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Old 10-03-2003, 07:24 PM   #1
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Angry !@!@!@!@!@!Help w/ Windows 98 BIOS corruption!!!


HELP ME PLZ! Ok here's the problem. I loaded a program call Award BootBlock v. 1.0 on accident (dont ask lol) and now I can't get into my Win98....it only reads the A:/ drive and has either destroyed my C: , D:, and E: drives or it has flashed my BIOS and corrupted it somehow. Either way I am looking for a BIOS file for my AWDFLASH.exe which would re-flash my BIOS but it needs the BIOS file to flash. The example BIOS was: AWDFLASH.exe vti0319b.bin So if anyone can help me fix my BIOS I would be greatful thanx! King O' Newbs!
 
Old 10-03-2003, 07:26 PM   #2
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Ammend to AWDFLASH.exe example file its awdflash.exe vit0319b.bin I believe. Sorry!
 
Old 10-03-2003, 08:30 PM   #3
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Not too important, but what kind of Motherboard are you using?
 
Old 10-03-2003, 08:53 PM   #4
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Maybe these can help?

http://www.esupport.com/techsupport/award/

http://www.esupport.com/techsupport/
 
Old 10-03-2003, 10:47 PM   #5
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but what kind of Motherboard are you using?
What is the exact model of the mainboard you have?

A look at the manufacturers website should have what you need.
 
Old 10-05-2003, 12:25 PM   #6
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Not sure what motherboard....Mainboard Motherboard I believe but not sure...I forgot what it is but I checked the manufacturer's site yesterday and I sent the box the board came in to a friend so he could check up on it. He works with a guy that builds comps. Even the builder couldnt really help tho. But either way the BIOS is stored in my comp and I guess when I accidently flashed it, that it "confused" the Board as to which BIOS to use......Award's site would be helpful only if I could access it from my comp...which I cant. Im using my laptop at the moment. My comp is only reading the Floppy drive and everytime I run AWDFlash, it asks for a BIOS upgrade file which dont have..or it needs the current BIOS fle on my comp which I cant seem to get to... So if anyone has any ideas.....they would be appreciated. Thanx
 
Old 10-05-2003, 05:25 PM   #7
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I sent the box the board came in to a friend so he could check up on it. He works with a guy that builds comps.
Smart move.
Any BIOS flashing needs to be done with the correct BIOS for your model of mainboard. Close is probably not good enough.
This kind of problem falls into the "I'm glad it is not happening to me" catigory. Even when everything is right, it can go bad sometimes. Unless there really is a fix you need, don't fix it if it ain't broken is the usual advice. I have had luck with the couple BIOS upgrades I have done, mostly older Pentium systems I am fooling with, but know someone that killed their brand new mainboard by lusting after the latest BIOS upgrade.
Good Luck.
 
  


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