Flashing a bios

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Hi

Due to a problem with a 5port USB PCI card which I have added to my
computer, I have to flash my bios (in the hope that this will resolve the
problem)

I'm already nervous as I know this operation can end in tears.

Anyway, the instructions told me to extract the files onto a bootable floopy
disk and to then boot the system from the disk.

But Windows indicated that the files were too large for the disquette
although when I looked, this didn't seem to be so.

Anyway, I got the files onto the disquette by extracting them first onto my
HD and then copying them onto the disquette (yes , they fitted on)

Now , when I try to boot from the disquette, the bios tells me that the
disquette does not have a recognised system.

Any ideas please?

Thanks

Dave Neve

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"Dave Neve" <NoAddressForSpammers@Nofs.fr> wrote in message
news:uytZqtKqFHA.620@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
> Hi
>
> Due to a problem with a 5port USB PCI card which I have added to my
> computer, I have to flash my bios (in the hope that this will resolve the
> problem)
>
> I'm already nervous as I know this operation can end in tears.
>
> Anyway, the instructions told me to extract the files onto a bootable
> floopy
> disk and to then boot the system from the disk.
>
> But Windows indicated that the files were too large for the disquette
> although when I looked, this didn't seem to be so.
>
> Anyway, I got the files onto the disquette by extracting them first onto
> my HD and then copying them onto the disquette (yes , they fitted on)
>
> Now , when I try to boot from the disquette, the bios tells me that the
> disquette does not have a recognised system.


>
> Any ideas please?
>
> Thanks
>
> Dave Neve

How did you create the boot floppy, it appears that it's does not have an OS
on it, that's what your pc is telling you. You can download a bootable
floppy image from bootdisk.com.

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Thw BIOS flash would probabily NOT fix your PCI USB card problem. Before
doing the flash, read up on "what" the BIOS flash update is "giving" to the
BIOS (ie: what does it fix?)

What is the problem with the 5 port USB PCI card? have you tried a
different PCI slot? (Note: PCI slots are noy the same as PCI-X or
PCIExpress (PCI-e) slots!)


"Dave Neve" <NoAddressForSpammers@Nofs.fr> wrote in message
news:uytZqtKqFHA.620@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
> Hi
>
> Due to a problem with a 5port USB PCI card which I have added to my
> computer, I have to flash my bios (in the hope that this will resolve the
> problem)
>
> I'm already nervous as I know this operation can end in tears.
>
> Anyway, the instructions told me to extract the files onto a bootable
> floopy
> disk and to then boot the system from the disk.
>
> But Windows indicated that the files were too large for the disquette
> although when I looked, this didn't seem to be so.
>
> Anyway, I got the files onto the disquette by extracting them first onto
> my HD and then copying them onto the disquette (yes , they fitted on)
>
> Now , when I try to boot from the disquette, the bios tells me that the
> disquette does not have a recognised system.
>
> Any ideas please?
>
> Thanks
>
> Dave Neve
>
>
>
>
>

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On Wed, 24 Aug 2005 15:00:07 +0200, "Dave Neve"
<NoAddressForSpammers@Nofs.fr> wrote:

>Hi
>
>Due to a problem with a 5port USB PCI card which I have added to my
>computer, I have to flash my bios (in the hope that this will resolve the
>problem)
>
>I'm already nervous as I know this operation can end in tears.
>
>Anyway, the instructions told me to extract the files onto a bootable floopy
>disk and to then boot the system from the disk.
>
>But Windows indicated that the files were too large for the disquette
>although when I looked, this didn't seem to be so.
>
>Anyway, I got the files onto the disquette by extracting them first onto my
>HD and then copying them onto the disquette (yes , they fitted on)
>
>Now , when I try to boot from the disquette, the bios tells me that the
>disquette does not have a recognised system.
>
>Any ideas please?
>
>Thanks
>
>Dave Neve
>
>
>
>
BIOS problems and flashes have nothing to do with XP. Post this in a
relevant group, preferably one that deals with the hardware in
question.

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Dave Neve wrote:
> Thanks everyone
>
> The symtom with the 5 card USB is that two ports are working ok but I can't
> get Windows to recognise anything else plugged in such as an MPEG player or
> external HD
>
> The idea of flashing the bios came from an article where it said the power
> supply to the PCI slot may need to be changed in the bios to power all these
> extra peripherals.
>
> An old bios may have some settings which aren't compatible with a 5port
> card.
>
> What do you think?
>
> Thanks

This is a hardware issue. Take a very look through the
motherboard manual in regards to utilization of the USB
ports that are onboard. It may be true that there might be
power limitations. OTOH, a powered hub might mitigate the
extra burden on the power being supplied via the onboard
USB from the PCI power bus.

Flashing a motherboard bios is serious business and should
not be done unless it is really needed. Again, follow very
explicitly the instructions in the motherboard manual.