BIOS Flash Guide

[ragingclue]

What's the best bios for the blackops to use for overclocking? My PC specs are in my sig

I've decided on G28 after trying G30, G32, P04, and P05. If you try wading through the hundreds of OC/BIOS posts dealing with the BlackOps, you can make the determination for yourself. After all that I read, and trying them all myself, I prefer G28.

I'm sure P06 might be good as well; however, I probably won't still have my BlackOps in 2015....

[ptrout]

Is there a recovery method, if something does wrong. Can i boot into BIOS2 and then try to re-flash BIOS1 ?

[Mescalamba]

Probably yes.. Never tried that. But should be possible.

[Mellowyellow]

I am trying to make a USB stick bootable, i formatted to FAT32 but the HP tool is no longer available and I can not find it anywhere. any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks

[Mescalamba]

http://rapidshare.com/files/394077731/HPUSBFW.EXE.html

This will work for some time..

[Mellowyellow]

http://rapidshare.com/files/394077731/HPUSBFW.EXE.html

This will work for some time..

Thanks for the fast response, but formatting to FAT32 isn't the same as making it bootable right???
When clicking the box Create a Dos Startup disk, where do I find the files located at?

Thanks

[Mescalamba]

You should be able to use internal MS-DOS files.. or not? I can look for them, it will just take some time..

[Mellowyellow]

You should be able to use internal MS-DOS files.. or not? I can look for them, it will just take some time..

the second box wasn't highlighted, the MS-DOS option.

I gave it a go from Fox live update, seemed to install with out issue but now it hangs on A1 checking into that issue now, but would still like to be able to boot from the USB stick, I just feel safer that way.

Thanks for all your help btw.
Jb

[XmikeX]

Is there a recovery method, if something does wrong. Can i boot into BIOS2 and then try to re-flash BIOS1 ?

With older technology, hot-flashing is/was an option if you had two motherboards with the same rom chip.
With dual-bios boards, hot-flashing might still be an option if your software (for some reason) isn't programming the chip you want.

IIRC, Hot-flash routine is typically :
1) Insert known good rom __lightly__ into active bios socket.
2) Boot into dos/whatever.
3) Remove good rom while system remains powered-up.
4) Insert bad rom into same socket.
5) Flash the bad rom.

Step 3) may be easier if you dump some non-conductive dental floss in and out of the socket. You can use this floss to gently lift the good rom out without your fingers or tools going near the energized motherboard. This may require some practice.

Cheers,
XmX