Could anyone, point me to some detailed instructions on how to do it, and let
me know the risks??
Thanks guys
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It can be risky but it's not very hard to do. So make sure you get all the
instruction you can before doing anything.
Good luck
Andrew
I doubt that is the problem, but it is possible. List your system
specs and directx version. Your motherboard manufacturer should have
very detailed instructions for how to flash a new bios. Depends on
what bios you have, AMI and Award are slightly different. I just
upgraded my bios last night so could list the instructions, but I'm
using Award and you may be using AMI or Phoenix so need more info.
System specs.
P3 500
384 megs of ram
TABOR II motherboard
64 meg Rage Fury Maxx
12 meg voodoo2
thanks again guys
Never heard of that motherboard. What bios is it using? Ami, Award? Do
you have directx8 installed? Latest vid drivers?
I think its using PhoenixBios. Yes, i'm running DX8a, and running the latest
ATI drivers.
Thanks
Well, to flash the bios you basically make a boot floppy by rebooting
to dos, put floppy in drive and type format a: /s/u
The you put the flash program on the floppy and the updated bios (bin
file for Award bios). Then you would type name of flash prog space and
bin file name. Then follow instructions on screen carefully. But, and
I emphasize this, go find your motherboards website and follow their
specific instructions exactly. Maybe you have soemthing set too
aggressive in the bios. That can cause instability problems, ram
timings and clock cycles can be a culprit, so can haveing video bios
shadow on. Don't shadow anything in the bios. Set ram CAS to 3 and see
if that helps.
Thanks for the help!
