Where Can I Update My Bios
(Click here to view the original thread with full colors/images)Posted by: bigdawgfoxx
Please send me a ling or something of a place where I can update my bios , or find information about the one I have now so I know which version it is and what CPU's I can put into it.
Posted by: 3rd gen noob
go to the site for your motherboard manufacturer, e.g ASUS (http://www.asus.com/)
you should be able to find it there...
Posted by: Virtualbody1234
What brand and model motherboard is this for?
Posted by: abu_has_the_power
another question u need to ask urself is y u want to update bios? cuz u can damage ur bios chip and render ur mobo useless. that's bad. now, unless ur an ocer and wanna take the risks, but i'm fine with mine, and i'm not goin anyfurther than 2.6 on my 2.4.
if u don't oc, there's not much of a point of updating bios, unless something isn't compatible
Posted by: Virtualbody1234
@abu_has_the_power. Read his first post. I think he wants to upgrade his CPU. Updating the BIOS can allow him to run the fastest supported CPU.
Posted by: abu_has_the_power
Originally posted by Virtualbody1234@19 October 2003 - 15:13
@abu_has_the_power. Read his first post. I think he wants to upgrade his CPU. Updating the BIOS can allow him to run the fastest supported CPU.
oh, oops. sory. ok, find out wat the manufacuture of ur mobo is. sisoft sandra will tell u that. then go to the site, look around in dls and find the bios update. wat u need to do is get a floppy, format and check the MAKE A STARTUP DISK OPTION. then the files u dl from ur mobo site, u copy them to the floppy. make sure there's 2 files, one that says: awdflash, and the other file (i get a rom file). restart and put the disk in. and type the awdflash
then u follow onscreen instructions
i never did it, but i no how. so i'm not really sure wat happens after u run awdflash. or u can get a prog called foxupdate. it came with my mobo. u can backup and update bios rite in windows. weird. never tried it.
good luck. but watch out. updating bios might damage ur chipset and bios chip
Posted by: Virtualbody1234
Originally posted by abu_has_the_power+19 October 2003 - 10:18--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (abu_has_the_power @ 19 October 2003 - 10:18)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteBegin-Virtualbody1234@19 October 2003 - 15:13
@abu_has_the_power. Read his first post. I think he wants to upgrade his CPU. Updating the BIOS can allow him to run the fastest supported CPU.
oh, oops. sory. ok, find out wat the manufacuture of ur mobo is. sisoft sandra will tell u that. then go to the site, look around in dls and find the bios update. wat u need to do is get a floppy, format and check the MAKE A STARTUP DISK OPTION. then the files u dl from ur mobo site, u copy them to the floppy. make sure there's 2 files, one that says: awdflash, and the other file (i get a rom file). restart and put the disk in. and type the awdflash
then u follow onscreen instructions
i never did it, but i no how. so i'm not really sure wat happens after u run awdflash. or u can get a prog called foxupdate. it came with my mobo. u can backup and update bios rite in windows. weird. never tried it.
good luck. but watch out. updating bios might damage ur chipset and bios chip[/b][/quote]
That's good advice but it makes the asumption that it's an Award BIOS. We don't know that yet.
Posted by: clocker
Abu,
What is "foxupdate"?
Google returned nothing.
Who makes it?
Posted by: Virtualbody1234
Gigabyte also has a BIOS live update for in Windows. I wouldn't trust that. Too much chance for corruption.
Posted by: clocker
Originally posted by Virtualbody1234@19 October 2003 - 08:43
Gigabyte also has a BIOS live update for in Windows. I wouldn't trust that. Too much chance for corruption.
Why would that be?
Don't you DL the update from the same site if you plan to burn to a floppy anyway?
Posted by: bigdawgfoxx
Hey thanx for all the help so far...its a 3 year old mobo and not an Award BIOS im pretty sure..The mobo is an Intel CA810E...old but would it support the 1.1Ghz pentium III? i hope so
Posted by: bigdawgfoxx
Gona take my computer apart...be back in like 45 mins lol thanx for all the help!
Posted by: 3rd gen noob
http://www.intel.com/support/motherboards/...0e/ca2_proc.htm (http://www.intel.com/support/motherboards/desktop/ca810e/ca2_proc.htm)
Posted by: Livy
:rolleyes: already posted in his processor topic, looks like u can only support up to 1gig, and maybe even onlyu up to 933 depending on board version