Stuck flashing bios from CD

lemonkettaz · 17 Apr 2006 at 13:35

Ive created a boot cd in nero... i havnt a clue what to do so i just guessed.

I put on the cd:

awardflash.exe

and the latest asus deluxe bios ROM file on

I can get it to run the awardflash on startup.. but i dont know how to get it to actually flash the bios with the ROM file thats on the cd.

What am i doing wrong?

lemonkettaz · 17 Apr 2006 at 14:47

well ive wasted 6cds trying to make bootable cds to flash the bios.

i obviously dont know what to do

Orifice · 17 Apr 2006 at 15:38

If your having that many problems, just use winflash. I havent flashed a bios in dos mode for years.

james.miller · 17 Apr 2006 at 15:40

nor me. Biggest advantge is that if the flash goes wrong, you have a chance to download a different bios and reflash before you boot.

as long as your system is stable, you'll be fine

Usher · 17 Apr 2006 at 15:44

haven't you got the asus utility that came with your mobo ? its got a bios flash thingy on it & I used it & its easy

lemonkettaz · 17 Apr 2006 at 15:48

i dont have any bios flash asus utility,

winflash doesnt work.. i goto run it and it crashes. get an error report

Orifice · 17 Apr 2006 at 15:53

lemonkettaz said:
i dont have any bios flash asus utility,

winflash doesnt work.. i goto run it and it crashes. get an error report

Are you using XP64 by any chance?

lemonkettaz · 17 Apr 2006 at 15:58

No.

Ive got it flashed to the latest version now.

I didnt realise ASUSupdate actually flashed the bios i assumed it just downloaded the lastest bios... dont know why.

LOL ive spent a few hours now trying to make bootable cd's too.. i feel silly.

Cheers for the help anyways. Case Closed

split · 18 Apr 2006 at 14:26

For future reference, you don't need full bloated Nero to make a bootable CD. All you need is the wnaspi32.dll @ 160KBs (tiny) then follow this.
I have found that works with any flash utility. (any I have tried that is)

It may seem a bit long winded, but just that one file will burn the CD.

jeffa123 · 19 Apr 2006 at 10:16

Simple. If you have ASUS Update and the Bios file on your PC in a location accessable to windows, run the ASUS Update and from the drop down menu instead of Internet use Update Bios from file. Click next. Up pops a browser window, select your BIOS file and open. You are now in update mode. Click next to flash your Bios with latest Bios file you have downloaded.
I hope this is of some help to you.