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More info?)
Fair enough. There was no read me sorry.
The download i have came with:
8knxp.f10
autoexec.bat
flash879.exe
Since you read instructions on the GA web site, then that is Gospel.
When I looked at the above - it was an implicit readme. IE it said to me:
run autoexec to run flash879......
I get your point about the file size vs. the flash memory size & so on. But
if you read around, the bios file may or may not contain *all* of the new
bios - it may exclude a boot block, its actual code size may differ so the
actual mechanism to flash the bios may change. We as consumers are not to
know - so following instructions becomes very important.
I suspect this is not getting you any closure to solving your problem.
- Tim
"MuteMan" <mute@man.org> wrote in message
news:Xns952D9B930E472mutemanorg@216.196.97.138...
> To me that sounds highly unlikely. The Q-Flash flashes 512 kb (524288
> bytes) which is exactly the size of the bin file for all the BIOS
> versions.
>
> None of the BIOS versions I've downloaded ever came with a readme. Where
> did you get the readme? I've never got more than three files, 8knxp.fxx,
> autoexec.bat and FLASH8xx.EXE. Did you find a readme somewhere else? I
> didn't. Could you please share its content with me, or point to where I
> can find it.
>
> There's a statement saying 'Please use Q-Flash utility to update BIOS' on
> Gigabytes site. It's on the same page as from where you download the
> BIOS. It points to a PDF document which describes the whole Q-Flash
> process. Here's the link to it:
>
> http://tw.giga-
> byte.com/MotherBoard/Support/BIOS/HowToReflash/pdf/flashbios_qflash.pdf
>
> Regards
> MuteMan
>
>
>
> "Tim" <Tim@NoSpam.com> wrote in news:cdkr2m$8o3$1@lust.ihug.co.nz:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> If you read the read me with the bios update it does say to use the
>> included flash program....
>> If the Q-Flash is coded to flash size X part of bios and the update is
>> X + n, then that could explain it.
>> - Tim
>>
>> "MuteMan" <mute@man.org> wrote in message
>> news:Xns952D19A912663mutemanorg@216.196.97.138...
>>> You are probably right Tim. In fact, the reason I skipped F7 to F9
>>> was because of all the problems people were having. Not worth the
>>> risk trying them. F10 seems OK though, so that's why I decided to go
>>> with it.
>>>
>>> I have no reason to upgrade really since F6 has been working well for
>>> me. If it ain't broken... I know.
>>>
>>> But still, since F10 seems to be working so well for everybody it
>>> would have been nice to figure out why I get this problem. I always
>>> download from Gigabyte in Taiwan, and I flash with Q-Flash from
>>> within the BIOS setup. It's just a straight forward and complete
>>> flash with no merge- editing or other editing capabilities. I did the
>>> same when going from F5 to F6 with no problem.
>>>
>>> I very much appreciate your time and suggestions Tim. I will
>>> investigate futher to see if I come up with something. I'll let you
>>> know if I do.
>>>
>>> Thanks again
>>> MuteMan
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> "Tim" <Tim@NoSpam.com> wrote in news:cdisnl$bg$1@lust.ihug.co.nz:
>>>
>>>> I wouldn't do that - its tempting fate.
>>>>
>>>> F6 was an "OK" bios - at least it worked with the bugs it had.
>>>> F7, F8, F9 were buggy and few reported even putting them in - those
>>>> that did said they had troubles.
>>>> A couple daid things were OK, but they may not have had problems
>>>> before (EG memory timing issues, RAID / SATA config issues and so
>>>> on).
>>>>
>>>> Did you have a good reason to upgrade?
>>>>
>>>> IE F7 to f9 are no goers.
>>>> F10 cleared all the gruesome bugs & goes well.
>>>>
>>>> Did you get the file straight off GB in Taiwan? If not, go there for
>>>> it.
>>>>
>>>> I would either get a fresh F10, revert to F6, stick where you are,
>>>> or look for another solution... Your file name is exactly as per
>>>> mine...
>>>>
>>>> I do recall that the flash program that came with the bios was over
>>>> powered in that it gave bios merge-editing capabilities (IE load
>>>> modules, save, remove?). Could you have inadvertantly removed the
>>>> sound part of the bios?
>>>>
>>>> The BIOS may not be the solution of course...
>>>>
>>>> - Tim
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> "MuteMan" <mute@man.org> wrote in message
>>>> news:Xns952C7537185A7mutemanorg@216.196.97.138...
>>>>> I'm quite sure I downloaded the BIOS for rev 1.0. The name of the
>>>>> file I downloaded is "bios_8knxp_f10.exe", and when unpacked the
>>>>> name of the bin file is "8knxp.f10".
>>>>>
>>>>> I think I'm gonna try going through all BIOS versions from F6 up to
>>>>> F10 and see if it ends up the same, or if it appears before I reach
>>>>> F10.
>>>>>
>>>>> Tim, what BIOS version did you run before you flashed to F10?
>>>>>
>>>>> / MuteMan
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> "Tim" <Tim@NoSpam.com> wrote in news:cdib68$fc0$1@lust.ihug.co.nz:
>>>>>
>>>>>> The only difference between V1 and V2 8knxp is supposedly the
>>>>>> sound chip.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Could you have inadvertantly downloaded the Rev 2 motherboard bios
>>>>>> (which is something like version FH) and somehow ignored the fact
>>>>>> that it is not F10 and flashed it?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I've been running F10 since about a week after it came out and not
>>>>>> had any problems with the sound...
>>>>>>
>>>>>> - Tim
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "MuteMan" <mute@man.org> wrote in message
>>>>>> news:Xns952BB4F118EEmutemanorg@216.196.97.138...
>>>>>>> Hello all
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> After going from BIOS F6 to F10 (didn't try F7 to F9) Windows XP
>>>>>>> doesn't recognize the AC97 sound device. Enabling/disabling it in
>>>>>>> BIOS doesn't make any change. I have two Windows XP (PRO SP1)
>>>>>>> installations on the machine and it is the same on both. It's
>>>>>>> like the hardware just isn't there. It's not even in Device
>>>>>>> Manager anymore.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Only way to get it back is to boot from the backup BIOS (F6) and
>>>>>>> it appears as it should again.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> MB: Gigabyte GA-8KNXP rev. 1.0
>>>>>>> CPU: Intel P4 3.0 GHz HT
>>>>>>> RAM: 4x512MB Kingston HyperX DDR400
>>>>>>> GC: Geforce4 Ti4200
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hard drives:
>>>>>>> 2 x IDE Seagate 160GB
>>>>>>> 2 x SATA WD Raptor 36GB in RAID 0 on ICH5
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> DVD drives/recorders
>>>>>>> 1 x IDE Pioneer DVR-105 DVD Recorder
>>>>>>> 1 x IDE Pioneer DVD-1205 DVD Player
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> PCI Cards:
>>>>>>> 1 x RME HDSP 9652
>>>>>>> 1 x TC Powercore
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Anyone else had this?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Regards
>>>>>>> MuteMan
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>>
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