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More info?)
On Mon, 15 Aug 2005 14:23:18 GMT, "David Travers"
<david.travers@NO_SPAM.blairsofscotland.co.uk> wrote:
>Didn't work
>
>I have never got a PC to work via the Crash Free Bios recovery method
>although I have in the past with the "hot flash" method
.. . . yet another failure of the so-called Crash Free BIOS. I don't
think I can recall ever seeing a single post about success with this
feature. I'm starting to wonder if it even exists at all. Perhaps it
was invented by Asus Marketing rather than by Asus R&D.
If there's anyone out there who's gotten Crash Free to work, please
chime in here and let us know. I'd love to see if it's possible to
deduce the circumstances under which it will work and will not work.
>Thing is one PC uses Award BIOS and the other uses AMI Bios, which is adding
>to the problem.
>
>"Bob Knowlden" <nkbob@comcast.net> wrote in message
>news:9Y2dnRl2bsSW0mPfRVn-tA@comcast.com...
>> Just out of curiosity, did you try the BIOS recovery feature described in
>> the manual?
>>
>> That begins on p. 4-5 of manual version e1878, which is available for
>> download from Asus.
>>
>> Basic method: rename a BIOS file to A8V.ROM, and copy it to a floppy.
>> Insert the floppy in the drive, and restart the machine. The crashfree
>> feature is supposed to find the floppy and install the BIOS file, without
>> fully booting the machine.
>>
>> Good luck.
>>
>> Address scrambled. Replace nkbob with bobkn.
>>
>> "Nexus" <nexus@nospam.com> wrote in message
>> news:O_pLe.6108$CM.1908@newsfe7-win.ntli.net...
>>>I did a bios upgrade on a PC and it failed now the PC will not boot.
>>>
>>> I'm trying to do a hot flash bios upgrade by taking the BIOS chip out of
>>> the PC affected (A8V Deluxe) and putting in a A7NBX-E board. They both
>>> have similare BIOS sockets.
>>>
>>> However when I run AFUDOS it complains that there is no ASF Signature and
>>> no BIOS inforamtion.
>>>
>>> Is there any way around this to allow the chip to be flashed.
>>>
>>> Cheers
>>>
>>
>>
>
Ron