Thank You OcUK

skunksta · 1 Oct 2008 at 15:53

Ok the story (lol).I like a fool tryed for the first and last time to flash me P5B with the software that asus use in windows and yes
as most of u guessed it failed.Reboot and no post seems i cleaned the cmos/bios chip and unlike a dos flash it does not leave
any backup at all.So trying to rma that and in the mean time i thought grab a HTPC mobo for when i upgrade in a few months
and use this E6600 and it in my HTPC until i saw in grade B the Abit IX38 QuadGT Intel X38 (Socket 775)
so cheap i had to have it.But 1 hour after the order(at 11.30 pm) i find my X2 3870 wont work with and its
got bad reviews so tryed to cancel by webnote wake up ring and its been sent out.I ask could you check pls and in the end it
was found in a cage and had not been picked up yet.And they just replaced it with asus
P5E-VM HDMI Intel G35 Micro-ATX (Socket 775) PCI which i wanted to start with.Big thanks OcUK saved my skin.
Never had the funds to buy another and wait on refund great service.

MooMoo444 · 1 Oct 2008 at 16:00

I've heard so so many bad stories about windows bios flashing. I'd never risk it

bledd · 1 Oct 2008 at 16:02

it's hard to read when it's all bunched up like that mate

press enter now and again

glad it's sorted

shaffaaf27 · 2 Oct 2008 at 04:45

i have always done windows bios updates due to lack of floppy and usb, no prblems here

hp7909 · 2 Oct 2008 at 04:53

Windows flashing has also caught me out. Had to order a new BIOS chip :mad:

shaffaaf27 have you tried the HP USB Disk Storage Format Tool? Useful for creating a bootable USB flash-disk.

shaffaaf27 · 2 Oct 2008 at 05:04

but i have no usb stick, or does it trick the HDD into being a bootable USB, for the bios?

hp7909 · 2 Oct 2008 at 05:17

shaffaaf27 said:
but i have no usb stick, or does it trick the HDD into being a bootable USB, for the bios?

How do you get-by :confused:

IMO consider a USB stick one of those things everyone has or has to have nowadays.

Use a fairly old 128MB which I found lying around in the house for BIOS flashing.

skunksta · 2 Oct 2008 at 08:41

shaffaaf27 said:
i have always done windows bios updates due to lack of floppy and usb, no prblems here

Trust me m8 to be safe get yourself a usb disk cause your kick yourself if it happens to you all for the sake for £3-4.

bledd · 2 Oct 2008 at 09:32

shaffaaf27

i used to always use windows, but after reading tons of people who've had problems, i always use a usb stick now

you can get them for about £8 for 4gb delivered, most bios's have an update utility in them now, so it's damn easy

Pneumonic · 2 Oct 2008 at 09:45

I have flashed my BIOS from windows 20+ times (both backwards and forwards in version) over the past 12 months on Asus boards and never had an issue..

Tetsu · 2 Oct 2008 at 09:49

shaffaaf27 said:
i have always done windows bios updates due to lack of floppy and usb, no prblems here

Yeah i've done it around 10 times with 3 different boards and never had an issue.