Help: Where can I find a BIOS for my Mboard>

felinusz · November 30th, 2002

I have an ASUS A7V266-E with the VIA KT266A Chipset....

I am wondering if anyone knows where I can find a decent (new) BIOS for my mboard (the bios i am using came with the mboard :eyes: )

info on how to actually dump the BIOS would alos be appreciated as i have never done this before...

thanks

jegHegy · November 30th, 2002

did you check on ASUS' website?

nyaa

Craig Venom · November 30th, 2002

yeah and that would help

**Yeloazndevil** · November 30th, 2002

u would flash the bios not dump it

Bahamut_Zero · December 1st, 2002

hehehe yeah check their official web www.asus.com

RF · December 1st, 2002

I found a new bios for my mobo, from their site, downloaded it. Unzipped it, ran the flashing util, and it said it didnt support my mobo. WTF! It was EXACT.

**Yeloazndevil** · December 1st, 2002

hey Reichfuher i want to flash a new bios for my mobo, how do u do it?, is it hard?

Sampah · December 1st, 2002

The Best way to find the ASUS Bios is go to ASUS website like me, mine is Jetway and I go to Jetway website to find BIOS, if you can't find the bios, try using search engine like yahoo or etc. Flashing BIOS is not so hard just follow the instruction given to you.

jegHegy · December 1st, 2002

yeloazndevil: you simply run a flashing program from a bootdisk and it does its job in a few secs. a bit risky of course, you can screw your mobo if you have a power failure during the flashing process.

nyaa

Kid A · December 1st, 2002

Check this post by Shiori.

http://www.ngemu.com/forums/showthre...706#post344741

**Shiori** · December 1st, 2002

You can pretty much flash any device that has a BIOS or firmware, like mobos, video cards and even CD drives. For a better margin of safety it is recommended that you flash it from the hard disk and not from a floppy to avoid problems stemming from a possible bad/corrupted floppy.

Quote:

Originally posted by Kid A
Check this post by Shiori.

http://www.ngemu.com/forums/showthre...706#post344741

While that is generally correct, that procedure is specific for the K7S5A. It won't work for other mobos.

Kid A · December 1st, 2002

Oops :embl: Is the K7S5A recommendable? I am thinking about getting one...

Bahamut_Zero · December 1st, 2002

guess so. But it looks like my K7S5A isn't too stable. But many people say it's good

JAZ · December 1st, 2002

Its easy as to flash your bios, just make a bootable disk then unzip the bios/utils on to the disk and restart your comp with the disk, most have a file on called runme so just type "runme" and it will do the rest...

RF · December 1st, 2002

Quote:

Originally posted by yeloazndevil
hey Reichfuher i want to flash a new bios for my mobo, how do u do it?, is it hard?

No its not hard at all. Usually when you do download a new version of your bios it comes with a flashing utility, then u just go from there.

**Yeloazndevil** · December 2nd, 2002

okay, thxs everyone

felinusz · December 2nd, 2002

heh, didnt think of going to ASUS site....
(this is what you get when you buy a
Matrox GFX card, you start to think
that all tech support and offiial sites are
crap....

)

anways thanks for all the advice...

metal_ash · December 3rd, 2002

the best plae to find it is in ftp.asus.com

November 30th, 2002	#1 (permalink)
felinusz overclocking magus Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 1,369	Help: Where can I find a BIOS for my Mboard> I have an ASUS A7V266-E with the VIA KT266A Chipset.... I am wondering if anyone knows where I can find a decent (new) BIOS for my mboard (the bios i am using came with the mboard :eyes: ) info on how to actually dump the BIOS would alos be appreciated as i have never done this before... thanks

