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hello every1, ive jus recived my fx55 and im tryin 2 work out how to flash my mobo 2 the 1.36b bios. ive downloaded and installed msi live update. but i cant seem 2 find the option 2 flash the bios, all it does is takes me 2 the live update for the 1.3 bios!?! :( can sum1 plz tell me how 2 flash the bios on my mobo, im dyin 2 play with my fx55! :D
shigs
Go to Dos to flash the Bios , MSI has no soft to update Bios in Win now
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Originally Posted by shigs
i just downloaded the bios i wanted and opened up the file folder the bios was extracted too..................... found the 1.3 bios file............. deleted it.......................... coppied over the 1.36 bios file and renamed it 1.3 and then did it all through windows
wats the command on boot up 2 get 2 the bios flashin screen mate?Quote:
Originally Posted by xs64
Unzip the download file , incluside : AWFL833D.exe and W7025NMS.136
And then go to Dos n' run command line : awdl833d.exe w7025nms.136 and follow the setup guide
It worked! Thanks for the "hack" man! :toast:Quote:
Originally Posted by bradpit999
Saved me a lot of time finding the floppies and hooking them up
please detail how you did it...Quote:
Originally Posted by arj
Take the exact steps that you would do when you update through Live BIOS. The BIOS will be saved at Program Files>Setup Files>MSI-7025 v1.30. I renamed the 1.36 BIOS to 1.3 and paste it in there. The BIOS name would be something like xxxxxxx1.36 so I just rename it xxxxxxx1.30 before pasting it into the folder. After that I clicked next and MSI Live Update will do the flashing.
Cool man ! That's good for people who don't wanna use floppy anymore :toast:Quote:
Originally Posted by bradpit999
many thanks for ur help mate, my fx55 is up and runnin, but now my 6800ultra is borked :( so i ave 2 rma that :D, im jus waitin on my ocz 3200el rev2 now, hopefully here on friday. will keep u all updated on my fx55 overclockin and benchies :toast:Quote:
Originally Posted by arj
btw the fx55 retail fan sure looks a treat, but its very flimsy to attach with my big hands!, so ive jus stuck it under my DD rbx ;)
shigs
Edit: Got it now, running 1.36
MSI got rid of that :( Thats a nice feature...They need to get it back...ASUS has it and its nice
I flashed mine the old fashioned way:
make 1 floppy as a DOS boot disk (easy in winxp)
make 1 floppy with the app and the exe. files unzipped (BIOS download)
boot computer with boot disk in place, replace with BIOS floppy, enter 1 command line, follow directions, save BIOS-no, and go....
but those of us who have done away with our floppy drives..be able to flash in windows is a must .
1 little phrase -
BOOTABLE USB FLASH DRIVE :YIPPIE:
I flash off of it run memtest and goldmemory, NO FLOPPY :up: :rocker: :bounces:
If it's stable and you have windows installed just use "winflash v1.51" to flash it from desktop. It's mucho easier and i haven't hosed a bios flashing it yet.
Make floppy with Dr DOS Disk For Bios Flashing @ http://www.bootdisk.comQuote:
Originally Posted by charlie
Or make a bootable CD (requires no burning software)
Bootable CD works on most boards, incl the MSI Neo 2.
I did it as I did with my old DFI (nf2 infinity and ut250), using winflash...
C:\Program Files\MSI\Live Update 3\FlashUty\Award\WinFlash.exe
:)
did this at least 5 times with my infinity...Quote:
Originally Posted by Poki
stop wondering about all these usb drives and floppy drives
DO IT IN WINDOWS! ;)
yeah why don't we just do that? It seems alot easier and the risk is higher if your overclocking....so basicly run your computer at stock when you flash from Windows...unlike me who just flashes and hopes that my OC is just as stable as stock...lol
hmm, I need one of those. Down to one working floppy drive ATM and a box of 10 year old disks :)Quote:
Originally Posted by mad mikee
How do you make the stick bootable? I mean I can't 'burn' memtest.iso onto the usbstick, can I? :DQuote:
Originally Posted by mad mikee
I would have to say try thr 1.37 beta it is much better with more vcore for me!
I tried the 137mod beta and the 13/15/18% vcore settings will not stick (like in 136) after saving and re-entering bios they go back to 1.55v default. (check in hadware monitor). The highest one that will stick in 137 mod beta is +10%. That seems to give me 1.76-1.79vcore, so maybe it's enough.
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Originally Posted by xgman
Huummmmm I get up to 9.0 with the 1.37 bios if I set the vcore to 155 and the % to the highest! What is the power supply you have and rails what do they look like?
