Re: Bios chip update suggestions

[Andrew]

G'Day,

Fbsd1 wrote:

Chris Whitehouse wrote:

Fbsd1 wrote:

I have an desktop manufactured in 2002 by a South Korean company Hyunju.
The company is now out of business.
It's bio's do not allow booting from a usb memory stick.

I want to find an bio's update that adds booting from usb memory stick.

I know the desktop uses AWARD bio's chip and the bio's id string is 
01/08/2002-694T-686-P6VXM2TC-00


All the internet bio's chip update url's found by Google search are 
customized for MS windows.


Suggestions on how or where to purchase the correct bio's chip update?



--snip--





What i mean is all the bio update sites have a utility that runs from 
the website to fetch your bio id string info. This utility will not work 
on a non-windows operating system.



If you have access to windows, you could create a bart-pe cd which is a 
portable windows booting system.


http://nu2.nu/pebuilder/

Take heed of the legal notices :)
HTH
cya
Andrew



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Re: Bios chip update suggestions

[Jos Chrispijn]

Can you set your system clock first L-)
This message is dated 14.3.2009 @ 11:37

Jos Chrispijn

Fbsd1 wrote:

Chris Whitehouse wrote:

Fbsd1 wrote:
I have an desktop manufactured in 2002 by a South Korean company 
Hyunju.

The company is now out of business.
It's bio's do not allow booting from a usb memory stick.

I want to find an bio's update that adds booting from usb memory stick.

I know the desktop uses AWARD bio's chip and the bio's id string is 
01/08/2002-694T-686-P6VXM2TC-00


All the internet bio's chip update url's found by Google search are 
customized for MS windows.


Suggestions on how or where to purchase the correct bio's chip update?



What do you mean the update url's are customised for windows? The 
bios doesn't know anything about operating system. Most likely you 
could download a dos boot disk image - google, there are plenty 
around - create a bootable floppy and copy your latest bios image and 
bios update program, eg awdflash.exe onto it. Just boot from the 
floppy and run the update.


Just be sure the bios image is really intended for your motherboard 
and don't interrupt the update.


Chris
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What i mean is all the bio update sites have a utility that runs from 
the website to fetch your bio id string info. This utility will not 
work on a non-windows operating system.

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Re: Bios chip update suggestions

[Chris Whitehouse]

Bruce Cran wrote:

On Sat, 14 Mar 2009 18:37:55 +0800
Fbsd1  wrote:


Chris Whitehouse wrote:

Fbsd1 wrote:

I have an desktop manufactured in 2002 by a South Korean company
Hyunju. The company is now out of business.
It's bio's do not allow booting from a usb memory stick.

I want to find an bio's update that adds booting from usb memory
stick.

I know the desktop uses AWARD bio's chip and the bio's id string
is 01/08/2002-694T-686-P6VXM2TC-00

All the internet bio's chip update url's found by Google search
are customized for MS windows.

Suggestions on how or where to purchase the correct bio's chip
update?


What do you mean the update url's are customised for windows? The
bios doesn't know anything about operating system. Most likely you
could download a dos boot disk image - google, there are plenty
around - create a bootable floppy and copy your latest bios image
and bios update program, eg awdflash.exe onto it. Just boot from
the floppy and run the update.

Just be sure the bios image is really intended for your motherboard
and don't interrupt the update.

Chris


What i mean is all the bio update sites have a utility that runs from 
the website to fetch your bio id string info. This utility will not

work on a non-windows operating system.


I'd recommend having a copy of the Ultimate Boot CD
(http://www.ultimatebootcd.com/) for such situations.  I even needed it
when I had Vista x64 installed and found that the flash program wanted
to load an unsigned driver - I had to boot into XP using the CD because
Vista x64 blocked the driver.  


Once booted from the CD you can access the Internet and see local
drives.



Wow! one reply from a post 4 weeks ago, another from 4 weeks into the 
future! This list is amazing.


Thanks for your reply Fbsd1. By non-windows you mean not even DOS? I 
guess your options then are a windows live cd (UBCD?) or put a spare 
hard disk in the machine and install windows (not a pleasant experience).


Chris
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Re: Bios chip update suggestions

[Bruce Cran]

On Sat, 14 Mar 2009 18:37:55 +0800
Fbsd1  wrote:

> Chris Whitehouse wrote:
> > Fbsd1 wrote:
> >> I have an desktop manufactured in 2002 by a South Korean company
> >> Hyunju. The company is now out of business.
> >> It's bio's do not allow booting from a usb memory stick.
> >>
> >> I want to find an bio's update that adds booting from usb memory
> >> stick.
> >>
> >> I know the desktop uses AWARD bio's chip and the bio's id string
> >> is 01/08/2002-694T-686-P6VXM2TC-00
> >>
> >> All the internet bio's chip update url's found by Google search
> >> are customized for MS windows.
> >>
> >> Suggestions on how or where to purchase the correct bio's chip
> >> update?
> >>
> > 
> > What do you mean the update url's are customised for windows? The
> > bios doesn't know anything about operating system. Most likely you
> > could download a dos boot disk image - google, there are plenty
> > around - create a bootable floppy and copy your latest bios image
> > and bios update program, eg awdflash.exe onto it. Just boot from
> > the floppy and run the update.
> > 
> > Just be sure the bios image is really intended for your motherboard
> > and don't interrupt the update.
> > 
> > Chris

> What i mean is all the bio update sites have a utility that runs from 
> the website to fetch your bio id string info. This utility will not
> work on a non-windows operating system.

