USB Key for BIOS Flash

tntcoder · 3 Sep 2007 at 20:37

Hi,

How do i go about making a usb flash drive bootable for flashing my bios?

The motherboard bios zip file consists of:

Code:

ABITFAE.BAT
M629B_11.BIN
RUNME.BAT
awdflash.exe

I assume these files are designed to run on an MS-DOS boot floppy...

Anyone know how its done? Is it just a case of putting dos on the drive and making it bootable and the rest of the process is the same as with a floppy?

Thanks

Jack

Street · 3 Sep 2007 at 21:02

Does your BIOS have some sort of easy flash thing? Thats how I use mine, I just drop the bin file on it and load up the program in the BIOS.

Cuchulainn · 3 Sep 2007 at 21:02

Here you go mate,

Grab hold of a file called HPUSBFW.EXE and a file called HPUSBFW_BOOTFILES.ZIP

Using those you can create a bootable DOS USB key.

Then simply drag the desired BIOS update files onto your newly created bootable USB key and set your MOBO to boot from it. You will then be able to update your BIOS as per your motherboard manufacturer's instructions.

If you need any help finding the files, just give me a shout, or drop me a PM or something and I'll mail them to you.

tntcoder · 3 Sep 2007 at 21:21

Thanks a lot, will give that a try

Tripnologist · 3 Sep 2007 at 22:35

M629B_11.BIN.. that looks like it's for the IP35 Pro board.

This is taken from numerous posts where people have posted things but not nice clear easy to understand instructions that anyone can follow.

1. Download the HP USB disk storage format tool from here (and install it).
http://files.extremeoverclocking.com/file.php?f=197

2. Download the Win98 system files from here (and unzip them).
http://files.extremeoverclocking.com/file.php?f=196

3. Run the USB format tool and select the following:
File System: FAT32
Create DOS Startup Disk
- using DOS files located at: (browse to the win98boot folder you unzipped the 98 system files to)

4. Click start. Now you've got a USB key that is bootable.

Now for the flashing....

5. Open up notepad and put the following in
AWDFLASH.EXE M629B_11.BIN /py /sn /Wb /cd /cp /cc /CKS

6. Save the notepad file as RUN.BAT (you can save it as run.txt and then just change the file extension)

7. Copy the run.bat file to your usb key.

8. Go into the folder your bios is in (in your case, m629b11) and copy the folowing files to your usb key:
M629B_11.BIN
awdflash.exe

9. You've now got a bootable USB key along with the necessary files to flash the BIOS.

10. Reboot your computer, go into the bios and change the boot order so the first device is your USB key.

11. Boot off the USB key and at the prompt, type in RUN.