Tom's Hardware > Forum > Motherboards & Memory > Chipsets & Bios > Flash BIOS without a floppy?
Ask the community Add a reply
Word :    Username :           
 
doomsdaydave11   08-12-2008 at 02:40:58 AM

Is there any way to flash my GA-EP35-DS3L's BIOS without a floppy drive? I remember there was a relatively simple way of doing it, but I couldn't find it after hours of googling.

I'm sure I missed something blatantly obvious. Thanks.

------------------------------ E8400 3.6Ghz | 4GB DDR2-800 | HD4870 | 780GB HDD Space | VX550W | WinXP | Win7-64 | Ubuntu Studio 8.10

 

Add a reply
Sponsored Links
Register or log in to remove.
doomsdaydave11   08-12-2008 at 04:45:07 AM
- 0 +

I know. I know I can do it with a flash drive or CD/DVD. I just don't know how.

Reply to doomsdaydave11
bf2gameplaya   08-12-2008 at 04:57:52 AM
- 0 +

Ah, on my nForce4 board I can hit ALT+F2 at boot to get to the built in AWARD.exe BIOS flash program embedded in the motherboard.

 

Does the P35's BIOS have a nifty feature like that? If so you just put the newBIOS.bin file in the root directory and write the name of that file on a piece of paper (so you don't forget since you need to type it in) and boot into AWARD and type the command line and done.

 

I haven't used a floppy since nForce3 days, let us know if you have that feature, I don't feel like googling for hours either! Also, there are several on-line BIOS updating programs made by board makers, again my nforce4 board has such a BIOS checker program, it even checks my video card BIOS for updates as well, neat eh?


Message edited by bf2gameplaya on 08-12-2008 at 05:01:41 AM
Reply to bf2gameplaya
riffwraith   08-12-2008 at 05:07:50 AM
- 0 +

Flash drive.
Use Q-flash, and make sure the drive is formatted in fat.
Did it myself just a couple days ago.
Easy as pie.

Reply to riffwraith
caamsa   08-12-2008 at 05:31:26 AM
- 0 +

The last time I flashed my bios I did it in my windows desktop.....

------------------------------ Athlon 64 AM2 6000+
Gigabyte M61P-S3
4 GB OCZ Fatal1ty DDR2 800
Asus 4850 512mb
Reply to caamsa
weilin   08-12-2008 at 05:32:38 AM
- 0 +

copy bios file xxxxxx.fxx onto USB thumb drive. turn pc on, press delete to enter bios. In bios, press f8 to enter built in flash utilty. Select update bios from disk. the USB key should come up as a HDD. Select hte xxxxx.fxx file and it will flash like u are using a floppy.

Reply to weilin
Zorg   08-12-2008 at 05:51:40 AM
- 0 +

You can also press [END] during POST. It's a piece of cake. Do not use the @BIOS, it's not as safe. You can also do it from a FAT32 partition on a hard drive.


Message edited by Zorg on 08-12-2008 at 05:53:08 AM
Reply to Zorg
Ask the community Add a reply
Tom's Hardware > Forum > Motherboards & Memory > Chipsets & Bios > Flash BIOS without a floppy?
Go to:

There are 843 identified and unidentified users. To see the list of identified users, Click here.

Forum map
Bestofmedia Forum ©
2000-2009 Bestofmedia Group
Page generated in 0.384 seconds
Please mind

You are about to answer a thread that has been inactive for more than 6 months.
If you still wish to proceed, please ensure that your posting is original and does not duplicate or overlap any prior responses to this thread.

Add a reply Cancel
Sponsored links
  • Ask the community now
  • Publish
Ad
Related Topics
See all relatives topics
They won a badge
Join us in greeting them