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Offline Nolaws
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« on: February 16, 2004, 09:35:50 AM »
i am reading how to proceed..

http://www.asus.com/support/english/techref/bios/afudos.aspx

so i am wondering, if i  put AFUDOS.exe and the *.rom file on a CD and boot from CD-rom (by changing the order of boot sequence in the bios) will this work ?  or is there something special that i must do?
can\'t see why not!

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« Reply #1 on: February 16, 2004, 10:12:26 AM »
There\'s no special reason to boot from the CD-Rom drive, in fact I think it would only complicate matters.  If you are trying to flash your BIOS, all you need to do is make a minimal boot disk (3.5" floppy) that will get you to DOS mode.  Copy the flash program + rom data to the floppy, then boot with the floppy.

Does your PC not have a floppy drive?
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« Reply #2 on: February 16, 2004, 01:27:22 PM »
will have to get it from the closet i guess. it\'s been unplugged for my 2 last generation of PC.. :(

didnt think i would need that still :rolleyes:
can\'t see why not!

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« Reply #3 on: February 16, 2004, 03:54:43 PM »
Yes, operating system changes are pretty much the only time I ever use the floppy drive anymore.  I think PC manufacturers can\'t get rid of them for this very reason.

I think booting from the CD-ROM drive won\'t work if you\'re trying to boot to DOS.  DOS needs a CD-ROM driver installed to read from the CD-ROM drive, and it can\'t install it because it\'s on the CD-ROM... Catch 22.

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« Last Edit: February 16, 2004, 03:57:00 PM by Coredweller »
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« Reply #4 on: February 16, 2004, 06:51:52 PM »
anyway, i\'ve gotten my floppy from my old box, and installed it to my new PC.

I\'ve installed the newest bios for my mobo.

I got way less crash now in morrowind (wanted to test that game on my new PC hehe) and  didnt experience any glitch in KotoR so far.
can\'t see why not!

 

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