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[OUTLAWS WHOCARES]

My sys is all mess up and I can't figure it out.
Upon bootup I get BIOS flash rom error.
Awflash.exe not found.
WTF does that sh!t mean.?

SOMEONE PLEASE HELP ME.

[Justncredible]

go to whoever made your motherbo,,, and get the flash for the bios,,,, follow the instructions,,,, thats it,,,, mine is a MSI and has a auto update for the bios,,,, kinda scary but not had any problems YET..... :rolleyes:

[OUTLAWS WHOCARES]

Ok but whats strange is it worked great last light.
I turned the thing off then I woke up and bam no good

[OUTLAWS WHOCARES]

ok someone go to this link.
Which one do I download.
http://www.asus.com.tw/support/download/it...ModelName=A7N8X (http://www.asus.com.tw/support/download/item.aspx?ModelName=A7N8X)

[OUTLAWS Behind You?]

The two bios files.

AWDFLASH.ZIP is the flash program. You need to boot to a clean DOS, no drivers to execute this program.
ABNC101D.zip is the actual bios file. AWDFLASH will read and write this file to your bios. Be careful.

Double check version numbers. Don't flash if the your bios is the same or later. There should be a readme.txt file, READ IT....

[OUTLAWS WHOCARES]

Hers the prob.
I boot up get 4 short beeps and a message saying Awflash.ext not found.
I can't see anything that tells me the version I got.

[OUTLAWS WHOCARES]

I know its a bit late 10pm est.
But if someone knows how I can fix this I would be happy to speak over the phone about it.

At this point I have reformatted my hdd and I need mad help.

[OUTLAWS Behind You?]

Originally posted by WHOCARES@Dec 10 2002, 09:02 PM
Hers the prob.
I boot up get 4 short beeps and a message saying Awflash.ext not found.
I can't see anything that tells me the version I got.
Ok, download both files. Place unzipped files on a diskette. Put diskette in drive. Turn on PC. I think AWDFLASH will execute. It will probably ask for the name of the bios file, so, write it down. It will also probably ask if you want to save current bios. You can, just make sure you do NOT use the new bios' name.

Good Luck.

[OUTLAWS Behind You?]

Originally posted by WHOCARES@Dec 10 2002, 09:04 PM
I know its a bit late 10pm est.
But if someone knows how I can fix this I would be happy to speak over the phone about it.

At this point I have reformatted my hdd and I need mad help.
How did you reformat hard drive? I am under the impression that you can't boot.

[OUTLAWS WHOCARES]

If I am correct the name of the file should be a8nc101d

[OUTLAWS WHOCARES]

Originally posted by Behind You?+Dec 10 2002, 10:10 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Behind You? @ Dec 10 2002, 10:10 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteBegin--WHOCARES@Dec 10 2002, 09:04 PM
I know its a bit late 10pm est.
But if someone knows how I can fix this I would be happy to speak over the phone about it.

At this point I have reformatted my hdd and I need mad help.
How did you reformat hard drive? I am under the impression that you can&#39;t boot.[/b][/quote]
It worked very briefly.

[OUTLAWS Behind You?]

Originally posted by WHOCARES@Dec 10 2002, 09:10 PM
If I am correct the name of the file should be a8nc101d
Download both files, you need both. Se my previous post this thread.

[OUTLAWS Behind You?]

Originally posted by WHOCARES+Dec 10 2002, 09:11 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (WHOCARES @ Dec 10 2002, 09:11 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>
Originally posted by -Behind You?@Dec 10 2002, 10:10 PM
<!--QuoteBegin--WHOCARES@Dec 10 2002, 09:04 PM
I know its a bit late 10pm est.
But if someone knows how I can fix this I would be happy to speak over the phone about it.

At this point I have reformatted my hdd and I need mad help.
How did you reformat hard drive? I am under the impression that you can&#39;t boot.
It worked very briefly.[/b][/quote]
Darn, hope you&#39;ve got backup.....

[OUTLAWS WHOCARES]

No bigbeal about the info.
Its all on my old pc

[OUTLAWS Behind You?]

