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Barton 2800+, Asus A7N8X Deluxe
Name: Criminal-UK Date: September 17, 2003 at 05:34:02 Pacific OS: N/A CPU/Ram: N/A
Comment:
I've just purchased a brand new PC off a company without an OS. The Spec's are following: Asus A7N8X Deluxe Motherboard AMD Athlon XP 2800+ (2.083Ghz) 512DDR Ram (PC3200) 256DDR Geforce FX 5600 Ultra 80gb Seagate Barrucuda (Serial-ATA) CDRW 52X 15" TFT STD (Black) Now the problem is this: The barton 2800+ processor won't register corectly on the motherboard supposedly. How can i update my Bios without an OS? I haven't received my PC yet but this is what has been said reptitively in forums.
If anyone has any ideals on this i'd appreciate it
Name: Shawn Date: September 17, 2003 at 06:35:25 Pacific
Reply:
I'd look for a computer which has an OS and make a boot disk on it. Then down load the latest version of BIOS on a floppy disk. Boot into DOS with the boot disk and after that, use the BIOS disk to flash the BIOS. You'll have to be able to get into the existing BIOS on the board to set the booting sequence to include floppy drive.
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Response Number 2
Name: johnoh Date: September 17, 2003 at 08:45:23 Pacific
Reply:
Its unlikely that your machine will not be able to boot at all using the 2800. It will probably just be underclocked until you update the bios.
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Response Number 3
Name: Criminal-UK Date: September 18, 2003 at 02:05:29 Pacific
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Well i've jus bought Win XP should arrive in couple days so you folks recommend i install that then flash it u sure i cant some how flash it without the OS
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Response Number 4
Name: egkenny Date: September 18, 2003 at 15:22:07 Pacific
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With the A7N8X you can also use the ALT+F2 Method. It only requires a BIOS image file on a blank floppy disk. For more information see this link: http://www.nforcershq.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3199&sid=6170a6373d2e97041282a55a58ef77dc
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Response Number 5
Name: Criminal-UK Date: September 21, 2003 at 12:21:27 Pacific
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I'm i jus plain blind or is it hard 2 d/l the bios update file! some1 gimme a linkey plz
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Response Number 6
Name: Criminal-UK Date: October 17, 2003 at 15:07:41 Pacific
Reply:
I mentioned it to the company and they done a bios updtae thru disk..it worked perfectly..as it boots up press 2 get in2 bios n load that nu update 2 register it
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