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[Solved] Solved: updating bios without windows/floppy for biostar TA790GX XE

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ahcollins3   08-22-2009 at 09:13:59 PM

I just bought a new mb, cpu, and memory when my old 939 motherboard died. I can't get windows to install (it hangs at Setup is Starting Windows), so I'm trying to update the bios. Biostar does not seem to have a bios flasher that doesn't work without windows. I have a floppy drive, but no floppy disks.

I have the following setup:

Biostar TA790GX XE (bios date 1/13/09)
Athlon II x2 250
Seagate Barracuda 640gb SATA 3.0gb/s
Patriot Viper PC2-8500 1066mhz DDR2 4gb (2x2gb)
Diamond Radeon 4670 1gb

Thank you in advance for your help.


Message edited by ahcollins3 on 08-23-2009 at 01:14:27 AM
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I have the same rig as you, and faces the same problem. I believe you could put the new bios in the usb and right after you hit power bottom, you would press F12 until its built-in flasher comes up (from mannual). Unfortunately, I messed up my bios reflash by using third party flasher (didn't know it has a built-in flasher until later) and have to RMA my board. Hopefully the new board will come within a week.

Try and tell me if that works for you
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505090   08-22-2009 at 09:48:09 PM

Take one stick of ram out and try to install if that doesn't work take out the other or try swapping slots.

Never flash an unstable computer. NEVER.

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dontkowna   08-22-2009 at 09:58:54 PM
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I have the same rig as you, and faces the same problem. I believe you could put the new bios in the usb and right after you hit power bottom, you would press F12 until its built-in flasher comes up (from mannual). Unfortunately, I messed up my bios reflash by using third party flasher (didn't know it has a built-in flasher until later) and have to RMA my board. Hopefully the new board will come within a week.

Try and tell me if that works for you


Message edited by dontkowna on 08-22-2009 at 09:59:57 PM
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ahcollins3   08-23-2009 at 01:13:42 AM

505090: Thanks for the tip, tried 4 different configurations between 2 dimms and ran memtest86 for each config no luck. Ram passed all tests.

dontknowna: Ended up flashing the bios (don't know how I missed F12 it in the manual). The system installs windows just fine now.

Thank you both.

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505090   08-23-2009 at 02:16:01 AM

glad it worked out for you

------------------------------ E8400 : GA-EP35-DS3L : mushkin 4GB DDR2 800 : HD 2600PRO : 450W ATX12V : Windows 7
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dontkowna   08-23-2009 at 02:57:59 AM

Congratulation. Did you flash it the bios downloaded from the website?

BTW, I wish I read my manual before I flash it :cry: (I believe I killed my board by using a thrid party flasher) . Now I have to pay for my mistake by waiting for another week.

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ahcollins3   08-23-2009 at 05:30:50 AM

dontkowna wrote :

Congratulation. Did you flash it the bios downloaded from the website?

BTW, I wish I read my manual before I flash it :cry: (I believe I killed my board by using a thrid party flasher) . Now I have to pay for my mistake by waiting for another week.



I download the 6/09 bios. I think the problem was a conflict with the Athlon II being properly recognized. There are a couple of beta bios out there, but I didn't want to risk it.

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dontkowna   08-23-2009 at 03:01:29 PM

Got it. Have fun with you new system.

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