need to use AFUDOS bios update -- no FDD

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Steve

2006-04-30 19:44:49 UTC

Hi

I have an Asus S-presso with P4P8T motherboard. Nice inexpensive and quiet
PC all in all - only trouble is I would like to keep the BIOS updated and
heres the catch

- Windows asus update utility wont go past 1003 due to known bug
- Asus tech advice is to use AFUDOS to get to good version of BIOS (1006)
- S-presso does not support FDD (no available FDD socket on the motherboard)

My questions are:

1. Is there a way of creating a WinXP command line bootable CD-ROM similar
to the WinXP boot floopy.

2. Can AFUDOS be run in a WinXP command prompt

Regards
Steve

ohaya

2006-04-30 19:52:11 UTC

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Post by Steve
Hi
I have an Asus S-presso with P4P8T motherboard. Nice inexpensive and quiet
PC all in all - only trouble is I would like to keep the BIOS updated and
heres the catch
- Windows asus update utility wont go past 1003 due to known bug
- Asus tech advice is to use AFUDOS to get to good version of BIOS (1006)
- S-presso does not support FDD (no available FDD socket on the motherboard)
1. Is there a way of creating a WinXP command line bootable CD-ROM similar
to the WinXP boot floopy.
2. Can AFUDOS be run in a WinXP command prompt
Regards
Steve

Hi,

I don't have an S-presso, but can you set it to boot from a USB floppy
in BIOS? If you can, then maybe that'll work for you if you get a USB
floppy drive?

Other than that, if you can make a boot floppy on another machine (you
can get boot disks from http://www.bootdisk.com), then use Nero to burn
a bootable image of the floppy, including the flash program and the BIOS
binary file to a CD. Then you can boot the S-presso from the CD, and
run the flash program from there.

Jim

Steve

2006-05-01 11:43:11 UTC

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Post by Steve
Hi
I have an Asus S-presso with P4P8T motherboard. Nice inexpensive and
quiet PC all in all - only trouble is I would like to keep the BIOS
updated and heres the catch
- Windows asus update utility wont go past 1003 due to known bug
- Asus tech advice is to use AFUDOS to get to good version of BIOS (1006)
- S-presso does not support FDD (no available FDD socket on the motherboard)
1. Is there a way of creating a WinXP command line bootable CD-ROM
similar to the WinXP boot floopy.
2. Can AFUDOS be run in a WinXP command prompt
Regards
Steve

Hi,
I don't have an S-presso, but can you set it to boot from a USB floppy in
BIOS? If you can, then maybe that'll work for you if you get a USB floppy
drive?

Of course -- USB FDD. Not sure if this is an option but will give it a go!

There is also the S-Presso built in smart card reader

Other than that, if you can make a boot floppy on another machine (you can
get boot disks from http://www.bootdisk.com), then use Nero to burn a
bootable image of the floppy, including the flash program and the BIOS
binary file to a CD. Then you can boot the S-presso from the CD, and run
the flash program from there.

I have Iomega hotburn -- will check if this will do bootable CD's

Jim

Steve

2006-05-01 15:25:43 UTC

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USB FDD boots okay -- problem solved

Thanks for pointing out the obvious solution - I might not have considered
it not realising that USB FDD's are treated identically to internal FDD's.
Cheers
Steve

Post by Steve

Post by Steve
Hi
I have an Asus S-presso with P4P8T motherboard. Nice inexpensive and
quiet PC all in all - only trouble is I would like to keep the BIOS
updated and heres the catch
- Windows asus update utility wont go past 1003 due to known bug
- Asus tech advice is to use AFUDOS to get to good version of BIOS (1006)
- S-presso does not support FDD (no available FDD socket on the motherboard)
1. Is there a way of creating a WinXP command line bootable CD-ROM
similar to the WinXP boot floopy.
2. Can AFUDOS be run in a WinXP command prompt
Regards
Steve

Hi,
I don't have an S-presso, but can you set it to boot from a USB floppy in
BIOS? If you can, then maybe that'll work for you if you get a USB
floppy drive?

Of course -- USB FDD. Not sure if this is an option but will give it a go!
There is also the S-Presso built in smart card reader

Other than that, if you can make a boot floppy on another machine (you
can get boot disks from http://www.bootdisk.com), then use Nero to burn a
bootable image of the floppy, including the flash program and the BIOS
binary file to a CD. Then you can boot the S-presso from the CD, and run
the flash program from there.

