FLASHING BIOS

[Darius]

I'm trying to upgrade my BIOS, and I get some *.bin files to update my motherboard (ABIT BE6 V2) I think there the right ones... but Im not sure. can someone plz tell me which/where I can get the right one.

Intel 440bx
I440BX-W977-6A69KA19C-SH

the other thing is that when I try to update my bios with a certain bin file.
(Beh_xu.bin) as I said, I dont know if its the right file. I'm not really good with this updating stuff, I'm new.

Any help?

 

[batboy]

First off, if there is any doubt, do not try to flash the BIOS. That's a good way to kill your board. Go to the official Abit website and go to the right section (webpage) for your board. Read and reread the instructions. I've successfully flashed the BIOS on two Abit boards, a BH6 and a SE6, so I know the Abit instructions will work ok. You'll need a bootable floppy disk.

 

[Darius]

is there any way you can help me out more?
I tried to get the files off of the ABVIT website, and I cant do **** with them... they dont seem to want to work

 

[William]

ok, they do work, the instructions are pretty good from abit. I did it to my BE-6 so i could add my current celey into it. The mistake i made was when the program asked me to backup my bios, and then enter the name of the file with the new one, i had made my backup the same name as the new one, and just kept rewriting my old one on top. WHen i finally figured out what was going on, i felt really really stupid!

 

[Darius]

ok, I'm getting these erros that I cant seem to understand.. how to fix. or change my first error was abuot EMM386 and QEMM so, I didn laod them in the commad ( i made a disk with format a: /s) and I got rid of that problem, now... my NEW problem.. I try toFLASH the bios, I got the properfiles fromf the ABIT website... BER_XK.bin for my BE6v2 mobo. Now, when I try to flash using awrdflash.exe.

I enter the file to load-->ber_xk.bin
I save the bios -> oldbios
and then.. I get
Checksum D0ABH
"THE programs file's part number does not match with your systm."
Proceed Y/N?
--> Y
--> ERROR unknow file type (and I get booted out of program...)

anyideas?

 

[Darius]

guys any more help available??... i'm going insane.....

 

[DaveB]

ok, I'm getting these erros that I cant seem to understand.. how to fix. or change my first error was abuot EMM386 and QEMM so, I didn laod them in the commad ( i made a disk with format a: /s) and I got rid of that problem

You can't flash with those memory management apps running. Either the flash will simply fail, or worse yet, your BIOS will get corrupted if the flash actually starts.

now... my NEW problem.. I try toFLASH the bios, I got the properfiles fromf the ABIT website... BER_XK.bin for my BE6v2 mobo. Now, when I try to flash using awrdflash.exe.

I enter the file to load-->ber_xk.bin
I save the bios -> oldbios
and then.. I get
Checksum D0ABH
"THE programs file's part number does not match with your systm."
Proceed Y/N?
--> Y
--> ERROR unknow file type (and I get booted out of program...)

anyideas?

Try flashing directly from the hard drive instead of using a floppy. I always flash from the hard drive and have never had any problems. Here's how:

1. Create a new C:\BIOS directory and download AWDFLASH.EXE, and the BER_XK.BIN to it.

2. Reboot the machine and when during boot up the "Verifying DMI Pool Data……." message comes up, press either Shift F5 or Ctrl-F5. The "Verifying DMI Pool Data….." message comes up right after the "System Configurations" chart and the "PCI device listing..." and just before the "Starting Windows 98..." message.

3. The message "Windows is bypassing your startup files" appears and the system will go to the C:\ prompt. At this time Windows will have been prevented from loading and you can flash the BIOS. You need to do this because no memory management utilities can be running. Don't try to flash the bios after starting Windows or DOS.

4. Change the directory to C:\BIOS and type AWDFLASH BER_XK.BIN and press Enter. Leave a space between AWDFLASH and BER_XK.BIN.

5. When it asks if you want to make a backup of the old BIOS answer yes. Name the backup OLDBIOS.BIN or something like that.

6. Follow the prompts to flash the BIOS. After the flashing is completed, reset the computer and then enter the BIOS to set it up the way you want.

 

[William]

to flash the bios get a trench coat, put it on with nothing underneath, approach the computer, and "flash" the bios.

 

[Darius]

lol, thanks guys.. I'm gonna try these steps tonight... I HOPE it works... thanks fro responding I really appreciate it.

 

[Darius]

DaveB
Thanks you so very much. That worked. I now, managed to upgrade my BIOS, I have yet to see if my games frreze or not, but at least I ahev my BIOS upgraded, thanks to all of you who've given me support and answered my questions.