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by noel-man4
Sun Oct 20, 2024 4:57 am
Forum: My motherboard is dead
Topic: HELLO, AFTER UPDATING THE BIOS, THE COMPUTER NEVER TURNED ON AGAIN.
Replies: 1
Views: 1918

Re: HELLO, AFTER UPDATING THE BIOS, THE COMPUTER NEVER TURNED ON AGAIN.

there are several different bios version downloads for that specific MSI board on their web site.

choose the latest one.

for further assistance, contact MSI support
by noel-man4
Fri Jul 21, 2023 1:17 am
Forum: BIOS Utilities & Flash Programs
Topic: Dates for Awdflash exe Files
Replies: 1
Views: 3916

Re: Dates for Awdflash exe Files

yes, 3/15/2010 is the release date of the awdflash.exe v8.99 program itself attached is a pic of awdflash.exe version 8.99 when viewing the contents of that exe file in the Windows Notepad program. awdflash899-releasedate.png note: not all 8.xx versions of awdflash have "complete" release dates like...
by noel-man4
Sun Jul 16, 2023 10:09 pm
Forum: BIOS Utilities & Flash Programs
Topic: New link to AMI Flasher tools page on the AMI web site
Replies: 0
Views: 3551

New link to AMI Flasher tools page on the AMI web site

Due to the redesigned AMI.com web site in 2023, the links on the AMI Flasher utility download page on the Wims BIOS site no longer work. here is the new link to the AMI UEFI/BIOS Flash utility downloads page from the AMI.com web site: https://www.ami.com/bios-uefi-utilities/ on that new page, users ...
by noel-man4
Sun Jul 16, 2023 4:38 am
Forum: BIOS Utilities & Flash Programs
Topic: Afuwin Error
Replies: 1
Views: 6247

Re: Afuwin Error

afuwin is not reliable on some Asus motherboards like M5A78L-M LX3. I know because I tried to flash update a bios with afuwin or afuwin64 on a friend's M5A78L-M LE USB3 board and it failed to update. Boot into BIOS setup and flash update your M5A78L-M LX3 board bios using the built-in Asus EZ Flash ...
by noel-man4
Sun Jul 16, 2023 4:32 am
Forum: BIOS Utilities & Flash Programs
Topic: Using a BIN file to Update my BIOS
Replies: 2
Views: 4191

Re: Using a BIN file to Update my BIOS

almost a few years late in responding but

you need something like AFUDOS.exe instead of Awdflash.exe to flash update an AMI bios from a bootable usb flash drive

Awdflash is for Award bioses only
by noel-man4
Sat Jun 18, 2022 10:00 pm
Forum: My motherboard is dead
Topic: Bios dump for Intel S5520HCV
Replies: 0
Views: 4336

Re: Bios dump for Intel S5520HCV

maybe ask someone in Intel Forums if attempting to do the bios recovery method doesn't work in fixing the boot block problem

btw, Intel S5520HCV is a server board
by noel-man4
Sat Jun 18, 2022 9:49 pm
Forum: My motherboard is dead
Topic: ACER G43T-AM v 2.0 MOTHERBOARD BIOS FILE REQUIRED
Replies: 2
Views: 3332

Re: ACER G43T-AM v 2.0 MOTHERBOARD BIOS FILE REQUIRED

I think OP is saying that there's no video on POST or bootup and only hearing a spinning fan
maybe no hard drive activity on it as well but did not mention about that
by noel-man4
Fri Nov 01, 2019 7:49 pm
Forum: My hard drive isn't recognized
Topic: Award 5DVX bigger HDD bios patch?
Replies: 6
Views: 16884

Re: Award 5DVX bigger HDD bios patch?

a google search on 5DVX seems to be a motherboard from Zida Technologies Inc. Intel 430VX chipset is used on there I'm afraid you're out of luck with 32Gb+ hard drives like the 40Gb HDD, NeoVampX. :( you could try finding 30Gb drives from Western Digital like models WD300EB or WD307AA on either ebay...
by noel-man4
Fri Nov 01, 2019 7:36 pm
Forum: My hard drive isn't recognized
Topic: Dell Inspiron AHCI can't detect hdd
Replies: 2
Views: 14458

Re: Dell Inspiron AHCI can't detect hdd

i'm sorry to bring this old thread back from the dead but there are times that re-installing Windows may not be necessary when changing SATA modes in the bios and just requires some registry edits before changing SATA modes. Microsoft published support article 922976 on how to deal with stop error m...
by noel-man4
Sun Feb 22, 2015 6:30 am
Forum: My motherboard is dead
Topic: (Asus a7v8x-la mobo)BIOS - need orignial for Compaq S6500nx
Replies: 2
Views: 6048

Re: (Asus a7v8x-la mobo)BIOS - need orignial for Compaq S650

I have an old Compaq SR1303WM computer with the ASUS A7V8X-LA board and it's original BIOS version was v3.11. Flash updated it to v3.15 and could not reproduce the "video" problems OP was having. So the ASUS A7V8X-LA board that I have is working fine, though I replaced that faulty Bestec ATX-250-12Z...
by noel-man4
Sun Feb 22, 2015 6:16 am
Forum: Notebook BIOS and other problems
Topic: Dead motherboard, I beg you for help
Replies: 2
Views: 4658

Re: Dead motherboard, I beg you for help

never flash update a BIOS on a Toshiba laptop while using other programs or doing other stuff like Internet surfing. that's pretty much asking for trouble there. and flashing a Toshiba laptop BIOS always require AC power meaning the laptop power cord should be plugged into the laptop. and if there ...
by noel-man4
Sun Feb 22, 2015 6:05 am
Forum: My motherboard is dead
Topic: Dell 9000 435t Bricked
Replies: 3
Views: 6377

Re: Dell 9000 435t Bricked

the Dell Asset Utility from the R109071.exe package can be used to edit or change the asset tag or service tag. But you need either a bootable floppy disk or bootable usb flash drive to run the asset tag tool because it is run in pure DOS mode.
by noel-man4
Tue Oct 19, 2010 6:42 am
Forum: Notebook BIOS and other problems
Topic: CD rom drive
Replies: 2
Views: 3310

Re: CD rom drive

more specifically, external usb based CD drives can only be connected to USB 2.0 or faster usb ports.
they won't work or work very slowly if they're connected to usb 1.1 ports.
check to make sure your mini-notebook pc uses usb 2.0 ports or higher.
by noel-man4
Tue Oct 19, 2010 6:38 am
Forum: Notebook BIOS and other problems
Topic: Dell Latitude D830 NOT upgrading BIOS
Replies: 3
Views: 7893

Re: Dell Latitude D830 NOT upgrading BIOS

jdavis10, are you absolutely sure you are using a Dell Latitude D830 and not D820? Go to the Dell support site , click on Drivers & Downloads section, enter the Service Tag number of your Dell Latitude laptop to obtain specific BIOS downloads for your laptop. Latest Latitude D820 BIOS is version A10...