hot flash bios

PirateNinjaPirateNinja Icrontian
edited May 2004 in Science & Tech
long story short, my brother messed up his bios. he has an asus a7n8x rev 2.0, and was flashing it to get compatibilty to his new 3000+ w/ 400fsb


anyways, he muffed that up, rendering hte machine useless. so i haul out an old system, also an asus board. same exact 2 megabit bios chips, i go to hot flash it .. it will not hot flash using awdflash..

i know what i was doing, it just wouldnt work. what i need to know is, are those bios savior devices a solution here? do they work? and also, are there still companies out there that will program a bios chip and send it to you for 20$? i know i had to use one of them once fudging the bios on an old 8kha+ years ago.

anyways, thanks in advance as always.

Comments

  • fatcatfatcat Mizzou Icrontian
    edited May 2004
    www.badflash.com ?
  • muddocktormuddocktor
    edited May 2004
    I've used a Bios Savior before and they are great, even come with a chip puller.

    Like FatCat said, badflash.com or maybe you could get a new bios chip from Asus. If you have a local computer store that carries the same model A7N8X, you could also go buy a board and use the bios chip out of it to boot to a dos prompt and hot flash your, then return the mobo. :eek2:

    BTW, my rev. 1.04 A7N8X-Dlx has a 4m bios chip, not a 2m chip. That's probably why you were unsuccessful in your flashing attemps.
  • PirateNinjaPirateNinja Icrontian
    edited May 2004
    muddocktor wrote:
    I've used a Bios Savior before and they are great, even come with a chip puller.

    Like FatCat said, badflash.com or maybe you could get a new bios chip from Asus. If you have a local computer store that carries the same model A7N8X, you could also go buy a board and use the bios chip out of it to boot to a dos prompt and hot flash your, then return the mobo. :eek2:

    BTW, my rev. 1.04 A7N8X-Dlx has a 4m bios chip, not a 2m chip. That's probably why you were unsuccessful in your flashing attemps.

    Well the reason it has a 2mbit is because its not hte dlx, just the a7n8x "standard". Comes with 2 Mbit Phoenix. I attempted to flash it in a a7v266e.

    Thanks fatcat, that was the site i needed, have not had to go there for 3 years. I think Ill pick up a rocovery tool also, Im sure it will come in handy soem day. Taking out the bios chip while the computer is on with a small metal screwdriver isnt exactly promising. =p
  • muddocktormuddocktor
    edited May 2004
    Oh, I didn't realize that the non-Dlx used the older 2m chips.

    BTW, they have a forum member here(can't remember his name, darnit!) who has a store that sells Bios Saviors for a decent price. You might ask mmonnin what's the name of the store because he won an Enermax psu from his store in some kind of giveaway contest. The little chip puller that comes with the Bios Savior is really neat and handy; I'd try pulling it booted up with that tool.
  • LeonardoLeonardo Wake up and smell the glaciers Eagle River, Alaska Icrontian
    edited May 2004
    The member who sells BIOS Saviors (and for a good price) is SmiGDig . He'll see you straight on a BIOS Savior. Or if you choose to just replace the CMOS chip with a pre-flashed BIOS version of your choosing, contact badflash.com - great people, superb service, reasonable cost. I've done business with both of the referenced vendors.
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