweaked' boards, please feel free to change my mind

Otherwise, its onward to my first bios flash
- M

 

[Triple6]

Are the hard drives recognised in the BIOS? Enter the BIOS are make sure the IDE Channels are not disabled or set to NONE. Also check the drive; make sure its connected correctly and the jumper is set properly. If the hard drive is not detected or there is no operating system on the drive you'll get this message. If there's no O/S on the drive boot off a CD or floppy and install one. If the drive is not recognised and it is connected properly then maybe its too large for the BIOS to recognise, in which case a BIOS update may indeed be in order. The only BIOS update I'd be willing to try is the one from HP, any other, ie from ASUS, may render the board dead.