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flashing the BIOS????
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As there are many differant ways, depending on your motherboard and bios type, it would be difficult to give a definitive answer to the question of flashing.
The Motherboard manufactures website nearly always has a "how too" flash bios, step by step, for any given type, this is normally found with the bios download itself.
If yours is a fairly new motherboard you might find yourself lucky, as many of the main branded motherboards have the bios flashing utility built into the bios setup, all you need to do in this case is to download the correct flash bin file, copy it onto a floppy disc, boot into bios setup, press to enter the flash utility and follow the onscreen instructions with the floppy in the drive.
Make sure you are 100% certain that you have the correct flash for the (motherboard make, model, and version)
Do not under any cercumstances turn off the power during flashing.
After flashing turn off the PC for a few seconds, restart and imediately enter and reset bios settings.
Keep you fingers, toes and arms crossed at all times, it really does help but makes using the keyboard a little awkward. Martin
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The Motherboard manufactures website nearly always has a "how too" flash bios, step by step, for any given type, this is normally found with the bios download itself.
If yours is a fairly new motherboard you might find yourself lucky, as many of the main branded motherboards have the bios flashing utility built into the bios setup, all you need to do in this case is to download the correct flash bin file, copy it onto a floppy disc, boot into bios setup, press to enter the flash utility and follow the onscreen instructions with the floppy in the drive.
Make sure you are 100% certain that you have the correct flash for the (motherboard make, model, and version)
Do not under any cercumstances turn off the power during flashing.
After flashing turn off the PC for a few seconds, restart and imediately enter and reset bios settings.
Keep you fingers, toes and arms crossed at all times, it really does help but makes using the keyboard a little awkward. Martin
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My best suggestion is to boot the machine, enter the BIOS and find out what kind you have. Then, go to google and enter something like "Flash Award BIOS".
Also, go here and click BIOS
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Also, go here and click BIOS
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My advice has always been to precisely identify the motherboard and follow directions to the letter. No exceptions and no shortcuts.
Next, it needs to be mentioned that a 1600+ or any other processor does not use a bios or a driver...it's just a processor sitting on a board that does require a bios and drivers.
Martin's advice is certainly valid but if you believe you can flash your XP1600+ bios, you need to do some research about what the hell a bios is and what it does. It's easier and cheaper to do a bunch of reading than to buy a new motherboard if things go wrong...and they can. Again, I quote Martin:
"After flashing turn off the PC for a few seconds, restart and imediately enter and reset bios settings.
Keep you fingers, toes and arms crossed at all times, it really does help but makes using the keyboard a little awkward."
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Next, it needs to be mentioned that a 1600+ or any other processor does not use a bios or a driver...it's just a processor sitting on a board that does require a bios and drivers.
Martin's advice is certainly valid but if you believe you can flash your XP1600+ bios, you need to do some research about what the hell a bios is and what it does. It's easier and cheaper to do a bunch of reading than to buy a new motherboard if things go wrong...and they can. Again, I quote Martin:
"After flashing turn off the PC for a few seconds, restart and imediately enter and reset bios settings.
Keep you fingers, toes and arms crossed at all times, it really does help but makes using the keyboard a little awkward."
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