BIOS Flashing

[IncubusDesigns]

Trying to install a new 80GB drive but it isn't recognised and hangs the machine. Apparently I need an updated Bios to use drives over 34GB.

So, now I'm trying to flash the BIOS for my Giga-byte GA-BX2000 board.

I've downloaded the correct files from the Giga-byte site and set up the floppy as instucted.

as well as system files, floppy contains:-

flash864.exe and bx2000.f9 (newest bios available).

I run the Bios update with:-

A:\flash864 bx2000.f9

Everything seems to work ok until i get to the bit where the instructions say 'It will pop up a screen and asks "Are you sure you want to Flash the BIOS?"'

Instead I get the message 'Bios ID Error'.

What am I doing wrong?

 

[Win98User]

It sounds like the same people I "dealt" with.

I sent them a supplementary e-mail asking for the exact details that the upgrade would give me. I also asked why it was such a high price that for an additional £20 on top of the £40 I could have a brand new board and CPU that would be supported with free BIOS upgrades.

They e-mailed back to say that they actually didn't even have an upgrade for my BIOS!

A couple of months later I got an e-mail through that said they had now developed an upgrade because of customer demand ~ it was well spec'd and the price had dropped to $24.95 (about £16).

By then it was too late to resolve the problem.

Remember that prices these days for halfway decent boards and CPU's etc are pretty low ~ it may work out cheaper to replace the board and chip.

Send them an e-mail back and see what the response is.

All the best.

 

[ANFPS26]

I got around this with a Promise controller card. You can get one here in the USA$36 with free shipping)

http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProdu...tory=1119&catalog=11&DEPA=1&sortby=14&order=1

Jim

Please come back and let us know if your
problem is fixed and what fixed it!!

 

[IncubusDesigns]

Hi Guys. thanks for the posts.

Finally given up trying to flash my bios and have ordered an IDE controller card for £20 that should arrive tomorrow. Certainly not gonna pay £40 for a BIOS upgrade that's probably freely available on the net (somewhere).

Also heard today (after ordering my IDE controller card), that the BX-2000 motherboard has a BIOS lock that you have to disable before flashing.

Can't find any reference to this on any BX-2000 pictures/documentation, but may be of use to anyone else suffering similar problems with the BX-2000.