CPU/Mobo how to flash bios using pen drive ?

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sam000

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Just got hold of a E7300 and my abit IP35E keeps on restarting ....think i need to flash to version 18 but i dont have floppy ....need to do it on my HP 16GB pen drive .
Please tell me step by step how to do it safely. Thanks :).
 
sam000 said:
Just got hold of a E7300 and my abit IP35E keeps on restarting ....think i need to flash to version 18 but i dont have floppy ....need to do it on my HP 16GB pen drive .
Please tell me step by step how to do it safely. Thanks :).
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These are the steps [does your motherboard support BIOS flashing from a pen-drive?] --
  • download the latest BIOS edition that you require;
  • format your pen-drive and place this file onto your [now blank] pen-drive;
  • change the boot priority in the BIOS of your motherboard to a removable drive;
  • restart your system and before it POST's insert your pen-drive;
  • if your motherboard sports the feature, it will detect the pen-drive and find the BIOS patch on it, then read the same and apply it;
  • after the patching is done it will ask you to reboot, so reboot the system and yank the pen-drive before the system POST's again and you should now be booted onto the OS on your hard-drive.
Hope this helps, Cheerio!
 
ALPHA17 said:
These are the steps [does your motherboard support BIOS flashing from a pen-drive?] --
  • download the latest BIOS edition that you require;
  • format your pen-drive and place this file onto your [now blank] pen-drive;
  • change the boot priority in the BIOS of your motherboard to a removable drive;
  • restart your system and before it POST's insert your pen-drive;
  • if your motherboard sports the feature, it will detect the pen-drive and find the BIOS patch on it, then read the same and apply it;
  • after the patching is done it will ask you to reboot, so reboot the system and yank the pen-drive before the system POST's again and you should now be booted onto the OS on your hard-drive.
Hope this helps, Cheerio!
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I fortmat and copied the 5 files in the bios rar and selected the HP drive as first boot option - but mobo says the pendrive doesnt have a OS so cant boot :( .
 
sam000 said:
I fortmat and copied the 5 files in the bios rar and selected the HP drive as first boot option - but mobo says the pendrive doesnt have a OS so cant boot :( .
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Then I doubt that your motherboard supports BIOS flashing from a USB-media. Try using an optical-medium like a CD with the BIOS files on it.
 
ALPHA17 said:
Then I doubt that your motherboard supports BIOS flashing from a USB-media. Try using an optical-medium like a CD with the BIOS files on it.
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After trying for so many hrs to get the pen drive/dvd to boot - finally solved it - pretty simple actually - used this tool called HP USB boot - it made the pendrive bootable and so the mobo didnt say the drive didnt have OS .

Upgraded to ver. 18 and voila it recognizes the E7300 - its doing 3.2 GHZ @1.2v - idnt know how far it will go - didnt push it further as i dont need over 3GHZ for running utorrent :p.
 
Thats one way of doing the flashing, the other way is to put the files in a FAT formatted drive and when starting up the system, press the function key/End key (In my case) to bring up the inbuilt BIOS flasher. You could also use the Windows app that some boards have.
 
sam000 said:
After trying for so many hrs to get the pen drive/dvd to boot - finally solved it - pretty simple actually - used this tool called HP USB boot - it made the pendrive bootable and so the mobo didnt say the drive didnt have OS.
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Thanks for sharing Sam, hope this RIG serves you well for many years to come. Cheerio!
 
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