as p5bd1226.rom), I should restart the PC with the floppy disk in and let the BIOS announce a bad checksum from the unerasable part of the BIOS and let it search for a new BIOS from a floppy. I might take a real long time I've been told. It should then installl...

need a floppy even if it is to install XP on a system that has a SATA hard drive or to flash the BIOS. Get a floppy and flash your BIOS. It won't cost you much, it will take care of your problem, and you will already have it on hand the NEXT time you...

BIOS flash. Ok let`s start from beginning,with my old computer I used to flash bios,saving bios on floppy disc flashing it ect,ect.... Now I have new PC without a floppy disc drive,how to flash it,where to save bios,on fash dick perhaps,any suggestion.......

to control your fan settings. When i flashed my bios, I had to have a floppy disk that allowed me to boot into DOS and insert the modified bios that way. I don't remember how I did it exactly and I assume that flashing your 3870 might be different. I had...

the old BIOS on the floppy ... just in case! I also prefer, personally, to shut down the system after a BIOS flash, clear the CMOS with a jumper (if available), rest the jumper to "normal", boot up, and then manually set my BIOS perferences after loading...

unless absolutely necessary, >flash to a just released BIOS. Wait and see what may have been screwed up >by the new BIOS. It seems to happen more frequently than it should. If the >BIOS has been out for a while it's probably OK. And a great time to flash...

blocker should have activated and then you can boot off of cd or floppy to reflash. The primary boot block is protected and not overwritten during flash. So make a flash cd or floppy and reflash. I tried new bios 3x its just plain bad. I told Biostar about...

I need to download current flash BIOS. Dell says as long as memory is PC133, flash is not necessary. Also having trouble getting system to read floppy with new BIOS. Downloaded per procedure on Dell site. Is all the flash BS necessary, or might I have a...

that I need to flash the BIOS first to F14 before I could use Wolfdale (45nm) chips. However, I don't have an old LGA775 processor to use in flashing the BIOS. If I put the E7500 in, will I be able to POST so I could update the BIOS? You guys mentioned...

a floppy to use to flash a mobo BIOS, I ALWAYS format it first, doing a full format. Any bad spots, and the floppy goes in the trash. I probably have a 1000 floppys here, so one less won't matter. It's not worth the risk of a possible failed BIOS flash...