F5 BIOS flash problem

Archived from groups: alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.gigabyte (More info?)

p.s. it is possible to flash to new BIOS files using @BIOS. But this is
still a bug in F5 and needs to be fixed. I have emailed Gigabyte with a
detailed description of the problem.


"Richard Dower" <richarddower@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news593un$jhm$1@reader01.news.esat.net...
> Seems i have encountered a problem with the new F5 BIOS for the
> GA-K8NXP-9. I had F5i installed and a reset to factory defaults before
> flashing to F5. The BIOS flash to F5 was sucessfull and everything is
> working as it should.
>
> However i only flashed the main BIOS and tried to flash the backup, but i
> was not able to enter QFLASH. Pressing F8 to enter QFLASH did not work and
> the computer just locks up. It tries to access the floppy drive and just
> freezes, the floppy drive light just lights up continiously and pressing
> any key does nothing, you can hit "Esc" or anything, it'a just totally
> frozen.
>
> So what am i to do?, even if a new BIOS update comes out i won't be able
> to flash to the latest BIOS?
>
> The floppy drive itself works and can access it within Windows and during
> bootup i can insert a floppy disc and load Memtest86+ sucessfully. The
> error is only limited to accessing QFLASH using F8....any help?
>
>

Archived from groups: alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.gigabyte (More info?)

"Richard Dower" <richarddower@hotmail.com> wrote:

>Seems i have encountered a problem with the new F5 BIOS for the GA-K8NXP-9.
>I had F5i installed and a reset to factory defaults before flashing to F5.
>The BIOS flash to F5 was sucessfull and everything is working as it should.
>
>However i only flashed the main BIOS and tried to flash the backup, but i
>was not able to enter QFLASH. Pressing F8 to enter QFLASH did not work and
>the computer just locks up. It tries to access the floppy drive and just
>freezes, the floppy drive light just lights up continiously and pressing any
>key does nothing, you can hit "Esc" or anything, it'a just totally frozen.
>
>So what am i to do?, even if a new BIOS update comes out i won't be able to
>flash to the latest BIOS?
>
>The floppy drive itself works and can access it within Windows and during
>bootup i can insert a floppy disc and load Memtest86+ sucessfully. The error
>is only limited to accessing QFLASH using F8....any help?
>
Try humoring it by putting a formatted floppy, ANY non-bootable
floppy, in the floppy drive when you try to update the BIOS.