flash need response asap

gmoney · Posted: Fri Mar 11, 2005 8:05 pm Post subject: flash need response asap

uhm rite now im flashing my msi mobo bios.... i have several bios chips.. and i popped one in.. and winflash says "incorrect mainboard version" or something

i need to know of a good flash utility ... cuz msi live update will only let me flash my bios with the k7n2-L bios and i have a k7n2-ILSR ... delta series..
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gmoney · Posted: Fri Mar 11, 2005 8:22 pm Post subject:

okay now im getting bios file size error.. and
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fussnfeathers · Lord of the Tweak Joined: 14 Dec 2004 Posts: 2763

Wait.........let me get this straight. You put a different BIOS chip in, not the one that came WITH the board? That won't work. You have to have the exact chip for the board, not another. Flashing the BIOS actually requires that the BIOS be readable for file size and version, so the flashing utility puts things in the right places, for the right board. The chip you have doesn't have room for the BIOS file size for your SATA RAID board.
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gmoney · Posted: Fri Mar 11, 2005 9:52 pm Post subject:

bahhh... ite ... do u know how to make a a flash cdrom.. rather than a floppy?
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gmoney · Posted: Fri Mar 11, 2005 9:57 pm Post subject:

oh yeah.. btw .. the chip is large enuff... it came outta a abit uhm wuts that board... the succesor to the nf7... w/e its name is.. it is a 512k chip..
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fussnfeathers · Lord of the Tweak Joined: 14 Dec 2004 Posts: 2763

It doesn't matter, the chips are usually hard-wired to only work in the appropriate mobo. Even if its the same size, the internal workings are different, and won't accept the flash ROM.

Technically, it's solid state ROM, old-skool style. The program will ONLY work on a chip that's designed for it, with some very limited variations (like adding a feature later on). Otherwise, you could pull a BIOS chip from a Gigabyte board and jam it into an Abit board......it's the same size, pin count, etc.

BIOS still requires a floppy, there's no way to do it off CD, unless the board maker specificially designed it that way......and none do. There's a few mobos that can be "flashed" through Windows, without shutting down, but they're far and few between. That's changing soon, though, with the new BIOS replacements due to be out by the end of this year, if they get the DRM part hammered out. BIOS is so old, most people here weren't even born when it was invented.

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gmoney · Posted: Sat Mar 12, 2005 12:54 am Post subject:

... i c... however .. i managed to get it sorted.. for some reason my msi mobo is very particular as to what you flash in it.. i hot flashed it in my nf7 reluctantly... also managed to crack the bios holder for it too happens to all my boards though... ahah ... but my abit seems like it will flash anything... first it did my dfi.. now my msi... i really shoulda tried that first b4 bothering u guys...
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fussnfeathers · Lord of the Tweak Joined: 14 Dec 2004 Posts: 2763

Like I have anything else to do..............

It's freakin' Friday night, I'm relatively young, single, and have enough money for a date, yet here I am...........

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gmoney · Posted: Sat Mar 12, 2005 4:53 am Post subject:

date what is the meaning of this absurd alien word.. date? do you what day we have befallen upon the calender? date it is good sir the 11th .. no the 12th.. wait its friday... wtf?... when did wednesday pass? wait a sec... i been sleepin all day and stayin up all nite

n e one clear on how to flash you internal clock back to appropriate pacific time?

btw thanks for the help...
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