Help with 503+ BIOS

Unfortunately, that procedure involves a DOS bootdisk with the
awdflash.exe utility, the BIOS ????????.bin file to be flashed, and
"awdflash.exe ????????.bin /py /sn" in the autoexec.bat file. It may not
be of much use if he cannot access the floppy drive, or any other drive,
for that matter.

<a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.biosflash.de/english/update.htm" target="_blank">http://www.biosflash.de/english/update.htm</a>

If you are reaaly desperate, there are places that will reflash your BIOS
chip for you or send you a replacement. <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.biosflash.com" target="_blank">http://www.biosflash.com</a> ,
<a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.badflash.com" target="_blank">http://www.badflash.com</a> , and <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.flashbios.org" target="_blank">http://www.flashbios.org</a> are examples.
Some local computer shops amay also do this.

--Alex



Kyle Brant wrote:

 > There is a "boot block" flash procedure for recovering from a bad BIOS
 > flash. Search usenet you will find the procedure for use with the
 > award BIOS.
 >
 > --
 > Best regards,
 > Kyle
 > "Vincent Patterson" <vipatter DeleteThis @isp.com> wrote in message
 > news:bvsflh$ujo$1@news.chatlink.com...
 > | Help,
 > |
 > | Somehow I just cleared the BIOS on my 503+ Board. All it does now
 > is show
 > | the power light and the hard drive light comes on for a few seconds
 > and then
 > | nothing. The floppy is never searched. BIOS has got to be
 > cleared. It
 > | was working fine before I ran some tests with FLASH864 and must have
 > hit
 > | enter at the wrong time. Anyone got a spare BIOS chip or a way
 > around this?
 > | Thanks,,,
 > |
 > | Pat
 > |
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Hi Alex:

After further review of the original post, I note that Flash864 is an
AMI software product for programming AMI BIOS's. I cannot understand
why a user of a board with an Award BIOS is playing around with an AMI
BIOS flashing program. It just may be the entire BIOS was wiped out,
including the bootblock, but it's still worth a try to attempt the
bootblock reflash procedure. Otherwise, your observations are the
next step, get a replacement BIOS or get a reflash of the chip.

--
Best regards,
Kyle
"Alex Zorrilla" <apz.DeleteThis@zxeng.com> wrote in message
news:4022A826.85D4C324@zxeng.com...
| Unfortunately, that procedure involves a DOS bootdisk with the
| awdflash.exe utility, the BIOS ????????.bin file to be flashed, and
| "awdflash.exe ????????.bin /py /sn" in the autoexec.bat file. It
may not
| be of much use if he cannot access the floppy drive, or any other
drive,
| for that matter.
|
| http://www.biosflash.de/english/update.htm
|
| If you are reaaly desperate, there are places that will reflash your
BIOS
| chip for you or send you a replacement. http://www.biosflash.com ,
| http://www.badflash.com , and http://www.flashbios.org are
examples.
| Some local computer shops amay also do this.
|
| --Alex
|
|
|
| Kyle Brant wrote:
|
| > There is a "boot block" flash procedure for recovering from a bad
BIOS
| > flash. Search usenet you will find the procedure for use with the
| > award BIOS.
| >
| > --
| > Best regards,
| > Kyle
| > "Vincent Patterson" <vipatter.DeleteThis@isp.com> wrote in message
| > news:bvsflh$ujo$1@news.chatlink.com...
| > | Help,
| > |
| > | Somehow I just cleared the BIOS on my 503+ Board. All it does
now
| > is show
| > | the power light and the hard drive light comes on for a few
seconds
| > and then
| > | nothing. The floppy is never searched. BIOS has got to be
| > cleared. It
| > | was working fine before I ran some tests with FLASH864 and must
have
| > hit
| > | enter at the wrong time. Anyone got a spare BIOS chip or a way
| > around this?
| > | Thanks,,,
| > |
| > | Pat
| > |
| > |
|
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Vincent Patterson wrote:
 > Help,
 >
 > Somehow I just cleared the BIOS on my 503+ Board. All it does now is show
 > the power light and the hard drive light comes on for a few seconds and then
 > nothing. The floppy is never searched. BIOS has got to be cleared. It
 > was working fine before I ran some tests with FLASH864 and must have hit
 > enter at the wrong time. Anyone got a spare BIOS chip or a way around this?
 > Thanks,,,
 >
 > Pat
 >
 >

FWIW, here is something I found on the Epox website once upon a time:

"How do I recover my BIOS from a bad flash?

