DOS / Updating Bios

almoststew1990 · 19 Jan 2016 at 20:11

I'm trying to update the bios on an Intel DG45ID. I have made a bootable USB stick using MS-DOS in rufus.I've copied over the iFlash2.exe, .BIO and .ITK files. The PC will boot to the USB stick fine. I then type the iFlash2.exe and it launches into this:

I then typed /i to see what the current is and it said bad command. It does this whatever command I try to do! Am I just too young to know how to use DOS now?

(I did actually use DOS when DOS was a thing to play The Lion King btw!)

edit- Oh I think I have to change the root directory I am operating in or something?
edit edit- all the files are just dumped in C: anyway

JRS · 19 Jan 2016 at 20:17

You'd run iflash2 /i to get the current BIOS info, not just /i on it's own. And to flash the new BIOS you'd run iflash2 followed by the file name of the new BIOS file.

almoststew1990 · 19 Jan 2016 at 20:18

Ok thanks!

Now I get this...

Surely that's the point that the bios versions are different? Any idea what I do now?

JRS · 19 Jan 2016 at 20:23

That possibly means that the board in question is specific to the computer manufacturer rather than being a generic Intel example. Any BIOS update would have to come from the computer manufacturer rather than Intel.

almoststew1990 · 19 Jan 2016 at 20:33

Yeah it has an advent splash screen. I've been able to get around it in the past- an OCUK competitor had disabled the integrated graphics with their own gimped bios or something. When I installed the mobo manufacturers BIOS the integrated worked fine. Luckily it was dual bios Gigabyte board!

Maybe I'll try Intel's 'recovery' bios installing option as that is for corrupted bios'.