Author: John Roberts
Date: 13:39:22 12/02/03
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On December 02, 2003 at 13:53:09, Ernst Walet wrote: >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. Yes, I have an A7N8X-X motherboard. Your link specifically has a "Description" heading at the bottom, stating: "Update AMI logo module to support 3M flash" as the purpose of the download. I don't understand this. John
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