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Bios update

Posted: Mon Nov 14, 2005 6:28 am
by corpse
Quick question for you guys. To update bios on a new motherboard [an Asus, needs bios update to recognise 64 bit processor] I need to have a boot disk of some sort to install DOS on the machine so I can do the bios thing right?

Posted: Mon Nov 14, 2005 6:56 am
by koopz
nah.. download the latest version of 'Asus Update' from the Asus site and it will do it all for you in Windows providing your board posts

Posted: Mon Nov 14, 2005 8:03 am
by corpse
No, this is a new system, windows not yet installed.

Posted: Mon Nov 14, 2005 5:29 pm
by Tormentius
corpse wrote:No, this is a new system, windows not yet installed.
Then you would need to put the BIOS and it's installation utility on a bootable floppy and boot from that to flash the BIOS. XP can make a DOS-disk(its in the options for formatting a floppy) or you could get a bootdisk from here.

Posted: Mon Nov 14, 2005 6:06 pm
by +JuggerNaut+
you see kids, there are still needs for floppies :!:

Posted: Mon Nov 14, 2005 6:25 pm
by AmIdYfReAk
Burn CD with a windows 98 boot up disk as the boot sector with Floppy emulation, then have the bios update's on the Data portion of the Cd..

No floppy needed :)

Also, you can add said drivers and etc into window's Cd's easly... thus no floppy again.. :)

Posted: Mon Nov 14, 2005 6:30 pm
by +JuggerNaut+
that's all fine and dandy if you have another pc handy at that instant, innit

Posted: Mon Nov 14, 2005 6:31 pm
by corpse
Thanks for the help guys