Re: ASUS A8N-SLI DELUXE upgrade BIOS to 1016

On 1 Jan 2006 19:34:23 -0800, "pc" <pc_whocares@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>I am totally bewildered by the latest ASUS BIOS download for the ASUS
>A8N-SLI DELUXE.
>
>I download the BIOS. Great. What flash tool? It implies I need
>awadflash.exe v1.14, but that's not to be found. I have ASUS update
>V6.10.02 installed, I'll try that. But first....
>
>It instructs me to update chipset drivers to V6.65 or later. Great. I
>download and expand the zip file. It's got 10 files called
>MAKEDISK.EXE in it. Jesus.
>
>So, I'm running XP 32 bit. That narrows it down to two files with
>PATARAID and SATARAID in the names. What do I nead PATARAID for? Does
>the IDE interface support RAID? News to me.
>
>I run the programs and make floppies. The download page says the OS is
>DOS. Since the source is called MAKEDISK.exe I assume it will make a
>bootable floppy. NOT.
>
>What in the blazes am I spoda do with these things???? Put them on a
>DOS bootable disc? That's easy, but at this point I'm not comfortable
>going any further because the damn instructions are sooooo cryptic.
>What's wrong with these people?
>
>Your inputs would be greatly appreciated.
>
>pc
>
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>Following is from the ASUS download site:
>
>Version 1016 2005/12/21update
>
>OS DOS
>
>Description A8N-SLI Deluxe Bios version 1016
>Please do read the description before updating BIOS
>To avoid crashing file system, please do update the chipset driver to
>below version prior to this Bios.
>For WinXP 32bit system, please download and update chipset drivers
>V6.65 or later
>For WinXP 64bit system, please download and update chipset drivers
>V6.65 or later
>For Win2k/2003 32bit system, please download and update chipset drivers
>V6.66 or later
>For Win2003 64bit system, please download and update chipset drivers
>V6.66 or later
>1- Support new CPUs. Please refer to our website at:
>http://support.asus.com/cpusupport/cpusupport.aspx
>2- Update awdflash.exe to v1.14
>3- Remove 2.88MB floppy item value
>
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>Here's the contents of the floppy that sataraid makedisc builds:
>
>12/21/2004 05:19 PM 5 disk1
>05/17/2005 05:45 PM 300,032 idecoi.dll
>05/31/2005 01:11 AM 9,341 nvata.cat
>05/17/2005 05:45 PM 92,800 nvatabus.sys
>05/14/2005 02:56 PM 32,768 nvcoi.dll
>04/22/2005 02:35 AM 5,194 nvide.nvu
>05/24/2005 01:15 PM 5,182 nvraid.inf
>05/17/2005 05:45 PM 76,288 nvraid.sys
>05/17/2005 05:45 PM 19,456 nvraidco.dll
>05/14/2005 02:56 PM 176,128 nvuide.exe
>05/17/2005 05:43 PM 4,701 txtsetup.oem

The nVidia platform driver you should have downloaded from nVidia
comes with a setup program that you run from within Windows XP. These
are basically Windows drivers and programs that canNOT be run from a
boot floppy, and there's certainly no reason I can think of to
transfer them to floppies.
If you start your download here
http://www.nvidia.com/object/nforce_nf4_winxp32_amd_6.70.html , you
should get the EXE file that you can run without unzipping. Assuming
that you want the English-language version, the current file is
"nForce4_amd_6.70_winxp2k_english.exe."

You mentioned that you were looking for "awadflash.exe." I think
hat's a typo, and that may have been why you couldn't find it. The
actual file you search for is "awdflash.exe." That said, with this
motherboard, you don't need an external flash utility because there's
one built into the BIOS -- EZ Flash -- that works perfectly. During
POST, just enter ALT+F2 to launch it. You then just need to insert a
floppy with the downloaded BIOS file and follow the prompts. This
floppy needn't be bootable and you need nothing on it other than the
BIOS file. In other words, awdflash.exe is an acceptable way to flash
your BIOS, but it's not necessary, and I would recommend using EZ
Flash, instead.

Asus is pretty explicit with the advice to upgrade the chipset driver
to a version of 6.65 or later BEFORE flashing the latest BIOS versions
in order to avoid file-system corruption.


Ron
.

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