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Did Excaliber screw me out of a rev 2.0?
- Thread starter nitewulf
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It will say the revision # on the board, right next to where it says nf=7. Check that, then you will have your answer
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Also double check to make sure you downloaded the right bios
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it says v2.0 on a sticker. but its not actually etched onto the motherboard or anything. it said v2.0 on the box it came in. but with sandra, or wcpuid it shows the motherboard as v1.x. How can I find out for sure which revision I have?
I have tried flashing to the 1.6 and 1.7 versions of the bios. And yes, im absolutly positive that im using the correct ones.
I have tried flashing to the 1.6 and 1.7 versions of the bios. And yes, im absolutly positive that im using the correct ones.
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i doubt they would switch stickers..or they would be in deep *****ola ...
i believe rev 2's show up as 1.2's or something on sandra...its annoying.
i believe rev 2's show up as 1.2's or something on sandra...its annoying.
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yeah, me too. im pretty sure that its a 2.0 but that begs the question of why can't I flash my bios? that error message sounds like its saying that the bios im trying to use doesn't match my motherboard. I still have the 1.0 bios. id kinda like to update that.
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That's a little strange because I get v 2.x in both cpuid and sandra:
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sandra
I've run into that error trying to flash a 2.0 board with a 1.2 bios and vice versa. Never heard of the wrong awdflash generating that error. I would think you'd be using the awdflash that came with the bios zip too. Hope it's as simple as that though
cpuid
sandra
I've run into that error trying to flash a 2.0 board with a 1.2 bios and vice versa. Never heard of the wrong awdflash generating that error. I would think you'd be using the awdflash that came with the bios zip too. Hope it's as simple as that though
Well I dunno about the Abit but on my Asus, you can hit Alt-F2 on the post screen and it will allow you to flash the bios - it is essentually a built in AWDFlash.exe.
This is the Abit NF7 page - really only contains revisions less than 2.0
Click there and you get this - this is the one you want.
If you downloaded it off of FTP, you may have gotten the wrong file(s).
This is the Abit NF7 page - really only contains revisions less than 2.0
Click there and you get this - this is the one you want.
If you downloaded it off of FTP, you may have gotten the wrong file(s).
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I got it from the second picture there.... I checked like 5 times to make sure i was DL the correct one.
anyway, for whatever reason, using ALT-F2 worked. I don't understand why it would make a difference if boot to DOS or not. whatever, its flashed. thx for the help.
anyway, for whatever reason, using ALT-F2 worked. I don't understand why it would make a difference if boot to DOS or not. whatever, its flashed. thx for the help.
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Where was he doing something incorrectly?
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what is the max vcore i think the max on the 1.2 and older is only 1.85 or somehting and it is 2.3 on the 2.0
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ok this is off topic now, but i feel the need to defend myself.
qwerty57,
I wasn't blaming excaliber (unless it really was the wrong motherboard). Based on the error message I was getting and every piece of software telling me it was a rev 1.x, i was getting a little confused. Or would you not have wondered what revision excaliber really had shipped you? The only proof I had was a sticker on the board/box.
I still can't think of a reason why using a boot disc to flash my bios shouldn't work. using alt-f2 did though so im happy, slightly confused, but happy.
qwerty57,
I wasn't blaming excaliber (unless it really was the wrong motherboard). Based on the error message I was getting and every piece of software telling me it was a rev 1.x, i was getting a little confused. Or would you not have wondered what revision excaliber really had shipped you? The only proof I had was a sticker on the board/box.
I still can't think of a reason why using a boot disc to flash my bios shouldn't work. using alt-f2 did though so im happy, slightly confused, but happy.
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so alt F2 is confirmed to work with NF7-s rev2.0 boards to flash bios?
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nitewulf said:
No need to defend yourself, I too would be somewhat concerned if the software was telling me I had something other than what I had PAID good money for
As for your boot from DOS Question, the reason Rev. 1.6 & 1.7 needed to be done this way is because Abit has changed something in the way the FlashMenu prog. works
I myself lost an intire RAID 0 OS due to corruption on my HD's when trying to use FlashMenu Utility 8.23d which came with the Rev. 2.0 MB However, now the "FLASH Utility" reads 8.23k what exactly did they do to "change" the Utility? Beats me All I know is once I started using the 8.23k "DOS" Flash Utility with BIOS Rev. 1.6 & 1.7 and NOT the "FlashMenu 8.23d program" I have had no more problems, and as the saying goes... (If something works, Don't FIX IT) heh
Hope that helps a bit!
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