Quote:
Originally Posted by Rez
Kelainefes, I would love it if you could give a quick explanation of how you managed to flash bios through CD. |
Well, go grab a free trial of UltraISO, you'll need that later.
Then go
here and download
VFD, it's a virtual floppy disk drive.
No installation required, just extract to a folder, run it, click install, then start, assign a letter, give it a file name for the image; you'll see a 3.5" drive icon in your My Computer in a few seconds.
Start the program from
DFI, it will put all the required files in the virtual floppy.
Now enter the virtual unit, rename autoexec.bat as flash.bat.
Now download
this it contains a
cd image that will give you a DOS prompt.
Start UltraISO, we'll use it to add the
bios files to that image.
To do that:
File | Open | Select flashcd.iso | Open | Image windows shows bootable |
Select your
bios files in the lower window (the executable, the .bin and flash.bat)| Drag to the top window | File |
Save
To burn:
File | Open | Click on flashcd.iso | Open | You'll see your
bios flash
files on the right | Tools | Burn
I suggest you use a CDRW.
Reboot your system, go into the
BIOS to make sure the first boot device is your
CD drive, AND THAT YOU ARE NOT OVERCLOCKING YOUR SYSTEM (!!!) then you should get to the prompt in a few seconds.
Type flash.bat to start the flashing program (the required parameters are written in the .bat, that's why it's easier to use it).
DONE!
Credits to the guys at bootdisk.com for the bootable image and for the guide on how to make a bootable
CD to flash your
BIOS.
Credits to me
for finding that useful freeware vitual floppy unit,
VFD
Linear Mode
