I'm Flashing my BIOS...

Einhander Sn0m4n · Post by **Einhander Sn0m4n** » 2005-08-12 08:08am

I'm about to update my Intel D845PEBT2's BIOS. I'll be back...

I hope.

Einhander Sn0m4n · Post by **Einhander Sn0m4n** » 2005-08-12 08:25am

Crap in a Hat! It says it wasn't successful and it didn't update the BIOS! It's the right BIOS program too!

Akaramu Shinja · Post by **Akaramu Shinja** » 2005-08-12 08:41am

Did it say anything?

Einhander Sn0m4n · Post by **Einhander Sn0m4n** » 2005-08-12 08:49am

Other than the bog-standard "your BIOS hasn't been updated try running the program again kthnx R00FL3Z!:lol::lol::lol::lol::lol:" after rebooting, nope. And I ran it through twice in case the first time was just something going randomly daft, but no dice.

At least my comp isn't totally pear-shaped! Shep told me that BIOS updates not working usually result in the computer equivalent of a twenty-gigaton nuclear detonation, but not this time.

phongn · Post by **phongn** » 2005-08-12 09:48am

If your BIOS update fails then your motherboard is toast (unless you have something like Gigabyte's "Dual BIOS." Running it through twice won't do anything helpful, either, and you only increase your risk of failure.

brianeyci · Post by **brianeyci** » 2005-08-12 11:47am

Maybe you didn't get the right BIOS program. I know when I flashed a few older BIOS, if you get the wrong one it actually refuses to update the BIOS for you and nothing happens. From what you posted, it sounds like the BIOS program didn't update the BIOS at all, probably because you have the wrong version. You get it from here? Are you sure you didn't make a mistake?

<edit>Oh yeah fuck the windows version, get the DOS version and make a boot floppy, unless your computer doesn't have a floppy drive</edit>

Brian

Einhander Sn0m4n · Post by **Einhander Sn0m4n** » 2005-08-12 02:38pm

Phong: Toast? It seems to work just fine here. AIDA32 doesn't report anything amiss, and any daffy behavior I've seen lately is squarely a Windows Rot issue.

Brian: I have a floppy drive, just no floppy disks as far as I know. I did get it from that Intel site though. I think I have the right version, and that program seems pretty idiot-proof. You are correct it didn't update the BIOS.

brianeyci · Post by **brianeyci** » 2005-08-12 02:50pm

Einhander Sn0m4n wrote:Brian: I have a floppy drive, just no floppy disks as far as I know. I did get it from that Intel site though. I think I have the right version, and that program seems pretty idiot-proof. You are correct it didn't update the BIOS.

Well then get a floppy disk (a good one, brand new and good brand name) and do it with a boot floppy rather than their stupid windows installer, that will probably work. In other words use the "DOS based Iflash utility"

However it says "for all other operating systems only", so I don't know what would happen if you do use the DOS based one, I leave it to the more knowledgable. But it seems retarded that they have a version for DOS, and a version for Windows. Using the DOS version on a Windows machine is probably less-user friendly, but that should be the only difference... I am not too sure about that though, and what happens if the DOS BIOS upgrade nukes your computer? It shouldn't, but I don't know why Intel would recommend you use one type for Windows and another for all other operating systems other than user-friendly.

Brian

Arthur_Tuxedo · Post by **Arthur_Tuxedo** » 2005-08-12 04:18pm

Usually the boot disk versions are OS-independent nowadays. That's probably what they meant.

Einhander Sn0m4n · Post by **Einhander Sn0m4n** » 2005-08-13 05:09pm

Sorry about my lack of response the past day, but I went to my sister's wedding reception and got swept up in the debauchery. I had fun.

I will try the IFlash doohickey as soon as I scrounge up a decent floppy...