Re: Updating BIOS

On Thu, 21 Jul 2005 19:07:56 -0400, nospam@xxxxxxxxxx (Paul) wrote:

>In article <ms30e1lgbolnh2umsnt3727ebdbrhf3nti@xxxxxxx>, David
><rhinds_no_spam_@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> I had all sorts of problems after "Updating" XP Home with SP2. Now MS
>> support suggest that I should update the BIOS on an Asus A7V-133. The
>> BIOS version is Award Rev 1007, Ipreciated since I've never done
>> this before?
>
>First of all, step away from the keyboard :-)
>
>The file you've downloaded is not a BIOS file. So don't do
>anything you'll regret later
>I think it would be better if you described what is happening
>to your SP2 update.

Thank you both very much for the words of warning. I'll look at the
links and see if I can make sense of it all.

I still have 2 problems, both started after updating with SP2.

1. My DVD burners are not recognized as burners, only CD ROM's. The
drives are Memorex DVD+/- Dual X1 and Sony DVD RW DW022a
When I try to burn anything, CD or DVD, I get the same warning:

"K:\ (or J:\) is not accessible
Incorrect function."

The only option is OK. In Device Manager for both drives it says "This
device is working correctly."

2. I sometimes cannot install software, although this problem didn't
materialize until some later date than the DVD problem. In other words
I was able to install some software before this happened. None of the
software was anything less than "main stream," (Photoshop V7, Premier
6, Eudora 6, Forte Agent 2.0, MS Word & CA Antivirus & Adaware spyware
etc) Now when I try to install anything I get the first window as the
program "unpacks" itself (sorry for the terminology) then up comes,
Windows Installer "Preparing to Install" The system hangs for maybe 2
minutes then a Windows Installer warning:

"The Windows installer service could not be accessed. This can
occur if you are running Windows in Safe Mode, or if the Windows
Installer is not correctly installed. Contact your support personnel
for assistance"

This all started way back in January and at that time MS suppport said
it would be solved by getting an XP installation disk updated with SP2
which they said they would send. A couple of weeks later, before it
arrived, I left the country for 5 months. I don't know what happened
to the CD but have only just received a copy yesterday. MS support
said it would have been better if I had done a clean install of XP
before adding SP2. However this is exactly what I did so the next
suggestion was that probably I needed the BIOS update.

One other problem has manifested itself just recently, I get a warning
when I try to defrag drive E.

"Defragmentation of E: has been cancelled due to inconsistencies that
were detected in the file system. Please run CHKDSK on E: to repair
these inconsistencies then run Diskeeper again."

I have tried to run CHKDSK with and without switches, nothing happens.
I'd very much like to sort out the mess before re-installing
everything.

David
.

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