Not yet. I tried with everything I could disconnect and that still did not work.
A guy on AMD forums said that updating the BIOS could be trouble and so I am going to look at yoyodyne’s link carefully before I try it. I put it all back together and put the 600 back in and it works fine. I just hate to wast the $ I spent getting the 750 and 850 CPU’s but that will be nothing if I ruin the MB. It has been a great computer for many years and nothing is really wrong now. I just thought a 850 would speed internal stuff up a bit over my 600.
I’ll never find this same MB if I screw this one up.
I don’t want to discourage you here, because I like working on computers, too, but you realize you’re going through all this trouble for a net CPU speed gain of ~40%? I mean, it’s significant, but you could pretty cheaply more than double your CPU speed and massively increase your processing power by stepping up to a core 2 duo chip running at 1.6GHz, for a relatively low cost. I know it seems like a waste to toss out the 700 and 850 chips, but I’d hock them on EBay and use the proceeds to upgrade to something more substantial. You never know, you might get 20 bucks for them
yoyodyne gave you a direct link to the Bios flashing program, which I’m glad you stopped using when you did. I purposely did not link to something like that, and you don’t have the super important install instructions with it. I expect by the name that the correct file to burn is present, but you need the instructions to type in the correct name to proceed. The name of the file is blank as a safety concern, to make sure you have read the instructions. Most of the Update software allows the saving of the old BIOS to a file that can be reloaded, if you don’t like the new BIOS.
The flashing program is is prompting for the BIOS file name in that screen. You’ll need to run it locally, but you have to follow the exact steps they give you on the Gigabyte site, and that will instruct you as to what BIOS file needs to be loaded and burned.
I’ll look for the exact install instruction if you still want to do the update, but it is your responsibility. That said I have never had a BIOS update go bad on the about 20 computers I’ve done it on. The problem is mostly, a power failure or computer freeze at the time of burning, so do it with a working UPS and don’t move it around while updating the BIOS and keep the pets out of the room. Do’nt do it during a thunder storm either. You’ll be fairly safe doing it with thought put into preventing power glitches. The rewrite process takes a couple seconds only to occur. Failure at other points doesn’t mess anything up. Your a short time away from a BIOS update at this point. Remember that this should solve the problem, but I can’t garantee it. It won’t prevent running the old processor if it wasn’t the BIOS. I await your response
OK, I do have ‘UPS’ on all my machines and network router and satellite modem so if you would look for what I need, I’ll look it over and then make a final decision about proceeding.
I double checked the link for the file you downloaded, and it’s the correct one. You will need a DOS bootable floppy and the update file on the floppy. Execute the file from the DOS prompt and I expect the program to have everything needed in it. Pay attention to prompts if they appear. You’re set. Read the first two links before doing the update.
General BIOS install instructions. You’re using the DOS one.
When you unpacked the download, it gave you three files: 7IX.F4A is the actual BIOS file, AWDFLASH.EXE is the program that flashes that file to the BIOS, and autoexec.bat is a batch file that automatically runs AWDFLASH.EXE with a parameter to load the 7IX.F4A file when you boot to a floppy with those files on it.
You need to copy those files to a bootable floppy disk and boot to it, then follow the program instructions. If you don’t have a bootable floppy you can download a program to create one from here. I recommend the “Driver Free Disk For BIOS Flashing” version. The three links are to the same program.
*thud = swoon, or I get to rest now, or I fall at your feet in thanks, or I fall before the computer gremlins, or … *
Well, not hard but I had to read between the lines, start over once to go back and write down the original BIOS name ( xxx7cc-.F1 ) or some such to save it just in case but I did not do anything to mess it up I hope. So far so good. I need real simple steps and you really made it easy for me.
Harmonious you are one exceptional person! Hope you’re around if and when I have any computer problems. People like you make the Dope board as great as it is!
Jake