I'd recommend having a copy of the Ultimate Boot CD
(http://www.ultimatebootcd.com/) for such situations.  I even needed it
when I had Vista x64 installed and found that the flash program wanted
to load an unsigned driver - I had to boot into XP using the CD because
Vista x64 blocked the driver.  

Once booted from the CD you can access the Internet and see local
drives.

-- 
Bruce Cran
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Re: Bios chip update suggestions

[Fbsd1]

Chris Whitehouse wrote:

Fbsd1 wrote:

I have an desktop manufactured in 2002 by a South Korean company Hyunju.
The company is now out of business.
It's bio's do not allow booting from a usb memory stick.

I want to find an bio's update that adds booting from usb memory stick.

I know the desktop uses AWARD bio's chip and the bio's id string is 
01/08/2002-694T-686-P6VXM2TC-00


All the internet bio's chip update url's found by Google search are 
customized for MS windows.


Suggestions on how or where to purchase the correct bio's chip update?



What do you mean the update url's are customised for windows? The bios 
doesn't know anything about operating system. Most likely you could 
download a dos boot disk image - google, there are plenty around - 
create a bootable floppy and copy your latest bios image and bios update 
program, eg awdflash.exe onto it. Just boot from the floppy and run the 
update.


Just be sure the bios image is really intended for your motherboard and 
don't interrupt the update.


Chris
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What i mean is all the bio update sites have a utility that runs from 
the website to fetch your bio id string info. This utility will not work 
on a non-windows operating system.

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Re: Bios chip update suggestions

[Chris Whitehouse]

Fbsd1 wrote:

I have an desktop manufactured in 2002 by a South Korean company Hyunju.
The company is now out of business.
It's bio's do not allow booting from a usb memory stick.

I want to find an bio's update that adds booting from usb memory stick.

I know the desktop uses AWARD bio's chip and the bio's id string is 
01/08/2002-694T-686-P6VXM2TC-00


All the internet bio's chip update url's found by Google search are 
customized for MS windows.


Suggestions on how or where to purchase the correct bio's chip update?



What do you mean the update url's are customised for windows? The bios 
doesn't know anything about operating system. Most likely you could 
download a dos boot disk image - google, there are plenty around - 
create a bootable floppy and copy your latest bios image and bios update 
program, eg awdflash.exe onto it. Just boot from the floppy and run the 
update.


Just be sure the bios image is really intended for your motherboard and 
don't interrupt the update.


Chris
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Re: Bios chip update suggestions

[Fbsd1]

matt donovan wrote:



On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 8:22 PM, Fbsd1 > wrote:


I have an desktop manufactured in 2002 by a South Korean company Hyunju.
The company is now out of business.
It's bio's do not allow booting from a usb memory stick.

I want to find an bio's update that adds booting from usb memory stick.

I know the desktop uses AWARD bio's chip and the bio's id string is
01/08/2002-694T-686-P6VXM2TC-00

All the internet bio's chip update url's found by Google search are
customized for MS windows.

Suggestions on how or where to purchase the correct bio's chip update?
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if bios does not allow booting from usb a update won't either



The current bios allows booting from usb-hard drive, floppy, cdrom, zip, 
all which are external drives. This desktop was mfg before usb memory 
sticks can on the market. So the desktop does not have support for 
booting from usb memory stick. Freebsd 7.0 can find and use the usb 
memory stick for writing and reading data.


Just need to update bios containing option to boot from usb memory stick.
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Re: Bios chip update suggestions

[matt donovan]

On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 8:22 PM, Fbsd1  wrote:

> I have an desktop manufactured in 2002 by a South Korean company Hyunju.
> The company is now out of business.
> It's bio's do not allow booting from a usb memory stick.
>
> I want to find an bio's update that adds booting from usb memory stick.
>
> I know the desktop uses AWARD bio's chip and the bio's id string is
> 01/08/2002-694T-686-P6VXM2TC-00
>
> All the internet bio's chip update url's found by Google search are
> customized for MS windows.
>
> Suggestions on how or where to purchase the correct bio's chip update?
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if bios does not allow booting from usb a update won't either
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Bios chip update suggestions

[Fbsd1]

I have an desktop manufactured in 2002 by a South Korean company Hyunju.
The company is now out of business.
It's bio's do not allow booting from a usb memory stick.

I want to find an bio's update that adds booting from usb memory stick.

I know the desktop uses AWARD bio's chip and the bio's id string is 
01/08/2002-694T-686-P6VXM2TC-00


All the internet bio's chip update url's found by Google search are 
customized for MS windows.


Suggestions on how or where to purchase the correct bio's chip update?
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