Re: [ilugd] How To : Update Bios in Some Gigabyte MBs
Re: [ilugd] How To : Update Bios in Some Gigabyte MBs Kristian Erik Hermansen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Simply decompress the *.exe with ark for example (assume that it is a .rar archive). You will get the required file for updating the bios with Q-flash and other standalone flashing utilities. Of course there is nothing as yet about this on their site. I think this is only with the assumption that it is a self-extracting executable. In that case. you can also use cabextract from the command line. If it is a real winXX exe, you can also try wine to run it and get the files out. What is the output of the 'file' command on that exe? Typically it is an archive of a .exe, the bios file and a .bat file It is apparently a win32 exe file gives MS-DOS executable PE for MS Windows (GUI) Intel 80386 32-bit Ark does it well. cabextract cannot find any 'cabinets' Best A. Mani -- A. Mani Member, Cal. Math. Soc ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Next Event: http://freed.in - February 22-24, 2008 Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/
Re: [ilugd] How To : Update Bios in Some Gigabyte MBs
nice hack :) since i too have a gigabyte m/b, it will be helpful to me. Thanks On Feb 7, 2008 9:08 PM, Mani A [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Basically you will find a *.exe bios update file at their website, that will neither work in DOS or with the built-in Q-flash utility. It is supposed to work strictly with the M$ OS and a special program within that. Simply decompress the *.exe with ark for example (assume that it is a .rar archive). You will get the required file for updating the bios with Q-flash and other standalone flashing utilities. Of course there is nothing as yet about this on their site. Best A. Mani -- A. Mani Member, Cal. Math. Soc ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Next Event: http://freed.in - February 22-24, 2008 Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/ -- -=Ravi=- ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Next Event: http://freed.in - February 22-24, 2008 Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/
[ilugd] How To : Update Bios in Some Gigabyte MBs
Basically you will find a *.exe bios update file at their website, that will neither work in DOS or with the built-in Q-flash utility. It is supposed to work strictly with the M$ OS and a special program within that. Simply decompress the *.exe with ark for example (assume that it is a .rar archive). You will get the required file for updating the bios with Q-flash and other standalone flashing utilities. Of course there is nothing as yet about this on their site. Best A. Mani -- A. Mani Member, Cal. Math. Soc ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Next Event: http://freed.in - February 22-24, 2008 Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/
Re: [ilugd] How To : Update Bios in Some Gigabyte MBs
On Feb 7, 2008 7:38 AM, Mani A [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Basically you will find a *.exe bios update file at their website, that will neither work in DOS or with the built-in Q-flash utility. It is supposed to work strictly with the M$ OS and a special program within that. Simply decompress the *.exe with ark for example (assume that it is a .rar archive). You will get the required file for updating the bios with Q-flash and other standalone flashing utilities. Of course there is nothing as yet about this on their site. I think this is only with the assumption that it is a self-extracting executable. In that case. you can also use cabextract from the command line. If it is a real winXX exe, you can also try wine to run it and get the files out. What is the output of the 'file' command on that exe? -- Kristian Erik Hermansen Know something about everything and everything about something. ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Next Event: http://freed.in - February 22-24, 2008 Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/