I&#39;m in CST, it&#39;s 9:15 here. Any idea how long to try my suggestion?

[OUTLAWS WHOCARES]

Originally posted by Behind You?@Dec 10 2002, 10:16 PM
I&#39;m in CST, it&#39;s 9:15 here. Any idea how long to try my suggestion?
Ok I am gonna do it now.

[OUTLAWS Behind You?]

Ok, think I&#39;ll fix me a good egg nog....

[OUTLAWS WHOCARES]

ok heres what i get
I did as you said
Same crap
4 short beeps followed by

BIOS ROM checksum error
detecting floppy drive a media

automatic load AWDFLASH.exe
&#33;&#33; ERROR--AWDFLASH.EXT not found

[OUTLAWS Behind You?]

Originally posted by WHOCARES@Dec 10 2002, 09:23 PM
ok heres what i get
I did as you said
Same crap
4 short beeps followed by

BIOS ROM checksum error
detecting floppy drive a media

automatic load AWDFLASH.exe
&#33;&#33; ERROR--AWDFLASH.EXT not found
Just checking, it did say AWDFLASH.EXT? A "T" at the end. When you unzipped AWDFLASH.zip, I&#39;m guessing there was no *.EXT. Copy the bios file to the diskette and name it AWDFLASH.EXT. Just guessing.

[OUTLAWS WHOCARES]

Originally posted by Behind You?+Dec 10 2002, 10:26 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Behind You? @ Dec 10 2002, 10:26 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteBegin--WHOCARES@Dec 10 2002, 09:23 PM
ok heres what i get
I did as you said
Same crap
4 short beeps followed by

BIOS ROM checksum error
detecting floppy drive a media

automatic load AWDFLASH.exe
&#33;&#33; ERROR--AWDFLASH.EXT not found
Just checking, it did say AWDFLASH.EXT? A "T" at the end. When you unzipped AWDFLASH.zip, I&#39;m guessing there was no *.EXT. Copy the bios file to the diskette and name it AWDFLASH.EXT. Just guessing.[/b][/quote]
no t at the end.
name the awdflash file awdflash.ext?

[OUTLAWS WHOCARES]

ok I renamed it to exe and it did the following:

no beeps
BIOS ROM checksum error
Detecting floppy drive a media
drive media is 1.44Mb
Automadic load AWDFLASH.EXE .....
and then the cursor just sits there and blinks what next?

[OUTLAWS Behind You?]

No, go to here Asus User Manual (http://www.asus.com/pub/ASUS/mb/socka/nforce2/a7n8x/e1177_a7n8x.pdf) and find Chapter 2.1.2. Try following these built in flash instructions.

[OUTLAWS Behind You?]

Originally posted by WHOCARES@Dec 10 2002, 09:35 PM
ok I renamed it to exe and it did the following:

no beeps
BIOS ROM checksum error
Detecting floppy drive a media
drive media is 1.44Mb
Automadic load AWDFLASH.EXE .....
and then the cursor just sits there and blinks what next?
You renamed awdflash.zip to awdflash.exe?

[OUTLAWS WHOCARES]

Originally posted by Behind You?+Dec 10 2002, 10:38 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Behind You? @ Dec 10 2002, 10:38 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteBegin--WHOCARES@Dec 10 2002, 09:35 PM
ok I renamed it to exe and it did the following:

no beeps
BIOS ROM checksum error
Detecting floppy drive a media
drive media is 1.44Mb
Automadic load AWDFLASH.EXE .....
and then the cursor just sits there and blinks what next?
You renamed awdflash.zip to awdflash.exe?[/b][/quote]
yes I did that.

[OUTLAWS WHOCARES]

Originally posted by Behind You?@Dec 10 2002, 10:38 PM
No, go to here Asus User Manual (http://www.asus.com/pub/ASUS/mb/socka/nforce2/a7n8x/e1177_a7n8x.pdf) and find Chapter 2.1.2. Try following these built in flash instructions.
I tried this but upon boot it will not let me in.
BTW thanks for your help behind you.

