Pls help trying to reinstall xp pro

Hi .. I would really appreciated if someone can explain to me how to download the motherboard bios ??? What i am doing at the moment is installing xp pro and i have my motherboard cd disk here as well , also have the lastest bios version on a floppy ... My question is how does the bios get install ??? Do i just open it up from the a drive and that its ??? this is after i have installed the motherboard chipset .... One last question , when first booting off the disk and i see the F6 there but i don't click F6 , I would click the F5 which i have 2 option only i386 and other < i choice i386 and then i when to start the set up , Is this the correct way to clean install the windows ??? Most thankful for any help i get... Thanks

 

Go to the manufacturer's web site. It should explain how to do it and should have a disclaimer.

Unless you have some specific problems, leave it alone. You mess up a flash and you windup with nothing.

I've flashed a few with a floppy. Basically, you create a bootable floppy. You add the flash program to it. You add the file you want to flash to it.

You boot the computer with the floppy.

You exectue the flash program.

You back the old BIOS.

You install the new.

Caveat: You don't turn off the computer until it's done or you will kill the board.

 

As Ray has just suggested and as at least four of us suggested in your other thread, do yourself a big favor - DON'T. DON'T try flashing your BIOS.

Not meant to offend, but you do not have the knowledge or skill level required to do this safely. You're going to turn that machine into a doorstop if you're not careful.

 

Some BIOS's can be flashed from within windows, like my Toshiba laptop. This is a little simpler than from creating a bootable floppy. Check the changelog for all the BIOS updates since the version you currently have and determine if any of the improvements apply to your situation.

I must admit I flash the BIOS automatically when a new one comes out. So far on 4 diferent motherboards about a total of 19 times with no failures.
Some would say I'm lucky not to have had a flameout.
Two of those probably won't have any further updates, and there probably is no point in me doing it even if they do.

Ray and "Rock" are correct. But as long as you understand the slim chance of failure (until it happens to you ) and are prepared to live with it, then I suggest reading up on the correct procedure for your board, preferably from the manufacturer. The process itself is simple once you've don it once or twice.

Some updates are recommended, and on one machine the undocumented effect was that the throughput on that PC was sped up noticeably. I was glad I did the update.

 

Thanks Paul - I'm guilty of the same behavior, but perhaps a little more moderated. Always checking to see whats the latest release and reading issues/fixes associated with latest versions. Knock on wood, I've only lost one - but it was a client's main server that I had built and installed about two weeks earlier. Talk about creating some panic - fortunately, I had identical Mobo with the same chip and BIOS version so it was only a minor inconvenience. I found a little gem a couple of years ago for those who suffer similar afflictions - BIOS Savior - lets you piggyback a second chip and toggle back and fourth - also great for hotflashing without string/tape, should the need ever occur. I was originally buying these from Eskit Data in Sweden and then stumbled across a site that was peddling them for next to nothing as distressed inventory. Great for experimenting and tweaking too.

 

Totallyfree - the reason you are getting so many cautions is that if the flash/update goes bad, you can't recover without new hardware in most cases.

I had a bad experience with that very thing once. That's all it took and I now have a mother board with dual BIOS and I can pick the one I want at boot time. So if I totally mess up one, I can just start from the other one and if I get a clean update on one, I can comfortably do the other one. That being said, I ain't flashing nothing as long as what I got still works.

 

Hi ... Ever since i installed this motherboard i had nothing but errors after erros , in most case they were nothing serious but its a pain always having to click this and click that just to take them off ... Trying to get tech support from the manufacture was a joke it was the WORSE tech support i have ever encounter ... Its okay because i finally got myself another MB which i am liken so far , hey !! no errors when i boot up , WOW and its been a few days without any errors i never knew computer work without having errors at boot up .... Any ways ASUS you have lost this guy here for a lifetime , I will never buy anything again that has the name ASUS on it .... Oh yeah my new MB is ABIT IC7 MAX 3 .... Thanks all for your suggestion

PS: ASUS P4P800 Deluxe garbage

 

Hehehe ......

Glad to hear you are a happy camper. I'm a big fan of Abit boards, but have also had very good luck with Asus boards -

 

Abit also has a forum. I use it once in awhile. Here is a link to the USA one http://forum.abit-usa.com/index.php? There website seems to always work.
ASUS has a problem at least on my end. I have an old ASUS P5AB and have to go up to their website every so often.

 

Totallyfree,
If you can put the crook MB in another working machine, now might be the time to practice updating the BIOS, 'cause if you have a failure then it's not a major loss. "Practice is the best teacher ".

 

I gave up on Asus. Maybe having something like four or five bad boards in a row may have had someting to do with it.

I'm into ALBATRON boards. They will get back to you via e-mail in about 24 hours. ESL (English as Second Language). But they try.

Anyway, don't lose power during a flash. and back the old.