I think you misunderstood, I could get up to 1.92v with bios 136 at just +15% setting. With bios 137, they took away the options for +13-15or18% vcore. Some guy modded 137 and put those options back and I am just saying that they now don't save. +10% is the highest that will actually save in the modded bios which gives me about 1.77vcore.
I am not sure if you have the 7030 or the 7025 but here is were I got the bios. The 1.36 did the same thing to me dropped the max vcore.Quote:
Originally Posted by xgman
http://www.lejabeach.com/MSIK8N/k8nneo2.html
xgman is talking about the trats modded one that site.Quote:
Originally Posted by thesaucier
They all come from me anyway. (I am svcheat .com and .co.uk)
I am not complaining, cos it's good to share bandwidth, but he seems to have renamed the zip file from W7025NMS_137mod.zip to 7025v137mod.zip.
Looks like both contain the W7025NMS_137mod.bin BIOS which in HEX and exactly the same.
Hi man, when u flashed it with WinFlash, did you checked to "update all" on the left taskbar?Quote:
Originally Posted by krampak
Is this safe to update the bios on my NEO2 MSI mobo?
Thanks,
B
Yes, WinFlash is safe to use on the MSI. As a matter of fact, I flash over and over again using WinFlash to test other BIOS files. Be sure to restore your BIOS settings to default or optimized before you flash, just to be on the safe side.
Yes i used WinFlash and worked splendit :)
Do you tick the "update all" (which basically updates and the DMI block, apart from the Main and Boot ones) ???
Cheers,
Byron
Yes. I always check Update All and CMOS Clear.
Ah, excellent! works brilliant now.
Thanks a lot for your help :) :up:
Try this article, digitalfrost: PCStats: USB Memory Drive ProjectsQuote:
Originally Posted by digitalfrost
Memtest+ has an executable you can run from the flash.
:toast:
CanisLupis
those of you who flashed with DOS, were you able to do it off a RAM drive of just off floppy? i tried using my Win98 bootdisk and when they tried to create the RAM drive i got some A20 error.
There is some info here on how to do it with ramdrive.
http://www.infotechcommunity.com/bootdisks/bootme.exe (if link fails, get a Win98 or ME bootdisk here but make sure you get one WITH ramdrive.
That makes the disc.
Choose "Start witout cdrom support" .
If you have only ntfs partitions like me the ramdrive will be named C:
Have the AWFL833D.EXE and the BIOS file on a separate floppy .
Change floppy disk to the one with the flash prog and bios file and copy
them to the ramdrive .
A:>copy awfl833d.exe C:
A:>copy bios.file C:
A:>C:
C:>awfl833d.exe bios.file /py/sn/wb/cc/cd/cp/f/r
For Winflash 1.51 - can I just download Winflash 1.51 and go from there or do I have to use the one from MSI Live Update?
Is 1.51 latest?
so wuts the final verdict? winflash works fine for flashing the k8n neo2 right?
YES! i used to flash using floppy/CD but now only Winflash exists for me :) works perfect on all my systems NF2/NF3.... also, best part is that of course NF3 uses same BIOS chip so you can hotflash it with whatever NF2 board you have handy :DQuote:
Originally Posted by FlyingHamster
I'm hoping someone can help me here.This thread sparked my interset as I'm
wanting someday ,to update my bios,I downloaded the winflash
ver1.51 utility.
The program seems to have a problem locating the 1.41 beta bios I
downloaded and unzipped to a folder.Am I supossed to unzipp into a particular folder for the program to find the .bin file?
Thanks
Glenn
unzip it to the same directory as where you put winflash, this may help. I haven't personaly used Winflash, I've just used the flashing program made by who ever I bought the board from.
You need to set it to all file types as the MSI bio's don't use .bin extension then locate it.Quote:
Originally Posted by rgd
/EDIT/ Welcome to XS.org RGD! :banana:
<<unzip it to the same directory as where you put winflash, this may help.
haven't personaly used Winflash, I've just used the flashing program made by who ever I bought the board from.>>
I tried to get the bios downloaded to the default File called RarSFXO, however I did not see that as an option.I'll try your method
Thanks
<<<You need to set it to all file types as the MSI bio's don't use .bin extension then locate it>>>
Thanks,this works well.
Glenn
Hi all - attempting winflash 1.76 and 1.80 MSI-7025 Bios, I've read this post and selected update all, clear CMOS, etc. Screenshots attached of error message and bios info. Any ideas?