Re: Bios update

From: Jim Macklin (p51mustang[threeX12)
Date: 03/31/04


Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2004 18:35:06 -0600

You flash the BIOS before the OS boots, you can make a
bootable floppy in XP by putting a blank floppy in the drive
and selecting the option to make a bootable floppy. Then
copy the Flash files to the floppy. You may need to extract
the exe file to the floppy.

<anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:15e4101c416b5$17575eb0$a301280a@phx.gbl...
|
| >-----Original Message-----
| >You need a W98 boot floppy to which you copy the Flash
| file
| >(you will probably need to extract the exe file and copy
| >those files) to the floppy, then set the BIOS to boot
| from
| >the floppy.
| >Be sure to read the FAQ and be sure your power is
| reliable
| >(a UPS is recommended).
| >
| >
| >"john" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
| >message news:15e3301c416b2$9f06cfb0$a301280a@phx.gbl...
| >| I want update my bios. I have a k7vm4 motherboard from
| >| ASROCK. and they told me to download a FLash.exe and
| the
| >| update but when I run the flash from dos it give me
| this
| >|
| >| A:\>FLASH K7VM4_2.40
| >| &#9658; Error 18 - Chipset/Flash part isn't available.
The
| >| function will be invalid.
| >|
| >| What do I do.
| >
| >
| >.
| >I need a win 98 boot disk even if i have xp pro



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