MadTommy
20-10-08, 13:31
Epoch this is waht i tried.. but my floppy drive does not light up. :(
AWARD BIOS Recovery
Here is something that I took from biosman.com...
Later I will update it with the tools neded.
The AWARD BIOS has a similar procedure to AMI. To recover an AWARD BIOS you will need to create a bootable floppy diskette and add the desired BIOS file (we recommend using the most recent). Award BIOS's generally are in .BIN format, where as AMI was .ROM format. You will also add an AWARD flash utility (usually awdflash.exe) and an AUTOEXEC.BAT file.
The AWARD BIOS does not automatically restore the BIOS information to the 'system block' like the AMI BIOS does. You will need to add the commands necessary to flash the BIOS in the AUTOEXEC.BAT file. The system will run the AUTOEXEC.BAT file, which contains the flash instructions.
Step by Step:
1. Create bootable flopy using the HP Tool and MiniDOS:
When creating the boot Floppy, select from Folder Options to view the hiden and system files and delete or rename the file config.sys if present.
Couse we need DOS with no additional programs that are loaded, which could interfere with the operation of the BIOS flash application.
2. Reaname your bios to bios.bin
3. Copy the BIOS file and flash utility to the diskette.
4. Create an text file with any standard text editor and add the following lines :
@ECHO OFF
awd873.exe bios.bin /py/sn/f/cc/r
and save it as autoexec.bat
Autoexec.bat download link:
http://rapidshare.com/files/115841287/Autoexec.rar
5. Copy it to the bootable flopy.
6. Start your computer and if no flopy acces occurs press and hold Ctrl+Home to force update.
7. When there is no more activity, wait for a while and restart your computer.
py = program yes
sn = save no
f = flash
cc = clear cmos
r = reboot
Here is the latest awdflash I could find awdflash v8.73
http://rapidshare.com/files/113927890/awd873.rar
AWARD BIOS Recovery
Here is something that I took from biosman.com...
Later I will update it with the tools neded.
The AWARD BIOS has a similar procedure to AMI. To recover an AWARD BIOS you will need to create a bootable floppy diskette and add the desired BIOS file (we recommend using the most recent). Award BIOS's generally are in .BIN format, where as AMI was .ROM format. You will also add an AWARD flash utility (usually awdflash.exe) and an AUTOEXEC.BAT file.
The AWARD BIOS does not automatically restore the BIOS information to the 'system block' like the AMI BIOS does. You will need to add the commands necessary to flash the BIOS in the AUTOEXEC.BAT file. The system will run the AUTOEXEC.BAT file, which contains the flash instructions.
Step by Step:
1. Create bootable flopy using the HP Tool and MiniDOS:
When creating the boot Floppy, select from Folder Options to view the hiden and system files and delete or rename the file config.sys if present.
Couse we need DOS with no additional programs that are loaded, which could interfere with the operation of the BIOS flash application.
2. Reaname your bios to bios.bin
3. Copy the BIOS file and flash utility to the diskette.
4. Create an text file with any standard text editor and add the following lines :
@ECHO OFF
awd873.exe bios.bin /py/sn/f/cc/r
and save it as autoexec.bat
Autoexec.bat download link:
http://rapidshare.com/files/115841287/Autoexec.rar
5. Copy it to the bootable flopy.
6. Start your computer and if no flopy acces occurs press and hold Ctrl+Home to force update.
7. When there is no more activity, wait for a while and restart your computer.
py = program yes
sn = save no
f = flash
cc = clear cmos
r = reboot
Here is the latest awdflash I could find awdflash v8.73
http://rapidshare.com/files/113927890/awd873.rar