Old P/I-P55TP4XE BIOS flash problems

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Erick Ondich <erick@visi.com> wrote:
> I recently recieved an old computer with a P/I-P55TP4XE motherboard that i
> would like to use as a linux server. The current bios does not support
> booting from cd so i downloaded an updated bios and thought all would go
> well since i have flashed my bios many times before without issue. Problem
> is none of the flash programs can recognize the flash chip it is using.
> They all report unknown or just leave the chip type blank. I have set the
> bios jumper to the program flash position and everything seems ok. The
> flash program reads the old bios fine but cant find what type of flash chip
> it is. Is it possible this board came without a flashable bios chip in it?
> I have tried both the Asus Aflash utility and the Award flash utility with


I remember Asus changed it's flash program some time in the past. It
wouldn't suprise me if that board needs a really old version.

pflash?

http://www.asus.com.tw/inside/Techref/bios-flash.html#b...

Nick

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"Nick Zentena" <zentena@hophead.dyndns.org> wrote in message
news:5thc82-bg7.ln1@barley.dyndns.org...
> Erick Ondich <erick@visi.com> wrote:
> > I recently recieved an old computer with a P/I-P55TP4XE motherboard that
i
> > would like to use as a linux server. The current bios does not support
> > booting from cd so i downloaded an updated bios and thought all would go
> > well since i have flashed my bios many times before without issue.
Problem
> > is none of the flash programs can recognize the flash chip it is using.
> > They all report unknown or just leave the chip type blank. I have set
the
> > bios jumper to the program flash position and everything seems ok. The
> > flash program reads the old bios fine but cant find what type of flash
chip
> > it is. Is it possible this board came without a flashable bios chip in
it?
> > I have tried both the Asus Aflash utility and the Award flash utility
with
>
>
> I remember Asus changed it's flash program some time in the past. It
> wouldn't suprise me if that board needs a really old version.
>
> pflash?
>
> http://www.asus.com.tw/inside/Techref/bios-flash.html#b...
>
> Nick

Pflash did the trick. Now i can boot from CD. Thanks!

Erick