How to update BIOS?

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  1. keir

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    I need to update my BIOS for dual core, I dont have a floppy drive, and I cant find a program that can do it windows, for my DFI NF4 SLI-DR
    I did try doing it via my USB stick, but it gives me the error "NTLDR is missing"

    So any other ways?
     
  2. DougEdey

    DougEdey I pwn all your storage

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    Use nero to make a bootable CD. Put the floppy contents onto it. Boot, jobs a goodun
     
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    What just with the 3 files (from the mobo BIOS site)
    AUTOEXEC
    AWDFLASH
    NF4LD406.BIN
     
  4. DougEdey

    DougEdey I pwn all your storage

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    Yea, Nero (at least the version I have) has built in DosLINUX image files. When you make the bootable disc you can put those files on your C:\ in a folder, then browse to it and run,
     
  5. Burnout21

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    in theroy you could format a pendrive as a boot disk, then use usb as first boot in the bios.

    i havent done that but at a quick glance it seems the easiest method,

    remember to copy the bios on to the pen drive after formatting it! lol
     
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    WinFlash? If it's an award bios it should work fine.
     
  7. Burnout21

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    very true. i dont know why but i was thinking of a way to flash my GPU bios at the time of writing my post above, so i was thinking i couldn't be done in windows.

    Iv used winflash to update my DFI in the past so u'll be fine
     
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    Thats the first thing I tried I got an error saying its not an award bios, its phoenix.
    Yet one of the first links when you search for that on google is...


    I've done a boot CD. and it gets to DOS, the path is on the A:/ drive tho, not sure if thats suppose to happen, I then type AUTOEXEC, it says its not a command.

    So I obviusly dont know what im doing lol.
     
  9. DougEdey

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    Where did you put the BIOS files?

    I reccomend to put them on C:\BIOS

    then when you are at the A:/ prompt:

    Code:
    C: <enter>
    cd BIOS <enter>
    <command here> <enter>
    
    
     
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    Where did you put them though? I can't see the download as I'm at work, but I'm assuming it'll be from a ZIP?

    If it's just the BIOS.bin file then put that in the C:\BIOS directory with the pheonix flashing tool.
     
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    The files are on the CD Its booting into DOS with.
    but what do I type when im in DOS?
     
  13. DougEdey

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    just what the instructions tell you to. normally it's

    <program_name> <bios_version>.bin
     
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    Phew finaly done it, I found a Utility that you can boot on a Bootable cd and just select the bios you want to install easy. :)
     
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