"Nexus" said:
I did a bios upgrade on a PC and it failed now the PC will not boot.
I'm trying to do a hot flash bios upgrade by taking the BIOS chip out of the
PC affected (A8V Deluxe) and putting in a A7NBX-E board. They both have
similare BIOS sockets.
However when I run AFUDOS it complains that there is no ASF Signature and no
BIOS inforamtion.
Is there any way around this to allow the chip to be flashed.
Cheers
There is mention in this posting, of an AFUDOS version 2.07.
If you can find that version, it may enable you to bypass the
ID check.
http://groups.google.ca/group/alt.c..._frm/thread/552614f731374a27/a6a43b9520e32ae7
But your next problem is, the A8V Deluxe uses an AMI BIOS
and AFUDOS flasher. The A7N8X-E uses an Award BIOS and
AWDFLASH. It is possible the "BIOS hook" is needed to
do the flash, meaning the flasher program has to match
the BIOS family. AFUDOS may fall on its face, if it
doesn't see an AMI BIOS - I cannot tell you for sure
what will happen. So, while version 2.07 may be magic in
terms of getting past any identity check inside the flash
chip, it might still not work right. Also, the flasher
program has to be able to tell the difference between
the main BIOS code and the boot block, so an Award
flasher won't be able to read an AMI file and vice
versa.
So, try the experiment with AFUDOS 2.07, but don't expect
a miracle.
I would find a "donor" motherboard that uses an AMI BIOS
like your A8V Deluxe. At least the flasher program may
feel more "at home".
An alternative is here. Nforce2 is not on the supported
hardware list, but the author claims to have a "-Asus"
option.
http://www.uniflash.org/history.htm
Post back how it works out,
Paul