Author: Ernst Walet
Date: 10:53:09 12/02/03
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On December 02, 2003 at 10:23:20, John Roberts wrote: >On December 02, 2003 at 10:01:18, Ernst Walet wrote: > >>On December 02, 2003 at 09:52:21, John Roberts wrote: >> >>>http://www.asus.com/support/english/techref/bios/awdflash.aspx >>> >>>These days many users don't bother with a floppy, so why are bios flash programs >>>still stuck in this format? Either it's obvious why or one could try unzipping >>>and pasting all the files necessary for a boot disk onto a CD ROM for example, >>>and specify that the computer boots off of a cd-rom. >>> >>>Has anyone tried this? I imagine it wouldn't be too pleasant to get stuck. >>> >>>Or is the manual, see link above, strictly correct? >>> >>>I chose this forum as opposed to CTF with the thinking that more people would be >>>inclined and qualified to answer here, sorry if I am wrong. >>> >>>I realize that it's trivial to install a floppy drive, etc... just wondering... >> >>Asus has a very nice windows-flash tool, ASUSUpdate, which works like a charm. I >>have two Asus mainboards over here, and both have been updated with this tool >>every time a new bios was available. > >Thanks for the lead, Ernst! > >The asus site is (too slow) crawling for me, so I googled only a Dutch? site >pertaining to what you mentioned, no English language sites could be found. > >http://www.tweakers.net/meuktracker/4848 > > >It still puzzles me, why still use floppies to do this? >Or why not describe online/windows procedure in these manuals, etc.? > >Lastly, why can't my method work using a CD-ROM disk, in theory? > >PS I wouldn't bother except my computer's freezing on me for reasons the latest >bios claims to fix. > > > >>Ernst. If you create a bootable cd, and coppy the necessary files to is as well, I see no problem. In fact, I think it's more reliable than floppy's... You don't need floppy's, asusupdate does it all for you, no need for awdflash or whatsoever. Does this link work for you? http://www.asus.com/support/download/selectftp.aspx?l1_id=1&l2_id=11&l3_id=0&m_id=1&f_name=Asusupdt52202.zip~zaqwedc Did I understand well that you have a asus mainboard as well? Ernst.
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