[OUTLAWS Behind You?]

No, no, no....you need to unzip awdflash.zip, uncompress and create awdflash.exe. Can you unzip? If not, I might be able to get the unzipped program to you via e-mail or ftp.

[OUTLAWS WHOCARES]

Originally posted by Behind You?@Dec 10 2002, 10:46 PM
No, no, no....you need to unzip awdflash.zip, uncompress and create awdflash.exe. Can you unzip? If not, I might be able to get the unzipped program to you via e-mail or ftp.
I unzipped them.
My e-mail is drmark1@myacc.net if you wanna try to send them to me.

[OUTLAWS WHOCARES]

ok so far so good I got into the screen

[OUTLAWS Behind You?]

Originally posted by WHOCARES+Dec 10 2002, 09:48 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (WHOCARES @ Dec 10 2002, 09:48 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteBegin--Behind You?@Dec 10 2002, 10:46 PM
No, no, no....you need to unzip awdflash.zip, uncompress and create awdflash.exe. &nbsp;Can you unzip? &nbsp;If not, I might be able to get the unzipped program to you via e-mail or ftp.
I unzipped them.
My e-mail is drmark1@myacc.net if you wanna try to send them to me.[/b][/quote]
Ok, give me a minute to download, unzip and send. I&#39;ll have special renaming instructions because many e-mail programs don&#39;t like .exe files.

[OUTLAWS Behind You?]

Originally posted by WHOCARES@Dec 10 2002, 09:51 PM
ok so far so good I got into the screen
Errrrr, what screen? The bios load screen? Hope...Hope....Hope

[OUTLAWS WHOCARES]

yes i am in the bios load screen
I am trying to pres y to get to the next step but nothing.

[OUTLAWS WHOCARES]

Ok now it says the file size does not match

message: press y to program or n to exit

[OUTLAWS WHOCARES]

Originally posted by WHOCARES@Dec 10 2002, 10:57 PM
Ok now it says the file size does not match

message: press y to program or n to exit
it will not let me press y or n

[OUTLAWS WHOCARES]

should I rename the a8nc101d.bin file to an exe file?

[OUTLAWS Behind You?]

Originally posted by WHOCARES@Dec 10 2002, 10:00 PM
should I rename the a8nc101d.bin file to an exe file?
No, I&#39;ve sent you the e-mail with awdflash and the a8nc101d.bin file. You will have to rename awdflash.aaa to awdflash.exe. Is your a8nc101d.bin file 256KB?

[OUTLAWS WHOCARES]

Originally posted by Behind You?+Dec 10 2002, 11:03 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Behind You? @ Dec 10 2002, 11:03 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteBegin--WHOCARES@Dec 10 2002, 10:00 PM
should I rename the a8nc101d.bin file to an exe file?
No, I&#39;ve sent you the e-mail with awdflash and the a8nc101d.bin file. You will have to rename awdflash.aaa to awdflash.exe. Is your a8nc101d.bin file 256KB?[/b][/quote]
yes it is

[OUTLAWS Behind You?]

When you power up, do the lights on your keyboard flash? Is it securely connected to the PS/2 keyboard port and not the mouse port?

[OUTLAWS WHOCARES]

gonna try adifferent keyboard real quick

[OUTLAWS Behind You?]

Originally posted by WHOCARES@Dec 10 2002, 10:11 PM
gonna try adifferent keyboard real quick
If you are using a USB keyboard connection, try switching to the PS/2 connection.

[OUTLAWS WHOCARES]

i tried a usb keyboard and it did not work.
I tried it with a ps/2 bo0ard and nothing.

[OUTLAWS Behind You?]

Originally posted by WHOCARES@Dec 10 2002, 10:13 PM
i tried a usb keyboard and it did not work.
I tried it with a ps/2 bo0ard and nothing.
Need a keyboard...sure it was in the right connector? The light should flash very briefly when the bios starts, then goes off. Try the PS/2 connection and repeat what you did before to get to the bios load.

[OUTLAWS WHOCARES]

Very strange man.
I have never seen anything like this.

