help me understand what a-bit are talking about

[hikaru452]

help me perform a bios flash

i have an a-bit AW9D-MAX motherboard and i need to do a BIOS flash/update so i can start using my Q6600(B3 stepping) however i can't make sense of the instructions on the a-bit site

to flash the bios they say to make a bootable floppy am i right in assumming that means to format the floppy in MS-DOS mode however this leaves the floppy without enough room for the bios file when extracted (which i assume i should have done before copying the files to the disk). my guess is that the floppy does not need to be in MS-DOS mode however i am unsure if it would destroy my motherboard or not.

please help by giving me very clear instructions or an alternative method of flashing my bios.

p.s i don't have an alternative motherboard to use if this board dies so great care and advise is wanted

 

[Dougsnake]

just use flash menu thats in side the uguru software which is basically a windows flash utility no floppys or any thing else needed just the bios file, load bios ,flash bios and reboot bobs ** uncle
Hasnt failed for me after 18 flashes so is very reliable.

goodluck

 

[mdjmcnally]

Or if you want to use a boot disk that has space for the BIOS then goto

http://www.bootdisk.com/

and download the driver free disk

 

[hikaru452]

thanks for telling me about the flash menu dougsnake. it was very easy to use and now i'm one happy user of a Q6600 @ stock .

i might overclock it later but i dont need the extra speed yet nor do i want the extra heat