Re: Flashed SP97-V BIOS - Now won't boot
- From: nospam@xxxxxxxxxx (Paul)
- Date: Sun, 20 Aug 2006 23:31:07 GMT
In article <I__Fg.2061$Cs3.123@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "mdp"
<markdpend@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Friedrich Wuelfing wrote:http://www.motherboards.org/files/manuals/1/sp97v-104.pdf#search='SP97V%20bios%20flash%20utility'
03/18/99 and used Asus' utility, Aflash.exe, to flash the BIOS.
Aflash gave
The right flashing utility is PFLASH.EXE, see board's manual page 36:
http://support.asus.com/download/download_item.aspx?model=SP97-V&type=Map&SLanguage=en-us
I had similar problems with an Asus TX97-XE.
After flashing with aflash.exe the energy star logo was corrupt
but luckily is still booted. Flashing with pflash.exe corrected this.
Thanks to everyone that responded. The BIOS I flashed I obtained from Asus'
site: 0109v.005. Got it here
I also downloaded the latest non-beta, S97V0108.AWD, from the above site and
older versions from here:
ftp://ftp.asus.com.tw/pub/ASUS/mb/sock7/sis5598/sp97-v/
Lastly, I also am aware of and have download the one from
http://web.inter.nl.net/hcc/J.Steunebrink/k6plus.htm, 0109V_J2.BIN, as I am
planning to run a K6-III 400 and perhaps a K6-3+ and also want larger HD
support.
I ordered another SP97-V motherboard to perform a hot flash (for this
motherboard it turns out to be cheaper than buying another programmed chip).
I've successfully done this before and understand it is not for the faint of
heart or someone without a steady hand.
I will use pflash this time (didn't do my homework thoroughly enough) but
would like to ask about another method. How 'similar' does the MB have to
be to properly flash the chip? For example, does it have to be an Asus
SP97-V, a 'similar' Asus, or will another motherboard using a 128B Award
BIOS get me there? I have other MBs laying around and could experiment.
Since my chip is already corrupted, I'm not worried about corrupting it
further however are there other downsides such as permanent damage? Thanks.
Using the same board would be the lowest risk. The BIOS flashing tools
rely on a "BIOS hook". That is a subroutine in the current flash
image (shadowed to RAM one would hope), that when called, can flash
parts of the BIOS chip. Using an AMI flasher on an Award board, or
vice versa probably would not work. You would think as well,
that if there was a large age difference between the boards,
that the support device types or flashing algorithm might be
different.
If the flashing tool was known to do the flash algorithm itself,
rather than look for and call the BIOS hook of the current BIOS,
then matching the device socket type would be all that is necessary.
So the BIOS hook issue is the reason I would shop for the same board.
Using a hex editor and a copy of pflash.exe from the Asus site,
I can see this error message inside the executable:
ERROR! Can't Find System BIOS' Hook
HTH,
Paul
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