Hey everyone, I am trying to flash my bio to the newest release, 18. I have read a thread on how to flash the bios, but I would like to clear each step up so I do not mess up. If anyone has suggestion or comments, feel free to chime in. I would like to do this w/ a USB drive. I am going to install a Q9550 and it will be replacing an E2180. I think I am suppose to turn off the emergency shut down for max temperature because it gives faulty readings.
Most of the instructions I found here:
http://www.xtremesystems.org/f...2397392&postcount=2023
1. Prepare the USB with the HP USB Disk Storage Format Tool - v2.1.8 found here.
HP Tool
1a. Also download the Win98 System Files here:
Win 98 Sys Files
2. Open the HP USB Disk Storage Format tool, select your USB drive, check FAT, check Quick Format, check "Create a DOS Startup disk", check "using DOS System files located at": - browse to where you extracted the Windows System files. Then Press Start. Say yes to deleting everything.
3. Now your USB Drive is ready for flashing the bios.
4. Download the lastest Bio release at:
Abit Bios updates
5. Put the files you downloaded onto the USB Drive, there should be 5 files: abitfae.bat, awdflash.exe, m630a_18.bin, m630a_18.txt, runme.bat. Make sure to put these files at the root directory, and not in any folders.
Question, am I suppose to see the boot files from the Win 98 System files I downloaded in the USB Drive. When I did the HP Utility with the boot files, nothing shows up in my USB Drive.
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Now here is the part where I am a bit confused, maybe..
When you turn on the computer, you go into the bios set up and select the computer to boot from a USB Drive (boot this first). After this, will the computer be in MS DOS, and will it have A:\ prompt or F:\ prompt? Or just whatever the USB Drive is selected as. And do I just have to type in "RUNME.BAT" without the quotes? After I type this, do I just select whatever prompt it asks? After the Bio is flashed, do I just take out the USB drive and let it start normally?
Thanks for the help!