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Craig Venom Author Of OverDrive Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Jay Bee, Johor, Malaysia Posts: 299	yeah and that would help __________________ System Spec : Intel Pentium IV 1.8A @ 2.66 Ghz \|\|Asus P4S533-E Mobo\|\|512 PC2700 DDR 333 @ 370 \|\|nVidia GeForce4 Ti 4200 @ 290/590\|\|Soundblaster Live! 5.1\|\|Samsung SyncMaster 17 Inch\|\|80Gb Western Digital w/ 8MB Buffer 7200RPM & 40GB Seagate 7200RPM\|\|WinXP Pro SP 1\| sig removed, try reading the sig rules OverDrive Author

December 1st, 2002	#5 (permalink)
Bahamut_Zero Blitz Gundam Pilot Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: In Final Heaven Posts: 1,014	hehehe yeah check their official web www.asus.com __________________ Please Visit my website http://bahamutdesign.bravepages.com/ huh.. pengen balik ke indo neh

December 1st, 2002	#6 (permalink)
RF Canadian Spaceman Join Date: May 2002 Location: Canada Posts: 8,594	I found a new bios for my mobo, from their site, downloaded it. Unzipped it, ran the flashing util, and it said it didnt support my mobo. WTF! It was EXACT. __________________

December 1st, 2002	#8 (permalink)
Sampah The Handsome Man Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Unlucky Place Posts: 881	The Best way to find the ASUS Bios is go to ASUS website like me, mine is Jetway and I go to Jetway website to find BIOS, if you can't find the bios, try using search engine like yahoo or etc. Flashing BIOS is not so hard just follow the instruction given to you. __________________ PROCESSOR: AMD Athlon 64 3000+ @1.8Ghz RAM: Kingstone 512MB PC3200 MOBO: ECS Nforce4 A939 VGA: Pixelview Geforce 6600GT (Golden Limited Edition) 128MB OS: WinXP pro Service pack 2

November 30th, 2002	#2 (permalink)
jegHegy Registered User Join Date: May 2001 Location: Hungary Posts: 2,184	did you check on ASUS' website? nyaa

November 30th, 2002	#4 (permalink)
Yeloazndevil :3 Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 10,147	u would flash the bios not dump it

December 1st, 2002	#7 (permalink)
Yeloazndevil :3 Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 10,147	hey Reichfuher i want to flash a new bios for my mobo, how do u do it?, is it hard?

December 1st, 2002	#9 (permalink)
jegHegy Registered User Join Date: May 2001 Location: Hungary Posts: 2,184	yeloazndevil: you simply run a flashing program from a bootdisk and it does its job in a few secs. a bit risky of course, you can screw your mobo if you have a power failure during the flashing process. nyaa

December 1st, 2002	#10 (permalink)
Kid A ~ Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 0	Check this post by Shiori. http://www.ngemu.com/forums/showthre...706#post344741

December 1st, 2002	#12 (permalink)
Kid A ~ Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 0	Oops :embl: Is the K7S5A recommendable? I am thinking about getting one...

December 1st, 2002	#13 (permalink)
Bahamut_Zero Blitz Gundam Pilot Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: In Final Heaven Posts: 1,014	guess so. But it looks like my K7S5A isn't too stable. But many people say it's good __________________ Please Visit my website http://bahamutdesign.bravepages.com/ huh.. pengen balik ke indo neh

December 1st, 2002	#14 (permalink)
JAZ Nintendo Zealot Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: UK Posts: 1,424	Its easy as to flash your bios, just make a bootable disk then unzip the bios/utils on to the disk and restart your comp with the disk, most have a file on called runme so just type "runme" and it will do the rest...

December 2nd, 2002	#16 (permalink)
Yeloazndevil :3 Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 10,147	okay, thxs everyone

December 2nd, 2002	#17 (permalink)
felinusz overclocking magus Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 1,369	heh, didnt think of going to ASUS site.... (this is what you get when you buy a Matrox GFX card, you start to think that all tech support and offiial sites are crap.... ) anways thanks for all the advice...

December 3rd, 2002	#18 (permalink)
metal_ash V\|rus Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: house Posts: 521	the best plae to find it is in ftp.asus.com __________________

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