[OUTLAWS WHOCARES]

Originally posted by Behind You?+Dec 10 2002, 11:16 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Behind You? @ Dec 10 2002, 11:16 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteBegin--WHOCARES@Dec 10 2002, 10:13 PM
i tried a usb keyboard and it did not work.
I tried it with a ps/2 bo0ard and nothing.
Need a keyboard...sure it was in the right connector? The light should flash very briefly when the bios starts, then goes off. Try the PS/2 connection and repeat what you did before to get to the bios load.[/b][/quote]
I tried all that and nothing.
It&#39;s getting a bit late.
Thankyou for your help.
I am gonna buy another keyboard tomorrow and try again.
If that don&#39;t work it&#39;s off to the pc shop for me. :(

[OUTLAWS Behind You?]

Neither have I. I scanned that User Manual to try and find out what 4 beeps mean, but it didn&#39;t say. Did quick search on Asus and still can&#39;t find error beep meanings. Sorry, but it is getting late and I have to work tomorrow. I think if you can get a keyboard to work, you will be able to flash the bios (you&#39;ve been there.) I can get on from work, I&#39;ll just have to be interruptable. They sortof like me to actually work for my pay. :D

If you get it going, let us know.

[BIGGD01]

first of all who, i sit possible one of those viruses got through your system? it may have infected your bios. please pm me if you want help. this is not a good problem and maybe possible you got a virus. i will give you my phone number if you need it.

[OUTLAWS WHOCARES]

Originally posted by BIGGD01@Dec 10 2002, 11:49 PM
first of all who, i sit possible one of those viruses got through your system? it may have infected your bios. please pm me if you want help. this is not a good problem and maybe possible you got a virus. i will give you my phone number if you need it.
Check your PM

[OUTLAWS WHOCARES]

First off.
Big thankyou for the help last night.
Same to you Behind You.

UPDATE:
Looks like I got a faulty MB.
Down side is they are on national back order.
Any other suggestions for a different mb

[FUS1ON]

Sorry to hear the bad news Whocares. :(
That six-way nForce2 review at AnandTech that I posted picked the Epox as their winner. You might read it and see what you think.
Besides, I love them green Epox mobos, I&#39;ve always had good luck with mine, Personally I&#39;ve had seven different ones and used Epoxs to build numerous machines for others with 0% defects so far. http://www.maskiflynn.co.uk/smileys/jammin.gif

[OUTLAWS WHOCARES]

Thanks man.
i will look into it.

[BIGGD01]

the asus is supposed to have most features and i have not had one problem with mine. sorry you got bummed but be patient to get a new one. tell the guy you bought it off you will return everything you bought off him as they are not nation wide back ordered and he is full sh*t. they are easier to get now than ever. make him have one dropped shipped as he can have one the next day. i would not get another board as the nforce board will handle the 400 mhz fsb cpu&#39;s coming soon which is supposed to be secret. i would say kt400 chipset but still the nforce2 is much better.


i knew after all the things we tried the board was shot. how long did you have it running for?

what i do when i build a new system is get sandra and run system burnin for hours under high stress. if that dont kill your system you should be ok.

[OUTLAWS high ping camper]

Sorry to hear of your bad fortune. Good luck with your next mother board. :)

[OUTLAWS WHOCARES]

Originally posted by BIGGD01@Dec 12 2002, 12:29 AM
the asus is supposed to have most features and i have not had one problem with mine. sorry you got bummed but be patient to get a new one. tell the guy you bought it off you will return everything you bought off him as they are not nation wide back ordered and he is full sh*t. they are easier to get now than ever. make him have one dropped shipped as he can have one the next day. i would not get another board as the nforce board will handle the 400 mhz fsb cpu&#39;s coming soon which is supposed to be secret. i would say kt400 chipset but still the nforce2 is much better.


i knew after all the things we tried the board was shot. how long did you have it running for?

what i do when i build a new system is get sandra and run system burnin for hours under high stress. if that dont kill your system you should be ok.
I burned it in for 24 hours then shut the thing off.
Woke up and BS happened.