"If you have access to an old un-accelerated ISA video card, you
might be able to recover your BIOS. Remove all cards and drives
from your system, except for the ISA video card and the floppy
drive. Then try to boot from a system disk (a bootable floppy with
only the flash program and corresponding BIOS image). If you are
able to boot to the floppy, flash your BIOS according to the
directions in the flash utility README."

I never tried this and I have no idea why it should work if it does,
but my regard for Epox is such that I hung on to my old Trident ISA
grafix card just in case I ever have to.

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"chavez" <no-spam RemoveThis @sonic.net> wrote in message
news:bkJUb.12928$XF6.249008@typhoon.sonic.net...
| Vincent Patterson wrote:
| > Help,
| >
| > Somehow I just cleared the BIOS on my 503+ Board. All it does now
is show
| > the power light and the hard drive light comes on for a few
seconds and then
| > nothing. The floppy is never searched. BIOS has got to be
cleared. It
| > was working fine before I ran some tests with FLASH864 and must
have hit
| > enter at the wrong time. Anyone got a spare BIOS chip or a way
around this?
| > Thanks,,,
| >
| > Pat
| >
| >
|
| FWIW, here is something I found on the Epox website once upon a
time:
|
| "How do I recover my BIOS from a bad flash?
|
| "If you have access to an old un-accelerated ISA video card,
you
| might be able to recover your BIOS. Remove all cards and
drives
| from your system, except for the ISA video card and the floppy
| drive. Then try to boot from a system disk (a bootable floppy
with
| only the flash program and corresponding BIOS image). If you
are
| able to boot to the floppy, flash your BIOS according to the
| directions in the flash utility README."
|
| I never tried this and I have no idea why it should work if it
does,
| but my regard for Epox is such that I hung on to my old Trident ISA
| grafix card just in case I ever have to.
|

Heh, I also have an old Trident ISA card in my box of ancient video
cards, saved just for this same purpose.

--
Best regards,
Kyle
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Kyle Brant wrote:

 > Heh, I also have an old Trident ISA card in my box of ancient video
 > cards, saved just for this same purpose.

Heh. Me, too! I wonder what we are going to do once all our ISA-slot
motherboards die. :-0

--Alex<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
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Use an old Trident 9680 or similar PCI card?
Robert
"Alex Zorrilla" <apz DeleteThis @zxeng.com> wrote in message
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 > Kyle Brant wrote:
 >
  > > Heh, I also have an old Trident ISA card in my box of ancient video
  > > cards, saved just for this same purpose.
 >
 > Heh. Me, too! I wonder what we are going to do once all our ISA-slot
 > motherboards die. :-0
 >
 > --Alex
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"Robert Akins" <robert.akins2.RemoveThis@verizon.net> wrote in message news:dRYUb.16004$9a7.6512@nwrddc02.gnilink.net...
 > Use an old Trident 9680 or similar PCI card?
 >
You mean those magical 1/2 or 1Meg PCI cards that enabled me to finally
get the 503+ booted last year.

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"Alex Zorrilla" <apz.TakeThisOut@zxeng.com> wrote in message news:4023F775.2B8CADC6@zxeng.com...
 > Kyle Brant wrote:
 >
  > > Heh, I also have an old Trident ISA card in my box of ancient video
  > > cards, saved just for this same purpose.
 >
 > Heh. Me, too! I wonder what we are going to do once all our ISA-slot
 > motherboards die. :-0
 >
Try and hammer the BNC/ISA network cards into a PCI slot.

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