I have Iomega hotburn -- will check if this will do bootable CD's

Jim

Steve

2006-05-02 08:11:13 UTC

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Post by Steve
Hi
I have an Asus S-presso with P4P8T motherboard. Nice inexpensive and
quiet PC all in all - only trouble is I would like to keep the BIOS
updated and heres the catch
- Windows asus update utility wont go past 1003 due to known bug
- Asus tech advice is to use AFUDOS to get to good version of BIOS (1006)
- S-presso does not support FDD (no available FDD socket on the motherboard)
1. Is there a way of creating a WinXP command line bootable CD-ROM
similar to the WinXP boot floopy.
2. Can AFUDOS be run in a WinXP command prompt
Regards
Steve

Hi,
I don't have an S-presso, but can you set it to boot from a USB floppy in
BIOS? If you can, then maybe that'll work for you if you get a USB floppy
drive?
Other than that, if you can make a boot floppy on another machine (you can
get boot disks from http://www.bootdisk.com), then use Nero to burn a
bootable image of the floppy, including the flash program and the BIOS
binary file to a CD. Then you can boot the S-presso from the CD, and run
the flash program from there.
Jim

Thanks Jim -- bought a USB FDD and it does indeed behave entirely like an
internal FDD at least for the S-presso (P4P8T) BIOS.
Cheers
Steve

Paul

2006-05-01 03:04:25 UTC

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Are you sure there is no floppy connector ? If I look
at the manual, and also in a picture of the P4P8T, I
see a floppy connector next to the two IDE connectors.
There is an ITE8712F Super I/O chip, and I think that
is the chip that would drive the floppy connector.

Paul

Steve

2006-05-01 11:36:58 UTC

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Post by Paul

Its in the picture of the board -- but if you look at the PCB its got the
pads for the connector but the socket is not populated.

Post by Paul
Paul

John Malone

2006-05-03 01:50:35 UTC

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FYI
Go here...
http://www.bootdisk.com/

Look for......
Need To Flash Your BIOS On A PC With No 1.44 Read.1st

Sorry I was late with the Info 8(
--
John Malone
==============
"Steve" <***@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:Rs85g.68645$***@fe3.news.blueyonder.co.uk...
| Hi
|
| I have an Asus S-presso with P4P8T motherboard. Nice inexpensive and quiet
| PC all in all - only trouble is I would like to keep the BIOS updated and
| heres the catch
|
| - Windows asus update utility wont go past 1003 due to known bug
| - Asus tech advice is to use AFUDOS to get to good version of BIOS (1006)
| - S-presso does not support FDD (no available FDD socket on the
motherboard)
|
| My questions are:
|
| 1. Is there a way of creating a WinXP command line bootable CD-ROM similar
| to the WinXP boot floopy.
|
| 2. Can AFUDOS be run in a WinXP command prompt
|
| Regards
| Steve
|
|

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Steve

2006-05-03 09:00:00 UTC

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Thanks John -- found it earlier -- bootdisk is a great site. USB FDD did the
trick though thankfully as much simpler for me.

Post by John Malone
FYI
Go here...
http://www.bootdisk.com/
Look for......
Need To Flash Your BIOS On A PC With No 1.44 Read.1st
Sorry I was late with the Info 8(
--
John Malone
==============
| Hi
|
| I have an Asus S-presso with P4P8T motherboard. Nice inexpensive and quiet
| PC all in all - only trouble is I would like to keep the BIOS updated and
| heres the catch
|
| - Windows asus update utility wont go past 1003 due to known bug
| - Asus tech advice is to use AFUDOS to get to good version of BIOS (1006)
| - S-presso does not support FDD (no available FDD socket on the
motherboard)
|
|
| 1. Is there a way of creating a WinXP command line bootable CD-ROM similar
| to the WinXP boot floopy.
|
| 2. Can AFUDOS be run in a WinXP command prompt
|
| Regards
| Steve
|
|

John Malone

2006-05-04 01:40:54 UTC

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No Problem Steve...
I just burn to CD and boot from that..
Just wanted you to know about the bootdisk site.
--
John Malone
==============
"Steve" <***@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:ki_5g.65865$***@fe2.news.blueyonder.co.uk...
| Thanks John -- found it earlier -- bootdisk is a great site. USB FDD did
the
| trick though thankfully as much simpler for me.
|
|
| "John Malone" <***@sbglobal.org> wrote in message
| news:***@fidnet.com...
| > FYI
| > Go here...
| > http://www.bootdisk.com/
| >
| > Look for......
| > Need To Flash Your BIOS On A PC With No 1.44 Read.1st
| >
| > Sorry I was late with the Info 8(
| > --
| > John Malone
| > ==============
| > "Steve" <***@hotmail.com> wrote in message
| > news:Rs85g.68645$***@fe3.news.blueyonder.co.uk...
| > | Hi
| > |
| > | I have an Asus S-presso with P4P8T motherboard. Nice inexpensive and
| > quiet
| > | PC all in all - only trouble is I would like to keep the BIOS updated
| > and
| > | heres the catch
| > |
| > | - Windows asus update utility wont go past 1003 due to known bug
| > | - Asus tech advice is to use AFUDOS to get to good version of BIOS
| > (1006)
| > | - S-presso does not support FDD (no available FDD socket on the
| > motherboard)
| > |
| > | My questions are:
| > |
| > | 1. Is there a way of creating a WinXP command line bootable CD-ROM
| > similar
| > | to the WinXP boot floopy.
| > |
| > | 2. Can AFUDOS be run in a WinXP command prompt
| > |
| > | Regards
| > | Steve
| > |
| > |
| >
| >
| >
|
|